Girls Society elects officers at Jackson School event
The Girls outing club of Jackson School held its first annual meeting on October 6. Theresa Parsons Julia Vandoorn Rubie McKenna named nomination committee. Officers elected: President Virginia McCaskill Vice President Alma Anderson Secretary Thelma Van Doorn Treasurer Margaret Gabriel. About seventy seventh to ninth graders attended as president Margaret Gabriel presided.
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Jackson School
Theresa. ‘Parsons
Julia. Vandoorn
Rubie McKenna
Virginia McCaskill
Alma Anderson
Thelma van Doorn
Margaret Gabriel
Saloonkeepers Pay Sunday Fine in Circuit Court
Louis Rigler and other local saloonkeepers fined for operating on Sunday paid their fines at the Circuit Clerk office. Rigler settled 50 dollars with costs totaling 70.95. Several others fined have yet to appear and settle assessments.
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Louis Rigler
Erde’ W
Son Sues Father for $1000 Over Farm Work
Harvey Amen sues his father in circuit court, filed by attorney J LeRoy Adair in the office of Circuit Clerk Erde W Beatty. The suit claims the father owes $1000 for work done on the farm and seeks to recover the amount through court action.
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J. LeRoy Adair
Erde W. Beatty
Harvey Amen
California Syrup of Figs Promoted as Child Laxative
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe, effective treatment for constipated children. It claims coated tongues signal need to use the product, promises gentle relief within hours, and warns to ask druggists for a 50 cent bottle with clear directions. The piece urges buyers to avoid counterfeit versions and to obtain the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Strange Negro Sighted Inmate To Asylum
George Jeffrey, a Black man described as strange and unreliable, was committed to the Jacksonville insane asylum after arrest for allegedly wringing the heads off two dozen farmer chickens near Liberty. He claimed to travel from Pittsburgh in two days and to be a thousand years old, saying he lives on blood. A county court medical commission found him unsound and wandering, deeming him unsafe at large. Authorities could not verify his hometown.
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George Jeffrey
Liberty
Jacksonville
Jeffrey
Pittsburgh
Sheriff Leads Detention Crew To Pontiac Reformatory
Sheriff John Coens departed with Howard Curtis Clen Denning Walter Williams Albert Steinbrecher and Victor Martin all sentenced to terms in the state reformatory at Pontiac to deliver them to authorities there He plans another expedition to Chester for offenders with indeterminate terms in the penitentiary William Cleeson Albert Minnock and Arnold Bess are named as penitentiary sentences.
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John Coens
Howard Curtis
Clen Denning
Walter Williams
Albert Steinbrecher
Victor Martin
State Reformatory
Pontiac
Coens
Chester
William Cleeson
Albert Minnock
Arnold Bess
Gorrell Stock Company Opens at Empire Hippodrome
Al Gorrell and his stock company inaugurate an engagement at the Empire Hippodrome featuring two plays weekly. The opening show is Chas Klein’s "The Gamblers." Prices: 10 and 20 cents for evening and Sunday matinees. Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 10 cents.
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AL Gorrell
Hippodrome
Chas. Klein
Dr Kings New Discovery Promises Relief for Coughs
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a proven remedy for coughs and lung troubles. It notes 46 years on the market with testimonials from Youth and old age and promises money back if it fails. Prices listed 50c and 1.00.
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Dr. King
Pike County Soil Account Overview and Glacial History
Pike County lies in the southern upper Illinois glaciation between the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. The county features eastern slopes to the Illinois River and western slopes to the Mississippi with topography shaped by stream erosion and glacial action. The Illinois glaciation deposited boulder clay drift, forming moraines up to 100 feet thick in places, while general drift remains shallow outside morainal ridges.
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Pike County
Cyril G. Hopkins
E.van Alstine
F.W. Garrett
Illinois
Mississippi
Calhoun County
North America
Labrador
Hudson Bay
Greenland
Rocky Mountains
Farmers to Hold Institutes Across Pike County
Pike county teachers and farmers petitioned the supervisors for county wide farmers' institutes this fall. Fantz of Kinderhook led the effort and the plan calls for a series of institutes the week of November 8 at several sites including Milton Nebo Pleasant Hill Baylis Suramer Hill and Griggsville with a day in each town.
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Pike County
Fantz
Kinderhook
Milton
Nebo
Pleasant Hill
Baylis
Suramer Hill
Griggsville
Orpheum Show Delivers Variety and Lively Acts
The Orpheum opened to capacity with a strong bill led by Lieut. Nordwell in Holland costume and a vivid lecture with country pictures. Shown next were Swains Cats and Rats, Lemardi on violin and guitar, Harry Mason and his four, Kelly and Galvin, Ralph Bayhl and company starring a musical comedy skit and a 2100 pound bungalow lift finale.
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Orpheum
Nordwell
U.S
Holland
Ile
Lemardi
Harry Mason
Kelly andeGalvin
Tahian
Ralph Bayhl and
Ralph
Gruber Files Seratrix for Parker at County Clerk
The office of the county clerk received the report by Harvey Gruber acting as seratrix for Margaret Parker yesterday afternoon.
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Harvey Gruber
Margaret Parker
Quack Advertises Noninvasive Chronic Disease Cure
A physician offers non surgical treatment for chronic pelvic abdominal conditions, piles, rupture and women’s issues, claiming cure possible when standard methods fail. He promises free examinations, lists hours 9 to 12 mornings 1 30 to 4 afternoons, and evening slots Wednesday and Saturday at Wells Building Quincy.
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J. H. ‘Waldron
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Quincy
King Baggot
DR. Jekyll
MR. Hyde
Grace ‘Cunard
Francis Ford
Alb
Broadway
Ben Wilson
Olive Golden
M. K. Wilson
the Blige
Houses of Glass
Pathe Weakly
Charlie Chaplin
the Great
Ste the Bijou
Halford
Vanderhoff
Kalem
Stock Company
T. Waldfogel
Hampshire
H.f.lafler
YU. Bank Bldg
Tel
Sil-W
Finder
Modern Novel Club
Otto Mohrenstecher
C. H. Appleton
Saturday Evening Post
Pelham
Grenville Wodehouse
Guy Noll
Frank Crane
Country Club
Henry Brant
Robert Halbach
John Heffler
E. Hawke
Oak Street
Louis Schroeder
la’ ‘Grange
Ill
Henry Schroeder
Henke
J. S. Geiger
Emil Reinkendorff
George Munro
Fred . Wilms
Fred Wilms, Jr
Cleveland
W. A. Hagenbruch
Barry
Leonard Hammond
Hammond
Ralph Gardner
Arch Rogers
New York
Needle Club
J. H.kelker
August Heidbreder
Detroit
Ladies’ Aid Society
Salem Evangelical Church
Salem Hall
Leemhuis
Albert Schmidt
St. Mary's Hospital
Kate Langdon
Woodland Cemetery
Ernest Wood
Rochester
Minn
Wood
George Stahl
Macatawa, Mich
Stummer
Pontiag
State Penitentiary
Empire-Hippodrome
Gamblers
Pike
Board of Supervisors
A&xminster
Witton
Royal Witten
Ita
Den
W. T. Duker Co
Duker Service
Maine Street
Wells
S. W. Cor
Fifth and
Maine Streets
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