Quincy set to host Keokuk in league football tilt
The Keokuk squad visits the Blue and White for a 3 pm league clash. Quincy fields Farrar McDaniel and captain Best in a hoped for tight, evenly matched game after a strong Park workout. Keokuk arrives with a 72 0 win over Keokuk and a 16 0 loss to Carthage in recent results.
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Keokuk
Hall
Farrar
McDaniel
Best
Quincy
Nirksville
Carthage
Burlington
Stronghurst
Macomb
Macomb High School
Keolkuk
Pos
Ward
Bradfield Vansteel
Roberts
Heidbreder
McBain McKinnay
Megdelsen Eisenberg
Bell Bush
Odell Forse
Sceeeeeees TC
Saccee Stadler Stuart
Ebersole Farrar
Evans McDaniel
Wyllie Best
R.h. B
Huiskamp
L. L. Gillenwater
Runven
Ricketts
St Francis to Play Kirksville In Open Gridiron Test
St Francis football team heads to Kirksville Missouri to face the Missouri High school squad noted for defeating many top local programs. A strong showing would provide a valuable comparison for a later match with Quincy High. Lineup hints include Lysagt McElwee Broderick Coleman Westerich Blankenmeier Rupd Thomas Luke Whalen May Capt. Music aside, grocery bills rise.
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St. Francis
Kirksville
Missouri High School
Quincy High School
St Francis
Lysagt
McElwee
Broderick
Coleman
Westerich Raht
Blankenmeier
Rupd
Thomas
Luke
Whalen
May Capt
Peoria Plans Bid for 1918 Minor Leagues Convention
Peoria is set to bid for the 1918 National Association of Minor Baseball Leagues convention after a Fans' association meeting. Secretary-Treasurer O'Meara reported the club moved from a $2,000 hole to a nearly $4,000 profit, with $5,000 or more likely heading into 1918. The group subscribed to a $200 liberty bond and most of the 400 stockholders exceed $50,000 in loans. Plans also emerged to recover a $1,000 Three-I league forfeit and return it, while Peoria and Hannibal met all league obligations. Clarence Rowland of the White Sox was invited to address Peoria’s upcoming Winter league kickoff.
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Peoria
National Association of Minor Baseball Leagues
Peoria Fans’ Association
William J. O'Meara
Bobbie O'Farrell
Cubs
Fans’ Association
Bardk
O'Meara
Tearney
Ryan
Hannibal
Chicago
Rowland
Clarence Rowland
White Sox
Kansas Ames clash set as Big Ten showdown in Kansas City
Kansas City dispatch notes the Kansas-Ames football game in Lawrence as the season’s major draw for Big Ten followers. Iowa State arrives with a 15 to 0 win over Missouri after a rapid home finale, while Kansas seeks redemption after a loss to Illinois. Valley critics anticipate a hard fought affair with no definite prediction.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Illinois
Valley
Shorties' Union Goats Triumph in Bowling Night
Shorties' Union Goats defeated Beer Bottlers three straight games at Labor Temple alleys Friday. Scores: 735 740 762 for the Goats and 586 740 762 for Beer Bottlers. High scorer Tax Bisser with 206. Fred Troltman averaged 187.
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Shorties’ Union Goats
Labor Temple
Fred Troltman
Cure Catarrh with Blood Remedy Not Local Treatment
Science shows catarrh cannot be cured by sprays or douches alone as it is a blood-borne condition. The advertisement promotes S. S. S., a vegetable blood remedy said to cleanse the blood and act as a general tonic. It claims fifty years of use, invites readers to seek free advice from Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
Philadelphia
Quincy
Hampshire St
Sterna
Wives Tell Woes At Judge Akers Divorces
Judge Akers heard evidence in numerous divorce suits on Friday but will not render decisions for several days. Complaints skew female though some male plaintiffs testified of unhappiness and desertion across cases including Wilhelmina Sutton from Monroe City to Macon and later Quincy, Mary Church citing too many children, and William McClain whose wife Ethel left in 1909.
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Akers
Wilhelmina Sutton
Macon
Monroe City
Quincy
Mary Church
William McClain
Clayton
Ethel McClain
Harry Wood
Alice
Hattie Sparks
Ray A. Sparks
Clara M. Kirlin
William Kirlin
Edith J. Humphrey
Thomas Kirlin
Joliet
Knox County
Walter A. Robertson
Kate Robertson
William Hartzell
Fannie Spidle
James Spidle
Webb City
Fila Funk
Fred Funk
Martha Garlock
Robert Garlock
Maude Coup
F. L. Coup
Butter price cuts in Chicago cut to 44 to 50 1 2 cents
Chicago consumers welcomed government price controls as butter was slashed from 3 to 6 cents by the local price committee. The body set fair bulk creamery price at 44 to 49 1 2 cents and 45 to 50 1 2 cents for cartons, with grocers' profit limited to about two to three and a half cents above wholesale.
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Chicago
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Butter and Egg Board
Two Fingers Amputated In Knittel Show Case Plant Accident
Robert Forbes, 17, of 804 North Twelfth Street and nephew of J. E. Halligan, suffered the loss of two fingers and part of a third when his left hand was caught in a saw at the Knittel Show Case company plant. The thumb and first finger were amputated at Blessing hospital, doctors strive to save the middle finger, he was returned home Friday evening after a brief hospital stay.
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Robert Forbes
North
Twelfth Street
J. E. Halligan
Central Union Telephone Company
Knittel Show Case Company
Ben
Blessing Hospital
Princess Garden of Allah and Varied 1910s Weave
A list of film titles and stars featured today including Princess The Garden of Allah with Bavoy William S. Hart in Truthful Tulliver, Gem Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle in His Wedding Night, Family Frank Keenan in The Crab, Safety First Ambrose, Boelasco Bryant Washburn in The Fibbers, Ster Violet Mersereau in Honor of Mary Blake, Quincy Stingaree in A Stranger at Dumeriff Last of the Troubadours, Colonial Poisoned Dart The Black Circle Bum Bum Bum.
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Princess
Garden of Allah
Bavoy
William S. Hart
Tulliver
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Frank Keenan
Ambrose
Boelasco
Bryant Washburn
The
Ster
Violet Mersereau
Mary Blake
Quincy—Stingaree
Dumeriff
Troubadours
American Theater Adds Four Acts Beginning Sunday
Beginning Sunday the American theater will place four acts on its bill opening with a feature picture and closing with a comedy act. The lineup includes Chester Hoffman comedy cyclist The Hodakons European novelty entertainers Halden Brothers eccentric and acrobatic dancing and the Bells novelty ventriloquism. A professional gambler meets an amateur who knows all about the game.
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Chester Hoffman
The
Hodakons
Halden Brothers
Bells
Soldiers and Sailors Home Deaths and Visits
Wm F Ross aged 71 died at the Soldiers and Sailors Home after illness. He served in Company H 2d Arkansas Infantry and was a carpenter. He leaves a wife in Brook Port and a daughter Julia Ross in Chicago. Remains to Brook Port for burial. Patrick Keenan 73 died of liver disease. He served in Company G 15th Illinois Infantry and was born in Ireland. He leaves two sons Joseph of Dixon and John of New York City. body sent to Dixon. Mrs McDaniel ill in hospital improving. Mr and Mrs George Marshall returned from St Louis. Mr and Mrs J C Cawley admitted to the home.
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Wm. F. Ross
Arkansas Infantry
Ross
Brook Port
Julia Ross
Chicago
Patrick Keenan
15Th
Illinois Infantry
Ireland
Keenan
Joseph
Dixon
John
New York City
McDaniel
George Marshall
Cottage 20
St. Louie
J. C. Cawley
Second and Locust Streets
Mr. Cawley
Can the Kaiser Bond Drive Chant by Mrs Floyd Barnes
A historical note from Quincy dated October 26 urges unity in war effort with a poem-like pledge to buy bonds. The verse calls readers to “can the Kaiser” by sacrificing leisure and giving support through bond purchases, emphasizing collective resolve over personal bragging.
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Kaiser
Floyd Barnes
Quincy
Halloween recital by Beverly church group
The Standard Bearers of the M FE church are rehearsing for a Halloween entertainment at the M W A hall. Mr and Mrs J Boggs of Perry spent Sunday with their aunt Mrs Mary Kelly. The Red Cross served lunch at Harry Sittler sale Tuesday with proceeds of 27 dollars. Born to Floyd and wife Phillips a son on October 20. Rev Talbot began a meeting in Kingston last Saturday night. James Buffington and family of Quincy visited relatives including Mr and Mrs Kelly Mrs Robertson and Mr and Mrs Rey Stauffer and daughter Analle on Sunday.
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M. FE
Hallowe’en
M. W. A. Hall
J. Boggs
Perry Apent Se Uway
Maryelly
Red Cross
Harry Sittlers
Floyd Phillips
Talbot
Kingston Jagst
James Buffington
Quincy
Proposals For Supplies State of Illinois 1917
Sealed proposals for quarterly supplies to Illinois state charitable, penal and reform institutions will be received in Springfield until specified dates in November 1917. Listings cover agricultural implements bedding clothing groceries furniture tea milk meats household supplies and more. Full details and bid blanks available from the Division of Purchases and Supplies.
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State of Ilinois
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Springfield
Illinois
Elgin State Hospital
Elgin
Kankakee State Hospital
Kankakee
Jacksonville State Hospital
Jacksonville
Anna State Hospital
Anna
Watertown State Hospital
East Moline
Peoria State Hospital
Peoria
Chester State Hospital
Menard
Chicago State Hospital
Dunning
Ailton
Alton
Lincoln State School
Lincoln
Illinois School For the Deaf
Ilinois School For
Illinois Industrial Home
Marshall Blvd
Chicago
Wulmotg Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home
Quincy
Whndows’ Home
Whitington
Illinois Soldiers’ Orphans
Normal
Ilinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary
W. Adams
LL. D. Puterhaugh
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Missouri
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Joneses
Ethel
POP
Jay Geth
France
Ethelgert
Genera Pershing
Cottage 14
Cawhey
Graybill
Decatur
Feerill
M. M. Philipps
Greenup
Mattoon
R. B. Sindle
Allen
Houser
Cottage 22
W.H. Thompson
Sergeant Baldwin
M. E. Pockett
Bernardine
Mt. Vernon
Corporal
Johnson
Lucretia Burris
Wm. Maher
Annex
Chadwick
Ill
Hendrickson
Neighswanger
Thad
American Theater
Beverly, III
W. Robertson
Rey Stauffer
Analle
William Hayen
H. H. Kohn
Chas
W. Benner
Peck
Orpheu
Broadway
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbucki
Paramount Com
Savoy
William S
Hart
Helen Wares
Garden OF
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Aral
Dancin
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