Spectacular Canton Doll Parade Draws 7000 at Washington Park
A crowd of about seven thousand watched Canton s fall celebration doll parade at Washington Park yesterday. Judges awarded prizes to Martha Jane Holloway and Helen Beatty with additional honors for Louis Bakers Grace Peng Joyce Johnson and more as 138 entries competed. Fire department drill and a horse show followed, drawing wide local interest and marking the event as one of the grandest spectacles in the city.
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Washington Park
Martha Jane Holloway
W.M. Holloway
Canton
Miss Holloway
Helen Francis Beatty
James P. Beatty
Red Cross
Louis Bakers
Grace Peng
W. Long
St. Aloysius Orphan’ Society
Marine Pieper
Geraldine Schwartz
Theresa Parsons
Gladys Wills
Marjorie Knapheide
Adam Weaver
Alice Hunnefeld
Ruth Townsend
Lucille Risk
Ruth Gardner
Ellen ~ Kinser
Clara, Buerhing
Mary Hendrickson
Elizabeth Korn
Agatha Freiburg
Hildegarde
Freiburg
Germain Schmeing
Susan Mayo Brant
Mary Sinnock
Grace Seger
Marion Ackerman
Louise
Willett
Elizabeth Cottrell
Wilma Schwindeler
Carlene Liebmann
Lillian Anderson
Cornelia Peterson
Ora Leona ‘Reed
Wilma Elizabeth Reed
Louise Major
Virginia Lancaster
Cyrillia Denning
Lillian Leona
Thombs
Frances Meehan
Marjorie Meehan
Esther Forrest
Mildred Forrest
Loop District
William Westmann
James Riley
Schaepers
Ford
Ernst
Schulte
Vernham
H. Maas
Cook
W. J
Otto’ Bergmann
Chemical
Bruce Robinson
Riverside
Alice
Flirt
White Charley
William Hoener
Tom Lane
Walter Williamson
Prize winners for dolls in carriages
Prize list items from Canton Missouri and nearby streets show first place Martha Jane Holloway and Grace Seger with addresses in Canton and Broadway in New York style. Other top finishers include Helen Beatty Louis Bakers Grace Long Virginia Winkeljohn Joyce Johnson Genevieve Welch.
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Grace’ Seger
Broadway
Virginia Winkeljohn
Joyce Johnson
Genevieve Welch
Elmo Johnson
North Twenty-fifth Street
Tom ‘McDonald
Seattle
James Howard
Harrisburg
Margaret
Murs
Martha Jane Holloway
Canton, Mo
Helen Francis Beatty
North Twelfth Street
Louis Bakers
Grace Long
South Eleventh Street
Grace Seger
Virginia
Winkeljohn
Joyce. Johnson
North Twenty-fifth
Oak Street
Local Pick-Ups and City News Blotter
Ireland's Taxi serves as local call line and news tip channel. Mrs Wm Lau of Chicago arrived on the Eli for her sister Mrs Wm Gehring, wife of a North End butcher, seriously ill. Adolph Weinberg and family from Augusta visited for the fall celebration. Fred Meyer on South Eighth Street recovered from bronchitis. Baked ham lunch planned at 4 p.m. Blue Ribbon Buffet at 514 Hampshire.
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Ireland
Wm. Lau
Chicago
Wm. Gehring
North End
Adolph Weinberg
Augusta
Fred Meyer
South Eighth Street
Blue Ribbon
Hampshire
Governor Dunne Speaks at St Francis College Visit
Governor Dunne visited St Francis College on a Tuesday afternoon, addressing students about preparing for future challenges and wartime readiness. He spoke briefly at the armory earlier and received cheers as he departed, with students giving a final salute and chant.
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Armory
Quincy
Newcomb
Gov. Dunne
St. Francis College
Haneereble
United States
St. Francis
Weddings and Licenses Report From Quincy Area
Quincys Pulse notes Charles Dove and wife observed their first wedding anniversary quietly at home on Eighth and State streets. County clerk records show two marriage licenses issued to Numa Jordan and Kate Ewer, Mendon, and Alvin Kleinschmidt Lafayette, Mo., with Elfrieda Campbell Barry. Two ejectment suits filed against Alfred Derry and Christian Doerr, in Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway area, by plaintiff.
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Eighth and State Streets
Charles Dove
Billy Smith
Numa Jordan
Quincy
Kate
Ewer
Mendon
Alvin C Kleinschmidt
Lafayette
Barry
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company
Alfred’. Derry
Christian Doerr
Circuit
Samuel Woods
M. F Carrott
Burlington
Attorneys sue Anton Padavic over 600 in bills of goods
George Govert and W Emery Lancaster acting for the Midland Distilling company filed suit yesterday in Circuit Clerk Erde W Beatty's office seeking $600 alleged due for goods on bills dating back to 1913.
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Anton .Padavic
George Govert
W. Emery Lancaster
Midland Distilling Company
Erde W. Beatty
Anton. Padavic
Wife Sues for Divorce for Cruelty Against Maxwell
Eva Ler Maxwell filed for divorce from Floyd R Maxwell, alleging cruelty. They married in Golders on November 17, 1912, and he left her on March 5, 1915. She seeks to restore her maiden name Eva Lee Strickler.
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Eva
Ler Maxwell
Hubbard and Groves
Circuit Clerk
Floyd’ R Maxwell
Maxwells
Golder
Eva Lee Strickler
Arnold Sent to Jail in Petit Larceny Case
Arnold was charged with petit larceny and arrested by Sheriff John Coens yesterday afternoon. He appeared before Judge Lyman McCarl in county court, pled not guilty, and was sent to jail in default of a $200 bond.
Must Support His Wife Charles Bitle Arrested for Abandonment
Charles Bitle was arrested by Sheriff and brought before Judge Lyman McCarl in County Court yesterday afternoon charged with wife abandonment. He pleaded not guilty. Under the new law he must contribute $3.00 weekly to his wife and child in Iowa City. Bitle instructed his employer to deduct the amount from his wages each week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bitle
John Coens
John Fowley
Lyman’ McCarl
Sunshine Club Carnival Tonight For Ellington Church
The Sunshine club plans a carnival at T Will Turner's residence on North Forty eighth street this evening to benefit Ellington church.
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Sunshine Club
T. Will Turner
North Forty Eighth Street
Ellington ‘Church
Dr King's New Discovery advertised for colds and bronchial relief
An old advertisement urges relief from stubborn colds with Dr. King's New Discovery. It warns neglect can lead to dangerous bronchial and lung ailments and promotes 50 cent and one dollar bottles as proven for all ages.
Ladies Sewing Circle of St John’s Church Coffee Event
The Ladies Sewing Circle of St John’s Church invites all for a Friday afternoon and evening coffee with an apron sale and entertainment. The entertainment promises to be worth seeing.
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St John’s ,Church
Pageant closes missionary meeting with address by Miss Beggs
The Quincy district Woman's Foreign Missionary society opens at Vermont Street M E Church with Miss Nellie Beggs of Ashland China speaking. A pageant The Torch Bearers featuring about 75 young people will close the convention. Lectures and reports by officers and auxiliaries precede the evening program.
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Garnett Smith
N. M. Rigg
C. A. Wells
Quincy
E. Gertrude .Powell
Bowen
Verna Simpson
la. Prairie
Paloma
Sterling
H. B. Graff
Rushville
Ravenscroft
Versailles
M. O
J.C. Nate
Champaign
George H. Wilson
Weisenburger
Illinois
J. C. Nate
Quincy Methodist
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. E
Vermont Street
M.E. Church
A. 8. Flanigan
King’s Highway
J.H. Crafton
A. Swing
Etta Murphy
Pittsfield
C. E. Taylor
Camp Point
Dves
Che
Church
Charles Jefferson
King's Herald
David Livingstone
Jack
Janet
Teralds
New York
Bureau of Information
One City in State Represented on World War Loan List
A war loan circular shows Illinois was represented only by Chicago with one local bank and sixteen bond houses. Missouri had two St Louis houses, no other big-city banks. Most subscriptions came from eastern banks near munition centers, with Milwaukee and the Pacific coast largely absent.
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Illinois
Chicago
Missouri
St. Louis
East
Pittsburgh
Pacific Coast
Milwaukee
Free Day at St Francis College Honor Fr Fortuna tus Name Day
Yesterday was a free day for St Francis college boys as they celebrated Rev Fortuna tus name day with a chicken dinner. Students presented a gift to the Rev Rector for his service, while breakfast plates were covered with candies and a short speech voiced appreciation.
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St. Francis College
Fortunatus
Public library displays children’s craft and baking exhibit
The Quincy Public library shows a charming exhibit of processes from penholder making to bread baking. The display aims to shape and flavor items to suit a child’s mind and runs in the hall downstairs on a polished rack for visitors.
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Quincy Public Library
Better Home and School Life for the Children
Former Minnesota governor A. O. Eberhart urged better home and school life to curb prisons and improve farms. Speaking in Quincy at a park gathering, he urged wholesome amusements, stronger church life, and attracting rural youths to farming to double state crops. He praised local leaders and urged continued newspaper and merchant support.
Death in Mexico Claimed Young Engineer Simon Weinberg
Special to The Whig Rushville Ill Oct 14 Mesa Weinberg of this city received a telegram yesterday stating his son Simon Weinberg is dead in Mexico. The message from Artie Hobble said the body could not be sent home and advised the father not to go to Mexico. No details were given but it is believed he was killed and his body mutilated. Simon, about 30, was a civil engineer and University of Illinois graduate who had worked in Mexico for a Canadian firm for two years. He returned circa a year ago when unrest began, and came back two months ago hoping to pursue his vocation without danger. Hobble, also a civil engineer, worked with him about 60 miles from Vera Cruz. He leaves his father and mother, two brothers in Rushville, and three sisters, with many friends in Rushville and Augusta.
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A. O. Eberhart
Minnesota
Washington Park
George. Levi
Chamber of Commerce
Father A. Zurbensen
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Levi
Eberhart
Gov. Dunne
Senator Lewis
Sen. Lewis
Whig
Rushville
Ill
Mesa Weinberg
Simon Weinberg
Mexico
Artie Hobble
University of Illinois
Weinberg
Vera. Cruz
Augusta
Adams county man considered for state bankers post
Hez G Henry of Camp Point is being considered for the secretaryship of the State Bankers' Association. Henry has long been active in the association and is well known across Illinois. He is in Joliet for the annual meeting of the association.
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Hez. G. Henry
Camp Point
Adams County
Invocation at Quincy civic celebration in Washington park
A verbose invocation delivered yesterday afternoon in Washington park before a speech by Former Governor Eberhart. The prayer pleads for divine blessing on Quincy, its laborers, and the nation, asking peace, unity, and guidance for the ship of state amid European warfare and domestic distress. Amen.
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Washington
Park
Eberhart
Jesus
Quincy
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Phy
Leavenworth
Kansas
Robert Pringle
Hannibal
Lubbe
Miss Hokamp
M. E. Church
Nellie. Beggs
China
Jesus Christ
Nellie Beggs
Miss Beggs
Ashland
J. O. Kirkpatrick
Grace M. E. Church
Society of the M. E. Church
Hast
Fifth Infantry
Father Zurbonsen
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