Adams county teachers gain new assignments for term
A long list details changes in Adams county teaching staff for the coming term. W Frank Hartman returns to Washington School Loraine. J D Knight becomes Maplewood High superintendent at Camp Point. new hires include Miss Mildred Groesbeck Mentor Ohio at Loraine and many others across Camp Point Clayton Ursa Payson Lima Coatsburg and Menden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Frank Hartman
Loraine
Washington School
J. D. Knight
Quincy High
Maplewood High School
Camp Point
Knight
Mildred Groesbeck
Mentor
Loraine High School
T. J. Haney
Clayton Schools
Payson School
Lola Hawkins
Florence Wright
Edna Kiem
Quincy
la Prairie
Kiem
Anna M. Nelson
Golden High
Pea Ridge
Concord Township
Nina“ R. Stead
W. H. Brewster
Camp
Point
Clayton
Brewster
Fred Hall
Ursa
Adams County
Hall
Fred
Maplewood High
Olive B. Simpson
Hancock County
Fairview
Houston Township
Harry “Wamsley
Baylis
Pike County
Beverly Township
G.A. Hillier
Mendon Schools
Ursa School
Leach
Mildred P. Baker
Warsaw
Lima
Mabel Fletcher
Frieda A. Allen
Mounds
Grace Rathbun
Quincy High School
Hunter
Menden
Frieda Williams
Schuyler
Macomb
Emma’ ‘Kuhn
Mendon
Strickler
Mendon High’ School
Ruth Stines
Timewell
Brown County
Cynthia E. Nesbitt
Harry Thompson
Payson
Golden High School
Ruth Hy. Frazer
Cleveland
Ohio
Ruth Rieman
Jacksonville
Onno Wolters
Cheney Firm Endorsed After Prolonged Acquaintance
A Toledo firm case notes F. J. Cheney and Co. are trusted after fifteen years of known honorable conduct and capable finances. The document includes a testimonial signing party and a bank reference, while an advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills with terms and pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J
Cheney, & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerch
Poledo
O. Halls
Hall
Basco Storm Damage Strikes Farm and Rail Line
Basco reports storm aftermath with Victor LaBonte’s barn badly damaged by an elec tric stroke, minor damage to nearby barns, and Burlington track between Basco and West Point flooded but trains ran on schedule. Much corn blown down, farmers fear frost before harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenady
BASCO
Victor LaBonte
Charles Manuisser
C. Bowers
Burlington
West Point
Marion County Fair Ends at Palmyra After Rain
The 34th Marion county fair at Palmyra closed amid rain, with officials pleased by strong finances and entertainment. Awards crowned draft stallions and mares, harness horses, and mules in multiple classes. notable winners include A. W. Mackey, Jacob Luke, Joe Harris, F. M. Bates, and D. B. Martin. The speeding case against Alvan Howell was continued due to absent representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Marion County
A. W. Mackey
J. Baker
Shelby County
T. B. Hulse
Renselaer
Jacob Luke
L. W. Head
W. A. Rinehart
Joe Harris
Columbia
Chapman and Jenkins
la Belle
Jack
B. Martin
Joe County
Frank Jacobs
Dutch Lillard
F. M. Pates
Jennet
F. M. Bates
J . Jennet
Marion
J. Jacobs
George Shaffer
W. H. Banks
Peter Pan
Prince Albert
Hy C
Hy. Drescher
Hy .Drescher
Chapman & Jenkins
Chapman ‘& Jenkins
H. C. Drescher
Fleeting ad offers Foley remedies for 5 cents trial pack
A historic classified notice urges readers to mail 6 cents to Foley and Co of Chicago for a trial package. The kit promises Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound, Kidney Pills, and Cathartic Tablets as a family remedy set. The promotion highlights chest congestion coughs and digestive/urinary aid claims to entice customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Visitor Isona- Long One a town nuisance in Quincy
A local newspaper item describes a drifting drunk known as a piager tuner who poses as a refined visitor. He disrupts Salvation Army meetings and barbershop scenes, mimicking Peter Pan and Bacchus in one. Local residents recall him as a nuisance who mingles among townsfolk while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Town
Salvation Army
Washington Park
Knight of
Peter Pan
Bacchus
Quincy youth held for Barry burglary
Joe Lawson a Quincy youth was arrested yesterday afternoon at his mother's home on Broadway at the request of Pike county officials for burglary at Barry. A Barry grocery was entered and robbed of $8 and cigars. Three Barry boys confessed to the robbery and implicated Lawson. Deputy Sheriff Nations located Lawson. Officer Blackwood placed him under arrest. Lawson initially denied knowledge but later confessed to being with the Barry group. Also reported is Lawrence Myers of Maywood, Mo, injured after falling from a haymow and taken to St. Mary's hospital in the police ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lawson
Pike
Barry
Young ‘Lawson
Tod
Jack. Nations
Koch
Lawson
Broadway
Blackwood
Scharbergt
Barry Boys
Mon— Lawrence Myers
Maywood
St. Mary's Hospital
Burlington
Myers
Youth riots flare in city center on Maine to Sixth and Hampshire
A large crowd gathered as trouble began on Maine Street near Fifth and moved to Sixth and Hampshire. Walter Krogman, 923 North Twelfth Street, was arrested. seek others Joe and Al Bickelschulte and Ralph Niehaus. W. H. Ogle of Pittsfield, a Gem City Business College student, was beaten. Deputy Lipps, Detective Scharnhorst, and Officers Maas and Ford intervened. Ford was injured. Several hundred spectators watched as the brawl ended near Sixth and Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Krogman
North Twelfth Street
Joe and
al Bickelschulte
Ralph Niehaus
Maine Street
Fifth
W. H. Ogle
Pittsfield
Gem City Business College
Ogle
Hampshire
Lipps
Sixth
Young Ogle
Vermont Street
Rockefellers Honored in Serbia with High Order
The Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sava was conferred on John D. Rockefeller for relief and Rockefeller Foundation work in Serbia. Richard P. Strong, head of the American Sanitary Commission in Serbia, was made a grand officer of the order as he left the country, by the prince regent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nish
Serbia
London
John “D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Foundation
Richard P. Strong
American Sanitary Commission
Deaf mute painter killed by freight train near Jacksonville
John Hohman, 64, born in Germany and unmarried, was walking home along the Wabash tracks near Alexander east of Jacksonville when struck by a fast freight train. He died two hours later from a broken spine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Alexander
Here
John Hohman
Hohman
Germany
Gibbons and Packey Fight Through Gritty Rounds
In a brutal exchange the fighters trade lefts and rights, Gibbons edging Packey with sharper blows to head and jaw while Packey counters with right hooks and hard lefts. The bout intensifies round by round with both showing grit and close-quarters action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packey
Gibbons
Mike
Pckey
Night baseball lights to debut in Brooklyn series
New York dispatch reports the Buffalo and Brooklyn Federal league clubs will open a home series September 29 under electric lights. Brooklyn’s Washington Park now features five 80 foot steel towers and new lamps aimed at eliminating shadows, per club president Robert B. Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Federal League
Robert, B. Ward
Washington Park
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Coatsburg
Fannie E. Gray
Coatsburg School
R. N. Stacy
Minnie Helman
Helman
Rose Leach
Steiner
Geo, Stickney
Daniel Frohman
Hall Caine
Speeder
Alvan’ Howel
State Street
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Co
Bessie Barriscale
Savoy
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