Reception Held In Their Honor In Carthage
A reception at the Christian church honored Mr and Mrs Lee Wright ahead of their move to Antona around Oct 1. Officials and church members praised their four to five years of service with sermons music readings and refreshments. Also notes on state aid road work along Keokuk road west of Carthage and other local road improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Clara Griffin
Lelia
Joel Willis
Helen Gibson
Keokuk
Carthage
Board of Supervisors
State Highway Commission
Hancock County
Carthage road contract payment and county project details
Nineteen thousand dollars have been appropriated this year for county road building with a quarter allocated to Carthage. Projects include drainage, grading, rolling, and concrete bridges and entrances. Upkeep will be county funded, while brick or concrete upkeep would be state funded.
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Carthage
Mexican national bank proposed for Mexico City plan
New London Conn Sept 20 A plan for a Mexican national banking system to replace the suspended national bank and the Bank of London and Mexico in Mexico City was outlined to the American members of the joint Mexican American commission. Luis Cabrera, chairman, said a monetary commission will supervise a chain of government banks and seek financial backing mainly from Mexican sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Bank of London and
Mexico
Mexico City
Luis Cabrera
Labor chiefs urge support for Wilson
Cleveland dispatch notes W G Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen releasing a bulletin urging labor to back President Wilson in his bid for re election. The message asks members to use honorable means to keep in office those loyal to labor. Other bulletins have been prepared by Warren S Stone A B Garretson and W S Carter representing engineers conductors and firemen respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Wilson
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Congress
Labor
Warren S. Stone
A. B. Garretson
W. S. Carter
Woman with bag warns old bachelors in street scene
A quip on a shopper provoking old bachelors notes women’s street presence with shopping bags. The writer frames life as a game of give and take, suggesting most people face more trouble than they are willing to endure.
Peace Now Is Impossible in Chamber Speech
Paris reports Premier Briand defending Allied unity and continued war effort. He rebuked calls for peace as dishonorable, urged victory, and warned a peace without triumph would threaten justice. The chamber ordered Briand’s speech printed and posted publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Costadau
Briand
England
Italy
Russia
France
Brison
M. Brison
Monsieur Brison
Belgium
Chamber
Austrians Plan Evacuation of Trieste
From London sources dated September 20, it is stated in reliable diplomatic reports that Austria plans the evacuation of Trieste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triéste
Atiens
London
Trieste
Brief Personal Notices and Local Notes
Mrs. Anna Clary travels to Nelsonville to visit kin for about a week. Mrs. Anna McLean improves after illness. Herman Stormer moves to 422 South Eighth. phone 343. The Genebacher and Stevenson parties take a ten day trip to Springfield. Sweater coats offered at unchanged prices by Meyer Wilms Co. The Christian Endeavor union to attend Clayton county convention. Mrs. N M Riggs ill with inflammatory rheumatism, affecting plans to move to Decatur. Rev Rigg also ill. Snyder’s cabs advertised at 25c. phone 101. E B Berbert travels to Pittsburgh to visit relatives. Designer subscription offer ends soon. Mrs. Julius Seidel confined at home with inflammatory rheumatism. W A Long travels to Chicago for business. Mrs. M C Wittman and Mrs J E Wittman depart for Springfield fair then Decatur visit. Dr H F Lafler offering chiropra ctic treatments. Roy Ziggy Sherer departs for Bloomington for new job. family to follow. New bed comforts advertised by Meyer Wilms Co. Western Union staff attend dinner at Hotel Quincy. talks on efficiency. Charles Smith and George Schutte in Hannibal on business. Dr E F Stannus reports special course in Polyclinic hospital. expects return soon. Mamie McLaughlin to Hannibal to visit mother Martha Murphy and sister Ida Lohmeder. J H Brown of Collins Plow travels to Springfield state fair. David Lepper resumes duties after Iowa City visit. M B Horn on vacation. home Springfield. George Snider from Chicago visiting. to Hannibal then home. William Stamper, CB&Q chief special agent, in the city on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Clary
Nelsonville
Thomas Dowlet
West
Clary
Blue Ribbon
Anna McLean
Locust Street
Herman Stormer
South Eighth
George Genenbacher
Stevenson
Genebacher
Springfield
Meyer-Wilms Co
Christian Endeavor Union of
Quincy
Clayton
N. M. Rigg
Riggs
Decatur
Julius Seidel
South Eighth Street
W. A. Long
Long Commission Company
Chicago
M. C. Wittman
Chestnut Street
J. E. Wittman
H. F. Lafler
State Bank
Roy “Ziggy” Sherer
Bloomington
Western Union
Western Union Service
Polyclinic
New York City
Mamie McLaughlin
326
South Fifth Street
Hannibal
Martha Murphy
Ida Lohmeder
J. H. Brown
Collins Plow Company
Twelfth
Hampshire Streets
Springfield. While There Mr .Brown
David Lepper
Bluff City
William Stamper
Missouri District
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Coalition ministry urged for Germany
Berlin based Tageblatt publishes a long letter by Reichstag member Hans Sivko vich urging a wartime coalition ministry for Germany. He notes tension and apprehension ahead of the Reichstag meeting, cites military setbacks and hardships, and argues leaders of major parties should join to form a unified government.
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Amsterdam
London
Germany
Berlin Tageblatt
Hans Sivkovich
Reichstag
Villa Forces Elude Pursuers Near Chihuahua City
Villa forces that attacked Chihuahua City eluded government cavalry and hid in the Sierra de la Silla and the Cienga de Los Ladrones mountains south of Santa Fe Ysabel Chihuahua. Gen Matias Ramos reported the retreating party, describing a thorough search with no sighting. authorities probe a plot by residents aiding the assault.
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Chihuahua Cit
Chihuahua City
Sierra de la Silla
Cienga de Los Ladrone
Santa Fe Ysabel
Chihuahua
Matias Ramos
Plan to attack Villa fails amid partisan courage lapse
A plot against Villa collapsed at the last minute due to a lack of courage among Villa partisans. Several arrests have been made and more are expected as authorities pursue the case.
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Villa
Spar Strike Facts Before Gov Dunne
Springfield Illinois September 20 John H Walker president of the State Federation of Labor called on Gov Dunne and presented conditions at Rosidlaire Hardin county where striking spar miners have been driven from their homes by mine owners Gov Dunne said he would act to restore order if sworn information showed strikers were interfered with in their rights Walker began gathering information immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
John H. Walker
State Federation of Labor
Dunne
Rosidlaire
Hardin County
Walker
Cook County Democratic committee endorses Dunne
Chicago September 20 The Democratic county committee of Cook County, which ten days earlier urged defeating Gov Dunne in the Democratic primaries, endorsed him on Tuesday. Roger C Sullivan said no hard feelings remain after the primaries in an address to the committee.
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Chicago
Democratic County Committee
Cook County
Dunne
Roger C. Sullivan
Property Transfers in Quin cy and Bell Echo Addition
Fannie C. Warner conveys lot 7 block 4 Bell Echo addition Quin cy to Moses Warner for 10 dollars. John T. White transfers to William P. Johnson in a separate parcel deal.
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Fannie C. Warner
Moses Warner
Bell Echo Addition
Quincy
John T. White
William P. Johnson
Wood
Louise Behrosder
Louise Carroll
Moulton
South Quincy Drainage District Assessment Notice
Notice to landowners in Adams County Illinois that six percent assessments on benefits and damages and eighty percent of annual benefits are due for drainage and levee work in 1917. Payment must be made by March 10, 1917 to treasurer S B Montgomery at State Savings Loan and Trust Company. lands unpaid may be sold. Commissioners Severns Cox Martindale.
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South Quincy
Adams
Timois
S& B. Montgomery
State Savings Loan and Trust Company
A. D
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Lee Wright
Christian Church Congregation
Arizona
Augusta Point
Augusta Good Roads Association
T. E. Burner
Augusta Township
Ft. Green
John McConnell
Dallas
Sevis Bros
W. O. Kun
Kel
Carthage Personals
B. F. Smith
J. A. Thompson
Forrest Thompson
Denver
Mabel Gray
Near Burnside
Carthage College
F. W. Pearson
Columbus Shirt Company
Eli N. Lincoln
Clifford W. Warner
la Harpe
Margaret Lincoln
Tilarry Warner
James Golden
Louis Conrardy
Tiattie E. Yetter
Lewis G. Yetter
Tiattie E
Bertha C
Eva Pearl
George W. Yetter
Hattie I. Yetter
Eva Pearl Yetter
Ellen L. Crain
Edward M. Crain
Abernecthy
Augusta
Ilof
Laura A. Morris
Laura Augusta Ilall
Jacob Soland
William Seland
Lena Moore
Susan Marlatt
John Gault
Rachel Botts
Absalom G. Botts
Robert A. Sluston
W. H. Dodge
Guardian
Martha A. Huston
Cuticura
Dept.19
Boston
Mexican National Bank
Awardel Aa
Pp ‘Grand Prize
American Steel & Wire Company
Stroot Hardware CO
Broadway
Charles Smith
George Schutte
E. F. Stannus
Stanley L. Krebs
Ad Club
Empire Hippodrome
The
Quincy National Bank
Mercantile Bank
State Savings, Loan and Trust Co
State Street Bank
Illinois State Bank
Ricker National Bank
Brown & Mays
Model Clothing Co
J. Stern & Sons
Gem City Business College
Street Home. Co
Odell's
Ware-Wayland
Bockenhoff Bakery
Empire-Hippodrome
Quincy Ad Club
Robert A. Cannell
Charles HL Cannell
Sarah Agnes
Moulton’s Survey
William Severns
Loren C. Cox
Walter P. Martindale
South Quincy Drainage
Fifth St
Ances
Potter & Vaughn Co
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