Memorial Day Addresses in Quincy Schools
Quincy school children heard stories of their country's history Friday afternoon told by Civil War veterans and city leaders. Every school held some observance with songs and programs. Roosevelt portrait unveiled at Jefferson School. flag drills at Washington. varied speakers and recitations across Madison Adams Lincoln and other schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Theodore Roosevelt
American Defense Society
G. L. Losh
Jefferson
Washington School
Dorothy Erlmeier
William Schlagenhaus
John Wessels
Campbell
Soldiers Home
Charles F. Eichenauer
Madison
H. J. Leemhuis
Irving
FE. H. Parsons
Catherine Jonhston
Adams
J. E. Andrew
Lincoln School
Myrtle Crow
Mary Elizabeth Wheeler
Martha Ann Roberts
Bee Lincoln Troop
Boy Scouts
Franklin and Webster Schools
George C. Withers
E. Lt. Osborne
Berrian
Mr. Winters
Cottage II
Souldiers
O ®Born
Woodland Home float delights children on river excursion
Children from the Woodland Home enjoyed a river excursion aboard the Majestic on the Mississippi. The event featured cheerful participants from the Cheerful Jane and Love Scunts groups as they rode the fine boat donated by Captain Walter Witt. The voyage proceeded from Quin Laie at 3 o clock to Quaicy and back, delighting the young attendees.
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Jane
Love Scunts
Misssippi
Walter Witt
oGlok
Quaicy
Meeting Of The Road Chairmen To Be Held
County superintendent L Hoverhin calls a meeting next week of township road committee chairmen to discuss right of way for Route 31 Pend issue. PL W Young of Spring Id was in Quincy for right of way work and will return Tuesday for the meeting and report to him.
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Tidways L. Hover
W. Young
Spring- Id
Quincey
Estate of E. G. Lawless Claims and Inventory Report
Personal property in the estate of E. G. Lawless totals 32,000 plus. Report filed in county court Friday by Anna Lawless, the executrix. Claims against the estate amount to 0.855.33. Inventory of the real estate owned by Mr. Lawless has not been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Lawless
Anna Lawless
Ccntrix
Esfe
Lawless
Memorial Day Parade Details Outlined by Chief of Staff
Memorial Day parade plans issued by Col. Frank S. Wood designate H. C. Turner as chief of staff and appoint C. G. Dickhut C. H. Spencer D. L. Vance for G A R, John A. Wheelock Kenneth Elmore for American Legion, William Johnson for Navy, Thomas A. Scherer for Spanish American veterans. Parade assembly and march order specify units from G A R American Legion Navy and other groups with arrival by 9:20 a m and march at 9:30 a m with routes through Jersey Maine Trampshire 4th and Madison before dispersing at 7th and Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank S. Wood
H. C. Turner
C. G. Dickhut
C. H. Spencer
D. L. Vance
John A. Wheelock
Kenneth Elmore
American Legion
William Johnson
Navy
Henry C. Turner
John” A. Wheelock
Thomas A. Scherer
U.S. Army and Navy
4Th
Jersey Streets
Company E. National Guard
Jersey
Jersey Street
Quincy College
Boy Scouts of America
Chaddock Cadets
Boy Scouts
Womans Relief Corps
Sth
Illinois
Henry R. I
A. L
Joseph W. Emery
Harrison Perkins
U. S. Army and Navy
Carnival
National Guard
Paculty
John Wood Post
Woman's Relief Corps
Maine
7Th
Trampshire
State
6Th
Madison
Woodland
Wood
Judge Akers to Hear Defendants Today in Quincy
Judge Albert Akers will convene court in Quincy with several defendants from the last grand jury session. Indicted suspects include Edward Ner for receiving stolen property Milford Jenkins for brand theft and Charles Baine for a statutory offense. Baine, an army soldier from Camp Grant, seeks to marry the complainant but faces a one year marriage ban after a January divorce. Jeff Lewis, jailed for criminal assault, will be brought to testify in a conspiracy case tied to Pim Bern and the PLD robbery. Partial details indicate earlier testimony and unresolved charges.
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Albert Akers
Quincy
Gailty
Edward Ner
Milford Jenkins
Brand Tareeny
Chares Baine
Baine
United States Army
Camp Grant
Jeff Lewis
Chester Peneniity
Quincey
Pim Bern
PLD
Renevor
Freday
Lewis
Butois
Cerbin
Bromecht
Hannibal Man to Fly In Sunday Flight to Galney
Julian M. Scott of Hannibal will become the first Pasesnyer to reach Galney by air. He plans to arrive Sunday morning as a passenger in a plane piloted by Lieut. Al Merrill. Scott, son of WH Scott, heads Hannibal’s Scott Optical business and will be landed on Baldwin park grounds between 9 and 10 o'clock, with additional passenger flights planned for the day.
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Julian M. Scott
Hannibal
Galney
al. Mc Merill
Scott
WH. M. Scott
Scott Optometiic
Cty
Lieut
Merril
Quincy
Baldwin Park Grounds
Child Swallows Poison From Medicine Incident
A three year old, Theodore McQueen, son of Mr and Mrs Ben McQueen of 526 Jersey Street, swallowed medicine prescribed for his mother containing strychnine. Dr El Becker treated the child for several hours and pronounced him out of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore McQueen
Ben McQueen
Jersey Street
Th EL Becker
Automobile Stolen in Beardstown Illinois
Beardstown police were alerted late Friday night to a stolen Overland automobile. Two young men were reported as suspects, and the missing car has prompted a lookout.
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Beardstown
Memorial Day talk and school events at high school
Rev J W Bingaman spoke to students on Memorial Day during a Friday assembly. The high school Orchestra provided music. Watch fobs for the basketball team were delayed due to an engraving error showing 1910 instead of 1920. The Qs for debating will be awarded with the fobs. The Par Cni teachers club annual picnic is at South Park at two. A faculty versus boys game and a six to seven bench segment capped the afternoon. Memorial Day exercises at Graceland cemetery include a firing squad from the American Legion and extra playacting by the high school.
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J. W. Bingaman
Luther Memorial Church
Wellemeyer
Ain
Par Cni
Graceland Cemetery
American Legion
Whic Wants Hire-Ready Workers At Low Cost Quick Action
The Whic Wants have located many a worker in a good position they are available at small cost and are "quick action" in their returns.
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Whic
Railroads Block Building of State Roads Plan
State highway commission blasts railroad attempts to curb highway materials and car supply. Telegrams urged protests to railroad leaders as county superintendents fear delays to state bond issue road construction and loss of rail shipments to Adams County. L L Boyer reports reception of the message and potential impact on sands and other materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
L. L. Boyer
Illinois
Bover
Adams County
Seven Cent Fares to Stay in Quincy Through June
The public utilities commission announced Friday that seven cent street car fares will remain in Quincy until June 30. The rate, implemented last July, has been extended several times, with a 30 day grace period granted again. Protests against paving along the company’s lines were raised as inquiries about fines were made, while the company says it has no funds to pay and will pursue court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Public Utilities Commission
Corporation
John T. Inghram
Bentley Hamilton
Peoria
Program For Band Concert Tonight
Eli Brooks director of the Illinois State Band presents a Washington park concert at 8:30 p m featuring The Star Spangled Banner Overture Poet and Peasant The Swan Saint Saens Trombone solo The Signal Ellis Brooks Sidney Trausman Carmen Bizet A Fifer Hit Hush A Bye Lang Land Baill Pssing the Cotton Fields Negro characteristic Clarke Serenade Love In Idleness Macbeth Finnie Sweet Old Songs Dalbev
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Brooks
Illinois
Washington Park
Suppe
Saint- Saens
Ellis Brooks
Sidney Trausman
Carmen
Bizet
Beuter Son Appointed Estate Administrator
Anton Beuter was named administrator of his mother Mary Beuter's estate. The petition to remove him alleges family opposition and lack of disclosure. County Judge Fred Wolfe indicated no immediate grounds to disqualify Beuter, while heir attorney Thomas Scherer argued the appointment bypassed relatives and preferred Tobe Reuter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Beuter
Mary Beuter
Fred Wolfe
Reuter
Thomas Scherer
Tobe Reuter
Two Chinese students arrive in Quincy for business course
From Java to Quincy the two Chinese youths Ch H Loa and T S Siam arrived Friday to enter a local business college. Aged 21 and 23, they studied at Morningside College Sioux City and plan to study commerce at the University of Illinois before returning home to expand import and export with American manufacturers in the Dutch East Indies. They speak English Chinese and several Java dialects, and have spent years learning in China and the East Indies.
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Java
Dutch East Indies
Quincy
Illinois
Ch. H. Loa
T. S. Siam
Business
Morningside College
Sioux City Town
University of Illinois
Indies
China
College of Nanking
Shanghai
Warrant Served On George Zimmerman Over Peace Disturbance
George Zimmerman former police man known for the Paris Cafe disturbance had a warrant served charging peace disturbance late Friday night by Detective Harvey. Bond arrangements were made but he remained in county jail overnight awaiting court.
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George Zimmerman
Paris
Harvey
Zimmerman
Justice of the Peace
Bonney
Ira Whitaker
Con Bond
School petitions to be heard in July
Adams County hearings set in July on withdrawals from six Camp Point township areas to join Camp Point Community High or the non high school district. County Superintendent John Steiner announces petitions for Camp Point and Concord townships will be heard on July 8 and July 9 respectively in local schoolhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
John Steiner
Camp Point Township
Gelden
Camp Point
Concord Township
Excursion Delayed Departure From Port On Majestic Steamer
The New Orleans jazz orchestra packed the Majestic for a second outing Friday night. The voyage, delayed by over an hour, still drew many late arrivals who joined the trip. Return was just before midnight, marking the last excursion from Quincy before a St. Louis run resumes in late fall.
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New Orleans
Majestic
Quincy
St. Louis
Personal notices and social visits in Quincy
A string of social items from Quincy includes visits by Fred Bellerson and other St. Louis businessmen, Mrs W J Wible and Donald Golden, and Mrs Calbert Crane. Local figures plan meals, trips to California, and visits to Beardstown and St Louis while professional moves and civic duties unfold.
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Fred Bellerson
Quincy
St. Louis
W. J. Wible
Donald
Golden
Grimmer Ltd
State Street
Calbert Crane
W. I. MelMein
Peoria
Luvian Cover
Walter Swilivan
Beardstown
Merry Sprick
State Street Bank
California
Stannus
Hampshire
Herman Krallman
Walney
Arthur Hominghausen
Garretts and Sors
Arthur Deising
St. James School
Warsaw
Henry Erdman
Wabash
Offic
Menor
A.M. Brown
Stp
al Uuen
Quincey
Barber’s Union
Carl Rutf
Danville
Edward Ruff
Twelfth
Monroe
Tle
Emery Dry Goods Company
John Wheelock
Pittsfield
A.B. Leeper
Lima
Ouiney
Fred Thomas
Columbus
John Q. Proctor
Burton Township
Frank Jasper
Quackenbush Held to Grand Jury in Canton
E R Quackenbush 56 of Canton S waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury on a concealed weapons charge after a felony conviction. Bond set at 1000. he failed to post and remains in county jail. Det Ford arrested him following a relative's complaint that he threatened a family member.
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E. R. Quackenbush
Canton S
Quackenbush
Ford
Fife
Estimates of Cost Be Ready Next Week
J M Winters chairman of the committee to raise funds for the Taylor road improvement says estimates of the work cost will be ready next week. Civil Engineer Whitaker in charge of surveying says the survey will be completed then. After that the fundraising campaign will be pushed more vigorously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Winters
Taylor Road
Whitaker
Winters
Quincy's Pulse Fireman Resigns and Vaudeville Moves
Fireman Roy Kerker of No 5 station resigns from Quincy's fire department and is expected to join Michelman Construction. Louis Weber and Wallace Pope of the Weber Jazz orchestra leave Quincy for Chicago vaudeville Palmers and Company. A farewell dance was held at Arcade Hall. A county court conservatorship is granted for Web. P. Bisell of Ursa amid ill health. Warrant against Mrs Isabelle Liendecker withdrawn after reconciliation with husband. Health Commissioner Becker fumigates room at Chaddock isolation building. two scarlet fever cases improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kerker
No. 5 Station House
Michelman Construction Company
Weber Jazz Orchestra
Louis Weber
Wallace Pope
Quincey
Palmers and Company
Chicago
Arcade Hall
Broadway
Isabelle Liendecker
Arthur Thompson
Becker
Chaddock School
Character Witnesses Testify For Prevost
Seven character witnesses called by the defense testified that Lisvad Prevost, tried for the murder of J Stanley Brown, had an excellent character and was widely known and popular in Mount Clem ents. The witnesses were Mount Clements businessmen or city and country officials. Justice William Lawn, who conducted the secret grand jury investigation resulting in Prevosts indictment, was on the stand.
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Mount Clements
Mich
Lisvad Prevost
J. Stanley Brown
William Lawn
Prevost
Wisconsin Rent Law Killed By The House
Madison Wisconsin May 29 The Wisconsin Assembly rejected Governor Phillip's rent bill 44 to 36 after two hours of debate. The measure failed to pass this session, ending any rent legislation for the current session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Phillip
Labor groups back open shop debate in Quincy
Organized Labor of Quincy votes to invite the American Open Shop Association to a June 11 meeting to explain the open shop and to host an open public debate. Delegates, including nine women, discuss Labor Day plans and continued support for striking papermakers as most unions contribute assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Trades and Labor Assembly
Labor Temple
American
Open Shop
Assembly
Funeral Train Carries Bodies Of 66 Soldiers
Chicago dispatch reports a funeral train arriving with the bodies of 66 American soldiers who died in France. Among the dead, eight were former Chicago residents and two more came from nearby Illinois towns, Private Clarence I Newman of Bloomington and Private Kryle Fuller of Kingston.
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Chicago
France
Illinois
Clarence [I
Newman
Bloomington
Kryle Fuller
Kingston
Chicago Hoarding Probe Starts at Federal Building
Chicago investigators question several warehouse owners at the federal building on May 29 over alleged hoarding of foodstuffs. Assistant District Attorney Robert A. Milroy says seized food could follow if evidence is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Building
Robert A. Milroy
Mr. Milroy
House Adopts Report On Army Reorganization Bill
Washington May 29 the House approved the conference report on the army re organization bill by 226 to 106 authorizing a peacetime army of 29750 officers and men The measure awaits Senate action and final passage.
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Washington
House
Senate
Glenview Golf Club Fire Destroys Club Building
Fire, likely starting in the Glenview Golf Club kitchen near Evanston, destroyed the club building on Friday. Loss estimated at 125000 dollars.
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Glenview Golf Club
Chicago
Evanston
Weather Summary Across Illinois Missouri and Iowa Regions
Weather outlook shows generally fair conditions for Illinois Missouri and Iowa over Saturday and Sunday with slight warming in northern areas. Local readings report a range of temperatures and river stage updates including Keokuk Warsaw Hannibal Louisiana and St Louis with minor falls in Des Moines river forecast.
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Illinois
Nerth
Missouri
West
North
Iowa
Keokuk
Warsaw
Hannibal
Louisiama
St. Louis
Des Moines
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Judge Akers
Beardstown, Ill
Eugene Grisev
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John Wood
John FP. Tellbuscher
C. E. Tellbuscher
Frank Thal
Washington Street
Blessing Hospital
George Schmitt
Edward H. Dunsig
LaGrange
Martha Mary McKinney
Welle
Seven Cent
The
Quincey Whig
Whig By Mail
Daily Mail
Ilinois
Sunday Whig
Agency
Geo. Zimmerman
J. Ro Perce
Edna
James Gardner
Vine Street
Jacksonville
B. F. Wood
Gardner
Carrie Gardner
Whig
Web. P. Bisell
Ursa
Roy Roberts
Lewistown
Vermont Street
St. Mary Hospital
Edward Moore
Edward Kulla
Carl Brown
Clarke
Eickelschuite
Thomas
Thor
Daily River Bulletin
Mississippi
Muscatine
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