Plymouth News Highlights Roads Work Circus and Homes
Subscriptions from Plymouth residents fund road repairs east of town as farmers pledge ten dollars’ worth of labor. A work party of nearly a hundred cleared East Main Street mud holes, shifting stone and gravel for passable auto access. Also reported: Lamont Brothers circus in Plymouth with Punch and Judy, three new stucco houses under construction, and the Charlie Airshire well No. 5 awaiting glycerin to blast. A Memorial Day service at Holland cemetery drew a good crowd despite poor roads and featured a full program and benediction.
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Plymouth
Good Roads
East Main Street
Four Corners
Dave
Lamont Brothers
Augusta
Charles Lamont
Bushnell
Homer Sapp
Frank McDaniel
Jack Kinnibrew
Jack
Memorial Day Observed in Quincy Churches
Memorial Day services were held across Quincy churches with patriotic songs and special sermons. At Salem Evangelical Rev H J Leemhuis urged all local military groups to remember soldiers who fought and died, stressing Memorial Day as a religious holiday and a call to learn from the past. Greenmount cemetery held afternoon services with a program led by Salem school children. Rev A W Fruechte spoke in German, honoring heroes who defended the nation, followed by Rev Paul Langhorst.
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Quincy
Salem
H. J. Leemhuis
G. A. R. and
Women's Relief Corps
Mr. Leemhuis
David
Mirian
Man
Angel
Greenmount
Clovck
Greenmount Cemetery
Capt
I. S. Wells
Fruechte
Paul Langhorst
St. Peter's Evangelical Church
Mysterious Bottle Found in River With Taft Plot Notes
Local police in Canton are puzzled by a river bottle found Sunday. The tin encased item held long handwritten notes, coded messages, poison, a corkscrew, cuff buttons, a chicken bone, and clippings including a Kansas City Star piece from May 19, 1913. Messages signed Lee Thomas Garfield allege anarchist plots against ex president Taft and call for action to “save a country,” with references to a national detective agency to decipher the mystery.
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Babe” Taylor
Canton
W. H. Taft
Taft
Kansas City Star
Lee Thomas Garfield
United Kingdom
Marshall
Country
United States
Wm. I. Taft
Garfield
Nevada
Wildcat Corrigan
Senica Peet
Hayt Rants On Fireproof Bath House And Religion
A Labor Advocate column quotes Hayt arguing against a costly bath house plan and condemning attempts to inject religion into the issue. He defends fireproof construction, criticizes prejudice, and says he will vote Yes on the aldermen’s decision while offering to debate religion.
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Labor Advocate
Goulden
Quincey
Labor
Foolev Cathartic Tablets Endorsement Letter
Anna Hawn of Cedar Grove Missouri praises Foolev Cathartic Tablets as the best liver pill for avoiding nausea and griping while acting on the liver. The note claims relief for indigestion constipation bloating stomach distress and bad breath from clogged bowels, noting a light buoyant feeling for stout persons. Miller Arthur Drug Co-Adv.
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Anna Hawn
Cedar Grove
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Tanlac touted as rapid relief tonic in Quincy ad
In a local endorsement a Quincy Illinois resident Miss Telen Leibig praises Tanlac the vegetable stomach remedy for improving appetite sleep and reducing fatigue. The advertisement claims Tanlac builds new tissue and eliminates disease causes noting temporary price specials at Brown & Mays Drug Co with a 100 dollar bottle offered as three for 2 75 postpaid.
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Oinev
Telen Leibig
Payson Ave
Quincy
Brown & Mays Drug Co
Reverend Langhorst Delivers Noted Speech on Hypocrisy
The speech recalls older gatherings where many called those who decorated prophets sepulchers hypocrites. Rev. Mr. Langhorst’s address was interesting and all attendees enjoyed it.
Gar field notes reveal bottle containing aliases and local names
A bottle found with the note the brick that has killed so many Gar field men and a sworn statement by Alden W. Sampson alias Lee Thomas Garfield. The container also held cards belonging to a Manistee dentist and a Durant real estate dealer, plus other notes.
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Garfield
Burns
Alden W. Sampson
Lee Thomas Garfield
Manistee
Mich
Durant, Okla
Rees Wins Fourteenth Street Paving Contract
Frank Rees submitted the lowest bid for paving Fourteenth Street between Broadway and Maine streets and was awarded the contract by the board of local improvements Monday afternoon. Six bids were received: Rees 21360.04, Simons 21794, Cameron Joyce Co Keokuk Town 23300, Eiff and Son 23781, Roeder and Green man Construction 25948. The engineer's estimate was 28736.
A Sympathetic Woman and Her Remedy
A sympathetic woman who found relief from suffering shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her and why its wide sale grows. The note attributes her experience to women nationwide telling others about the medicine.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Funeral Held For Mrs Haze Line Mattingly In La Belle
Mrs. Haze Line Mattingly widow of S D Mattingly a longtime La Belle resident died May 25 at her daughter’s Kansas City home. Born Oct 14 1839 she left eight children including S D and Phil A Mattingly and four others living. Funeral held Sunday at 2:30 pm from her son Samuel Mattingly’s residence conducted by Rev G C Kell with a church quartet and solo. Burial beside her husband in La Belle cemetery. She was 76.
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LA Belle
Hazeline J. Mattingly
S. D. Mattingly
M. M. Throckmorton
Kansas City
George Simpson
Lewis County
Virginia
Tolona
Mattingly
Lewistown
Phil A
Mollie C. James
Jessie E. Throckmorton
la Bele
James M. Lillard
Missouri
First Baptist Church of
Belle
Samuel Mattingly
G. C. Kell
Pauline Walker
Flossie Lewis
M. M .Lewis
Charles Golden
Will Yancy
Charles F. Smith
Bob Seaman
J. J. Haldemann
Arthur Boone
James M. Moore
W. A. Pierce
James Rager
Hilbert Monumental Works
Lon Hatfield
Atlanta
E. L. Wilson
Best Treatment for Catarrh Promises Blood Cleansing Cure
Specialists claim catarrh is a blood infection and that cleansing the blood with S. S. S. relieves symptoms like throat drip, hawking, nasal sores, and bad breath. The ad promotes this vegetable tonic from Swift Specific Co. Atlanta offering free medical advice for long-standing cases.
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Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
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Buck Cole
Tak
Victrola
Majestic
Room
Atronize Home Industry
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Loaal
Doctora
Resinel
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Humphry
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Co
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