Quincy Pulse Board Meeting Postponed In City Improve
The local improvements board postponed yesterdays 2 PM meeting at Mayor Abbotts office to 1030 AM tomorrow due to the absence of City Engineer Hancock and Streets Superintendent Oehlman The session aims to plan sidewalks ordered but not built and to act on paving the alley between Broadway Spring and Sixth Seventh streets Autos in wreck Irwin Overland car load wrecked between Decatur and Springfield with two Willys Knight tours and one seven passenger car sent back to Toledo Ohio by the railroad company Dies of Pneumonia Henry F Meyer a retired farmer of Charles Mo dies pleural pneumonia ill six days leaves wife and many children Mrs George E Yahn of Quincy is a daughter Meyer a kindly old gentleman about seventy traveled here often Earl Brewer of St Louis hospitalized after a hemorrhage at St Marys hospital
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Board of Local Improvements
Abbott
Hancock
Oehlman
Broadway
Spring
Seventh
Irwin-Overland Company
Overland
Decatur
Springfield
Toledo
Ohio
Railroad Company
Quincy
Charles
North Fourth
Meyer
Faithful Cough and Cold Remedy Endorsed by Users
A testimonial praises Dr Kings New Discovery as the best cough remedy for colds, noting personal family use after exposure to sneezes. The ad lists prices as 50c and 1.00 and mentions upcoming civil service exams on November 30 in the federal building for insect disease specialist, December 8 for cotton classers helper and oil gauger.
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United States Civil Service
Best Treatment for Catarrh S S Removes the Cause
Specialists in Catarrh troubles claim infection of the blood causes catarrh. The S. S. Co of Atlanta says blood cleanses with their vegetable tonic, S S 8,8 proven in thousands of cases. Free medical advice offered, order now and begin relief from throat drip, hawking, postnasal sores, and bad breath.
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5. S
Atlanta
James Bennett Dies of Paralytic Stroke in Bowen
James Bennett died Saturday morning at age sixty five from a paralytic stroke two weeks after onset. He owned the Bowen electric light plant and was active in local business. Survived by his widow Ella Newland Bennett and seven children five sons two daughters, with one daughter living in California and another in the Big Neck. Funeral will be Monday at 10 a m at the residence with Masonic rites, interment in Bowen cemetery.
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Bowen
James Bennett
Bennett
Ella Newland
California
Big Neck Set Head
Bowen Cemetery
Death of Young Woman of Ursa
Miss Esther Charlston aged 17 died Thursday night at 11 20 at her uncle Frank Gause's home south of Ursa after a nervous breakdown possibly from over study. Born in St Louis Nov 12 1897 she lived most of her life in Ursa and attended the Christian church and Sunday school. Surviving: her father Walter Charlston in St Louis and grandmother Mrs Henry Schultz with several uncles and aunts in Camp Point. Funeral Monday 10 30 at the uncle's home. interment Greenmount cemetery at 12 30. Friends invited.
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Esther Charlston
Ursa
Frank Gause
Miss Charlston
St. Louis
Walter Charlston
Henry Schultz
Camp Point
Growing list of Lincoln Douglas debate survivors
The registry at the Chamber of Commerce lists more names of living attendees from the 1858 Washington Park debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. New entries include Henry Bornmann Edward Sohm George Fischer John L. Bert John J. Cruttenden John B. Murphy J F Kincade Charles Poling D Poling Monroe Victorious. Monroe City Mo Oct 23 Monroe and Paris basketball second game ended 16 to 14 in Paris with Monroe winning 43 to 13. Monroe City girls also started season 3-0. Dr BE Guilford left with family to spend winter on the western coast. If coast proves favorable he may return next spring.
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Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Washington ‘Park
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Bornmann
South - Eighth Street
Edward Sohm
Oak Street
George Fischer
Spring © Street
John L. Bert
Hampshire’ Street
John J
John J. ‘Keohrer
Jackson ‘Street
J. Smith Cruttenden
Sixth Avenue
John . B. Murphy
Maine Street
Loraine
Til
Henry
Cluskey
Canton
Albert Blair
St. Louis
Pierce
Henry Bittleston
North Fifth Street
T. C. Poling
Jersey Street
C. D. Poling
North Fifth Stret
Monroe
Monroe City
Paris
Monroe Girls
BE. W. Guilford
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Phon
Quincy, Ill
Pneumnonia
Henry F. Meyer
Earl Brewer
Iowa
Burlington
St. Mary’s Hospital
The
House of Good Will
Greston Br
Central Park West
New York
Majestic
Central Park
Pennsylvania Station
Eighth Avenue
Copeland ‘Townsend
Afquager Stotel Imperial
Padovic
Gem
Savoy
F. R. Lusk
Seaton Irwin
Albert Wittler
B. F. Baldon
Maine St
Maine
Quincy, Illinois
B. H. Schallenberg
Buick
Hght
Metz
J-Passenge
Cartercar
Aan
Adapte
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