Methodist Conference Reviews Chaddock School Progress
The Quincy district report to the Cham paign conference highlights Chaddock Boys' School gains. Sixty six boys enrolled last year with six thousand dollars donated for needy students, a new building is in use, and another is planned aided by a $5,000 gift from Joseph Hoyt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaddock Boys' School
Chaddock Boys’ School
Joseph Hoyt
Augusta
Nicholson
Board of Education
Board of Trustees of
Chaddock
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Christ
Church
Bowen
Quincy
Fairfield
Iowa
Rushville
Warsaw
Griggsville
Payson
Charles E. Taylor
Camp Point
Gompers Defends War Support and Labor Solidarity
In a Minneapolis speech, Samuel Gompers argues against a peace terms referendum while defending decisive action in war. He warns against minority factions undermining majority will, likening traitors to a debtor to the nation and urging unity with Allied powers against Germany and Austria. He emphasizes balance between dissent and preventing organized opposition to the working majority.
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
A vintage advertisement claims Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder issues and related rheumatic and back problems in men and women. It promises complete treatment in two months, with mail order available for $1.00. Testimonials requested, Dr BE Hail, 9928 Olivette St. Louis, Mo. Sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. W. Hail
Olivett
St. Louis
Ruggiers
Balloon alights near Tennessee after eight hour flight
A training camp balloon from the government school of aerial navigation in St. Louis landed near Tennessee about 6 am after eight hours aloft with Pilot C. O. McCullough and seven students. They wore olive drab uniforms and were returning to camp to complete flight requirements for pilot registration. The Tuesday night flight covered 140 miles with no mishap as currents carried the craft north and east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Government School of Aerial Navigation
St. Louis
C. O. McCullough
United States
Songs and Cheers as Rockford Men Arrive at Camp Grant
Rollicking songs and cheers marked the arrival at Camp Grant of the first contingent of men for the national army. The day included camp tours, impromptu vaudeville stunts, and getting acquainted. The supper featured short ribs browned potatoes gravy stewed prunes bread and coffee.
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Rockford
Hil
Camp Grant
National Army
Record Crowds Say Farewell to Mobilization Day
Pittsfield on September 6 saw the largest mobilization day crowd in Pike county history. The parade included Civil and Spanish War veterans, boy scouts, Pike county volunteers, new National Army members, school children, and Red Cross volunteers, with the Illinois State Band of Quincy performing for the first time in town. A barbecue fed about 800 at the court house park as volunteers prepared for cantonment in Louisville. Speakers included Mayor George M. Smith, W. E. Williams, R. N. Anderson, and David Ball of Missouri.
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Pittsfield
Pike County
Boy Scouts
Quincy
National Army
Red Cross
Illinois State Band
Court House Park
Louisville
George M. Smith
W. E. Williams
Lucille
Galesville
C. L. Moore
Damon Echleberger
Morrellville
John Dinsmore
I. G. Hirsheimer
Lambert
Ann Arbor
Mich
Michigan State University
Mary Hassett
St. Louis
John Riley
New Berlin
John Jordan
Edith Colvin
Washington, D. C
David N. Wetzel
The
Christian Church
Christian Churches of Illinois
Taylorville
Wetzel
Edna Robinson
Virginia
Mary Currey
Lois Simpson
Alton
D. W. Simpson
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Geneva Thomas
Jacksonville
Illinois College
Nine hundred men of new army reach Camp Dodge
More than 900 drafted men from Minnesota North Dakota Illinois and Iowa have arrived at Camp Dodge Des Moines Iowa Sept 6 as the vanguard of the 45 000 to be trained there as part of the new war army. It is expected the remaining 1200 of the first five per cent quota will reach here before Saturday.
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Des Moines
Minnesota
North Dakota
Illinois
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Cuba Dentist Taken For Army A Death By Own Action
Dr Carl E Henry 26 the Cuba Illinois dentist and new army recruit was found dead in his room with a self inflicted bullet wound Wednesday afternoon He is the son of Sheriff George W Henry of Waupaca Wis He left no explanation of his act.
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Peorta
Ill
Carl E. Henry
Cuba
Fulton County
George W. Henry
Waupaca County
Wis
Wave of violence follows walkout in San Francisco
A wave of violence linked to the United Railroads platform workers strike swept San Francisco, with a striking car man shot in the hip and several substitute workers severely beaten during riots that kept police busy after two days of walkout.
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San Francisco
United Railroads
Mayor Thompson vanishes after pacifist meet fallout
Chicago news reports William Hale Thompson leaving public view amid city council censure for pacifist meeting. He allegedly began an automobile tour with a political club toward Kankakee but halted due to residents’ reactions. Authorities consider actions against Thompson and his paper the Republican, with grand jury possible.
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Hicago
William Hale Thompson
Kankakee
Chicago
Republican
Thompson
National Security League
Grand Jury
Michigan Boulevard
U. S
Clyne
Red Cross Warns Against Emblem Misuse Nationwide
The American Red Cross issues a warning on illegal use of the emblem in selling pins postcards and other items. Officials compare it to the flag and urge restraint under Geneva agreements and U S law.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
National Red Cross
American National Red Cross
Army and Navy Sanitary and Hospital Authorities
The
United
Red Cross Emblem Regulation Text Annotation
The excerpt defines prohibited use within the United States of the Red Cross emblem on a white ground or any imitation sign or the words Red Cross or combinations of these terms for trade advertising business or charitable purposes across U S territories and possessions.
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States
United States
Musselmans Query Finds Big Game
D L Musselman received a letter revealing W T Dougherty now serves as Idaho secretary of state. He had mistaken W A Dougherty for the former literary society president, learning the Idaho official is a former Gem City Business college student. C Daran, Gem City graduate of 1904, now with the land office in Cheyenne, visited the school.
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D. L. Musselman
W. T. Dougherty
Gem City Business College
Idaho
Dougherty
Musselman
C. Daran
General Land Office
When a girl Shows a Young Man a Picture of Herself
A concise line notes that when a girl presents a photo of herself she anticipates a request in return. The observation frames social expectation and implies a reaction from the recipient within a dating or courtship context.
Delaplain ads and distant travels fill brief personals
Miss Ella Moshage leaves Friday for Springfield to attend the fair and return Monday. Mrs. J. W. Westerman visits Griggsville, and Mrs. W. S. Tucker plans a five week stay with parents in Carthage. Snyder's Taxi advertises phone 101. Kansas City trips for Grant and Chester Heidbreder and Grace. Willis E. Dick serves in Fort Sheridan. Lt. Gov. O'Hare also in the same regiment. Various social visits, engagements, and upcoming marriages noted across Quincy.
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Delaplain
Ella Moshage
Springfield
J. W. Westerman
York Street
Griggsville
W. S. Tucker
Carthage
F. Besse
Tucker
Snyder
Grant
Chester Heidbreder
Kansas City
Miss Grace
Aaron Beamer
Herman Westerbeck
Willis E. Dick
Albert Dick
State Street
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
O'Hare
Missouri
Curtis Anspaugh
Chestnut Street
Mooseheart Legion
Guy Nations
Alma Wavering
A. H. Wavering
Vine Street
Joseph Berter
Berter
Twelfth
Vine Streets
August Behrensmeyer
Washington Street
Trotter
Maine
Rome Arnold
A. B. Club
Marie Heine
North Ninth Street
Edward Otkers
Peoria
Onalee DeJean
Marguerite Edwards
Cleveland
Newspaper Enterprise Association
J. W. Arnold
Lewistown
Carrie T Hoxsey
Amelia Freeze
Elm Street
Emery Lancaster
Estes Park
Malcolm B. Lippincott
C. Menke
Lippincott
U. S
Louisville
William Hokamp
O'Keene
Okla
Sugar Agreement To Hold For War Period
Washington September 6 The voluntary agreement placing control of the sugar industry in the United States in the hands of the food administration will hold for the period of the war. Refiners will import all raw sugar through a Hoover named committee and accept a later margin of profit. Cuban producers will confer with the food administration on fixing a voluntary price for their output.
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Washington
United States
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Ih Food Administration
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Chaddock School
Supt. A. S. Flanigan
A. S. Flanigan
Methodist Church
Champaign
Flanigan
Sterling
Detroit
Pleasant Grove
Hull
H. C. Gibbs
Minneapolis
Germany
Austria
Servia
Belgium
France
Vlanders
Beck
Manders
Sersia
Vimbucuc
Elium
Ate
Bill
JW. +. THOMPSON
Lowden
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Co
Henry Moller
Anton Binkert
Joseph Brady
Keokuk
Armour Company of
Lieutenant Johnson
East
Eri. H. Wisman
Vermont Street
Golconda
Laurat Carr
J. G. Colling
Tulsa
Oklo
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohile
Wisconsin
P. Il
Wies
Flint
Canton
Kentucky Street
G. M. Jacquith
Lloyd Davis
H C. Sterling
Spring Street
Roy Denny
North Sixth Street
Newark
A. C. LaFauce
Tobe Thomas
Tom Beckman
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Macomb
East St. Louis
Bell-Ans
G. W. Chapman
Chapman
Physio-Medical School of Medicine
North Fourth St
Quincy, Illinois
Giles’ Plano Store
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