American sailors win leave privileges in British Isles
The Oct 28 notice details free warrants for U S Navy officers and men to travel across Ireland to England and Scotland during leave. Sailors kiss the Blarney Stone visit Killarney and Dublin, while many tour London sights. Censors restrict postcards, but sailors write home. Railroad car efficiency rose 8 percent from 1913 to 1916. average car capacity increased to 41 tons. A Mobile brewery uses watermelon juice to make vinegar and cattle fodder from the waste.
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Tish
Ish Isles
McAn
Ircans
Ireland
England
Scotland
United Kingdom
London
British Isles
Emerald Isle
Dublin
Belfast
Cork
Limerick
Killarney
Dunifee
St. Pauls
Westminster
Stratford-on-Avon
Oxford
English Lakes
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Quincy Dealers Defy Winter in October Sales
Hudson speedster sold to an out of town buyer after Morris Adler received it. Adler expects another Hudson shipment soon while a Dodge delivery arrived last Monday and two more shipments are planned this week. A visitors register in Adler's garage records Quincy arrivals and car models. Eight Fords were distributed by Collins Plow Co last Tuesday with more on the way amid high demand. Bennett garage on Maine Street shipped Cadillacs with Dr Pendleton and a Peoria buyer each receiving a car and a $200 premium for prompt delivery. Due to car sizes only two can be sent per shipment and two more are expected later this week.
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Morris Adler
Adler
Quincy
Collins Plow Company
Cadillac
Bennett Garage
Maine Street
Dr. Pendleton
Peoria
Bennett
How to prevent fires in homes set of rules
A list of ten home fire prevention steps urges housekeepers to clean from attic to cellar and remove waste, inspect furnaces and wiring, store fuels safely, avoid gasoline use indoors, skip gas mantles, protect woodwork from flames, have fire protection means, and dispose of burnt matches properly.
Palmyra Man Aged 87 Leads Corn Cutters Crowd
In Palmyra Oct 28 Uncle Miles Britton an 87 year old colored man showed younger men how to cut corn on Ira Suter’s farm. He cut 25 to 28 shocks daily, four to six bushels per shock, earning over five dollars a day at 20 cents per shock. Also notes on rummage sale, visitors from St Louis and Quincy, an auction sale, and local civic events including a baby contest with nine entrants and a tied ribbon winner.
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Palmyra
Miles Britton
Ira Suter
Ladies of the Presbyterian Church
Happel
F. H. Sosey
St. Louis
Dick Chadwell
Quincy
Milt Phillips
Round Grove Township
H. C. Sheetz
Court House
Monroeity
Frankie Connell
Hannibal
Liberty Loan
George V. Saffarans
Union Township
P. T. Chadwell
Marion Bleigh
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Jackies
Stone
United States
Railway Age Gazette
Mobile
Ala
Quincy Machine Works
OUR Service
Ohio
Detroit
Baker, Ranch
Lange
Waverly
Etc
Philadelphia
Baker
Wellers
North Sth St
Maxwell
Briscoe
Grant
Paige
Ford
Moller Motor Sales Co
Distributors of the
Hampshire ST
Willard
Clough-Reihm Co
18Th and
Broadway
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