Good Roads Benefit Every Citizen in Quincy
A county bond proposal to build 300 miles of good roads center into Quincy is argued to lower living costs, raise wage demands through increased business, boost manufacturing and farming trade, and expand job opportunities. Voters are urged that even nonowners benefit from cheaper produce, stronger labor markets, and a more prosperous Quincy by backing the bond.
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Adams County Good Road League
Quincy
Adams County
Co Quincy
Quincyc
Dr Kings New Life Pills Advertises Quick Relief
An old style advertisement promises prompt relief from dullness by cleansing the liver and intestines. It touts a mild non gripping bowel movement to clear a muddy complexion and offers a bottle at the druggist for 25 cents. A dose tonight will make you cheerful at breakfast.
German banks adopt certified checks in new cashless push
Berlin reports that the Imperial German bank may certify depositors checks for ten days, with other banks able to issue certified checks. The measure aims to curb cash use, cut postal and tax payments by check, and reduce note circulation as Germany shifts toward checks in wartime finance.
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Berlin
America
Germany
Federal Council
Imperial German Bank
Imperial Bank
Association of Berlin Banks
Huerta's Widow Visits El Paso and Leaves Wreath
Mrs Victoriano Huerta widow of the former Mexican president arrived heavily veiled in El Paso. She placed a wreath at Concordia cemetery entrance and departed for Cuba with her attorneys. She did not claim the $18 000 deposited for those arrested in the alleged neutrality violation conspiracy in June 1915. Her daughter Mrs Elena Quiroz accompanied her.
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EL Paso
Victoriano Huerta
Huerta
Mexico
Concordia Cemetery
Cuba
Elena Quiroz
Hard Tack Footnote: A Soldier’s Harder Discovery
A vivid line notes that hard tack given to soldiers is not as hard as the one found underfoot. It contrasts wartime rations with an even tougher surprise encountered barefoot, mixing wit with the era’s rugged realities.
Weather outlook for week across regions from Round-Up Washington
Weather bureau forecasts for the week of October starting Sunday. Great Lakes region to be generally fair and cool with possible unsettled periods Tuesday or Thursday. Upper Mississippi valley and plains see unsettled and cool first half with local rains, then generally fair and warmer in the latter half.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Plains State
Mexico City Decree Proposes Death Penalty for Robbers
Oct 8 government prepared decree providing death penalty for robbers bandits and those convicted of hold ups and the foreign office said it protested to Cuba over alleged anti Mexican attacks in Cuban government papers.
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Mexico City
Foreign Office
Cuba
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