Overland Week builds faith in Quincy business drive
Leaton Irwin of the Irwin Overland firm launches Overland Week, drawing more than two thousand out of town visitors from over one hundred cities and towns. They spend a day in Quincy and boost local business, while Irwin’s ad spend signals strong confidence in the city. Notable visitors include Seaton Irwin and many locals and out of town guests from Missouri and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaton Irwin
Irwin-Overland
Quincy
Irwin
Ouin
Gem
Irwin % Overland Company
Seaton
Overland Week Ends With Glowing Public Reception
The Overland-Week event in Quincy concluded with a grand public reception. Hundreds of Quincyans and out-of-town visitors filled the Colonial theater and showroom, as the Irwin-Overland firm showcased the Overland car with lavish banquets, dancing, and musical numbers.Company heads praised the venture as a remarkable advertising success, noting thousands spent to entertain guests and drawing praise from experts. The event drew more than three thousand guests to theater programs and two thousand to the show rooms, with heavy attendance despite three days of rain.
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Quincy
Vis- Remy
the. Company
Mercer
Es Theater
Warare
Dickson Godestral
Vera Harris
Esset
Lynton Irwin
Frank Lust
Overland
H. H. ‘Hower
Knight Motor
Irwin-Overland
South End Grabber Reported After Pocketbook Attempt
A man tried to snatch a woman's pocketbook near Sixth and Maiden Lane in the South End yesterday evening. She prevented the grab and reported the incident to Officer Griefer about 9 30 p m.
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Sixth and
Maiden Lane
Jack-the- Grabber
Griefer
Western Illinois Teachers Association Meeting Program
The Western Illinois Teachers association announced a detailed program for its October 7 to 9 meeting in Monmouth. The lineup includes round table chair E G Bauman and a series of sessions with superintendents principals and university figures, plus musical performances and receptions across venues in Monmouth.
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Macomb
Teachers’ Association
Monmouth
E.G. Bauman
Colonial Hotel
Round Table
Edward G Bauman
Quincy
F. N. Taylor
Aledo
Otis. W. Galdwell
School of Education
University of Chicago
Mills
Ferris
Michigan
Lansing
Mich
C.F. W. ‘Smith
M. E. Church
Woodbridge, N. Ferris
College
Cornet
Roy Jones
C. P. Colegrove
Iowa
Teachers’ ‘College
Cedar Falls
Frank M. Leavitt
Gbusiness
First United
E.E. van’ Clece
G. T. Smith
Peoria
J. F. Mabrey
Geneseo
Ill
Scars
Hugh S. McGill
Springfield
A. J. Burton
Rock -Island High
G. ‘W. Gaylor
Canton
Dances to Resume at Labor Temple This Fall
The dances at the Labor Temple will resume October 2 under a newly chosen committee. Theodore Bisser Robert Murphy Ed Landwehr J Budde and Charles Spilker will oversee fall and winter functions. The committee earned good notice last year and promises cordial treatment for attendees as all rooms are now occupied.
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Labor Temple
Aes
Theodore
Bisser
Robert. Murphy
Ed. Landwehr
J. Budde
Charles Spilker
Labor Temple Association
YANG A BUILDINGS MOVE AFFECTS ILLINOIS YMCA
Report on the Y M C A movement in Illinois notes stronger sustaining memberships in other cities than Quincy, with several new association buildings recently erected. Officials in Chicago met with Quincyans, who returned home after discussions of detail work. Russell Dwyer, a young forger, was arrested Friday night and remanded in jail after waiving examination. bail set at 500 dollars, pending grand jury action.
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Y. M
Illinois
Chicago
Quincy
Russell Dwyer
Joe Lipps
Feline companion travels with Boston actress In Again company
Miss Mahdah Weems Brady of Quincy, a theater performer with In Again, is famed for loving cats and often finding homes for strays. While touring New York City, she kept a cat named Tom on the road, but hotel rules forced changes. Previously her cat Wapps traveled with her to Chicago Omaha and Quincy, where the pet later died.
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Whig
Boston
Mass
Mahdah Weems- Brady
Guincy
New York
Neysa Moran McMein
Quincy
Miss McMein
Dr King's New Life Pills Promise Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy for a clogged system. It claims immediate bowel movement without griping and warns neglect can cause serious complications. The copy urges starting tonight for a happier tomorrow at five shillings per bottle.
Gem City Furniture Ad and Local Notices
Town topics note J Le Loebbing’s trip to St Louis. A Civil War veteran was found insane at a county court hearing and moved to Jacksonville. Gem City Furniture Store advertises low prices on new beds lounges chairs at 729 Maine Street. Estate appraisers filed a Whitford and Fierge partnership appraisement worth 6186.01. Helen Behrensmeyer to Urbana to attend University of Illinois. Eva Frields at Chicago and Father Hilley visiting St Francis College. Fall wool dress goods in Seres and poplins priced 50c to 2.00 per yard. Meyer Wilms Co.
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J. le Loebbing
St. Louis
County
Richard Reinelius
Jacksonville
Gem City
Maine Street
Wiliam Fierge
Whitford and Fierge
Gem’ City Purniture
Helen Behrensmeyer
Urbana
University of Illinois
Gem ‘City Furniture
Maine
Eva. Frields
Chaddock Boys’ School
Chicago
Ather Hilley
Oak Forest
Cook County
St. Francis, College
Meyer-Wilms Co
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