Christian Church Convention Formed at Fowler
The first annual convention of Adams county Christians was held at Fowler with ten of twenty congregations represented and about 100 attending. Officials were elected. Isaac Cutter named president, Dr Hollemback vice president, Rev Stephen Owings secretary treasurer, and a two-member advisory board. The convention will meet the third Thursday each year, next year at Ursa, budget adopted, and meals provided on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Christian Churches
Adams County
Fowler
Payson
Liberty
Ursa
Isaac Cutter
Camp Point
Hollemback
Stephen Owings
East End Christian Church
Quincy
G. W
Endies
First’ Christian Church of
Orpheum Week's Last Half Delights Large Audiences
The Orpheum opened yesterday afternoon and evening with a scenic act showing a glimpse of Ireland by Michael Emmet and company. Housely and Nichols entertained with musical comedy and high class music. The Langdons performed an automobile act with strong comedy. Miss Clifford and Mr Mack closed with singing and gowns.
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Orpheum
Ireland
Michael Emmet
Housely and Nichols
Langdons
Miss Clifford
Mr. Mack
Marriage Licenses Issued In Quincy Area
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Alvine L Arment 29 Novelty Mo Georgia H Montague 27 Newark Mo Charles Eppinger 49 Mrs Mathilda Prante 42 Quincy John Emmett Boudreau 26 Ewing Mo Olivia M Cason 25 Quincy Roy N Philbrick 25 Sarah M Davis 10 Quincy Frank Smith legal Mendon Bertha Carr legal Stillwell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvine .L
Arment
Novelty
Georgia
H. Montague
Newark
Charles Eppinger
Mathilda Prante
Quincy
John Emmett Boudreau
Ewing
Olivia M. Cason
Roy. N. Philbrick
Sarah .M. Davis
Frank Smith
Legal
Mendon
Bertha Carr
Stillwell
Suffering In Mills In Hot Pittsburgh Day
The government thermometer did not rise above 90 but reached 80.9 in Pittsburgh mills. Widespread suffering followed with two deaths and many prostrations as workers endured the heat. A cool breeze brought relief that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills
Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
St Boniface Young Men's Society Card Party
The St. Boniface Young Men's Society will host a whist and five hundred card party on the 21st of this month to raise funds and socialize. Proceeds benefit club activities and community service initiatives.
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St. Boniface Young. Men's Society
Quincys Pulse Went Too Fast Hat Lost
A Quinceyan auto enthusiast and friend sped on a clear stretch and lost a woman friend’s hat, which was recovered only the next day. L. B. Boswell, Quincy Freight bureau commissioner, returned from Chicago after a state utilities commission hearing on industrial switching, postponed until October 13 due to carrier representation issues.
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Quinceyan
Boswell
Chicatro
L. B. Boswell
Quincy Freight Bureau
Chicago
State Utilities Commission
Quincy
Marriage Ceremony at Salem Evangelical Church
Reverend Leemhuis officiated at a home wedding in Salem Evangelical Church parsonage on Ninth and State streets. Charles Eppinger, a city mail carrier, and Mathilda Prante, both of this city, were united in marriage in a simple family ceremony. They will live at Twelfth and Madison streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leemhuis
H. J. Leemhuis
Salem Evangelical Church
Charles Eppinger
Mathilda Prante
Twelfth
Madison
Socialist Campaign Glodes in Chicago Alder Man Kennedy
Alder man J. Kennedy of Chicago, touring in the socialist campaign, will close his engagement here tonight with a Labor temple address on Twentieth Century Socialism. He spoke yesterday on A History of the Labor Movement before the Molders union and returns to Chicago for a party convention to decide its stance on the wet and dry issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ©. Kennedy
Chicago
Socialist Party
Labor Temple
Molders’ Union
Birth of Son to Mr and Mrs George Lister Springfield Mo
Former Quincyans announce the birth of an eight pound son to Mr and Mrs George Lister of Springfield Missouri. Mrs Lister formerly Agnes Murphy daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Murphy of 706 South Fifth street this city. The baby arrived September 14. The Listers left Quincy about the first of the year after Mrs Lister’s employment at Richardson Lubricating company feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lister
Springfield
Lister
Agnes Murphy
Robert Murphy
Fifth Street
Richardson’ Lubricating Company
Beer
Quincy
Dunham Takes Wife Home After Appendectomy
O Jase Dunham of Marysville Illinois departed yesterday to escort his wife Mrs Dupham home following her appendectomy performed ten days earlier.
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O. Jase Dunham
Marysville, Ill
Truancy Officer Comments on School Attendance
Joel Smith, a truancy officer, reflected after a drill that truants are fewer than in the past. He cited engaging school work and the “manual training” as keeping children in class, with South Side and Lincoln schools experiencing less trouble. He said his role focuses on helping families make attendance possible so children will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Smith
Tor
Lincoln School
Redpath Series to Bring World Famous Musicians to Quincy's Y M C A
The Redpath Series will present Alice Nielsen Bohumyr Kryl Edward Ott and ten other performers for fall and winter shows in Quincy. Tickets go on sale next week at the Y M C A with limited seating and season tickets planned to fill the house. Proceeds support youth activities and the plan aims for popular prices and a full turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Alice Nielsen
America
Bohumyr Kryl
Frank J. Cannon
Edward ‘Amhurst Ott
Cranmer
Emancipation Day Celebration Planned by Loyal Legion
In the Loyal Legion Education System home at Fifth and Cherry streets the colored community will hold its annual emancipation celebration next Wednesday evening. Music, an educational program, and speakers will honor A Lincoln and the emancipation order. Lyman Neil orchestra will provide music. a speaker is to be announced. Mrs. Henry Webb leads arrangements. Sept 22, 1862, Lincoln signed the proclamation and Jan 1, 1863, its effect is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Legion
Fifth
Cherry Streets
A. Lincoln
Liberator
Lyman Neil
Henry Webb
Lincoln
County Vouchers to Be Destroyed by Finance Committee
The finance committee of the board of supervisors yesterday given power to destroy an accumulation of county vouchers as late as 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board ‘of ‘Supervisors
Free phone service expands in Camp Point area
Camp Point residents gain free telephone service with neighbors at Clayton Timewell Golden Bowen Lorraine and Ursa. Golden's extension covers only the central Western Illinois company station with about sixteen phones, with plans to include Farmers' exchange and connect to the northwest. Louis Lindenbauer, local exchange manager, explains the policy applies to home and business lines and rural patrons on paid exchanges, per Camp Point Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Point
Clayton
Timewell
Golden
Bowen
Loraine
Ursa
Central
Western Illinois Company
Louis Lindenbauer
Big Double Jubilee Held At Warsaw
Special to The Whig reports a large double jubilee at Warsaw Evangelical church with Rev J Baltzer of St Louis as president. Attendance overflowed as many were denied admittance. other speakers included Rev W Dickman and Rev Li Hazen. Jubilee greetings came from multiple cities and guests attended from several states. Music by the church choir and a male quartet. total collection $193.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
J. Baltzer
St.Louis
Evangelical Church of America
Evangelical Church
Baltzer
Dickman
Quincy
Li Hazen
Tioga
K. Brum
Sutter
Ernst
Keokuk
Matzke
New York
Des. Moines
Pueblo
Colo
Wichita
Kan
Springfield
Oklahoma City
Crystal Lake
Boyd
Wis
Clever rush by sheriff yesterday
Henry Miller, a Fifth street resident, was arrested by Sheriff Coens and Deputy Schaeffer after they uncovered him as the man who abducted Mr and Mrs Grissemeyer in an auto ride that ended with Mrs Grissemeyer injured. The car was taken from a Fourth street garage. Miller waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury with bail set at 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Miller
Fifth Street
Jersey
York Streets
Coens
William Schaeffer
Miller
Lawrence Grissemeyer
Turing . Turtle
Grissemeyer
Fourth Street
H. Bourn
York
Sheriff's Office
Shhaefer
Grossemeyer
Seckle
Grand Jury
Fire in Fourth Avenue subway injures no one
In New York three hundred passengers in the new Fourth Avenue subway were panicked when a fire broke out in the tube from defective insulation. Ambulances and fire engines responded to Union Station area. Police reported no injuries and all passengers were brought to the surface.
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New York
New Fourth Avenue Subway
Union Station
Torrid Wave Smashes Boston Heat Record
New England sweltered under a torrid wave with Boston registering the hottest day of the year at 94.15 degrees. The heat caused three deaths in the city and prompted emergency measures as authorities urged cooling and hydration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Wisdom and Taylor Livery Firm Opens in Bowling Green
Wisdom and Taylor of Bowling Green opened a new livery firm at 12.14 Maine Street yesterday. The business will operate without changes under the management of Rome Wiskirchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisdom & Taylor
Bowling Green
Maine Street
Rome Wiskirchen
Pearidge Oil & Gas Co files papers in county office
Incorporation papers for Pearidge Oil & Gas Co filed in Clayton with 74 shareholders paid up and 22 unpaid. Paid stock totals 2500 dollars, unpaid 1450 dollars. Corporate life is 50 years. Stock sold at 10 dollars per share. Directors named: C. A. Weaver Ed Yakle Ralph Williams Thomas May Eugene Davis J. L. McMurry E G Jen son. Filers include Eugene S Davis Thomas May B C Jenson Ralph Williams Ed Yackle Attorney J I Adair and Charles A Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
Pearidge Oil & Gas .Co
County Recorder
James Buffington
C. A. Weaver
Ed. Yakle
Ralph, Williams
Thomas
May
Eugene Davis
J. L. Mc ‘Murry
E. G. Jenson
Eugenes
Davis
B. C. Jenson
Ralph Williams
Ed. Yackle
J. I. Adair
Charles A., Weaver
Hot Wave Causes Deaths and School Closures in New Hampshire
Two deaths and scores of prostrations reported as a heat wave sweeps New Hampshire. Many schools closed and business suspended statewide.
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Manchester
N. H
New
One Death In Toledo From Heat Wave
Toledo reports a deadly heat wave with a maximum 87 degree day. One person died and five others were overcome by the heat in the city as cleanup and relief efforts began after the stifling conditions.
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Toledo
Flood Devastation Hits BARTLESVILLE Train Service Shattered
Obda Sept 16 one life lost in worst flood here in 23 years. Property damage reaches 500000 dollars. Train service demoralized and disruptions ripple through the region as waters recede.
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Bartlesville
Rockefeller Gift Bolsters Mexican Red Cross Relief
Washington reports the American Red Cross will continue relief in Mexico City after a $25,000 Rockefeller Foundation contribution. Brigadier General Devol said funds were exhausted since Sept 1 and asked Chas J O Connor in Mexico City what was needed for 30 days. The gift should sustain operations for about a month as fundraising continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Red Cross
Mexico City
Rockefeller Foundation
Devol
Red Cross
Chas. J. O'Connor
Rockefeller
Mexican Relief Treasury
O’connor
O'Connor
Wabash Announces 9 Percent Salary Increase
Wabash railroad system announces a nine percent salary increase for all station agents and telegraphers starting November 1. The decision was revealed at the executive offices as of September 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Baises
ST. Louis
Kansas Cowboy Jess Ward to Star in Wild West Show
Jess Ward the Kansas cowboy, fresh from a victory, signs with Miller Bros & Arlington for the 10F Ranch Wild West show in Kansas City. He plans daily appearances as a cowboy, wears arena attire, and will perform with sparring partners. Willard joins LE Ranch Wild West show for Quincy exhibit September 26-27 with a morning parade slated for 10 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Ward
Kansas
Jack Johnson
Havana
Miller Bros
Arlington
Kansas City
Vanil
Wild West
D& Ts
Willard
Quincy
Mastrate
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Christain
Baron Erich Zwiedinek
Prince Alfred
Overland
Halbach- Schroeder Co
Joseph Woots
Chicago College of Pharmacy
Halbach-Schroeder Co
Florence Blish
C. TI. Wood
Dolly Varden
Katherine Baughman
George Binkert
Park Place
Cyrno Gantert
University of Illinois
Urbana
Halbach-Schroeder ‘Co
Ollie Weisenburger
Fred Weinhoener
Adams Street
Road
Smith
Redpath
Loyal Legion Home
Henry
C.F. A. Behrensmeyer
Behrensmeyer
Man
Pearidge Oil and Gas Firm
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