Barnum Bailey Circus Arrives With Pageant Parade
Ninety rail cars carry Barnum & Bailey into Quincy for a Baldwin Park visit. The show features Lalla Rookh pageant, 1250 cast, elephants, camels, horses and rare animals. Notable acts include the Hannafords, Davenports, Bradna, Bagonghi, Lipeta Perea, and Bears. A free street parade tomorrow near 10 o clock is advertised with a $2,000,000 outlay and extensive pageantry.
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Barnum & Bailey Circus
Quincy
Baldwin Park
Rookh
America
Barnum&, Bailey
Hannafords
Fred
Derrick
Charles
Siegrist
Orrin
Davenport
Victoria Davenport
Ella Bradna
Signor
Bagonghi
Europe
Marvel Sisters
Lupeta Perea
Spain
Barnum
Bailey
Imperial ‘Viennesse
Sie‘gust
Lisbon
Gillis
Madame Bradna
Arleys
Harvey,Rittelly
Wile
Lilly
Barnum & Bailey
Mile
Adgie
Weather Forecast and Barometer Watch
Illinois expects fair conditions Friday and Saturday with unsettled trends by Saturday night and little temperature change. Missouri sees fair Friday and Saturday, with partly cloudy and cooler trends by night. Iowa forecasts fair Friday and Saturday, unsettled and cooler with possible showers in the west. Local temps yesterday ranged from 56 at 7 am to 83 at noon and 5 pm, with 65 at midnight.
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Ilinois
Missouri
Towa
Rise Fall River Forecast From Warsaw to Louisiana
A river forecast indicates levels from below Warsaw to Louisiana are expected to fall slowly for several days. Officials warn gradual drops may affect local flooding potential and navigation conditions along the stretch.
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Warsaw
Louisiana
Resolutions on U S German tensions stir peace groups
A wartime column notes the Friends of Peace have passed resolutions criticizing Americans who sailed on English munition ships. The group seeks a Chicago peace convention discussion and urges more Americans to use American-flag passenger ships under government protection for transatlantic travel.
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Friends of Peace
Chicago
England
Germany
Society
Atlantic
Europe
RIGORS OF SUMMER AND 1816 NO SUMMER
A Pike County Democrat columnist cites a Vermont 1836 piece to sketch August 1816 as a year without a summer. It recalls ice every month, fierce snows, frosted leaves, and August frost with nightly freezes, contrasting past hardships with the present moderately cool season.
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Pike County Democrat
Vermont
England
Illinois
Sermon Urges Typhoid Prevention After Youth's Death
Assistant Surgeon General W C Rucker proposes an address for the funeral of a young man who died of typhoid fever. He blends compassion with doctrine, warning that the death could have been prevented by ignorant or careless conduct. He calls for swift community action to prevent such losses in the future.
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W. C. Rucker
United States
Public Health’ “Service
Painting War Pictures and the German Threat
A historical clipping reviews dramatic pictorials predicting a future war's impact on America. Images show the Woolworth Building struck, New York and then Boston and Philadelphia scenes with infant cradles seized, portraying a German conquest. Some drawings also hint at a Russian menace.
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America
Woolworth
New York City
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Liberty
European show bristles with danger for America
A clipped air of war news warns of European conflict spilling across oceans while readers note Mexico intends to take back part of Texas. The piece contrasts alarm at European fronts with a calm view of domestic safety despite Pacific coast vulnerabilities.
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America
New ‘York
Pacific Coast
Texas
Interurban lines praised for growth and access gains
The piece argues the interurban system boosts business and farm value by linking populations with centers. It notes frequent hourly service, direct street access in cities, and adoption by Ohio to Pennsylvania routes spreading through Indiana and Illinois, citing Quincy’s strategic location and Eastern states experiences.
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Quincy
Quincy Whig
Oregon
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Iil
Quincy Peoria interurban link eyed by Whig
The Whig notes both Springfield urbanisation and long-standing roads projects, asserting Quincy and Peoria will back an interurban that connects northern and central Illinois. It argues the line will provide a long-desired outlet and unite the city with a strong farming region, backing investment.
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Quincy
Quincy-Peoria
Illinois
Birthdays and teaching notes in Adams County papers
Birthday notices honor several figures born 30 to 83 years ago, including Joseph Gaines and David Harmony, with other features praising record attendance and Institute success. Adams County Teachers association closes with lectures by Miss Hamilton and Mr Colegrove, focusing on geography and reading methods.
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Joseph H. ‘Gaines
Congress
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Walter’l. Hensley
Missouri
Jefferson County
David B. Harmony
Easton
Martin D. Foster
Illinois
Edwards County
Edward. J. Kenetchy
Pittsburgh Federal ‘League
la Crosse
Wis
Norman S. Taber
Providence,r. I
Adams County Teachers’, Association
Hamilton
Colegrove
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cough Syrup Ad
A vintage style advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey cough syrup. It claims soothing relief from coughs colds and throat irritation and urges readers to buy the 25 cent bottle from their dealer and start using it now to end coughing and cold. It emphasizes patented formula from pine tar honey and balsam with a long list of beneficiaries.
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Bell
Dr. Bell
Tuberculosis Meeting in Grand Rapids Discusses Immunity and Housing
The Michigan Anti-Tuberculosis Society holds its annual meeting in Grand Rapids, focusing on immunity vaccination housing and preventive work for local health organizations. Key topics include methods to curb tuberculosis and the role of housing in disease control.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Organize For Highway Convention In Nashville
Louisville Sept 2 The vice-presidents of the Jackson Highway association met in Louisville today to complete their organization and plan a general convention in Nashville in three weeks. States represented in the conference were Mississippi Alabama Ohio Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Louisville
Jackson Highway Association
Lake
Gulf
Nashville
Mississippi
Alabama
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
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Micrabeyz
Prensu
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Arrier
St. Paul
Keokuk
Memphis
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Lansang
White House
Carter
Hess
Sprinfield
John “Murray
Lake Minnetonka
Minnesota
Paris
Bordeaux
Lemberg
Galicia
Marne
Oliver ‘Wendell Holmes
Teig Ited
Claxton
Miss. Hamilton
Petey
Chataingly
Bobbie
de Boya
Daddy
Mhora
Sidon
Mall
Catiéura
Avery Hot
Oty
Fiamé
Lospons
Pictorial Review
Serge
Buttons
Brad
Conta
Imhole
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