War Delaying Windows for St. John's Catholic Church
War in Europe stalls the final completion of St. John's Catholic Church in Quincy. Twelve Mossac memorial windows, crafted in Germany and accompanied by smaller art glass pieces, wait shipment due to blockade. The German congregation founded in 1880 has rebuilt debt to 10,000 dollars while expanding the church and school under Fr. Joseph Postner and Rev. August Hohl.
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Europe
St John’s Catholic Church
Mossac
Germany
St. John’s Catholic Church
Quincy
Joseph Postner
North
Postner
August Hohl
St. John’s
Joseph Still
St. John’s Church
Still
Tenth Street
Cedar
Spruce Streets
Father Still
St. John's Church
Tenth and
Cedar Streets
St. John’s Parish
Fr. Still
A. J. Stengel
St. John's Catholic Church
Health department to exam Chicago school children
The Chicago health department asked all city physicians to cooperate without pay in examining Chicago's 345,000 school children for traces of infantile paralysis before schools open. The note stresses collective effort to detect early signs amid public health concerns.
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Chicago
City Health Department
Record of Promises Kept as Wilson Renomination Speech
Long Branch New Jersey September 3 President Wilson formally accepted renomination with an address praising Democratic record, defending Mexican policy and wartime diplomacy. He praised progressives and enumerated laws on tariffs, trusts, currency, rural credits, merchant marine, and the federal trade commission, claiming the record redeemed four years of promises. His speech lasted about five thousand words.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
America
James
Shadow Lawn
White House
Republican Party
United States
Mexico
Federal Trade Commission
Progressive Party
Geo H Wilson for Attorney General
Geor ge H Wilson nominee for Attorney General with a long public service record in Quincy. He served as Corporation Counsel 1907 08 state representative for the 36th district and member of multiple General Assemblies. He chaired the Temperance Committee and led the Woman s Suffrage bill on aid reading. He sits on the State Bar Association board and belongs to Vermont M E E church in Quincy.
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Temperance
House
State Bar Association
Vermont
M. EE. Church
Quincy
Illinois
Saratoga Springs
Louis L Emmerson for Secretary of State Nomination
Endorsements roll in from Kendall County to Springfield praising Louis L. Emmerson of Mt. Vernon as a strong Republican candidate for Secretary of State. Newspapers and labor papers call him fair, loyal, and well qualified, urging nomination and election.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Vernon
Illinois
Kendall County
Mt. Vernon
Evening Chronicle
Harrisburg
Saline County
Springfield News Record
Emmerson
The
Illinois Tradesman
Springfield
Labor World
Decatur
Labor News
Rockford
Frank Farrington
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Quincy National Bank
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Len
Swift
Knollenberg Milling Co
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Geo. H. Wilson
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Bodley Lodge
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