No Adams County Men Rejected At Cantonment Des Moines
Des Moines reports 24 men recommended for rejection from 2000 examined at Camp Dodge none from Adams County. Maj Gen Plummer to rule on final rejections. Local boards praised for thorough examinations despite tuberculosis and other health issues. Plans to process 20000 more draftees, station officers at rails, and outfit remount, base hospital, and infantry sections. Military police squads set for city patrols. War vacation council selects teams to entertain soldiers with a $25,000 budget during Camp Dodge stay.
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Des Moines
Quincy
Adams County
J. R. Shook
Camp Dodge
F. H. Plummer
Shook
National Army
Plummer
Vern White
Fayette County
Towa
Iliam Hoffman
Illinois
Ompany A
Fhun I. Peterson
Leroy P. Richardson
William Schaefer
Ilinois
Carl Sagan
Harry Poe
Alvin Stone
A. W. Bergstrom
Minnesota
Geo. A. Wiedle
Harold Wunderlick
Q. C. Larson
H. F. Lillybad
E. W. Peterson
Stanley Fisk
Allen F. Mercer
F. A. Baker
J. A. Fay
J. R. O'Brien
Vincent Salla
Joe John
Nels Peterson
Hernia
H. Schultz
John Swanson
Rochester
Minn
Howell
Eighty-eighth
Fif
Bne Bs
Herrold
Center Street
Eighth Street
Darktown
Locust
The
Chamber of Commerce
Deaths in Missouri and Kansas City burial details
Mrs Arch Bernard of Quincy learns her father Harry K Grummon died Wednesday at Excel sior Springs Missouri after eight months of diabetes illness. Born March 5 1871 in Richfield Adams County he was 46. He spent most of his life nearby except six years in Hannibal and was a member of the Improved Order of Red Men. He leaves his daughter his mother aged 87 and one brother E A Grumman Quincy. The body will go to Quincy for burial. Also John Livingston died in Kansas City Missouri and his body arrived in Quincy with a daughter Mrs E M Jackson and Miss Eva Esterly. funeral services were in Kansas City and the body buried at Woodland Cemetery.
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Arch Bernard
Quincy
Harry K. Grummon
Excelsior Springs
Hannibal
Richfield
Adams County
Improved Order of Red Men
E. A. Grumman
John Livingston
Kansas City
E. M. Jackson
Eva Esterly
Woodland Cemetery
Dexter Sampson Dies at 73 In California Hospital
Dexter Sampson aged 73 died in a California hospital after living in California for 30 years. He was a former Quincy undertaker with a business near the Wisherd fish store. An original member of Quincy National Guard, he is survived by his wife.
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Quincy
Dexter Sampson
California Hospital
Alhambra
Cal
Wisherd
Tie
Old
Soldiers and Sailors Home Deaths and Transfers Report
John Reed aged 87 died in hospital at 2 30 p m cause senility He was English born physician never married served in Company G 26th Illinois Infantry confined since July 10 Funeral today at 1 p m burial in Home cemetery Louis W Whittaker died Sept 11 in Bartonville hospital Remains to Home for burial former member Superintendent J E Andrew in Springfield on business George Henly hospital to Springfield with P W Chidester to visit home Mrs Nicholson cottage 20 very ill severe cold in lungs Mary Wurtz cottage 1 furlough to visit city and Lima brother Mrs Wilson wife of Sergeant Wilson Annex letter from Oliver Lawless promoted to first lieutenant will leave for France late August Mrs Kilmer recovered from illness Mrs Gray cottage 20 confined to bed two days ill Mr and Mrs Mehew cottage 2 furlough to city Mr and Mrs Buckley cottages 12 and 5 transferred to cottage me
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John Reed
England
26Th
Illinois Infantry
Rebecca Ban
Toledo
Louis W. Whittaker
Bartonville Hospital
Soldiers’ Home
J. E. Andrew
Springfield
George Henly
P. W. Chidester
Henry
Chidester
Nicholson
Mary Wurtz
Lima
Wilson
Sergeant Wilson
Annex
Oliver Lawless
Washington
France
Kilmer
Gray
Bacon
Ilness
Mehew
Adams County Farm Improvement Association Profits Shown
E W Rusk county farm adviser reports the Adams County Farm Improvement Association saved farmers money through cooperative purchasing and seed procurement during the year from Sept 9 1916 to Sept 9 1917. Limestone rock phosphate tankage orders and seed totals are listed along with committee actions and demonstrations planned to boost county agriculture.
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E. W. Rusk
Adams County Farm Improvement Association
Adams County
Rusk
Parmer
Farm Association
Eseeee Tebeeeeteseetese
Os Iefee
Association
Bishop Fawcett to Speak at High School Assembly
Patriotic assembly at Bishop Fawcett High School at 9 am features the speaker before he leaves with troops for Camp Logan. Songs planned and students invited to bring friends, as this may be his last talk to them. Frank Siepker to lead beginning penmanship classes until a replacement is found. Junior class elected officers Charlotte McCarl as president Verbert Vick as vice president Manuel Schwartz as secretary Willis Heidbreder as treasurer.
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Igh School
M. Edward Fawcett
Bishop Fawcett
Camp Logan
Frank Siepker
Brazelton
Charlotte McCarl
Verbert Vick
Manuel Schwartz
Willis Heidbreder
Marriage Licenses and Names in La Prairie Quincy
A fragment lists marriages with Charles W Robbins and Verna E Simpson of La Prairie and Edward George with Maria Walk of Quincy among others. The text also poses a question about partiality, asking if focus on one thing implies bias.
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Charles W. Robbins
la Prairie
Verna IE. Simpson
Edward George
Quincy
Maria Walk
Hugh W. Sims
Bess May Bode
Keokuk
Charles A. Mead
Quincey
Nellie Hays
Roe Hae
Insurance Men to Meet in Galesburg
Quincy insurance men of the Illinois Association of Insurance Agents will attend the state convention in Galesburg one week from today. The program includes a morning and afternoon business session and a large banquet, with Thrasher Hall of Chicago presenting a paper on losses and answering questions. George D Webb of Chicago will speak on casualty conditions, followed by a round table. The Galesburg committee on arrangements includes W A Bartlett and others. About 200 agents usually attend, and the banquet is the highlight of the event.
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Quincy
Illinois Association of Insurance Agents
Galesburg
Thrasher Hall
Chicago
Hall
George D. Webb
Conkling, Price and Webb
London Guarantee
National Association of Casualty and Surety Agents
W. A. Bartlett
H. P. Arnold
L. W. Sanborn
Fred Hazlett
Arthur Nelson
Edward Predaux
Elgin
F. Y. Coffin
Moore
Case
Lyman
Hubbard
O. E. Aleshire
Woodmen
Chaddock College Opens with Record Enrollment
The Chaddock school opened with the largest enrollment in its history and crowds filling the space. Dean McPherson noted many rejections and plans to admit about 100 more students next year, with Illinois sending the most pupils. Sung Lee from Korea returns for a third year as enrolled, and Lt Hugh King, recent Fort Sheridan trainee, becomes military training instructor bringing new ideas to the program.
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Chaddock
Garret
Dean McPherson
Illinois
Sung Lee
Korea
United States
Hugh King
Fort Sheridan
Col Elder Dies in Carthage at 71 in Farm Town Hero
Carthage mourns Col John Elder 71 a longtime resident in business and public life born near Connersville Indiana March 22 1840 son of James and Salina Elder joined 118th Illinois at 16 served three years later studied at Stratton Bryan Chicago and ran grain clothing and dry goods businesses married Amzna Cranston Oct 21 1875 in Clayton Ill children A J McMahan Earl Miss Alta John W and Helen survive He was active in Presbyterian church Masonic orders Grand Army Modern Woodmen and local city affairs The exemption list for U S service followed with names from Carthage and nearby towns Emma Carroll joined relatives for auto trip to Augusta.
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Carthurgl
Carthage
John Elder
Mr. Elder
Connersville
Ind
James and
Salina (Cilley) Elder
118Th Illinois
Stratton & Bryan's
Business College
Chicago
E. C. Quinby
Clayton
Amzna Cranston
Ill
A. J. McMahan
Oklahoma City
Okla
Earl
Copton
Alta
Cedar Rapids
John W
S J. Louis, Mc
Helen
Elder
Presbyterian Church
Blue Lodge
Knights Templar
Grand Army
Woodmen Lodge
United States
Thage
Oliver Duffy
Mendon
William Benhart Tammen
Basco
Frieling H. Gordon
Augusta
Arthur Gay Salisbury
Burnside
Argyle Wesley Lunt
Stillwell
Charles E. Wilhelmy
Nauvoo
Breece L. Root
Hamilton
Charles Blender
Dallas City
Emma Carroll
Enes Campbell
E. Brown
State Air
Pittsfield Names Rev. C. G. Trown to First Methodist
Rev. C. G. Trown is assigned to the pastorate of Pittsfield's First Methodist Church by the annual conference at Champaign. He succeeds Rev. William R. Leslie, who moves to Trinity Church in Jacksonville. Trown arrives Saturday and will lead services next Sunday. Leslie is praised as a popular minister who oversaw church growth.
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Pittsfield
CG Trown
First Methodist
Champaign
William RR. Leslie
Trinity Church
Jacksonville
Brown
Decatur
Leslie
Martha Carroll
Wilbur Carroll
Elmer Fllis
Los Angeles
Calif
James Fllis
Familly
Setts
Hardin Cooper
Eta
Cooper
Tigers Named by Pliny and Strabo Across Asia
Pliny notes Hycrania and India as tiger sources while Strabo observes the largest tigers on the Ganges banks, indicating ancient authorities placed big cats in these regions. The remarks reflect classical geographic knowledge of Asia and wildlife.
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Pliny
Hycrania
India
Strabo
Ganges
Hancock Board Sets September Meeting Actions
Carthage Sept 13 The Hancock County Board of Supervisors convened to review the county home and farm report with receipts of 1043.93 and expenditures 868.97 leaving 174.96 due the county. The year ending Aug 31 1917 shows total debits and credits 155,464.59 with a treasury balance of 41,154.31. Budget items include bridge and pension accounts and state aid roads. A road oiling proposal from Dallas City was approved with 2500 for materials and supervision by the county superintendent of highways. Grand jurors for October were named and Hancock county’s state aid road allotment of 9459.00 plus a 10000 appropriation were approved.
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Carthage
Board of Supervisors
Hancock County
Uee Seeeen
Altona State Hospital
State Association of Supervisors
Joliet
Dallas City
T. A. Wayland
Fountain Green
J. I.’. Hurdle
la Harpe
E. L. Denney
Chili
BE. P. Wright
Harmony
C. F. Long
Homer Thompson
Pilot Grove
Suffield Blender
Durham
8. D. Stillwell
St. Albans
Emory Steffey
Bear Creek
Earl W. Poland
Prairie
William Griffiths
Rock Creek
Lee Jarvis
Lemuel
Fish Windows Drive Aims To Boost Grocer Display Sales
The C N D food conservation committee met at the Y W C A and praised plans for a fish windows display in city grocers Friday through Saturday to urge housewives to substitute fish for meat. Volunteers report farmers donated surplus vegetables and John I Mann of South Thirty sixth street gave a bushel of potatoes for Woodland. A fall food conservation display was tentatively discussed. The article shifts to a note on Hebrew Chaldis as sister dialects of Semitic, tracing Shem from Noah with dates from Genesis.
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Food Conservation Committee
John I. Mann
South Thirtysixth Street
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E.W. Rusk
Shows Farm Improvement Association
Q.H.S. Assembly
Chaddock College
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Germany
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Slavia
Batchelder
Beaufort
Ruhileben
Collins
Conwell
Conn
Hoctetta
Cross
Kennard—Jewelry
Lehmann
Souder—Nations
Thompson—Cotton and Linen
Elliott
Philippines
Lady Hester
Lucy Stanhope
Fhii—Mcalister
Thirty Cent
McClhure
Maniates
Amarilly
Mill
Minster
Natupski
Moore—Jester
Murray
Neill
Prominie
Nevins
IlUnoia
University
Norris
Undertow
Nyburg
Cy Rrien
lFood
Oertel
O’mahoney
Payne
Yenny
Naemaker-Raemaker
Rideout
Far Cry
Rinehart
Rah
Rogers
America
Latin America
Rose
Sanborn
Iutro
Henry David Thoreau
Seerer
Steteher
Cork
Stepnink
Taylor
Cecilia
Tilden
Usher
Veatch
Quirto
Rogeto
Walker
Younghusband
Col. Jown Elder
Indiana
NEW ME
J. C. Brown
Anka
Adda Ruth Autery
Nebo
Ivan Lesie Autery
Merle Allen
St. Louisa
Perry C., Allen and
Earl McKnight
Iowa
Pike County
Camp Taylor
Louisville
L. W. Nordrick
Lutheran Church
Hillsboro
James F. Roberts
Hancock Board
Dallas
Industrial Association
State Highway Commission
County Superintendent of Highways
Mane
Chaldes
Shem
Noah
Voss
Vweilers
St. Quincy's
Strohl
Hampshire Street
Sterns
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