City Council Nears Victory in Light Gas Rate Case
City officials met with H O Channon and gas company representatives to discuss a compromise on gas rates and elevator electricity charges. The plan seeks 25 cent minimum gas meter fees and 85 cent to 90 cent rate bands, with final terms to be set at the next regular meeting amid debate over city commissions and fairness to heavy users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Channon
Quincy Gas, Electric and Heating Company
Shaw
Springfield
Abbott
J. I. Stevens
Focal Gas Company
E. Council
Warren
Icy
Quincy Gas
Eletric
Si Heating
Henalco
David Ross
James FE. McNutt
Channon
Stevens
Mr. Stevens
Utilities Commission
Jacksonville
Peoria
Council Chamber
Abe Martin Says Chooser Cuts o' liver Take a Jump
Abe Martin comments on timing of mercy and bold bets, urging caution and humor as the era calls for sharper moves. He blends wit with social heat, challenging readers to balance kindness and confidence in turbulent days.
Missouri editor urges end to free newspaper exchanges
J B Powell of the University of Missouri argues for abolishing free exchanges among Newspapers as part of a retrenchment plan amid high paper costs. He says editors should only pay for subscriptions to the exchanges they truly value, converting others to paid circulation and strengthening finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Powell
University of Missouri At Columbia
Missouri
Mr. Powell
Audit Bureaus of
Powell
Prof Moulton to Lecture Here Today
The Atlantis society invites the public to hear Prof Richard Moulton of the University of Chicago speak in the Chamber of Commerce building. Tonight at 8 he discusses The Literary Conception of the Bible Its Eclipse and Recovery. Saturday at 3 he speaks on The Earlier Prophets as Men of Action and the Later Prophets as Men of Letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantis Society
Richard Moulton
University of Chicago
Chamber of Comerce
Dr. Moulton
Today's Meetings at Gem City Lodge and Lodges
Gem City lodge No 367 meets in hall. Bricklayers Protective Union No 1 meets in Labor temple. Electrical Workers Union No 67 meets in Labor temple. North Side Boat Club meets in Club rooms 200 South Front St. Loyal Order of Moose Ladies Circle No 189 meets in Moose Hall. South Side Boat Club meets in Club House. Power Boat Club meets in Club House. Quincy Lodge of Masons meets in Masonic Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem City Lodge
Hall
Bricklayers’ Protective Union
Labor Temple
Electrical Workers' Union
North Side Boat Club
South Front Street
Loyal Order of Mouse
Ladies’ Circle
Moose Hall
South Side Boat Club
Power Boat Club
Quincy Lodge of Masons
Board tightens school rules and duties under Gill
The board of education, led by Supt. C. M. Gill, approved measures to limit politics in schools, adjust towel usage, promote fire prevention, and set new substitute teacher salaries. They discussed part time work in Quincy shops, praised September attendance, and approved a portable central room, a piano for Berrian kindergarten, and a gas heater for showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.M. Gill
Board of Education
Hugh E. King
Supt. Gill
Gill
W. K. Abbott
Supt
Committee On Finance
Quincy
Adams
Irving
Emerson
Anna Kordesman
Irving School
Todd Kirk
Homer Townsend
Hannah L. Mahoney
Armory Hall
Berrian School
Whig to Broadcast World Series Play by Play
Tomorrow The Whig invites Quincy fans to hear live play by play results from Boston at 1 PM in the office. A blackboard display and plain view box score will show each moment as it happens, an extraordinary AP backed service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whig
Boston
Associated Press
Quincy
Superintendent Gill Calls For Portable Athletic Field
Supt. Gill presents September report to the board noting total enrollment 4142 with 2827 boys and girls in grades from kindergarten to senior high. He details tardiness, room sizes, and urges planning for temporary basketball quarters and a field for baseball football tennis and track at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gill
Board of Education
Aradey
Adams
Irving
Emerson
Anka
CG. M. Gile
Chicago Gambling Squad Forming Amid Police Shake-up
Oct 6 report notes Chicago police led by Chief Healey form a secret gambling unit. Hundreds fear exposure as sensational racing syndicate probes widen. A wealthy widow plans to place $7,000 in cancelled checks with Federal Judge Landis via attorney James Calahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Healey
Chicao
James E. Calahan
Landis
Ru manians wiped out in Danube invasion near Riahove
Bulgarian war office says sixteen Rumanian battalions totaling about 15,000 troops crossed the Danube and invaded Bulgaria near Riahove and were enveloped and destroyed. The defeat marks the worst for Rumanians since Tutrakan, with Teutonic monitors disabled pontoon bridges hindering retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Danube
Bulgaria
Riahove
War Office
Tutrakan
Alonzo Meyer Dies After Long Illness
Alonzo Meyer former Quincy patrol driver died at 12 45 this morning at his home 805 Jackson street His widow and parents and several brothers in northeast Missouri survive He suffered tuberculosis of the hip and had been bedridden since last June during a visit to his father Meyer was about 30 years old served on the police force under Mayor G Sner four years ago later worked in business and was appointed patrolman two years ago serving as patrol driver in his last police stint
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Meyer
Quincy
Jackson Street
Missouri
Mr. Meyer
Mr Meyer
G. Sner
Police
Fire damages Maple Street frame building in Quincy
A fire from a defective flue in a south Maple Street frame building caused about 75 dollars in damage Thursday morning. The roof caught fire and the structure was destroyed. Nos. 1 2 and 3 fire stations responded to the alarm at 9 10. The dwelling was occupied by a colored family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Ten Days Mission at St Boniface Church Opens Oct 22
Rev Peter Maas and Rev H Steinbeck will lead a ten days mission at St Boniface Church from Sunday Oct 22 to Nov 1. English sermons will be in the evening and German sermons in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Hall
Olympic Dramatic Club
Peter Maas
H. Steinbeck
St. Boniface Church
School Children Imposed Upon Says Supt. Gill
Superintendent C M Gill spoke to the board describing hardships faced by Quincy children forced to carry dinners to workers at noon. He cited 9 young carriers with long noon walks varying from 38 to 50 blocks, and a total of 126 children in six schools. He argued the practice limits study time and food, urging parental involvement and reforms to protect pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy School
Board of Education
C. M. Gill
Quincy
Gill
Fire Department Parade Planned for October 10
Quincy fire laddies will parade and demonstrate fire fighting methods on Tuesday afternoon October 10. All available members will march from the station houses with modern apparatus through the business section and around Washington square at 1 30 o clock. The parade, led by a police platoon, will rest on the south side of Washington park between Fourth and Fifth streets, followed by firefighting demonstrations and drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Fire Department
Washington Square
Washington Park
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Attorney Wilson Named In Contest Of Attorney General Nomination
Attorney George Wilson, defeated in the Republican nominee race for attorney general, is made a party to a Cook county contest suit filed by Edward Barr against Edward J. Brundage. Barr seeks to overturn Brundage’s nomination amid fraud claims in Cook county precincts. Other defeated candidates including Walter Provine and Fayette Munro are named as party to the suit as a formality. Jurisdictional summons were issued by probate clerk Henry F. Schmidt of Wills county and served by Sheriff John Coens in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilson
Cook County
Edward Barr
Edward J. Brundage
Barr
Brundage
Mr. Wilson
Walter Provine
Fayette Munro
Henry F. Schmidt
Wills County
Wilson
Quincy
John Coens
Kern Will Speak In Round-Up Meeting
Fred J. Kern of Belleville, president of the state board of administration, will be the principal speaker Friday October 13 in Washington park if weather permits. Frank J. Penick will introduce him, with John Inghram arranging for the event and other Democrats possible speakers. Tobin buys Arend saloon, will take possession October 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Kern
Belleville
State Board of Administration
Washington Park
Frank J. Penick
Kern
John Inghram
Democratic County Central Committee
Roosevelt works on coming speeches in Polk push
On October 6 Colonel Roosevelt finishes a second verbal broadside against President Wilson. He plans a Chicago rally late next week and three or four more addresses at St Paul Denver Louisville and El Paso if kept on the schedule. El Paso is the southern objective. The talks will focus on Wilson foreign policy to argue the Kaiser kept the U.S. out of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
Wilson
Chicago
St. Paul
Denver
Louisville
el Paso
Police Capture Bandits In Saloon Robbery
Six automobile bandits were reported captured by police on the south side Thursday night while in the act of robbing a saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cihucagqo
We must use all our force to uphold world peace
President urges Europe to understand America and backs a league of nations while stressing absolute allegiance to the United States. Crowds in Omaha cheer as he extols fighting for mankind’s rights, not property, and calls for unity beyond private national concerns. Club rooms open with social events, bowling, and cards.
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Europe
America
League of Nations
St. Boniface Club Rooms
St. Boniface Social Club
St. Boniface Young Men's Society
St. Agenes
St. Peters
Weather Outlook For Midwest And Town Regions
Illinois sees fair weather Friday and Saturday with a cooler Friday. Missouri reports fair conditions Friday and Saturday with cooler eastern and southern portions Friday and warmer northwest Saturday. Town area expects fair days Friday and Saturday with warmer conditions Friday in the northwest and Saturday overall warmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Missouri
Local river temps and stage outlook
Local temperatures yesterday ranged in scattered garbled text. River stage near Warsaw to Louisiana described as stationary or falling very slowly for the next hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Louisiana
For Sale and Wanted Items in Mendon Area
FOR SALE Ben Davis apples 50 cents per bushel picked 25 cents for dropped 43 miles southeast of Lima Ob a Abhere Eshom Rt 4 Mendon Indiana. FOR SALE A fine Davenport almost new See or phone Pr A A Whipple Office Tl State Bank Building Phones ra ba. WANTED At once dining room lights Inquire at Franklin House.
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Ben Davis
Lima
Rt. 4
Mendon, In
Renee
Davenpart
A A. Whipple
State Bank
Franklin House
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Reincy Utilities Company
W. A. Simmonds
Gas Company
John Lepper
State Utilities Committee
Commission
Alderman McNutt
Abe Martin
Missouri University
Prof. Moulton
Boy Scouts
Berrian
Dewey
Wranklin
Jackson
Jefferson
Madison
Webster
Ilness
Masonic Temple
Ghazzeh Grotto Lodge
Marriott
Crooks & Cox Millinery Company
Mississippi River Power Company
Quincy Gas, Electricard Heating Company
Helen Blair
New Orleans
Somers
Military Ladies
Florence Wand
Burlingame
Blinky
Dubuque
St. Louis
Anton F. Trapp
Abbott Merryleads
Trapp
Merrylees
Maine Street
Justice of the Peace Ben Heckle
Frank Nations
Pure Ice Company
Naval Reserves
William Smith
Rian
Henry Ames
North St. Louis
Quincey
Parent-Teacher Association
Anton Tobin
Schmits
North Fifth Street
Louis Arend
Oak Streets
Tobin
New Place
Omaha
Keokukey
Arts
Hannibal
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