Spring Paint and Launch Season on Quincy Bay
Boat owners along the bay and river are painting and launching vessels as warm weather returns. Pleasure boats fill the water while large river ships depart for seasonal work. The Apo dredge boat and fleet moved to sand bars between Hannibal and Louisiana, Nauvoo ferries return to Louisiana, and the barge Princess is sold to a southern packet company and now serves as a wharf boat.
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Quincy Bay
Apo
Hannibal
Louisiana
Nauvoo
Father
Watters
Princess
Southern Packet Company
Doctors Advise Spring Tonics For Blood And Nerves
Experienced doctors claim everyone should take a spring tonic to cleanse the system after heavy winter meals. Phosphated Iron is advertised as a red blood and nerve builder, offered only in capsules.
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Onle
Adv
Rivers Bustle on Mississippi Steamer Tour Season Prep
Cairo and Quincy report revived river traffic as Mayo brothers plan summer tour with the Minnesota. The B B ferry is in repair after a single south trip. Keokuk and Osiris ferry freight to Burlington while Helen Blair aids Keokuk. G W Hill begins trips from Hannibal to Keokuk, Alabama operates Quincy to St Louis, river trade expected to expand as season proceeds.
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B. B
Quincy Bay
Keokuk
White Collar Line
Bay
Osiris
Quincy
Burlington
Helen Blair
Davenport
G. W. Hill
Wisherd Brothers
Hannibal
Alabama
St. Louis
Mississippi
Coast Trains Cut Down by U S Order in May 14 Notice
Washington May 14 Director General McAdoo ordered curtailment of trans continental passenger schedules from Chicago west effective June 2 to save 11,728,000 train miles a year. The plan reallocates routes to Santa Fe, Chicago and Northwestern, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Burlington and Northern Pacific, and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul with through trains to Pacific terminals in 72 to 78 hours and through fares replacing local train traffic. Public service remains, with more upper berths likely. a similar curtailment is planned for the southwestern territory after saving about 18 million dollars annually. About 35 million train miles already saved in the eastern district.
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Washington
McAdoo
Chicago West
Santa Fe
Chicago
Los Angeles
Chicago and Northwestern
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Burlington and
Northern Pacific
Portland
Ore
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Railroad Administration
Snowstorm Hits Des Moines Area for 15 Minutes
Des Moines and nearby areas saw a brief 15 minute snow squall on Monday producing about a tenth of an inch of snow before a rain downpour. The weather bureau reported no crop damage. The other line notes a proverb about wealth and time.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Patriotism and duty amid war calling for unwavering support
In a speech by Geo. W. Perkins, president of the Cigar Makers International Union, Americans are urged to choose clearly between pro American or pro German stances and between democracy or autocracy. The piece emphasizes continuous civilian sacrifice like soldiers, warns against selfishness, and condemns profiteers as the greatest threat to liberty while urging strong support for those at the front.
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J. E. Wali
Geo. W. Perkins
Cigarmakers’ International Union
Liberty
Duty to buy war savings stamps and save now
The piece urges citizens to fund the war through war savings stamps and war certificates. It argues that government borrowing offers higher interest, strengthens supply lines, and prevents enemy seizure of assets. It emphasizes personal duty, warns against slacking, and urges immediate, large-scale savings to support troops and war production.
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Sam
War Savings Stamp Bank
Friends Urge Fred Dieters for Sheriff Run
Friends of Fred Dieters of Liberty press his bid for sheriff on the Republican ticket in the summer primaries. Dieters, a livestock man and auctioneer, is considered a tentative candidate and has long been active in southern Adams county party affairs.
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Fred Dieters
Liberty
Dieters
Liberty Township
Adams County
Mr. Dieters
Neutrone Prescription 99 Claims Rheumatism Relief
An advertisement touts Neutrone Prescription 99 as a cure for rheumatism and related ailments. It promises joint and muscle relief, improved relief of facial symptoms, and urges readers to buy a 50c or $1.00 bottle from Owl Drug Store in Quincy at 125 N. 6th St. Adv.
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Quincy
Owl Drug Store
N. 6Th St
Republican Hopefuls Eye Support From Personal Friends
Personal friends are seen as assets should he run. William Martz of Quincy is named as another Republican who has announced an aggressive campaign for the nomination.
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William Martz
Quincy
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