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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1916
Page
9
Palmyra Missouri September 2 1914 observers urge a statewide school cleanup day. Marion county directors call for rubbish removal whitewashing outhouses disinfecting water and repair of grounds rooms and fences to make school premises a source of public pride for pupils and patrons.
Monroe City Sept 2 a Burlington freight train derailed two empty slick cars at the Main street crossing while letting a westbound passenger pass. The rear of the first car and the front of the second left the track. Cars were shifted back on the rails within an hour and curb damage on the east side was reported. The Monroe City baseball club win.
King refused to allow grooms near him until Miss Kingsland sent for Sheehan. Two weeks later Tom reported for duty and teased that she would summon him. On the circus tour starting Monday September 11 the trio will join Ringling with Edna Kingsland and Silver King noted as a striking pair.
In Palmyra Missouri this winter Miss Mildred Hollymen will teach at Bethany. Several residents travel and guests visit including Miss Fleming returning to Marshall and Mrs. C. O. McKayland with daughter back to Chicago. A trip to the state fair was earned by Boss Win Hovers, Thomas Glendenning, and Walter Gross for top grades. Multiple marriage licenses are listed across Missouri and Iowa, with couples from McGehee Arkansas to Hannibal and Bloomington Illinois, plus a noted injury to Deputy Sheriff Harry Burgdorf after stepping on broken glass. Local visitors include Miss Laura Johnson of Idaho Falls and Mrs. William Clark of Weatherford Texas staying with the Cun ningham family.
Colchester residents report on visits by J. Co Hysel, Charles Burton, Herman Kipling, and others to Macomb and Gainsburg. Local families hosted relatives from Peoria Moline and Chicago, with several confirmations of travel and visits. The Kirkland meetings are drawing crowds at the tabernacle, schools plan to reopen September 4, and residents attended a ball game in Rushville.
Charles Adams of Newark travels through Deer Ridge en route to Kahoka fair while locals attend Kahoka fair and La Belle chautauqua. Several residents host visiting families, weddings, and travels, with updates on marriages, sickness, and social visits among Adams, Lovengood, Owen, Newbery, Allen, Baltzell, Diffenduffer, McReynolds, Vaughan, Wood, Lipes, Childress, and Simpson relations.
A serialized stage sketch recalls Edna Kingsland and Tom Sheehan from a prior England circus era. Edna rises to international bareback fame while Tom, her steadfast friend, gifts her a horse named Silver King before she departs with Ringling Brothers.
A rig collision halted bystanders as two buggies wrecked but no injuries occurred. Leland Baltzell drove the other rig. George Walker freed his team after untethering and the horses ran a mile before two men stopped them. Light damage reported. Guests, gatherings, and revival tours continued elsewhere with local families and visitors noted.
An advertisement proclaims Dr King’s New Discovery as the best syrup for coughs and colds. It emphasizes its pleasant taste, proven medicines, long use by customers, a money back guarantee, and instructions to buy a bottle and keep remaining for future coughs and colds.
A political advertisement urging Illinois voters to support Frank C. Lowden for governor. It stresses businesslike government, a budget system to cut taxes, consolidation of state agencies, and a square deal for workers and employers. It claims Lowden avoids factions, keeps promises, and would serve all the people, not a party faction, with a plainspoken, capable leadership style.
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