Adams County Board Notes 1917 Bridge and Road Actions
Adams County Board discussed and approved payments for several bridges in Liberty Riverside and Melrose towns, including vouchers for Fred Weaver and Strickler & Gerrish. The board referred several town highway appropriation petitions and considered District lighting and Detention Home site proposals, with action on Ricker property purchase pending.
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Special Bridge Cor
Board of Supervisors
Ee Bebie We
John Coens
Wits
Wea
Abe
Jatter
Wacvatneeaerse Geeeee
County Court Cp .C.se
Eee
Ohn Cooens
Ohn Coens
R. &. Harvey
Chas. Kessell
Eeee
Pure Ice Co
Ceee
Gem City Electric Co
Frank Neff
Henry W. Rupp & Co
Court House
Buerkin & Kaeempen
Buerkin& Kaempen
Quincy Awning & Tent Co
Gim City Electric Co
Werner von Burg
Tee Denning Glass & Book Co
Law Library
NoMill Co
Hill Co
Ceeveese Cree Cane
Lee
Dandi Bats
J. Leroy Adair
Thos
Nolan
Town of
Columbus
Marshall Creek
Clayton
Committee On
Commissioners of Highways
Burton
Althoff Creek
Quincy
Kingston
Spangler Creek
Liberty
R. E. Hackman
A. M. Austin
Mendon
J. A. Mitchell
Ursa
Boyer & Son
Walter Heberlein
de el Gee
Hilleb
County Home
Carl Hofmeister
W. F. Bader
Melrose
Curtis Creek
Hannibal
State Highway Commission
Fred Weaver
Superintendent of Highways
W. J. Cunnane
Matt G. Nettle
J. C. Walker
Riverside
Cedar Creek
North Fifth Street
Herman Henhoff
W. JT. Cunnane
Houston
McGinnis Creek
Logaine
Golden
Commissioners of Highways of the
Tiwn of Houston
Strickler
Gerrish
Strickler & Gerrish
J. H. Paxton
Alex Thompson
J. A. Ausmus
Ricker
Nort
Broadway
Fifth and
Sixth Streets
Adams County Court House
H. Frank J. Ricker
Robert Benneson
Pease
Adams
Ilinois
W. J. Henry
County of Adams
Finance Committee
A. D
Recorder of Deeds
W. T. Henry
Cunnane
Adams County
Illinois
Department of Public Works and Buildngs
Division of Highways
Department of Public Works and Buildings
The Spirit of the Service in the National Army
A military education piece outlines democracy in the army, its team spirit, and the duty of citizens to support the war effort. It describes promotion, discipline, national unity, and the burden shared by all Americans, including workers and soldiers, to back the war until victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Army
United States Army
Bunker Hill
New Orleans
Buena Vista
Gettysburg
Santiago
Europe
United States
America
Congress
Brown County’s Second Quota Mobilization List
Brown county exemption board received the district list of the second group to be mobilized on Sept. 19. The roster includes John Campbell Mt. Sterling Everett Meservey Versailles George McCoy Versailles Daniel Williams Clayton Paul Hoover Mt. Sterling Charles Hendricks Mt. Sterling Frank Drew Mt. Sterling Fred Bunfill Cooperstown Leslie Patton Mt. Sterling Angus Armel Cooperstown Enos Hoover Mt. Sterling Raymond Parks Mt. Sterling Frank Carpenter Siloam Merle Vincent Mt. Sterling Raymond Ransome Versailles John Forsythe Mt. Sterling Percy Shinnebarger Siloam George Long Mt. Sterling George Elbus Mt. Sterling Carl Logsdon Mt. Sterling Eldon Kennedy Hersman Fred Simmons Versailles Charles Hilsabeck Mt. Sterling Albert Clark Mt. Sterling Harvey Phillips Griggsville Fred Claassen Clayton Also listed are 28 alternates and a note that a third group of 38 names may form a later mobilization, with many from Mt. Sterling Timewell Versailles and surrounding towns slated for Camp Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Sterling
Ill
Brown County Exemption Board
District Board
John William Campbell
Everett O. Meservey
Versailles
George Oral McCoy
Daniel Williams
Clayton
Paul Hoover
Charles J. Hendricks
Frank E. Drew
Fred D. Bunfill
Cooperstown
Leslie C. Patton
Angus Armel
Enos Hoover
Raymond Parks
Frank G. Carpenter
Siloam
Merle A. Vincent
Raymond J. Ransome
John Forsythe
Percy Shinnebarger
Hubert Logsden
James H. Perry
Alfred Hicks
Paul $8
Cleek
Leo Henrecks
Camp Dodge
Walter &. Mewes
Timewell
Hortive A. Cady
Hip H. Ennen
Lozelle Gordley
Mt Sterling
Otha E. Blair
Frost Avoids Rebuilding Loss as Local News Bloom
Frost caused no damage locally though Cora would be ruined by a hard frost now. Mrs Henry Duden’s mother of Burlington, Ta, visits. Shoppers Quincy-bound include Mrs Mate Simpson and Verna, Mrs Ethel Simms. Dr and Mrs Fred Ross visited Quincy. Mrs Ross went to Macomb. Many small town updates follow including school progress with Miss Hart as new intermediate teacher. Walter Herron and Frank Moot bought cars. more visits, society meetings, and a corny note on a tiger in India and a large number of people mentioned in passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
Henry Duden
Burelington
Mate Simpson
Verna
Ethel Simms
Quincy
Fred Ross
Ross
Macomb
John Greenewald
Miss Annie
Blessing Hospital
the Woods
William Baker
Bill Baker
Laura Ippensen
Milton McVay
Miss Hart
Walter Herron
Frank Moot
John Alexander
Eat Covert
Augusta
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Hannah Duden
Mate Rose
Luther Lester
Quincey
Loraine
Mr. Kellar
Rom Stotler
Morten Hill
Milassouri
John Tenhoeff
Ed Corm
Also Mentioned on This Page
Honorable
Town of Liberty
Pracht Creek
Camp Point
E. J. Gre
Oscar Ar
Ntzen
Schelp
Dettle
Taylor
Boner
Grimmer
Tibesar
Zimmerman
Bradford
Walker
Kiefer
Schauf
McIntyre
Twenty-fourth Street
Locust Street
Ellington
County of
R. M. Wagner
Frank Kvese
Tommrrow
County Home Committee
Tran
Matt G. Dettle
R. B. Kiefer
Amos Sharp
Big Creek Coal Company
Ben Heckle & Son
Wilkey & Lawless
Miller - Helake Shoe Co
W. P. McNeal
Standard Oil Co
H. Korn Baking Co
Vee- Collins Plow Co
H. S. Martin
Seeseeeeee Co
N. Kohl Grocer Co
E. Best Plumbing & Heating Co
War Department
Brown County
Roy A. Gordley
Henry Clyde Lear
Franklin Vance
Rushville
Paul M. Riddick
Rolland McClain
Earl Taylor
Allie Schoonhoven
Heisman
Johnny Chapman
Albert S. Lantz
Harry Warner
Cyril J. Keltz
Ripley
Charles E. Clark
James L. Stout
Wm. J. Drew
Clarence S. Geisler
Robert Broderick
Wm. D. Davis
India