Massive Quincy showroom blaze gutts two story building
A Tuesday night fire at 117 110 Hampshire Street gutted a two story building used as a showroom and store room by the Quincy Show Case Company. Loss to the structure and contents is estimated between 25 000 and 35 000 dollars with heavy damage to fixtures and cases. Firefighters battled a fierce blaze drawing a crowd as flames shot skyward and illuminated the street for about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire Street
Quincy
C. Arthur. Fifer
Quincy Show Case Works
J. D. Worrell
Rupp Bros
Marriott
Olice
Second
Hampshire
Second Street
Whig Office
Adams
Garner to Head Salvation Army Drive in Quincy
Judge John Garner appointed chairman of the Quincy Salvation Army drive planned for September 22 to 29 with a goal of 22500. City leaders Emmett Howard and Bishop Edward Fawcett backed the choice, and representatives from Rotary and the American Legion pledged support. C Riegner and T Gannon attended, praising Garner and noting funds will be raised by scheduled donations rather than street solicitation.
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John
Judge Garner
Emmett Howard
Bishop
Edward Fawcett
Ae Club
Rotary On
American Legion
C. Riegner
T. E ‘Gannon
Massive Street Car Ridership In Quincy
Nearly 30,000 riders over two days on Quincy streetcar lines with Labor Day crowds, including 15,500 Monday and 13,000 Sunday. Ten minute service launched on State and Tenth streets with Birney cars, expanding to Broadway and South Eighth as more cars enter service. Six Birney cars shipped from St Louis August 30, expected in Quincy today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
W. A. Kfaré
State and
Tenth Street
Broadway
South Eighth Street
Burlington
Business
Martin
St. Lows
Sam Bradney Raises Burbank Beet Eight-Pound Claim
Sam Bradney of 1409 North Fourth Street presents an eight pound Burbank beet as his gardening honor, noting the mammoth specimen grew without breeding or species proof. After uprooting it, he weighed the carrot like bulb and found the beet weighed eight pounds with a shade to spare.
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Sam Bradney
North Fourth Street
Mr. Bradney
American Legion to Aid Salvation Army Campaign
The American Legion will discuss supporting the Salvation Army campaign for funds at its Thursday 8 pm meeting in the Knights of Columbus Hall. President Lawrence D. Smith will issue the call. The group will also consider a September 13 picnic for county veterans at Baldwin Park and possibly set up a booth to accept applications for Legion membership.
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American Legion
Salvation Army
Knights of Columbus
Lawrence D. Smith
Baldwin Park
Legion
Mystery fire at warehouse leaves questions in wake
Firemen guarded ruins through the night as origin remained unknown. Mrs. Worrell suspected a cigar stub or match through a broken window, but no live wires or lights were present. Henry Locke and workers had been inside earlier, removing table legs while daylight sufficed. Furnishings were in the white stage, awaiting final finishing before shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locke
Unitarian Pastor Rev Earl F Cook Arrives Here
Rev Earl F Cook chosen as pastor of the Unitarian church has arrived to lead the congregation his first sermon as pastor is set for September 14 He spent the summer at the University of Chicago and previously worked as an accountant for Standard Oil and on the editorial staff of the Boston Journal He will reside at 3224 Jersey Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl F. Cook
Unitarian Church
University of Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Boston Journal
Jersey Street
Scout Campaign to Start Today in Quincy
Quincy prepares to launch a $15,000 Boy Scout campaign to fund three years of work. Rotary members, led by eight teams headed by local leaders, will canvass districts from the Chamber of Commerce with HQ at 101. Campaign treasurer Harvey Riggs oversees pledges, while F H Zeller departs for a scout executives meeting to report progress.
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Quincy
Abrts
Pickard
Rotary Club Arceed
Chamber of Comfdance
John Korn
A. F. Odeil
W. A. Schwindeler
E. P. Lannan
Frank Parlage
C. M. Rosenheim
Bishop M. Fawcett
Chamber of Commerce
T. B. Black
Harvey Riggs
Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank
F. H. Zeller
Movement For
Boy Scouts
Rotarians
Trenton
Mich
Scout Council
Enrollment Shifts Mark City Schools Opening
The city’s high school shows a jump with 432 pupils, up from 412 last year, while 12 grade schools total 3,700, down over 200. Parochial and public schools report slight declines. R N Stacy leaves Dewey, replaced by R O Gibbons. St Mary’s Academy notes higher grade attendance. many country schools start late due to harvest.
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R. N. Stacy
Dewey
R. O. Gibbons
Irving
R. A.rossi
St. Louis
Otto A Wurl
Gem City Business College
St. Mary's Academy
Brakes Fail In Collision Injures Man Near Eubanks
Elmer Miller of two miles south of Eubanks and his brother Sam were riding to their home when their Chevrolet failed to brake and the car struck a wagon in a narrow stretch of road one mile east of Ebanks. The car rolled into a ditch. Elmer sustained a fractured knee cap and was taken to St Mary hospital in Quincy for treatment.
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Elmer Miller
Eubanks
Sam
Tris
Ebanks
Elmer
Quincy
St. Mary Hosital
Probate Court Reports Family Estate Balances and Admin Actions
In probate court, Margaret C. Wich as conservator reported a balance of 666.14 on the Godfrey Loeffer estate. Letters of administration were granted to Stephen S. Groves for Jeannette K. Hedrick. Mary E. Smith as administratrix filed receipts and expenses and a $1,859.42 distribution on Franklin H. Smith's estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret C. Wich
Godfrey Loeffer
Stephen S. Groves
Jeannette K. Hedrick
Mary E. Smith
Franklin H. Smith
High School Enrollment Up Sparks Need for New Building
The Quincy High School reports enrollment this year exceeds last by about fifty, indicating crowding in all classes and underscoring the need for a new building. Students returned to classes amid cheers as sophomores assist newcomers to reporting rooms, with a pep meeting planned for Thursday and the first football practice set for Thursday afternoon under a yet unnamed coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Wellemeyer
Walter Krug Granted Another Continuance
Walter Krug was arraigned in police court on murder charges in the death of his sister in law Mrs. Oscar Krug. A preliminary hearing was postponed to next Tuesday at the state’s request to allow Oscar Krug, who was wounded in the August 18 shooting, time to testify. Krug is represented by John E Wall and may plead insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Krug
Inlaw
Oscar Krug
Wheelock
John E.wall
Krug
Deaths and Funerals notes for Laura Ingman and Thomas Parsons
Miss Laura Ingman of La Grange died at home Tuesday morning after visiting the city several times. Her sister Miss Mary Ingman taught at Webster School's junior high. Thomas Parsons died Monday at 3:20 PM in the Soldiers and Sailors Home after four months of illness. He was a Spanish-American War veteran, aged 66, and had been a Home resident, with prior hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Ingman
la Grange
Ingman
City
Mary Ingman
Webster School
Thomas Parsons
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Mr. Parsons
Soldier Home Veteran Martin Barrett Dies at Civil War Veteran
Martin Barrett, a resident of the Soldiers Home, died suddenly Sunday evening. He was a Civil War veteran and served in Company Eleventh Illinois Infantry. He had lived at the Soldiers and Sailors home since 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Barrett
Soldiers Home
Comany
Eleventh Illinois Infantry
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Flying Proving Popular Sport For Quincyans
In two days airplaning has become popular in Quincy as Lieut. Pickard in the Honeymoon Express ferries passengers from Twenty fourth and State streets field for five to ten minute flights. Sixteen riders paid ten dollars for thrills, nose dives added excitement, and crowds watched from the ground. Passengers included Dr. H F Lafler Dorothy Dayton and others as Pickard prepares a city flight for a Boy Scout campaign before heading to Palmyra with his bride and companions.
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Quincy
Leint
Sammy” Pickard
Palmyra
Lieut
Pickard
The
Whig
Lieut. Pickard
H. F. Lafler
Dorothy Dayton
W. B. Dayton
James R. Davont
Benton F. Dayton
W. T. Duker, Jr
H. A. Geise
Forrest
T. F. Kirk
W. A. Thorp
Party
Former Resident Catches Four Foxes With Horse Blanket
R A Hutmacher, a Quincy native, recounts a hunter tale from Columbus Ohio based Hunter Trader Trap. While driving near Rapatee Illinois he and a partner used a horse blanket to trap four fox pups less than six weeks old on a steep hill. They returned to town with two foxes each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Hutmacher
Quincy
Hunter
Columbus
Ohio
Rapatee
Illinois
Mr. Hutmacher
Quincy Pulse Deaths and Enlistment News
Samuel Hoon of the Soldiers and Sailors Home died Tuesday morning in hospital from bronchial pneumonia at age 80. Remains sent to Dixon Illinois for burial. William F. Smith of La Grange Missouri seeks cavalry enlistment, sent to Peoria for acceptance and then to Jefferson Barracks St. Louis. The will of Dr Lunel Washington Vowles, made in Fowler in 1905, was filed for probate. it bequeaths his estate to wife Tamannah E. Vowles, witnessed by C. F. and D. F. Hubert.
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Samuel Hoon
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Dixon
William F. Smith
la Grange
Cavalry
Military Service
Peoria
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Vowles
Lunel Washington Vowles
Fowler
Tamanatha E. Vowles
C. F
D. F. Hubert
Marriage Licenses from Keokuk and Quincy Area
Marriage licenses issued for Henry Dewey Ewing 21 of Keokuk and Ruth Deline Gibson 18 of Hannibal. George W. Conner 28? and Mrs. Eudrice Mennel 22 of Quincy. John J. Kroner 26 of Quincy and Agnes Wielholder 24 of Riverside. Horace M. Ruddell 70 and Mrs. Francis Gathright 50 of Quincy. Chauncey Otto Curtis 20 of Quincy and Hazelton Adelia De Crow 19. Albert L. Smith 25 of Clayton and Carne L. Berger 20 of Clayton.
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Henry Dewey Ewing
Keokuk
Ruth Deline Gibson
Hannibal
George W. Conner
Quincy
Legal
Eudrice Mennel
John J. Kroner
Agnes Wielholder
Riverside
Horace M. Ruddell
Francis Gathright
Chauncey Otto Curtis
Hazelton Adelia de Crow
Jury Selected For Wolf Conspiracy Trial In Federal Court
Jury selection for the Wolf case in federal court proceeded after 5 pm Tuesday. Fred Wolf Sr and Paul Wolf face conspiracy to defraud the government over war contracts for leather goods. The panel includes 12 men from various towns. several were excused or added as defense and prosecution questioned potential biases. Trial opens next morning with the Wolf defendants arraigned previously.
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Fred Wolf
Paul A. Wolf
Feleval Court
Louis Fitz- Henry
Marshal Dressendorfer
Paul
Fred Wolf, Jr
Hugh Graham
Harry Converse
Springfield
George Govert
Quincy
Rush
United States
Washington
Rosin
Department of Justice
John E. Dougherty
Peoria
FitzHenry
T. Y. McLaughlin
New Berlin
The
Wolfs
Dougherty
Twelve Farmers Form Wolf Jury for Federal Case
The 12 jurors chosen for the Wolf case begin service today. all but one are farmers and no juror comes from Quincy. Selected after 5 pm Tuesday are George W. Savage Greenville George Jones Winchester Walter Ross Virginia Emmett Glenn Clinton Iverett Byrd Hamburg George Colonius Alton W B Curry Clayton Will Orendorf Blomington Elmer H Weaver Pittsfield D O White Roadhouse Fosse Wiley Versailles Ellis McConnell Paloma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney Bush
Quincy
Wolfe
Congress
Bush
Converse
Fitz- Henry
James Thornley
Ashland
George W. Savage
Greenville
J. R. Leary
Rushville
George Jones
Winchester
Walter Ross
Virginia
Emmett Glenn
Fred Wolf, Sr
Germany
Wolf
Smith Crowder
Elmer H. Weaver
Pittsfield
Thornley
Leary
Reid
D. O. White
Roadhouse
Fosse Wiley
Versailles
Ellis McConnell
Paloma
Rush
Lane
Tom Lane
Clinton
Iverett Byrd
Hamburg
George Colonius
Alton
W. B. Curry
Clayton
Will Orendorf
Blomington
City and Prosecution Schedule for Upcoming Trials
The government outlines the next steps and sets trials for September 3 and 4. United States v Schanz involves shipping game in interstate commerce. Other cases cover liquor retailing, hunting migratory birds, and selling liquor to soldiers. A sixteen member grand jury is named with members from Camp Point, Quincy, Beards Town, Taylorville, Hamburg, Winchester, Bloomington, Edwardsville, New Berlin, Litchfield, Sterling, and other communities.
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United States
August Schanz
Henry Brown
Henry Carnes
Oliver Ruffner
Blanch Wilson
Frederick H. Sharp
Thomas Lane
Grand Jury
Joseph Bates
Camp Point
James Beck
Quincy
J. W. Blume
Beardstown
T. W. Brents
Taylorville
Frank Dirksmeyer
Hamburg
William Fath
Winchester
E. P
Frees Found Guilty Of Assault By Jury
Fritz Frees was found guilty of assault on Charles Cook son of J B Cook of Burton by a county court jury Tuesday. A motion for a new trial was made by Frees' attorney Chauncey H Wood. The trouble occurred in Highland Park Sunday August 24. Several witnesses said the assault was unprovoked. Cook testified Frees interfered and when told it was none of his business Frees allegedly struck him on the nose fracturing it. Witnesses did not hear Cook use vile names. Also noted: the case F T Todd vs Asa Todd and Ben Miller for attachment was dismissed for want of prosecution. Otto Pfeiffer vs B C Ferguson for damages after auto sale. judgment for plaintiff. Mrs Ollie C Boyle vs ex-husband D H Boyle continued for $1000 back alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Frees
Charles Cook
J. B. Cook
Burton
Frees
Chauncey H. Wood
Highland Park
Cook
F. T. Todd
Asa Todd
Ben Miller
Otto Pfeiffer
B. C. Ferguson
Ollie C. Boyle
D. H. Boyle
Warrant Issued for Bob Festler in Disorderly Conduct Case
Judge Reardon issued a warrant for Bob Festler who lives near Fourth and Vine street on Tuesday, charging disorderly conduct. Alonzo Cassell of 1105 Oak alleged Festler entered his home and intruded in Mrs. Cassell’s room. The case will be called in police court today. N. E. Logsdon was fined $2 on drunkenness by Judge Reardon Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reardon
Bob Festler
Fourth and Vine Street
Alonzo Cassell
Oak Street
Festler
Cassell
N. E. Logsdon
Weather roundup for Illinois Missouri Iowa slows river fall
Illinois mostly cloudy in north and fair in south Wednesday night with cooler north and west. Missouri mostly cloudy in north Wednesday and Thursday with cooler conditions. Iowa cloudy and unsettled Wednesday and Thursday with cooler Wednesday. River below Muscatine to Louisiana falls very slowly over the next four hours.
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Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Muscatine
Louisiana
Wanted At Once Two Carriers For Whig Office
Help wanted for immediate positions as carrier boys. Apply to Circulation Department at the Whig office for details and instructions on employment.
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Whig Office
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Abe Martin
Tell Binkley
Garner
A Dag Rae
Burbank
Earl Cook
NEW Unitarian
F. William Heckenkamp
C Lawrence Wells
T. E Musselman
J. R. Pearce
O. D. Frank
J. M. Winters Leaton Irwin
Charles F. Eichenauer
J. Will Wall
Hety
Albert L. Smith
Carne L. Berger
St. Paul
Davenport
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