New Canton double death plan verdict fr Ill.
In New Canton Illinois on October 25 Elijah Dudley is implicated in a deadly incident at his home. He found his wife and daughter Minnie both dying after ingesting poison, with a coroner’s inquest ruling a self administered strychnine poisoning in a personal crisis. The mother, 61, and Minnie, 21, had disputes over a man linked to Minnie, while other children are named.
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New
Canton
Ill
Elijah Udley
Dudley
Pittsfield
Harvey Minton
Christian
Miss
Minnie
Elijah Dudley
Maywood Young Lady Answers Death Call
Stella Mae McPike twenty year old Maywood resident died at home in Reviach after a year long illness. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McPike she was a Maywood Baptist member and is survived by parents two sisters Elsie Spence and John Herman two brothers Joe and Francis and other relatives. Funeral at Maywood Baptist Church at ten this morning with Rev. G W Humphrey officiating, burial in Emerson Missouri.
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Maywood
Stella Mae McPike
J. W.mcpike
Reviach
Miss McPike
Emerson, Missouri
Robbery Reported At Fire Scene On Elm Street
A thief took seven rings and several dollars from a dresser at the home of Eva Langdon on Elm Street between Fifth and Sixth during a fire last evening. Police say no one was home at the time and the loss was found after fire crews arrived. It is believed an intruder entered while firefighters were at the scene.
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Eva Langdon
Elm’ Street
Treatment for Catarrhal Deafness and Head Noises
Remedy advises Parmint double strength mixed with hot water sugar and taken by spoonful four times daily to relieve catarrhal deafness and head noises. It claims to open clogged nostrils improve breathing and stop mucus drainage, noting the preparation is easy cheap and pleasant.
Fourteenth district Women’s Relief Corps meeting opens in Plymouth
The fourteenth district convention of the Women’s Relief Corps Illinois met in Plymouth with large attendance. Officers elected include Mrs. Allen Currew as president and Mrs. Gertrude Wynn as vice president. The Warsaw corps accepted hosting duties for 1916. The event featured patriotic addresses, inspections of Plymouth corps No. 249, and an elaborate banquet.
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Reidinger
Plymouth
Jil
Fourteenth District
Women’s Relief Corps
Department of Illinois
Sarah H. Darling
Frank Hubbard
Chicago
Helen I. Middle
Allen Currew
Macomb
Gertrude Wynn
Rock Island
Warsaw Corps
Springer
Plymouth Corps
Fielen
Middickauff
Darling
Currew
Warsaw
E. Ey. Edwards
Denver
Ill
Edwards
Montana
Neil Thoerson
Augusta
Walter Nicloy
E. C. Hughs
Commercial
Hughs
Illinois
Whig
U. S.A
Firemen Busy With Four Alarms Last Night
Between 6 15 and 10 20 pm four alarms kept the fire department busy. Crews from stations 2 5 and 8 responded to Mrs Clara Vollbracht s kitchen grease flare up but no damage occurred. A general alarm sent units to Front Street for a delapidated two building blaze with roof burned away and unknown origin. A repeated flare up at the same site caused minimal loss. At 7 35 pm stations 1 2 and 7 went to Mrs Eva Langdon s Elm Street home where a roof hole caused about 30 in damage.
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Clara Vollbracht
Twelfth
Payson Avenue
Washington
Front’ Street
Hampshire
Vermont
Graves Olive Branch
John Kirkwright
Dickson
California
Eva Langdon
Elm
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Futterers Host Dinner for Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs C TH Futterer of 2500 Broadway entertained last evening in honor of Mr and Mrs Carl Futterer who celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary. Among the out of town guests was W J Wrhute of Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. TH. Futterer
Broadway
Carl Futterer
W. J. Wruhte
Milwaukee
Wealthy Burlington youth fined for false pretenses in court
Gilbert Wells and Howard Bokenkamp, Burlington youths, faced Judge Luke Palmer after confessing to obtaining money under false pretenses by passing bad checks to fund joy rides and a vaudeville act. Bokenkamp pled guilty and was fined $100 plus costs. Wells, who claimed to be Wells's brother, received a doubled fine after the judge learned of the ruse.
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Gilbert Wells
Howard D. Bokenamp
Burlington
Quincy
Bokenkamp
Orchard City
Palmer
Wells
Charles H. Adelpohl
Hotel
Gordon D. Wells
Meeting of St Boniface officers discussed bazaar plans
All officers of the societies of St Boniface church are invited to a Thursday evening meeting in the church school hall. Arrangements for a large annual bazaar will be discussed and an effort is made to surpass any parish event previously held.
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St. Boniface Church
Cascarets promise cleansing for liver and bowels
A vintage ad touts Cascarets as a gentle nightly cleanse to reduce biliousness headaches and bad breath. It claims wakefulness with clear heads, sweet breath, regular stomach, and active bowels, urging mothers to give Cascar ets to sick children for safe relief.
Death of Mrs Louise Schwendmann at St Mary's Hospital
Angel hand of death ended Mrs Louise Schwendmann’s 38 years in the city after a yearlong illness with strokes. Born March 22 1857 in St Charles Missouri she was 58 years old. She married George Schwendemann January 15 1878 and lived at 101714 Broadway. Survived by her husband and three children George Jr Alvena and Hanna. She was active in St Boniface parish and St Elizabeth's Ladies Society.
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Louise Schwendmann
Broadway
St. Mary's Hospital
George Schwendemann
Forty hours devotion at St Rose Catholic church
The forty hours devotion at St Rose Catholic church draws wide parish and city Catholic attendance. Father John from St Louis, a Passionist, delivered sermons including a solemn High Mass at ten, with a second reading last night. Tonight at 7 30 the final ceremony will mark a solemn procession with all city priests and St Rose parish children.
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ST. Rose's Catholic Church
St.Rose
Father John
St. Louis
St. Rose's Parish
Foley’s Honey and Tar Trial Package Offer
Readers are urged to mail a slip with five cents to Foley & Co. Chicago Illinois for a trial package. The kit promises Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup, Foley Kidney Pills for pain rheumatism back and kidney issues, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for cleansing constipation and biliousness. Miller and Arthur Drug Co.
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Foley &Co
Chicago
Foley
Miller
Arthur Drug Co
Marriage of Hotel Newcomb clerk and Birmingham woman
The marriage of Ray Gudgen, a day clerk at the Hotel Newcomb, to Miss Ethel Mason of Birmingham, Ala., occurred Sunday in Hannibal, Missouri. The informal ceremony was at Arch Street M. E. church officiated by Dr. W. M. Alexander, with two friends present. The couple then went to Quincy. Gudgen, native of Terre Haute, has long been connected with Hannibal's Mark Twain hotel and now works at the Newcomb. He enjoys wide acquaintance among traveling guests and received many congratulations and telegrams from nearby cities.
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Ray Gudgen
Hotel Newcomb
Ethel Mason
Birmingham
Ala
Hannibal
Mr. Gudgen
C.B. Gudgen
Terre, Haute
Ind
Mark Twain
Marie Enslen
Birthday Party Honors Leo Stuarts’ Seventeenth
The Will Stuart home hosted about 40 youths for Leo Stuarts seventeenth birthday with Halloween decor, red and yellow lighting, games, and a luncheon of pumpkin pie cider doughnuts ice cream and cake. The hosts wished many future birthdays for Leo and long years of happiness.
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Will Stuart
Leo
Mrs
Stuart
Fun eral for Herman Kempf Held at Lutheran Church
Palmyra Missouri October 25 1920 funeral for Herman Kempf son of Mr and Mrs John H Kempf held at the Lutheran church at 2 30 pm burial in Greenwood cemetery. Larkin Gibbons plans sale of farm and move to southern Missouri by November 2. J B Leggett to sell stock and farm tools October 28. In circuit court W G Banfield pleads guilty to carrying concealed weapons fined 100 dollars plus costs. Frank Malley colored pleads guilty to assault given sixty day county jail term. William Bowen pleads guilty to forgery paroled on promise to abstain from intoxicants and improve his conduct. Case of state of Missouri versus Thomas Decker incest not completed due to many witnesses. Attorney F J Penick of Quincy attends.
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Kenady
Palmyra
Herman Kempf
John H. ‘Kempf
St. Mary’s Hospital
Quincy
Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Larkin Gibbons
J.B. Sams
J. B. Leggett
Here
W. G. Banfield
Frank, Malley
Coun ‘Ty
William Bowen
State of Missouri
Thomas Decker
F.J. Penick
Congregational Church to Discuss Pastor Call Tonight
The Union Congregational Church in this city holds a midweek meeting Wednesday evening to decide on extending a call to a pastor. The church has been pastorless since Rev. James Robert Smith left. Dr. George A. Buttrick, who has preached the last two Sundays, is likely to be asked to lead. He will conduct services tomorrow evening.
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First Union ‘Congregational Church
James
Robert Smith
George A. Buttrick
Coffee Linked to Neurasthenia By Caffeine, Doctors Claim
A Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital neurologist cites a distinct class of functional nervous disorders tied to coffee use. He notes hundreds of cases among merchants, travelers, actors, writers, and newsroom staff, with symptoms including headaches, anxiety, insomnia, tremors, upset appetite, and heart palpitations. The piece adds that instant Postum, caffeine free, is gaining favor as a coffee substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. M. Leszynsky
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital
Otto Juettner
Leszynsky
Daily Papers
Home Services At Soldiers' Home Draw 300 Attendees
Rev I W Bingaman led regular weekly services in Lippincott Hall at the Soldiers Home last evening with about 300 attending. The Luther Memorial Church pastor spoke to the "boys" as he has on other occasions and delivered a sermon that left listeners with much to ponder.
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I. W. Bingaman
Luther Memorial Church
Lippincott Hall
Soldiers’ Home
Dr. Bingaman
Quincy poised to host 1916 county clerks convention
County Clerk Billy Smith and County Supervisors Oscar Arntzen James Cook and William Cunnane went to Springfield for the annual county clerks convention. Quincy aims to host the 1916 gathering, hoping to attract neutrals and secure a major state meeting amid election year.
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Billy Smith
Oscar Arntzen
James B. Cook
William Cunnane
Springfield
Quincy
Billy. Smth
Oscar. Arntzen
Bids Opened for Jefferson School Furniture in Gem City
The board of education will meet in the Musselman building to consider bids from 27 firms for furniture and fixtures for the new Jefferson school. Completion is expected in December. The Gem City Business College provided the display space on the fifth floor for samples yesterday.
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Board of Education
Musselman
Jefferson School
Gem City
Business College
The
College
Cheney firm trusted by National Bank of Commerce Toledo
We, the undersigned, have known F J Cheney for 15 years and find him honorable in all business dealings and financially able to meet obligations of his firm. Also included is an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonial offers and 75 cent price from druggists.
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Cheney & CO
Toledo
F J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Cane Hall
Local pickups and visits in Monmouth and nearby towns
Local notes report Weilers for York cornets John Carroll and David Wall of the Quincy post office greeting friends in Monmouth during their vacation boosting Gem-City. Mrs AL Bross and two children of Coatsburg visited relatives including Postmaster Elmer Lummis. Deputy US Marshal Ross Moore returns from Colchester to handle court papers in Peoria.
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Weilers
York Cornets
John Carroll
David Wall
Quincy Post Office
Monmouth
AL Bross
Coatsburg
Horme
Inlaw
Elmer Lummis
United States
Ross Moore
Colchester
United States District Court
Peoria
Josephine Hoehn
Park, Place
St. Louis
R J. Padberg
Catherine Lubbe
Park Place
Herman Lubbe
Mae Wellman
Quincy
Sinois State Bank
T. J. Barnes
Nicksville
Indaw
Tipton
Arion Club
Carl E. Epler
Levi Cate
Camp Boint
Board of Supervisors
Fred Ticken
Honey Creek
West Point Dentist Dr Hurdle Dies After Illness
West Point Illinois October report of the sudden death of Dr. Hurdle a local dentist at the Warner hotel around 10 pm Saturday. An inquest was held and the jury ruled death from a dose of chloral hydrate. Relatives collected the body Sunday and took it to Augusta. Dr. Hurdle had recently revived a practice after arriving here.
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West Point
Ill
Hurdle
Warner Hotel
R. J. Brumby
Augusta
Death Claims Mrs. C. P. Jacobs in Quincy
Mrs. C. P. Jacobs dies Sunday at 11 15 after an 80 hour illness spell. Born in Quincy in 1873 she was 42. Survived by husband father Charles Rockenfield a brother two sisters and many friends. Funeral held today in Til Bowen area.
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Bowen
Til
C. P. Jacobs
Folchemer
Gates Coming to NEAT C E Meeting
The next meeting of the city C E union will be at ULB church on North Sixth Street. E P Gates of Chicago state field secretary will attend, alongside Ohio’s state field secretary, both described as live wires and big drawing cards. The session occurs one week from next Monday evening.
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C. E. Union
ULB
Sixth
E. P. Gates
Chicago
C. E
Quincy
Ohio
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New Canton
Goroner
Eliah Dudley
Aughter
Tness
Howard
D. Bokenkamp
East
ST. Boniface
Louise Schwendemann
Leo Stuart
Decker
First Union Congregational Church
Coffee
Bingaman
Gem City Business College
Hall
Inquest
Quingyan
Rewiard
Gates
Charles Frohman
Suits Sanderson
Poay Brian
Utah
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