One Man Killed Four Wounded in Charleston Shootout
A deadly shooting at a Charleston Democratic executive committee meeting killed Sidney Cohen and wounded four others, including W. A. Turner and W. E. Wingate. National guard helped restore order as six arrests were made. Hyde leads unofficially by 19 votes from 6000 ballots. Ballots were to be canvassed next day.
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Charleston
Democratic City
National Guard
Sidney J. Cohen
Charleston Evening Post
W. A. ‘Turner
W.E. Wingate
H. L. Wilensky
Jeremiah O’brien
Cohen
John P. Grace
Manning
Grace
Tristram — T. Hyde
Hyde
Max Goldman
H.J. Brown
Edward McDonald
J. J. Healy
Conrad Stender
J. EH. Steenken
Williams Speaks at Monmouth Plow Show
Democratic Day at the Monmouth Tractor Show drew hundreds as William Elza attacked Senator Sherman. Williams, candidate for governor, labeled Sherman a reactionary and Wilson ally. Brinton of Dixon and Perry of Springfield announced, with Wilson Day branding and placards among visitors led by Senator James Hamilton Lewis.
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Monmouth
Ill
Sherman
William Elza
Williams
Wilson
William B. Brinton
Dixon
Elmer A. Perry
Springfield
James Hamilton Lewis
Fall accident fractures hip of Loraine woman
Mrs. Martha Adair aged 65 of Loraine suffered a fractured right hip when stepped from her auto and was struck by an eastbound electric vehicle on Hampshire near Sixth street. She blamed herself, was first taken to Mrs. Caroline Fry's home, then moved to Blessing hospital under Dr. Otis Johnston care.
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Martha Adair
Loraine
Blessing Hospital
Otis ‘Johnston
Adair
Caroline Fry
Broadway
Y M C A Banquet Opens 75 Boys Gift Membership Drive
About 75 boys attended a banquet launching the Y M C A membership campaign. The drive aims to recruit 300 boys in Quincy with a 500 mile auto race between a Cole 8 and an Overland. Prizes include memberships for top drivers and enamel pins for those reaching miles. Open house next week for all Quincy boys aged 12 to 20.
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Bay Department
Otis Curtis
Gray
Lummis
Fred ‘Baldwin
Wm. Steinbech
Harold Lummis
Kenneth Dickson
Whig
Auto
Quincey
Conference Called On Cattle Plague
Washington October 15 1915 a call issued by the department of agriculture for a conference at Chicago November 29 and 30 of federal and state officials and others to discuss the livestock foot and mouth disease problem Acting Secretary Vrooman said the conference would be advisory inviting state livestock sanitary officers college experts practical stock men and representatives of stock papers transportation companies stock yards and county banks to participate.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Vrooman
Izalco Volcano in eruption near Sonsonate
Volcanic activity at Izalco rising ten miles north of Sonsonate continues with a high eruption, emitting large quantities of lava from its 6,200 foot elevation.
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San Salvador
Izalco
Sonsonate
Louis Worley Visited City From Macomb
Louis Worley of Macomb spent a few days in this city and arrived here yesterday.
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Louis Worley
Macomb
Appeal Returns Case to Adams County Circuit Court
The appeal in Weltin vs Garner, mayor of Quincy, was dismissed by the Appellate Court third district in Springfield. The case returns to the Adams County circuit court with the suit and injunction status unchanged, the appeal only being dismissed. Damages claim was denied. the underlying suit remains active.
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Adams County
Quincy
Springfield
Weltin
Garner
Reardon
Westin
Virginia Club Opens Season At Cheerful Home
The Virginia club held its first meeting of the season last evening in the Cheerful Home with strong attendance. A social hour followed the session, highlighting the event. Miss Pearl Shields of Clayton underwent an appendicitis operation at Phelps hospital and is recovering well.
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Virginia Club
Clayton
Macomb
Miss Pearl
Shields of
Phelps Hospital
Foreclosure Suit filed on Bonney Place property in Hannibal
John E Wall of Quincy and Charles E Rendlen of Hannibal filed suit to foreclose a mortgage given by Albert G Smyth et al. The case was filed in Circuit Clerk Erde W Beatty's office. The amount involved is 1200 dollars. Property is the old Judge Bonney place on Sixth between Cherry and Cedar streets.
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Quincy
Charles E. ’ Rendlen
Hannibal
Albert G
Salmon Brings Partition Suit In Fifth Street Quincy Case
In the Circuit Clerk office yesterday Martis E Salmon by George H Wilson and Henry Schmiedeskamp filed a partition suit against L W Salmon et al regarding property at 417 North Fifth street Quincy. Emmons and Emmons filed a bill in assumpsit for The Evansville Mattress and Couch company versus John F Brenner and Sam Singer to recover 300 dollars for goods purchased.
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Salmon
Erde W. Beatty
George H. Wilson
Henry Schmiedeskamp
Martis E. Salmon
L.W. Salmon
North
Fifth’ Street
Quincy
Emmons
Circuit
Assumpsit
Evansville Mattress and Couch Company
John F. Brenner
Sam Singer
Williamson Twice Defendant Holt Ice Sues Williamson
The Holt Ice company of Indiana filed suit against Charles H. Williamson for 8500 claimed due on account. In a separate case George A. Shank et al. vs Charles H. Williamson, Williamson appeals a justice court decision where plaintiffs were awarded 84.53.
Madison school Parent-Teacher meeting urged attendance
The regular meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Association of Madison school will be held Friday afternoon in the assembly room. Election of officers will be a principal item on the program and all members are urged to attend.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association of Madison
Police consider embezzlement charge against opera star’s son
Paterson New Jersey October 15. At a meeting of the fire and police commission Chief of Police Bimson was directed to file an embezzlement complaint against Henry Schumann Heink the prima donnas son. He is a clerk in the recorder's court and was suspended a month ago after discrepancies were found in his accounts.
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Paterson
N. J
Fire and Police Commission
Bimson i
Henry Schumann-Heink
Schumann-Heink
Recorder's Court
Edison In Chicago On War Chest Plant Visit
Thomas A. Edison, chairman of the U S naval advisory board, spent a few hours in Chicago en route to San Francisco. The inventor supported a large plant for a United States war chest.
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Edison
Chicago
Thomas A. Edison
United States Naval Advisory Board
San Francisco
United States War Chest
Mast Couple Welcome Second Daughter in Blessing Hospital
Mr and Mrs Emil Mast of 32314 North Ninth Street are parents of a second child a daughter born in Blessing Hospital.
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Emil. Mast
North Ninth Street
Blessing, Hospital
Cavell Executed After Sentences In Brussels Case
London reports Miss Edith Cavell, former head of a Brussels training school, executed October 13 after death sentences passed for harboring fugitive British and French soldiers and Belgians of military age who sought to escape from Belgium.
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London
Foreign Office
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Miss Cavell
Belgium
Montenegrins Compel Austro Germans to Retreat Front
A dispatch from Cittinie Montenegro via Rome reports Montenegrin resistance along the front forces Austro German troops to retire and call for reinforcements. The item notes the stubborn defense and ongoing fighting as winter approaches.
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Rome
Paris
Cittinie
Montenegro
Army Plans Bared for Continental Force Led by West Point Grads
Secretary outlines a six year enlistment bound army drawing officers from West Point graduates National Guard and educational institutions with compulsory military training. Plans call for standardizing courses in engineering and military sciences across schools to feed commissions the force would be divided into geographic divisions with predictable mobilization points and a fixed pay while in training and a staged buildup from companies to corps.
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West Point
Continental Army
National Guard
Army
Regular Army
Rancher Improves After Anthrax Battle In Merced
P L Ryan a dairy rancher untreated infection from an infected cow was thought dying but today shows vast improvement. His arm infection led to amputation yet he has recovered enough to rally. The report notes serum treatment aided his recovery in Merced California on October 15.
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Merced
Cal
L. Ryan
Ryan
Animated Weekly Highlights and World News Notes
A glance at Family Theater Today features The Arabic's Survivors arriving safely in Queenstown after torpedoing, President Plays Ball as the nation’s leader throws the first pitch at an amateur charity game in Washington. Also reports on Winning Tennis Championship, auto racing thrills in Newark, and a playful scene titled AL ligator's Dinner Time with quirky farm and turkey trot imagery along with other global subjects.
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Family Theater
Queenstown
Tre
G. A. R. Benefit
Washington, D.C
Johnson
M. E
McLoughtlin
Forest Hills
L.I
Speed Kings
Newark
Los Angeles
Cal
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
Claim for Texas Wonder by Dr E W Hall of St Louis promises cures for kidney and bladder ailments in men women and children. Sold by druggists or by mail for 1.00 with two months treatment and testimonials available upon request.
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Texas
Mali
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
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Panvass
Pittsfield
Martha Adair of
Hari “Foundry
Elain
Modern
Fifth and Ohio Sts
Quincy Gas CO
OER Agency
Maine St
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