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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1919
Page
7
Burlington officials report unprecedented freight by Hannibal division as every locomotive and worker is deployed. Coal movement surges due to planned coal strike and orders from dealers. vast potato shipments require hundreds of empty cars to northern states.
Large crowd fills the Broadway hall in Hanni bal for the fourth night of the Mathew-Colum bus club fall festival. Jitney dance attracts many, confections sell well, and a closing carnival is expected with an auto prize and plentiful fetti. Receipts already exceed last year’s totals.
The Knights of Pythias Hannibal lodge invites delegates from surrounding lodges for the district convention on November 4. More than 100 delegates will visit Hannibal lodge No. 5 as Chancellor Commander Harry McClelland hosts. Twelve local delegates were appointed. business sessions precede an evening conferral of work on candidates.
Prosecuting Attorney Roy Hamlin of Marion county returned Friday morning from St. Louis where he represented Joseph Sommer who obtained a verdict of $25,000 in a damage suit case against the Continental Portland Cement company. Sommer lost his eyesight in a premature explosion on the company property in August 1916. Hamlin was aided by L. L. Leonard of St. Louis. Cement company defense was Stark & Kelly and A. G. Turner. The trial lasted three days and was hard fought.
Ingram Lynn aged 73 died at 1 55 PM Friday at his son George E Lynn s home at 1913 Broadway He suffered a stroke of paralysis after ten months of illness Born in England he belonged to the Knights and Ladies of Security of Hannibal Funeral 10 30 AM from his son s home Rev Haney Arch Street Methodist pastor officiating Remains to be sent to Brookfield Missouri by the moon train
Henry P. Talbot a local real estate dealer bought a team of horses used for the hock and ladder at fire station No 1 for about 375 dollars. The Hannibal Lime company will use the animals and a motor chassis will be added within weeks to motorize the hook and ladder apparatus at the central fire station.
Judge A E Dent united Angues Abrright and Hazel Moore of Tull Tl in marriage at 10 o clock Friday morning in his Center street office. He also joined Vernon Hanes and Dorothy McIntyre of Barry Tl at 2 o clock Thursday, and Earl Clifton with Blanch Critchlow of Hannibal at 8 o'clock Thursday evening.
The Mississippi Valley Apple Growers association will hold its fall convention in Hannibal on Friday November 14. Lectures by renowned orchardists, spraying demonstrations, and an apple exhibit will headline sessions at Ellis hall on Broadway with 100+ attendees expected from several states. Notable visitors include Chung Ringhausen of Calhoun county IL and Prof Lewis of Oregon, with speakers Dunlap of Savoy IL and Perrine of Centralia IL also listed.
William W Horstmeyer a machinist at the Burlington railroad shops in Hannibal suffered a fractured skull when an iron bar dropped from a locomotive during repairs He was unconscious and taken to a local hospital His Fulton Avenue South Hannibal residence is listed and he has long served with the railroad with many friends who regret the accident.
Mrs Bessie Quinley files for divorce from Guy Quinley in Hannibal Court of Common Pleas. Indignities charged. attorney Louis A. O'Connor represents her. Quinley currently resides in Howard County Missouri.
Funeral services for Miss Annie May Hinks daughter of Mr and Mrs John Frank Hinks of 713 Union Street South Hannibal will be held Sunday afternoon from the home conducted by Rev Theodore Walz pastor of the Lutheran church Interment will be in Mount Olivet cemetery Miss Hinks had been ill for several months Her father is connected with the Hannibal police department Besides her parents she leaves three sisters Eva Pearl Mary Virginia and Luella Frances and one brother Charles E Hinks
The piece Chin Chin a Chinese titled musical comedy features a chorus of beauty and talent. Walter Wills and Roy Binder lead under Charles Dillingham management as it opens at the Empire next Tuesday evening in a riot of music and dazzling costumes.
Fictures Today at Colonial Theatre feature Tom Mix in Slim Higgins The New Waitress and Hour Strategy at Princess Theatre Pauline Frederick stars Out of the Shadows at Gem Theatre Monkey Stuff at Family Theatre Marguerite Clark in Three Men and a Girl at Star Theatre Lewis Stone in Mans Desire at Quincy Eddie Polo in Down But Not Out and Jack Perrin in western comedy at Savoy June Elgidge and John Bowers in Joan of the Woods at Belasco Nazimova stars in The Brat at the Belasco Orpheum Theatre offers Vaudeville and The Lost Princess
Estella Wade testified that Orville Wade of Bridge street Hannibal struck her with fists knocking her to the floor and abused her with profane language. Judge J H Totsch sentenced him to six months in the county jail after a Friday hearing. Wade pleaded not guilty. Prosecuting Attorney Roy Hamlin led the state. Wade had no counsel.
Miss Argonne Whitman of Quincy and Floyd Sellers of Littleton Kentucky were united in marriage at 3 30 o clock Friday afternoon by Judge J T Totsch in his office on Center street. They will live in Littletown.
Richard Carle stars in Alexander Johnstone's Sunshine at the Empire this afternoon and evening. The two act musical comedy, set in Northern Spain, features Shimmying Santas, smugglers, Spanish dancers, a strong chorus, and popular songs. Supporting cast includes Gertrude Alexander and others with an augmented orchestra. The same week The Blue Birds burlesque troupe performs Sunday with a chorus of twenty petite dancers.
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