Prize Winners in Adams County Better Babies Contest
In the Adams County Fall Round Up, 100 babies competed with close scoring. Keith Booth of Aloma achieved the top score of 96.3, while a baby girl won the Women’s Home Companion medal for best baby girl. the Burns family at 230 Worth Thirteenth Street are noted as parents.
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Adams County
Keith Booth
Aloma
J. E. Burns
Worth
Thirteenth Street
Women's Home Companion
Seger Morley Children Win Prizes in City Contest
Son of Mr and Mrs Charles Seger of 2030 Jersey street won first prize third division for ages twenty five to thirty months. Daughter of Mr and Mrs G O Morley of Beverly won second prize fourth division for ages thirty seven to forty months.
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Ernest Lehr
Madison Street
Robert Whitfield
Broadway
Thenhaus
Monroe Street
Louis French
Jefferson Street
A. A. Booth
Paloma
Woman's Home Companion
Otto Kyle
North Sixth Street
Frank Allison
Quincy R. A. No. 2
E. L. Mason
Fifth
Elm Streets
Charles Seger
Jersey Street
G. O. Morley
Beverly
Stedman Backs Tax Amendment Amid Union Opposition
The federation of labor backs the tax amendment while politicians express puzzlement at the federation stance. Union support contrasts with unclear political reaction as the issue proceeds.
Endorsement Split Over Tax Amendment By Governor Candidates
The State Federation of Labor opposes the tax amendment while all gubernatorial candidates in Illinois back it. A telegram from Socialist candidate Seymour Stedman shows support, arguing the measure allows revenue revision, fair property taxation, and exemptions for small savings and household goods, while sparing large enterprises from a value basis. The reply defends the amendment as a move away from chaotic, fraudulent revenue methods.
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State Federation of Labor
Illinois
Seymour Stedman
B. F. Weaver
Care State Federation of Labor
Quincy
Cook County
Board of Review
Leather Scarcity Drives Up Shoe Prices in War Era
A local shoe dealer reports from Saturday that shoe leather is scarce and prices rise. Leather shortages from Russia and war disruptions cut production, boosting prices by about 75 percent since 1914, with fancy women's shoes rising faster due to higher quality leather.
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Russia
Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy as a safe herbal treatment for diabetes. It cites patient testimonials and claims of long use, urging readers to buy from druggists and the firm in Dayton Ohio.
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Warner
James Platt
Nat
Dayton
Ohio
Ee Savahie
Paanedy Warnesig Sales Remeps
Alliance 10 carries on fight for women’s suffrage
Chicago reports factional debates among Illinois suffragists over extending ballot rights. Catherine Waugh McCulloch leads a new charter petition for a constitutional amendment, while Grace Wilbur Trout opposes immediate state amendment hoping to avoid delaying suffrage progress. The alliance aims to secure full Illinois rights and a constitutional amendment extending U S suffrage to all women.
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Chicago
Illinois
Suffrage Amendment Alliance
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Chi
Cago
United States
Edina Physician to Locate Here in City
Dr. H. J. Jurgens of Bana Missouri was in Quincy Saturday making arrangements to move to this city and enter practice. The physician plans to establish a office and begin treating patients soon.
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EDINA
H. J. Jurgens
Bana, Mo
Quincy
Jurgens
Doctor Jurgens To Open Offices In Majestic Building
One of the leaders in his field in northeastern Missouri with many local medical friends, Dr. Jurgens is traveling to Philadelphia for the Clinical Congress of Surgeons and sessions of the American College of Surgeons, of which he is a fellow, before opening offices in the Majestic building.
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Missouri
Jurgens
Philadelphia
Congress of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
Judge McCarl Continues Case of Busy Barber
In county court Judge Lyman McCarl freed barber Oscar Brown on his own recognizance to prevent a Sunday shaving delay and continued the case until Tuesday. Brown faces a charge of failure to support his children as his employer urged release to resume work and serve customers.
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Lyman McCarl
Oscar Brown
Brown
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Roland Lehr
Julia Newman
Robert E. Whitfield, SR
Valada Thenhaus
Gem Studio
Raymond French
Forrest Kyle
John Allison
Ida Burns
Helen Mason
Charles Edwin Seger
Gladys Morley
Stedman
Federation of Labor
Grace Wilbur Trout
Association
Davidson
Davidson Millinery Company
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