Liberty Loan meeting drives county progress in Missouri
A county meeting on Liberty Loan bonds reports progress toward the extends of the quota. Banks outside the city show limited figures while local bankers push individual sales. Campaign organizers pledge a united effort with Chamber of Commerce leaders and representatives slated to attend, aiming to mobilize support across Camp Point, Plainville and Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Ms County
Ark
Monster
Chamber of Representatives
Tinggs
Camp Point
Plainbus
McCarl
Tria
Rumor of Treason Gives Way to Plain Truth at Camp Logan
A rumor circulated among Houston war correspondents that a Fifth Infantry man had been shot for treason. Headquarters announced the tale false. the soldier was alive and dining with his unit in the mess hall. The story originated in Quincy, where friends allegedly sought to prank him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Logan
Houston
Texas
Fifth Infantry
Frank S. Wood
Quincy
First man arrested for failing to appear before draft exemption board
The first of several men registered in Quincy under the draft law who did not appear for examination was arrested in Quincy Wednesday. Albert Kersey was seized in Washington park by Chief Melton and Detectives Piercy and Meise, jailed, and likely to face charges before U S Commissioner Martindale. He had left Quincy after registering last June and only recently returned, triggering police action. The board will prosecute those who miss examinations unless valid reasons are shown, as names are compiled for government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Exemption Board
Albert Kersey
Washington Park
Melton
Piercy
Meise
Kersey
United States
W. P. Martindale
South Dakota
Quincey Board
Head Council W C U Meets Here Sunday
Officers of the supreme council of the Western Catholic Union will convene in Quincy in the Illinois State Bank building Sunday and Monday. Most head officers attend except two trustees, Kramp and Zipf. Attendees include Heckenkamp, Wilhelms, Ott, Freiburg, Klein, Rebhan, Davis, Marx, Koos, and Zittel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Council of the Western Catholic Union
Quincy
Illinois State Bank
Mathias J. Kramp
Springfield
James H. Zipf
St. Louis
F. W. Heckenkamp, Jr
J. A. Wilhelms
Joliet
William K. Ott
J. J. Freiburg
M. J. Klein
Chicago
Supreme
George C. Rebhan
Belleville
Frank Davis
August Marx
John Koos
Aurora
Andrew Zittel
East St. Louis
Rooters Club Organized at Local High School
About thirty boys met in the study hall on Wednesday to form a Rooters club with Lawrence Emmons directing. They tested school yells and plan to appoint an official cheerleader. Domestic Science will supply blue and white skull caps and armbands. Social committee named includes Virginia Fry, Alvin Giegerich, Ralph Heidbreder, Maria Bowen, and Ruth Enlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Emmons
Milton Lubber
Virginia Fry
Alvin Giegerich
Ralph Heidbreder
Maria Bowen
Ruth Enlow
Library Fund Entertainment At High School Auditorium
Tickets for Friday evening readings from Riley by Miss Lucille Langhanke and a sequence of musical numbers are selling fast. Her prior public readings receive high praise and the event is expected to draw a large crowd and be well worth the ten cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Fund
Trades and Labor Assembly Triumph in Bowling Match
The Trades and Labor Assembly defeated the Painters three games to none in a high spirited bowling contest at the Labor Temple alleys on Wednesday evening. Team scores featured T L Assembly 653 620 678 against Painters 40? 514 498. Later, the steamer Keokuk reached Quin cy at 10 30 Wednesday morning with a fair passenger and freight load and raised its gang plank at 8 30 with a similar cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Temple
Trades and Labor Assembly
Painters
T & L, Assembly
Keokuk
Quincy
Theaters Face New War Tax On Admissions
Theater goers may pay an extra cent per ten cents of admission after November 1 as the government imposes a new war tax on theater admissions. Exemptions include the 65 cent movie houses and passes used by employees. religious, educational, or charitable benefits are exempt. The measure targets legitimate theaters and outlines tax handling at box offices and for reserved seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Germany
Wiley McConnell
Orpheum
Revenue Department
Chamber pushes to Bloomington good roads meeting
The Chamber of Commerce with the Quincy Auto Club and County Superintendent L L Boyer plans a large delegation to Bloomington on October 24 for the good roads convention. Quincy and Adams county seek to show statewide support for better roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Quincy Auto Club
L. L. Boyer
Bloomington
Quincy
Adams County
Joseph Terwelp Dies After Illness in Quincy Home
Joseph H Terwelp died at 4 15 am Wednesday at 2000 Elm street after a two month illness from liver cancer. Born January 1 1865 in Quincy he was 52 and lifelong resident. He belonged to St Aloysius Orphan Society Prairie Benevolent Association and St Francis Catholic Church. He worked for Best Plumbing Co. He is survived by his wife four sons Edward Robert Lawrence and John four daughters Mary Clara and Helen two brothers Henry and George and a sister Mrs John Koesjan all of Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Terwelp
Elm Street
Quincy
Tie
St. Aloysius Orphan Society
Prairie Benevolent Association
St. Francis Catholic Church
Best Plumbing Company
Edward
Robert
Lawrence
John
Mary
Clara
Helen
Henry
George
John Koesjan
Funeral of Daniel Mahoney Held at St Peter's Church
The funeral was held at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Mary Croskary 620 Hampshire Street and at 9 a.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church conducted by Father Driscoll. Bearers were John Blomer Casper Yreiburg John Connery Joseph Lubbe Charles Hoeckelman and George Otte. Burial followed in St. Peter's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Mahoney
Niee
Mary Croskary
Hampshire Street
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Father Driscoll
John Blomer
Casper Yreiburg
John Connery
Joseph Lubbe
Charles Hoeckelman
George Otte
St. Peter's Cemetery
Funeral for Walter Maas at two locations
The funeral for Walter Maas will be held at 8:30 in the Nome, 2237 Vine Street, and at 9 in St Francis Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Maas
Nome
Vine Street
St. Francis Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Funeral service for Christian Spoenemann at Old People's Home
The funeral will be held at 2:30 PM at the Old People's Home, 418 Washington Street, conducted by Rev. Emil Goetz of Bethel Church. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery. Friends invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Spoenemann
Old People’s Home
Washington Street
Emil Goetz
Bethel Method T Church
Woodland Cemetery
Call to T P A Quincy Post A Meeting at Chamber
Perry C. Ellis urges a large turnout of about five hundred members of Travelers Protective Association Post A of Quincy for Thursday at 8 pm. The gathering at the Chamber of Commerce building plans the final drive of the Liberty Loan campaign and seeks a vigorous, whole hearted response reflecting credit on the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post A
Quincy
Travelers’ Protective Association of America
Chamber of Commerce
Hannibal Fire Led Quincy Offer of Help
A major Hannibal fire prompted Fire Chief George Marriott to contact Hannibal Mayor John K. Mills and Quincy Mayor J. A. Thompson offered to send part of Quincy's fire department. Mills thanked Quincy for the readiness, noting it was one of the biggest and meanest fires Hannibal had seen, with flames reportedly under control at midday Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahern
J. A. Thompson
Hannibal
George Marriott
John K. Mills
Quincy
Thompson
Mills
Fire devastates Hannibal business district after lightning strike
A 75000 fire caused by a lightning bolt engulfed half a block of downtown Hannibal stretching from Robinson Bros paint to Windsor hotel and adjacent Avery-Burch Furniture and Hannibal Billiard hall. Firefighters contained spread as patrons watched amid rain and storms. no injuries. Sixty hotel guests evacuated from the Windsor, with damage to wallpaper and perishables, while alcohol barrels behind Robinson store survived unharmed. City police aided at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Robinson Bros
Windsor Hotel
Main
Church Streets
Avery-Burch Furniture Company
Hannibal Billiard Hall
O'Day
Beasley
Fitzpatrick
Edward Beasley
Broadway
Married Men of Go E Return to Their Homes
Sergeant Moellering and three others of Company E depart Springfield on sixty day furloughs with Darnell’s dependent mother noted. Additional married men Inman Coelson and Freeze to return tomorrow as pay day draws Springfield men hopeful. Special orders from Captain Zoller require drill at Quincy Armory on Mondays and Thursdays starting Oct 18 1917 in full uniform with equipment records to Mead quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moellering
Campbell
Garoutte
Darnell
Springfield
Inman
Coelson
Freeze
Zoller
Illinois National Guard
Tenth Infantry
Camp Lincoln
Quincy
Henry Foellering
Ben L. Clow
Charles T. Dorsey
L. P. Kuenstler
B. F. Campbell
J. B. Garoutte
Frank Darnell
Erle R. Forse
Guy Kesler
Amon Daugherty
Harold H. Scott
Harvey Bucklew
W. W. Enlow
Carl Flair
C. A. Bunting
A. E. Zoller
Co. E
Tenth Illinois Infantry
N. G
Quincy Armory
Meadquarters Company
Red Cross Lecture Aims to Aid Soldiers Fund
Corporal F K Wishart, a Canadian discharged from service, will answer questions on European conditions and German attacks after his lecture Friday night at Turner hall. The event, for the Christmas fund for soldiers, is under the Quincy Red Cross chapter. tickets are fifty cents and the lecture begins at o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. K. Wishart
Europe
Turner Hall
Red Cross
Quincy
Work on Bandstand May Be Halted Soon
Washington park bandstand and shelter house funding is running low. Alderman Sam Hyatt leads fundraising but faces shortfalls. Council ordered suspending new contracts until funds rise. Sullivan brothers bid $552.30 for plumbing and heating but was not awarded per council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Park
Sam Hyatt
Sullivan Brothers
Alderman Ellis To Contribute Articles For War Camp Fund
Alderman Perry Ellis will write articles for newspapers and magazines to support the war camp community recreation fund. The fund, promoted by War and Navy Department commissions on training activities, aims to provide recreation in camps for soldiers. John N. Willys is national chairman and sent Ellis the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Perry Ellis
War Camp
War Department
Navy Department
John N. Willys
Ellis
Willys
Webster Teachers Join Ghost Story Party at Mill Creek
Webster school teachers with Principal Garman traveled in three cars to Mill Creek Wednesday night for a song and ghost story gathering. Bonfires and roasting of ham, urger, and wieners followed a feast. The group sang college songs as ghost tales created chilly fear. Adams PTA will not meet Friday. a meeting is set for Friday Oct 26. Lincoln School held a well attended session Wednesday afternoon with Mrs F S Wood as Cy N D speaker on Registration urging women to register to support the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Webster School
Garman
Mill Creek
Hamurger
Wieners
Adams
Parent-Teachers’ Association of the
Adams School
Lincoln
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Lincoln School
F. 8. Wood
Cy N. D
American Theater Presents Aeroplane Girl and Five Reel Feature
Matinee today opens new bill for Thursday through Saturday at the American theater. Headliner Miss Lulu Atkins performs The Aeroplane Girl with electrical novelties. Supporting acts include the St. Julians and Robert and Latland. Also shown is the five reel feature Would You Forgive? starring Holbrook Blinn Kathryn Brown Ducker and Clara Whipple, which had a long Chicago run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Atkins
St. Julians
Robert
Latland
Holbrook Blinn
Kathryn Brown Ducker
Clara Whipple
Chicago
Local Names Listed in June 28 1900 Notice
Frederick Bloodgood of Paris Missouri and Bessie Marie Littleton MeyerTil share dates .18 Emmett Johnson Maywood Missouri .24 Dora Minch Maywood Missouri .20 William F Haner Sutter Missouri legal Matilda Burmeier Quincy legal George Frank Loebbing Quincy .28 Helen Margarete Tushaus Quincy .28
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Bloodgood
Paris
Bessie Marie Littleton
Meyer
Til
Emmett Johnson
Maywood
Dora Minch
William F. Haner
Sutter
Matilda Burmeier
Quincy
George Frank Loebbing
Helen Margarete Tushaus
Birth Announcement for Freese Family Son
Born to Mr. and Mrs. F. Freese of North Twelfth street a son. Mrs. Freese formerly was Miss Mary Nichaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Freese
North Twelfth Street
Alabama Man Struck by Train Near Quincy
Joseph Warren of Birmingham was struck by a Wabash train at around 11 am while walking from a farm toward Quincy. He suffered a deep scalp wound and badly bruised legs, was taken to St. Mary's hospital, and identified himself to police before requesting his sister Mrs Lula White of Ensley be notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Warren
Birmingham
Ala
St. Mary's Hospital
Warren
Queen City
Quincy
Kate’s Lake
Here
Zoll
Lula White
Ensley
Dentists Discuss Carthage Meeting
Dr E M Robbins Dr G K Fleming and Dr J Runyon of Carthage met Quincy Dental club in Hotel Quincy to confirm arrangements for the Adams Hancock and Fulton McDonough union meeting in Carthage on November 27 and 28. Dr L H Wolfe presided as the Adams Hancock Dental association committee reported on the convention. The two day session will feature dental clinics and talks on modern methods and new problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Robbins
G. K. Fleming
J. §. Runyon
Carthage
Quincy Dental Club
Hotel
Quincy
Adams Hancock
Fulton-McDonough
L. H. Wolfe
Adams Hancock Dental Association
C. T. Hughes
Hf. F. Nauman
Quincy Motor Club to Attend Bloomington Meeting
A Quincy motor club committee will travel to Bloomington next Monday to attend the good roads convention organized by Illinois motorists backing a sixty million dollar bond issue for state highway improvements. Representatives include James B. Cook Oscar Arntzen Robert McIntyre L. L. Boyer L. A. Morest Loren Cox and Thomas Beatty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Motor Club
Bloomington
Ilinois
The
Motor Club
James B. Cook
Oscar Arntzen
Robert McIntyre
L. L. Boyer
L. A. Morest
Loren Cox
Thomas Beatty
Foster Family Moves to Quincy Residence at 623 North Eighth
Edward Foster of Palmyra plans the move with his family and household effects to Quincy and will reside at 623 North Eighth Street. His daughter Miss Edna Foster has long been in Quincy working as a bookkeeper in the Quincy Laundry company office on Sixth and Vermont Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Edward Foster
Palmyra
North Eighth Street
Edna Foster
Quincey Laundry Company
Sixth
Vermont Streets
Bankers Association Meeting Trips Detailed
Tarvey G. Riggs cashier of Mercantile Savings and Loan will travel to Kirksville Missouri next Friday for a Group 1 Missouri Bankers Association convention. J R Pearce of Ricker National and Quincy exemption board member heads from Missouri to Chillicothe for Group 2 then Kirksville for Group 1 meeting. Five or six exemption claims remain pending until his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarvey G. Riggs
Mercantile Savings and Loan Association
Kirksville
Missouri Bankers’ Association
J. R. Pearce
Missouri
Jackson R. Pearce
Ricker National Bank
Quincy
Chillicothe
Death of Susie Kapps, Oak Park graduate, in gas poisoning
Miss Susie Kapps, Oak Park High School and University of Illinois graduate, was found dead in a gas filled room in Oak Park. The coroner’s jury ruled the death accidental. She was to marry Charles QC Herr of Quincy next Saturday. Herr, a recent draftee candidate, is her fiancé and son of D. B. and Mrs. Herr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Susie Kapps
Oak Park High School
University of Illinois
Miss Kapps
Trousseau
Charles QC
Herr
Quincy
J. A. Kapps
Wisconsin Avenue
Oak Park
Scully Steel and Tron Works
Navy Reserve Veteran Lloyd A Davidson Returns Home
Lloyd A Davidson, a naval reserve from Quincy, has been honorably discharged and returns with his wife and newborn. He served on the battleship Kansas after leaving Quincy April 7 and was part of an eight inch gun turret crew. The Kansas patrolled the Atlantic and made a war zone voyage with Quincy sailors. Other Quincy men are reassigned or awaiting transport to war zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd A. Davidson
Quincy
Kansas
Davidson
Weather outlook with rain and snow in Missouri areas
Rain with mild temperature Thursday then much colder Thursday night. Friday will be cloudy and much colder with possible snow flurries in northern and central portions. Northwest regions turn much colder by night with Friday generally fair but colder east and south. Winds from the northwest will be fresh to strong Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
River Stage Bulletin Shows Small River Rise Forecast
Stage of Water at 7 A M yesterday shows flood levels at Davenport Keokuk Hannibal St Louis with rises ranging from 0.1 to 0.1 feet. River forecast says the river will change but little during the next 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Bulletin
Davenport
Keokuk
Hannibal
St. Louis
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Rty Meeting
C. O.C
Truman Pierson
Iges
Mercantilean Association
Riggs
Leffingwell
C. N
Wood
Arnold
Boyd
Food Conservation Mittee
C.N. Ball
Social and
Hue
C. N. D. Alexander
Wart
CN. D. Thompson
iLibtey
Polly Sumner
Dorothy Quincy
John Leonard
Martin
Maine St
Care Whig
T. Phome
Quincuan
Head Council
W.C.U
Penny For Children
C. OF
Joseph Terwelp
Christian Schoenemann
Perry C. Ellis
Lightning Bolt
Hannibal Blaze
Louis Anthos
Church Street
Robinson Store
GO. E
Sergt. Moellering
Alderman Ellis
Alabama
Men's League
St. Peter’s Evangelical
John A. Thompson
Mr. Carroll
Kewanee
John Carroll
Gehring
H.W. Gehring
B. L. Fawcette
Reardon
Dr. Pawcette
Eighth
Maine Streets
Charles Herr
Hancee
Adams County Exemption Board
Liberty
Ouiney
D. B. Herr
Aldo Sommer Drug Company
Y. M. Csa
Kapps
NAVY
Naval Reserve
John .A. Krull
Woodriver
Neh
Krull
Frank
Ecs
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