Hancock County Fair Plans Highlight Busy Week
Carthage Sept 16 Hancock county fair directors report hog pens filled and strong stock prospects. Tasks include new pens, finished cattle and horse stalls, water system work, and an almost complete amphitheater. Tuesday is Children’s Day with school dismissals. Wednesday hosts Old Settlers Reunion. Thursday marks Quincy Burlington Keokuk day with Ralph Cannon in the band.
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Carthage
Hancock County Fair Association
Court House
E. J. Lampton
Street Car Hits Delivery Wagon at Twenty Sixth and Maine
J. H. Brown's delivery wagon driven by Milton Thron was struck by a street car at Twenty-sixth and Maine streets at 6 o'clock Thursday evening. The engine stalled on the tracks during a turn. Thron held to the wheel and escaped with a few bruises as two wheels and other parts of the wagon were damaged.
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J. H. Brown
Milton Thron
Sloan's Liniment for Neuralgia and Aches
Sloan's Liniment relieves neuralgia and dull aches quickly, penetrating without rubbing to soothe sore muscles. It offers cleaner, faster relief than musky plasters, leaves no skin stain, and helps stiff muscles, sprains, and strains. Sivan's ointment reduces pain from insect bites and minor injuries to children. Get a bottle today at your Druggist, 25¢.
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Sloan
Sivan
Hancock Returns Completed Friday County results show Dunne edge Brinton
Carthage Sept 16 Complete Hancock county returns reveal Brinton narrowly carried county for governor over Dunne while Lowden dominates Republican nominating contests. Readouts list votes for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general and other county and district offices with names such as London Dunne Crum Newman Brundage and Pinkerton plus state board and assembly members.
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Carthage
Hancock County
Brinton
Dunne
Lowden
London
Smith
Hull
de Lang
Goodman
Latham
Oglesby
Butler
Childs
Cohn
Newman
Peterson
Weston
White
Emmerson
Erickson
Jayne
Crum
Heer
Johnson
Laws
Ludwig
Peters
Russel
Tice
Wortter
Metzel
Simoil
Stowe
Webster
Kess
Brundage
Glover
Munro
Provine
Woilson
Barr
Corgre
Largor
Logan
Mason
McCormick
McPherson
Chiperfield
Cochran
Cummins
Lang
Congress
Pinkerton
Graham
Cleaveland
State Board of Equalization
Young
Samuelson
General Assembly
Buck
Evey
Brani
Pace
Sperry
Robbins
Willis
Circus Court
Free
Siebenborn
Baird
Salisbury
Traynor
O'Hara
Fiuttman
Coorlim
Fitzgerald
Monroe
Stevenson
Collins
Calahan
Carroll
Cavanaugh
Collett
Flynn
Brady
Downey
Charles
Ellicott
Reaugh
Carlton
Scott
Foltz
Wood
Lamet
Lummis
Lionberger
Horney
Susie Cameron House Fire Damages Front Rooms
A one story frame house owned by Susie Cameron, belonging to the colored community, was partly destroyed by fire Friday morning. The rear two rooms and a shed were completely burned and the roof torn from the front two rooms.
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Susie Cameron
Palmyra
Court House
E. l. Buckwalter
American Shipments to Holland Stopped Across Seas
Sept 16 London reports a rationing plan for neutral nations extends to the United States. The Netherlands oversea trust will not accept further American consignments and licenses will not be granted for shipments to Holland. Regular US to Scandinavia lines will not carry cargoes, and tramp steamers face prize court risk without assurances of innocent destination.
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London
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
United States
Netherlands
Scandinavia
Dr Kings New Discovery Ad Claims Cold Remedy
Bad Colds from Little Sneezes Grow. Many colds that hang on all winter start with a sneeze, a sniffle, a sore throat, a tight chest. Dr. King's New Discovery, with antiseptic balsam, has been breaking up colds and healing coughs for 47 years. It loosens phlegm clears the head and eases breathing. At your Druggist 50c.
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Dr. King
Personal notices from Palmyra era social columns
Brief local notices record Herman Stormer moving to 422 South 8th and Mrs Elmer Lummis attending Adams County WCTU convention in Fowler. Meyers Wilms Co promotes blankets and bed covers, Rose Bouhm arrives to study in Urbana, Mrs Chris Engelhardt hosts party, and various residents travel or visit Springfield Richfield and Chicago.
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Herman Stormer
Elmer Lummis
Fowler
Adams County
Meyer- Wilms Co
Howard P. Smith
Bank of Palmyra
Quincy
W. P. Johnson
Palmyra
Meyer-Wilms Co
Chris Engelhardt
Engelhardt
Blue Ribbon Buffet
Herman Harmon
Phillip Kunkel
Howard
Richfield
Warren Simons
Springfield
Fred Simons
Familly
Eugenia Follansbee
Anna Brown
Wilson Campaign Plans Unsettled by Ill Sister
President Wilson faced a disruption to his schedule as word came that his sister Mrs Annie E Howe was critically ill in New London. He canceled a Sept 20 St Louis speaking engagement and then planned to depart for New London. Later news said she was slightly better and Wilson postponed the trip.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
New London
Annie E. Howe
St. Louis
Rescued Passengers Sent On To Seattle
Rescued passengers from the burning steamer Congress departed Marshfield Oregon at 4 pm Friday on a special train for Seattle in good health and spirits. The Congress lay two miles off Coos Bay with its hull blackened and smoking while a vessel beside it confirmed only the steel shell remained.
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Marshfield
Ore
Congress
Seattle
Coos Bay
Hancock county selects grand jurors for October term
Hancock county board of supervisors met in Carthage on September 16 with full attendance except Supervisor Landis. In the afternoon they picked the October term 1916 grand jurors for Hancock county circuit court and filed the county fiscal exhibit showing debits and credits totaling 118,739.17. Appropriations listed cover clerk, treasurer, schools, judge, state’s attorney, coroner, courts, county services, insane and delinquent care, bridge, printing, election, courthouse, pauper, county home, and roads. Cash in treasury allocated to trust, state aid road, and general funds.
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Carthage
Hancock County Board of Supervisors
Landis
Circuit Court
Hancock County
Henry Garwood
Augusta
D. E. Wade
St. Mary’s
R. H. Long
Hancock
Morris McConnell
Fountain Green
A. R
S. E. Simpson
Montebello
Willian H. Pitt
Sonora
Nicholas Welch
Appanoose
J. L. Daugherty
Rocky Run
H. V. Bernhardt
Wilcox
R. Anton
Nauvoo
Illinois
Ofice
States Attorney’s Office
Court House
Trst
State
General
Ford Fund For Cripples In Nationwide Orthopedic Aid
Wellesley Massachusetts September 16 announcement that an unlimited fund has been set aside by the Ford Motor Company of Detroit to aid poor crippled children nationwide in need of orthopedic or surgical care. Reverend Samuel S Marquis head of the Ford educational department made the disclosure Friday.
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Ford Fund For
Wellesley Mass
Ford"tor Company of
Detroit
Samuel S. Marquis
Ford Educational Department
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Old Settlers
Reunion
Nated
Burlington
Keokuk
Ralph Cannon
Bowen
Terry
Uncle Tom's Cabin Co
Stockton
Lee Tucker
Glenn Huey
Tucker
W. E. Layton
S. W. Davis
Buchanan Street
E. P. Cutler
J. G. Johnson
Scofield Street
Maurice Monroe
Sarah Palmer
Harry Jones
Milton
Shipton Grocery Company
Samuel Harnest
Main
John Pettit
Burnside
Ezekiel Walton
Colusa
Vere Greenup
E. L. Thomas
O. H. McMinimy
Harve Sights
B. M. Chestnut
Weaver
Iowa
McMinimy
Ella Wawner
Harry Spangler
la Harpe
J. W. Sperry
Mary J. Wright
Delta Kimbrough
Stella Jackson
Creston
Oscar O’dell
E. E. McAdams
East Main Street
John Duffy
Miss Jessie
Geo. Houtchens
Miss Leach
Duffy
Granwell Cannon Pasture
Dept
Resinol
Baltimore
Swift
Knollenberg Milling Co
Quincy, Il
Quincy National Bank
Fourth and
Hampshire Sts
County
Hannibal Boosters
A. B. Ely
E. P. Ely
T. J. Suter
S. BE. Wiseman
Thad R. Smith
W. H. Scott
IF. J. Bernhard
Philadelphia
Messrs
T. J
Russell Crane
H. J. Davis
R. D. Goodwin
9. D. White
Arthur Keller
Mra
Dan Kern
Rose Bouhm
Chicago
Gem City Husiness College
Urbana
McCartney
Pontiac
Til
BD. P. Hollis
Macomb
Wizard Talking Machines
W. T. Duker Co
Adam Morrison
Camp Point
St. Mary’s Hospital
Harry Briscoe
Jefferson City
Hotel Newcomb
Sriday
J. M. Jamison
Kirksville
Henry Behrensmeyer
B. F. Smith
Spring Street
Mr. Smith
C. B. and Q. Railroad Company
Henry Bankert
Eighth
Kentucky Streets
Fall Creek
T. F. Smith
Los Angeles
Cal
Parker
Lilgatte Mors Tibocca Ca
Smyrna
Cavalla
Samsom
Coke Dept
H. O. Channon, Mer
Quincy Gas, Electric and Heating Co
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