Woodland Golf Club seeks reinstatement for Cuimet and others
The Woodland Golf Club sent a circular to USGA members requesting reinstatement as amateurs for Francis Cuimet J H Sullivan Jr and Paul Tewksbury who had been barred from amateur participation due to business ties The club plans to press the issue at the January USGA annual meeting after choosing to wait for the regular session rather than call a special meeting
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Boston
Woodland Golf Club
United States Golf Association
Francis Cuimet
J. H. Sullivan
Paul Tewksbury
Woodland Club
Law to Legalize Horse Racing Moves Forward
Peoria backers press a proposed law to legalize horse racing with parimutuel betting in the next legislature. Louie Peters, promoter of Hawthorne and Peoria meets, indicates statewide sentiment favors reviving the sport and allowing races in Chicago Peoria Joliet Aurora and Rock Island with possible additions.
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Peoria
Louie Peters
Hawthorne
Chicago
Joliet
Aurora
Rock Island
Y M C A Campaign Opens with 16 New Members
The first day of the Y M C A membership drive yielded 16 new members and 225 dollars in cash. Team leaders include T C Poling 70 points and H E Nelson 75 points. Team 3 has 45 dollars, Team 8 has 60 dollars, and Team 7 led by Charles E Lane has 85 dollars. Teams 1 44 and 2 each hold 30 points.
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Association
T. C. Poling
H. E. Nelson
Poling
Mr. Nelson
Charles E. Lane
J. R. Pearce
W. N. Brown
F. W. Crane
Northwestern Regulars Resting Against Drake Prep
Northwestern University football regulars rested Tuesday while the second team practiced signals and scrimmaged the freshmen. The focus is on securing another furlough for Line Coach McDevitt who joined a Minnesota regiment on the Mexican border. Preparation for the Drake game next Saturday starts in earnest.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
McDevitt
Minnesota
Drake
Inter state trophies given for new gun clubs 1916
The Interstate Association for the Encouragement of Trapshooting offered trophies to the first 200 newly formed gun clubs in 1916. Only 63 clubs registered to receive trophies. September clubs named include Port St. Joe Gun Club and Princess Anne Trapshooting Club. Town leads with ten new clubs. Indiana and Kansas follow with five each.
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Peter P. Carney
Interstate Association For the
Interstate Association
Shaner
Port St. Joe
Illinois
California
Delaware
Maryland
Michigan
Nebraska
New York
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Montana
Missouri
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Florida
District of Columbia
Colorado
Connecticut
Levinsky Beats Dillon in Boston for Light-Heavy Title
In Boston on October 25, Battling Levinsky of Bridgeport Conn. defeated Jack Dillon of Indianapolis over 12 rounds to claim the light heavyweight championship of America. Referee’s decision was undisputed as Levinsky won every round except the fifth. Levinsky shown both faultless defense and sharp offense, outweighing Dillon by about 10 to 12 pounds. Dillon appeared less aggressive than usual.
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Boston
Levinsky
Bridgeport
Conn
America
Jack Dillon
Indianapolis
Dillon
Planning post season football in Boston
A western football eleven will be invited to a post season game against an eastern college after Thanksgiving at the Boston baseball park. Nebraska Notre Dame or Michigan are possible guests since the Big Nine teams are barred. Evans beaten in foursome in Memphis. Chick Evans and Martin J. Condon lose to Ned Sawyer and J. P. Edrington 1 up in an 18 hole exhibition.
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Chicago
Walter E. Hapgood
Boston Nationals
Boston Baseball Park
Big Nine
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Michigan
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cold Remedy Ad
An old advert promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey for sore throat chest congestion and stuffed heads. It touts healing pine tar soothing honey glycerine and antiseptic formula showing why it relieves colds and coughs. Available at your Druggist for 25 cents.
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Dr. Bell
Iron Man Hatch Runs 95.7 Miles In 14 Hours Forty Nine
Sidney Hatch, veteran Mara thoner, set a landmark outdoor distance record by running Milwaukee to Chicago 95.7 miles in 14 hours 50 minutes 80 seconds after seventeen years of effort. He rested sixteen minutes total and shed about ten pounds. At 34, Hatch has run roughly fifty full marathons, finishing all but three times.
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Sidney Hatch
Hatch
Milwaukee
Chicago
George Littlewood
Endurance Race Records From 19th Century List
A compilation of long running and walking endurance records from 1884 to 1911. Names such as George D. Noremac, William Gales, Charles F. Morse, Dan O Leary, Eugene Estopper, and C A Harriman appear in varied feats including multi-day distances, hourly mile walks, and extended track efforts across cities like New York Cincinnati and Los Angeles.
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New York City
George D. Noremac
Midlothian Hall
New York
William Gales
Canton Hotel
Cardiff
Agricultural Hall
London
England
Charles F. Morse
Jackson
Mich
Dan O'Leary
Norwood Inn Park
Cincinnati
Ohio
Eugene Estopper
Los Angeles
Cal
C. A. Harriman
Truckee
Watch number inquiry traces sale to 1890 here
Quincys Pulse Inquires About Watch Number A F Odell received a letter Monday addressed to the Hoffman Jewelry company from H L Prohe of Kansas City Kan. Odell reviewed watch sales and found the watch was sold Oct 4 1890. Probes home near Coatsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Odell
Hoffman Jewelry Company
H. L. Prohe
Kansas City
Kan
Halbach-Schroeder Employee Hospitalized for Knee Inflammation
Oren McRae of Halbach-Schroeder was taken to Blessing hospital after suffering knee inflammation. He had been bedfast for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren McRae
Halbach-Schroeder Company
Blessing Hospital
British Patrol Halts Cebu Near Manila Fort Correigidor Enforces
The British destroyer stopped the inter island steamer Cebu a mile and a half from shore near Correigidor. A boarding party examined papers seeking a German suspect but found none. Two Germans aboard, one en route from the Dutch East Indies and another officer from the Princess Alice, escaped scrutiny.
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Manila
P. I
Philippine
Cebu
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Apolinar Calvo
Dutch East Indies
Baguio
French Coup at Verdun Regains Ground Quickly
London observers say the French coup at Verdun has regained virtually all ground in the second Verdun battle. The advance was accomplished with lightning speed in a single day, contrasting with the Germans who took nearly two months to contest the same area.
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London
Verdun
Anti Tuberculosis Club Plea Urges Sanatorium Support
A plea by the Anti Tuberculosis Club urges voters to back a county sanatorium. The message frames tuberculosis as a disease devastating families, especially wage earners, and argues institutional care is essential for many households. The text also includes a local social notes section with visits and greetings.
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Hmit
Two Important Legal Victories
Pittsfield news reports that A Clay Whi of Washington confirms the U S Supreme Court denied a writ and Hagen collected over 10000 in a 1913 injury suit against Atlas Portland Cement. The Johnson case against Chicago and Alton Railroad yielded 5500 after appellate victories, with continued litigation. Local notes mention staff changes and convention attendance.
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Pittsfield
A. Clay
Fred W. Hagen
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Hagen
Atlas Portland Cement Company
Hobo
United States District Court
Hannibal
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Wm. Johnson
William Johnson
Pearl
Ife
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Circuit Court
Pike County
Johnson
Williams
Bradford
Toulse Doney
Escanaba
Mich
Oliver Newsom
Western Union Telegraph Office
Floyd Rader
Local Kitchen Shower Highlights at M. & M. Church
Town notices recount a successful kitchen shower for the new M. & M. church basement with a double male quartet performance. Many local residents and visitors, including Stanley Lease of Quincy and Roy Cunningham’s family, stop by during the week. several movements of residents to nearby farms and towns are noted along with a planned literary meeting and a family move to Clutch farm near Richfield.
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Philip Wagy
Perry Kuhlman
Quincy
Susan Thompson
Maude
Barry
Elmer
George Boren, Jr
Clutch Farm
Richfield
Eyman Family Notes and Local Happenings in LA Prairie
Mr Eyman rested at home after a Wednesday return and remains weak yet mobile with two canes. Mrs Eyman improves. Potatoes arrive in town at 1.40 per bushel drawing country buyers. Miss Sadie Poling visits. several girls celebrate with Miss Laura McVay. Epworth League holds a key meeting at Dr Ross’s home. Mrs Hattie Folken and grandson visit relatives. Mrs Lyman Pierce dies. Graham Bros install furnace in their new home. Mrs Emma Smith improves in Macomb hospital. Weatherboarding goes on at Mrs Coates’s kitchen project. Miss Onsale Tester returns to work for Mrs Lawrence Eyman.
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Elizabeth Pesinger
Lovicia Tony
Martha J. Alexander
Rosa Y. Wheeler
Mary J. Andre
Ada Hays
Caroline A. Frank
Julia A. Roberts
Caroline Marion
Mary L. Baird
Marnet Brittingham
Sarah J. Wurtz
Lucille Brady
Mt. Sterling
John Schatter
Miss Brady
Aysa
Alex Schafer
James Gallagher
Cottage 14
Knapp
Cottage 20
Cadwell
Griggsville
California
Dr. Dwyer
State Board of Charities
Andrew
McCarty
Logan Westbrook
Ripley
Quincy
Frank Effert
Pennington
Stocker
Cottage
Macomb
Elmer Preece
Vermont Street
Wentworth
Brary
Chicago
Lease
Lee Cunningham
Barry
Chidester
Selah Greece
Rev
Beadies
Weingartner
Kewanee
W. L. Hatchett
Mr. Hatchett
Amboy
New Orleans
D. Downing
Virginia
Wellington
Mr. Long
Mary Long
Emma Sharpe
Edward Doocy, Jr
Beardstown
Edward Doocy
J. C. Henthorne
Hook
Nora Quinlan
Ruth Ducey
James Glasgow
John Halpin
Washington, D.C
T. E. Smith
Clara Parker
Lyman Hustid
Latham
Kan
Laura
Eliza McFaddin
Hessie Reed
John Reed
Milwaukee
Wis
Prank Reed
Ida Masterson
Prairie Hill
Pittsfield
Rockport
Henry Duden
Epworth
League
Graham Bros
Emma Smith
Coates
Golden
Onsale Tester
Lawrence Eyman
Probate notes list estates and property in County
In County CO probate notes the inventory of the estate of abeth Terwische lists Lot 8 block 1 addition to Quincy and money bank totaling $781. The inventory of the estate of Martin Connell filed Tuesday lists an undivided half of Lot 86 in Holmes and Wood's addition.
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Abeth Terwische
Fred Terwische
Lowing
Quincy
Money Bank
Martin Connell
Lie Connell
Holmes & Wood
Unwelcome Mother and Other Serial Film Promos
Belasco and William Fox present Unwelcome Mother. Quincy and Mary Fuller star in Cheat The White Man s Law. The Family offers The Uplift and Plump Runt in Hungry Hearts. Ridgley with Wallace Reid headline The House of the Gr indows. Star features The Girl of Lost Lake. Savoy lists Mac Marsh with Robertson in The Little Liar. Gem presents The Girl and the Mumy.
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Belasco
William Fox
Quincy
Mary Fuller
Wallace Reid and
Ridgley
Star
Lost Lake
Savoy
Mac Marsh and Robertson
Gem
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Purple
Bridgeport Pugilist
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the Parrish
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the Iron Man
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Kansas
C. A. Hooker
J. A. Hooker
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Chanute
W. H. Hooker
F. F. Moore
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A. H. Candland
Ursa
Willam Heze
Leachman
Adam 4Hild
Adam Hild
James Wilson
Illinois Highway Commission
Oscar Brown
Peter Kincaid
Lyman McCarl
McCarl
Brown
Kincaid
Eagles’ New Temple
Sixth Street
James R. Albright
Anti-Tuberculosis Club
Hagen and Johnson
Pike
Sunova
Sunovca
Smouk
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Fray Joyner
Princess
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Cleo Ridgiey
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