Y Membership Drive Opens With Luncheon in Quincy
The Y M C A starts a two day drive on Oct 23 and 24 aiming to enroll 1010 members led by captains T Chester Paling and W G Musselman. A dinner with Frank W Crane will open the campaign at 6 p.m. Wednesday. A citywide division into ten districts and a large list of campaign workers are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Crane
T. Chester Paling
W. G. Musselman
C. E. Lane
Loren Cox
O. E. Andersen
E. P. Brown
Jack Lusk
Jack Cruttenden
Harold Knaphettle
James Sullivan
W. F P. Gerdes
Aurora
Evanston
Danville
Moline
Quincey
Quincy
L. C. Hall
W. E. Haxel
A. A. Hernden
A. T. Higgins
D. C. Hobbs
H. Hokamp
Howard
C. Irwin
Leaton Irwin
Macauley Irwin
John Kerkering
Ben Kessell
Charles Kessell
E. W. King
Christian Kline
W. H H. Koehler
John Korn
C. W. Leffin
F. H. Neff
H. E. Nelson
James Nethering
A. F. Odell
Fred Parker
A. H. Adams
C. N. Adams
T. B. Adams
F. F. Alexander
A. Otis Arnold
Fred Baldwin
Gus Bauman, Jr
Leroy Bennett
LW. Lbingaman
J. P. Binkert
Rome Bockenhoff
L. P
PF. W. Crane
L. A. Dickhut
H. J. Donovan
Chas. Dorsey
J. D. Douglas
E. J. Dowd
I. Dunbauld
O. G. Dunlap
H. J. Eaton
W. W. Enlow
C. E. Erickson
W. A. Kfer
Geo. Gabriel
T. D. Gardner
W. F P. Gibbs
Charles M. Gill
Harry Gille
Bert Goldberg
R. F. Gunther
Robert Halbach
C. R. Hamilton
Herbert Hendrick
W. Hl. Hagemann
Clifford Parks
Lawrence Perry
O. E. Penrose
E. C. Peter
I. F. Peiper
S. M. Potter
H. C. Riggs
R. W. Riggs
Browe
Schill
C. Lawrence Wells
E. H. Wenzel
F. M. Whitney
W. C. Wich
Chester Wilcox
JT. R. Williams
O. B. Willams
R. W. Wingert
H. E. Wisherd
John Pipe
Association
To Prevent Illness with Bromo Quinine Tablets
A short notice asserts that Bromo Quinine tablets remove the cause of influenza and colds. It mentions a single signature marked hex and notes a Grove label. The text is fragmentary but implies a product claim for disease prevention.
Membership Drive By Posts May Be Held
John T. Mackey was named chairman pro tem of the Joseph W. Emery Jr. Post American Legion in a meeting of the W. C. 8S Monday evening. Joseph Ruffner Jr., former president, is severed from the post. A president will be chosen later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Mackey
Joseph W. Emery, Jr
American Legion
All Connection
Joseph Ruffner, Jr
Tost
Post to elect officers at next regular meeting
Reports from the state convention in Peoria were given by Newcomb Stillwell, Emery Post delegate. New members joined. Ross Trevor of War Camp Community Service urged Hill and Emery Posts to run a joint membership drive and stressed support for a memorial building project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Newcomb Stillwell
Emery Post
Ross Trevor
War Camp Community Service
Hill Post
Corn Borer At Large Among Local Crops
The European corn borer, a destructive insect, may have been introduced in this state. County advisories urge farmers to watch during cornshucking for borers in corn or stalks and to send samples to the Natural History Survey in Urbana if found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
State Department of Entomology
F. A. Gougler
Natural History Survey
Urbana
Hayes Buy Hampshire Street Lot For Modern T Room Bungalow
Mr and Mrs Thomas Hayes sold their bungalow at Twelfth and Chestnut to James Spurgeon and purchased a lot in the 2100 block on Hampshire street where they will erect a modern T room bungalow. They have rented an apartment meanwhile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hayes
Twelfth and
Chestnut Streets
James Spurgeon
Hampshire Street
Mrs. Sapp and Seckman Return From Wood River Trip
Mrs Julia Sapp and Mrs Edwart Seckman with Mrs A W Herr and daughter traveled by motor to Wood River HI a week ago and returned home Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Sapp
Edwart Seckman and
Daghter
Eubanks
A. Ws. Herr
Gon
Wood River
Soldiers' And Sailors' Home Sunday Night Ceremonies
A Sunday service at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home featured a chaplain citing King Solomon and St. Paul. Comrade Madison Batterton visits Chicago with four daughters, while Comrade McCarty loses a pocketbook there. Several residents return from visits as others depart for Poland with the Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Solomon and
St. Paul
Madison Batterton
Cottage 8
Chicago
McCarty
William Lease
Cottage 20
White
Cottage 7
Pass
Goose Pond
Lester Kapp
John Knapp
Poland
Marine Corps
France
Levi Graybill
Thos. W. Scott
Thos Neil
John Lamb
I. G. Larin
F. C. Schiefer
Nancy J. Vance
J. L. Leonard
Margaret White
H. D. Schultz
Wm. Denning
Rudolph Fry
John Daley
J. F. Bedwell
John Wilcher
Condemns System of Pardon By Governor
New York October 21 Governor Alfred E Smith told the American Prison association that the governor should not decide death sentences and urged a constitutional amendment to grant the duty to the court of appeals Arch-Deacon B M Spurr of Moundsville WV urged prisoners be paid for their work and that prisons be run like business establishments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred E. Smith
American Prison Association
Court of Appeals
B. M. Spurr
Moundsville
W. Va
Empire Theater Patricia Collinge Tonight
A new feminine star debuts at the Empire as Patricia Collinge appears in Tillie a comedy about life among the Pennsylvania Dutch. The piece joins a long line of rising actresses from Laurette Taylor to Elsie Ferguson with Collinge’s emergence amid a wave of contemporary stage talent in this era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Collinge
Tonicht
the Empire
Tillie
Ostorm
Laurette Taster
Ruth Chatterlain
Dorie Keane
Jane Crowl
Marjorie Cambean
The Gumps at the Empire Friday Evening
The Gumps a comedy with music is set for Friday at the Empire. Principal characters such as Andy Minn Chester Uncle Bim Slick and Ma are played by James R Fraser Bessie Clinton James Collins Charles Dawkins Harry A Keesler and Marie Welter, a lively cartoonish cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gumps
the Empire
Smith
Andy
Minn
Chester
Bim
Slick
James R. Fraser
Bessie Clinton
James Collins
Charles Dawkins
Harry A. Keesler
Marie Welter
Pictures Today Showings At Local Theaters
The Colonial Theater screens Sheeks of Doom and Boodle Bandits while the Princess presents Maurice Tourneur in White Threat er. Marguerite Clark stars in Three Men and a Girl at the Gem, and Charles Murray with Marie Provost appear in The Dentist at the Family Theater. Bryant Washburn leads The Way of a Man With a Maid with Sam and Bud in Alaskan Mancehound. Star Theater offers Winchester Woman with Alice Joyce at Belasco features Nazimova in The Brat. Quincy Theater shows The Jack of Thearts with Jack Perrin and Josephine Tom, plus Lyons and Moran in Missing Husbands at Orpheum. Vantdeville presents The Thirteenth Chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem Theater
Charles Murray
Marie Provost
Family Theater
Bryant Washburn
Sam and
Bud
Star Theater
Alice Joyce
Belasco
Nazimova
Quincy Theater
Jack Perrin
Josephine Tom
Screen Magazine
Lyons and Moran
Progress In Surgery Adds To Life at Mayo
Dr William Mayo of Rochester told the ninth annual American congress of LaREORS at the Waldorf Astoria that progress in surgery and medico therapeutics since the Civil War has added 15 years to the average life. He said continued progress and sobriety could add another 15 years, praised elderly citizens for mature judgment, and warned that smoking by both sexes is linked to more cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Mayo
Condemn Hain Bill Denounced by St Louis Group
The Chamberlain-Kahn universal military training bill is denounced as likely to create a general staff like Germany in 1914. The Adjutant Generals association of the United States issued the statement during a session here in St Louis on October 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.*louis
Chamberlaine-Kahn
Germany
Association of the United States
Violent Methods To Force Up Milk Price
Witnesses in the Illinois Milk Producers' association trial describe intimidation and threats used to enforce the association price. Attorneys testified that farmers surrounded a Bowman Dairy wagon at Palatine to threaten a deputy sheriff and that meetings urged dealers to honor only contracts with association members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Milk Producers’ Association
A. A. Lavery
Bowman Dairy Company of
Bowman
Palatine
Ill
Lavery
Bowman Company
Sherman S. Chapell
Riga Situation Critical Report From Paris
Paris dispatch says Riga’s defense is failing under Col Avaloff Bermondt’s forces. Lettish army lacks troops artillery and war materiel to hold the line, according to the Lettish army report cited by the Pet it Parisian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Paris
Petit
Col
Avaloff- Bermondt
Women Workers Seek Improved Conditions on Railroads
In Chicago on October 21 Miss Pauline Goldmark, head of the railroad administration’s Women's division, met with field agents and railroad officials to plan better working conditions for women railroad employees. She noted 85,000 women currently work on steam railroads, down from 100,000 the previous October before the armistice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pauline Goldmark
Division of Labor of the Railroad Administration
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S&sc
Lee
Empire Theater
Princess Theater
Maurice Tourneur
Savoy Theater
Marguerite Clark
Orpheum Theater
Vantdeville
Hain Bill
Hampshire St
Belears
NN Mp
Bellans
LANS
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