City approves Third and Fourth street paving plan over $158000
Quincy city council passes ordinances for paving 15 000 plus feet in the Third and Fourth street districts at a total over 158 000 with 2 votes against. Plans call vitrified brick on concrete base to form a solid surface and include curb work and railroad track adjustments.
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Fourth Street
Quincy
Fifth Street
O’brien
Whig
Vermont
Oak
Broadway
Hampshire
McNutt and Klein
Warper
Tobacco Habit Danger Ad by Dr Connor
Dr Connor of Johns Hopkins warns tobacco is deadly and causes fatal diseases. The ad promotes Nicotol tablets with a drugstore refund guarantee and urges quitting the habit, promising quick results and a forthcoming fuller announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Connor
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Connor
Ady
Church News Roundup From Galesburg Churches
Numerous church groups in the area hold meetings and social events this week. Presbyterians plan a Thursday sewing party for a Kentucky missionary school with Miss Nola Pease of Quincy. Delegates from Quincy churches attend district and committee meetings as Episcopalian and Congregational gatherings occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Enlow
Presbyterian Church
Congregationalists
Quincy
Congregational Churches
Whiteflock
Wilson echoes Lodge on league of nations in Portland speech
President Wilson in Portland champions the league covenant, cites Senator Lodge, and stresses a permanent guarantee of peace. He recalls Paris talks, says Monroe Doctrine protections extend worldwide, and warns against pro German propaganda and US special privilege objections.
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Portland
Oregon
Senator Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
League of Nations Covenant
Lodge
Mayor Baker
Stars and Stripes
Mr. Wilson
Taft
B. M. Irvine
Oregon Journal
Irvine
League of Nations
America
Paris
United States
League
Germany
Saloon Violators In Chicago Get Leniency
Chicago officials moved to ease wartime prohibition enforcement by withdrawing grand jury indictments against twenty nine saloon owners and bartenders. They will face civil proceedings via bills of information and potential jail or fines, under orders from the attorney general.
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Chicago
Grand
United States
James R. Glass
Glass
Attorney General's
Washington
Germany to Withdraw Baltic Troops Advised by Conference
The supreme council will send a note to Germany rejecting German claims that General Von Der Goltz and Baltic troops are under independent command and holding Germany responsible for swift withdrawal of those forces.
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Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Council
Germany
von der Goltz
Baltic States
Miss Grace Taylor Lectures on Child Welfare
Miss Grace Taylor of the Adams County Farm Bureau will visit Columbus Houston Burton and La Prairie this week. She will speak in Columbus on Child Welfare and aid women in repurposing old clothes. In the other three towns the topic is Home Development.
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Grace Taylor
Adams County Farm Bureau
Columbus
Houston
Burton
la Prairie
Taylor
Birth Announcement for Schmidt Daughter at Blessing Hospital
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Schmidt of 26 Jersey Street at Blessing Hospital.
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Blessing Hospital
R. J. Schmidt
Jersey Street
Funeral held for Arthur R Omer in Camp Point
The funeral for Arthur R. Omer was conducted at the Jones residence in Camp Point with Rev. Conley Greer officiating. Interment followed at Evergreen cemetery. Omer, born October 25 1881, left behind his mother Emma and sisters J Cullen Hostetter of Dubuque and J A Shake Jr of Quincy, among others. He had lived in Quincy and Camp Point, worked in the jitney business, and died after a lung hemorrhage. A French instructor Puliete L Hostis arrived at Rockford College as a native teaching fellow after guiding 105 French war brides and husbands in transit.
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Camp Point
Arthur R. Omer
William F. Jones
Conley Greer
The
Christian Church
Goldie Omer-Woodward
Evergreen Cemetery
Arthur. R. Omer
Emma Omer
Ethel Boyle
Geraldine
J. Cullen Hostetter
Dubuque
J. A. Shake, Jr
Quincy
J. A. Shake, Sr
Walter Thomas
Mendon
Ben Curry
Clayton
Jennie Strickler
Sarah Connor
Galesburg
Rockford
Iils
Puliete L'Hostis
Brest
France
Rockford College
Delineator October notices and local moves
Local brief items list Halbach Schroeder Co. and residents in Chicago, J. Erlmeier visit, Turkish Towels sale, and area real estate transfers. Benton Dayton and Lake Forest Academy plans. Ice for sale, teacher duties begin in high school lute class, and Wichita visitors in town. Christening of Wilma Elizabeth Marie Reuter. Wiskitchen Undertaker notes. Odd Fellows Rebekah set whist date change to October 29.
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Halbach- Schroeder Co
J. Erlmeier
North Sixth. Street
Chicago
J. J. Reid
Hannial
J. W. Woodruff
Ursa
Halbach-Schroeder Co
I. N. Woods
North Twelfth Street
Locust Street
Fink
C. E. Delaplain
Meyer-Wilms Co
Benton
James Dayton
Lake Forest
Lake Forest Academy
Quincy Ice Dealers
South Tenth
J. W. Horley
Fitchbburg
Mass
Edward Lessman
Wichita
Kan
W. H. Michels
North Fifth Street
Larga’ Sige
Per Wilms Co
Russe Kemp
Springfield
Kemp
Whitfield Drug Store
Carl Ruff
Halbach Schroeder
J. W. McCarty
Jacksonville
Gem City Business College
Wilma Elizabeth Marie
William Reuter
Washington Street
I. W. Bingaman
Lutheran Memorial Church
Mamie Beibinghauser
Elizabeth Reuter
Wiskitchen
Laura Scott
Seventh
Hampshire
Charlie
E. F. Bradfords
Vermont
Australia
Odd Fellows and
Rebekah
Odd Fellows Hall
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Tony Badamo
Burlington Station
Badamo
Quincy Transfer Company
Bisser
O'Brien
L. L. Pullman
Twenty-third
Ohio
Twentythird
Payson Avenue
Water Works Committee
Water Works Commission
Fourteenth
Chestnut Streets
Cherry
Fifteenth Street
Fourteenth Street
Schelp
Board of Public Works
Ellis
George Koch
Empire Theater
Alderman McNutt
Seventh Street
Cedar
Spruce Streets
McNutt
Elm Streets
Fred D. Gray
Ordinance Committee
Corporation Counsel
Bellans
HALI
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Saxaphone
Cornet
Ukulele
Weilers
N. 5Th ST
Church News
Dean Cone
Dean W. O. Cone
Cathedral of St. John
Campaign For the Episcopal Churches
Guild
Guild of the
East End Christian Church
James Miller
Potter
R. Potter
Y. ML. Co. A
Grace Methodist
Harrison Kinkston
Kinkston
S. S
Triangle S
Presbyterian Sunday School
Mary B. Wray
Hampshire Street
St. Peter
St. Peter Catholic Church
Twelfth
State Streets
Women's Guild of the Central Baptist Church
South Park
Cecelia Johnson
Burmah
Ella Long
L. M. E. Society
L. M. E. Society of the First Christian Church
J. L. Meyers
Spring Street
Aid Society
the Missionary Society
D. L. Musselman
Section C
E. E. Orr
Senator Lodge Peage
Baltic
Omer
Lydia E. Pinkham
Coventry
Newark
N. J
A Coventry
Burnett St
N.J
Hunt
Detroit
Mich
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