Bankers Plan Boat Ride Close to Illinois Convention
Bankers of Illinois close their convention with a boat trip from Quincy after unanimous votes backing a constitutional convention for Illinois, endorsing the $80,000,000 good roads bond issue. Officers to be elected, Springfield chosen for next year, and Milo Mudd or Lois Nash to contest treasurer. The session featured talks on the federal reserve, centennial plans, and Red Cross fundraising.
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Red Cross and
Liberty Loan
Illinois
Linois
H. T. Willson
Virden
E. E. Stree
Jacksonville
Illinois Red Cross Association
G. W. Hill
Keokuk Dam
Robert R. Ward
Benton
M. A. Mudd
Chester
Lois Nash
Elizabeth State Bank
Springfield
W. S. Rearick
Illinois Banking Association
M. A. Graettinger
Quincy
Empire Theater
Goebel
Association
Charles A. Hinsch
American Bankers’ Association
Fifty Third National Bank of Cincinnati
Peter W. Goebel
Amerencan Bankers’ ‘Association
Nhat
Federal Reserve System
Burlington Railroad
Chicago
Judge Montgomery Welcomes Illinois Bankers In Session
Judge S B Montgomery presided as Illinois bankers opened a convention at the Empire Amphitheatre Quincy. He noted past presidents, missing faces, and thanked late local bankers. Walter S Rearick praised hospitality, reported a solid financial balance, and welcomed visitors amid patriotic applause for Gov Lowden and President Wilson.
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S. B. Montgomery
State Savings, Loan and Trust Company
Illinois Bankers
Empire-Iiepodrome
Judge Montgomery
Quincy
Illinois
He Oke
Henry Ricker
E. J. Parker
Walter S. Rearick
Rearick
Abe Martin Describes Odd Family Tales From Old Town
The column recalls a humorous Abe Martin tale about an old fashioned mother with a cradle and a Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, noting a nephew who can drive a seven passenger car with one arm, and a comment about waiting for summer and watching neighbors and leaves.
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Wilson
Grand jury reports four indictments in county case
Preston Newbolt a Negro who cut his father with a knife last July and Mary Hunter a Negress charged with stealing a silk dress were indicted by the grand jury Wednesday Indictments for assault were returned against Alexander M Swinley who threw acid in his wife's face in the Burlington depot last summer and against John E Glahn charged with firing a revolver at James and John Lenane Glahn pleaded not guilty and was released on a bond of 1000 dollars
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Preston Newbolt
Mary Hunter
Alexander M. Swinley
Burlington Depot
John E. Glahn
James
John Lenane
Glahn
Sailor William Swank Returns Home on Furlough
William Swank, son of Mr and Mrs John Swank, arrived home Wednesday from Mare Island Navy Yard near San Francisco for a thirty day furlough. He is a United States Navy sailor recovering from a severe attack of measles and pneumonia and will return to duty once fully recovered.
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William Swank
John Swank
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Cal
United States Navy
Navy
National Co operation Is Essential To Win Big War
Francis H. Sisson vice president of Guaranty Trust in New York urged bankers to unite in a huge wartime effort. He praised government-business cooperation, urged pooling resources, and advocated a centralized federal approach to finance, rail, ship subsidies, and public funding to sustain the war and postwar economy.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve
Hugh S. Magill, Jr
Illinois
Hinsch
Ilinois
Men of Finance
John H. Puelicher
Milwaukee
Francis H. Sisson
Guaranty Trust Co. of
New York
United States
Guaranty Trust Company of New York
Bankers’ Convention
Sisson
Mr. Sisson
United States “Corporation
Cabinet
Federal Reserve Board
The
Export Council
War Industries’ Board
Food Administration
Federal Trade Commission
America
Europe
Keokuk Booster Meeting Notes and Lodge Schedule
A booster meeting occurred Tuesday night in Keokuk with routine business completed. The lodge plans to initiate 16 cane dates on October 2, followed by a luncheon after the meeting.
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Woman’s Union Labor League
Labor Temple
Sunshine Party
Keokuk
Pfeiffer nearly matches club golf record at grounds
William A. Pfeiffer president of the Country Club played Tuesday afternoon and finished with 38 strokes. He was one over the club record of 37 set by Robert Switzer last week, highlighting an almost perfect round at the golf grounds.
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William A. Pfeiffer
Golf Grounds
Robert Switzer
Six Take Examination By Civil Service Board
John Kelker secretary of the United States civil service examination board in Quincy conducted an examination at the Federal building Wednesday to fill bookkeeping vacancies in the departmental service. Six Quincyans took the examination.
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John Kelker
United States Civil Service Examination Board
Quincy
Federal
Marriage Licenses Granted in Ursa
William F. Gerand and Ursa resident Sarah K. Anderson of Ursa received marriage licenses. The certificates list their full names and hometowns, confirming eligibility to wed.
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William F. Gerand
Ursa
Sarah K. Anderson
Eee Eae
Police Magistrate Acquits Fuelbier In Gambling Case
John Fuelbier was acquitted Wednesday morning in Judge Reardon’s court on charges of leasing premises for gaming. The raid on rooms in the Parkhurst building 122 North Fifth Street established gambling use. defense argued lack of knowledge by Fuelbier as agent. Judge Reardon sustained the defense, acquitting Fuelbier of knowingly leasing for gambling.
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John Fuelbier
Reardon
Fuelbier
Bartlett
John F. Garner
John E. Wall
Donahue and Groves
Parkhurst
North Fifth Street
Meise and Piercy
Henry Groves
Mr. Fuelbier
William Ginter
Kansas City
Groves
Attoney Wall
Jit. Fuelbier
Wall
Good Roads Day Prompts County Road Work
Adams county residents join highway crews to repair approaches to bridges drag roads trim hedges and cut weeds to improve county highways by this evening. L L Boyer superintendent notes letters requesting extensive work in the northeast and eastern areas as farmers help.
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Adams County
L. L. Boyer
Y M C A Campaign For New Members In Quincy
The State Y M C A runs October 2 to 6 to recruit new members with Quincy entering the contest to win the Killbourne cup. Dave Wilcox chairs the local membership drive, aiming for 900 total and 200 new members. Emphasis targets boys 16 to 21 and men over 31 though ages 21 to 31 may join. All memberships are fully paid yearly.
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Quincy
Dave Wilcox
U S Forces Fit Ready For Duty
The piece chronicles soldiers becoming fit for duty through discipline and training. It describes weeded out weak troops, improved health and nourishment, enforced cleanliness, and a growing pride in fitness. It notes rookies may not yet match elite chasseurs dAlpin but are close with more trench hardening.
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Chasseurs d’Alpin
Local Talent to Appear for Red Cross Christmas Fund
Entertainments for the Red Cross Christmas fund will be held Friday and Saturday nights, Sept. 28 and 29, in Highland Park. Pat Pfeiffer named general manager of the series of shows and vaudeville by local talent. A committee of Mrs. Center, Mrs. Ehart, and Maida Lee Fosgate organizes the festival under Adams county Red Cross. Tickets go on sale soon. Proceeds aid Quincy and Adams county service members in the war.
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Red Cross Christmas Fund
Highland Park
Pat” Pfeiffer
C. D. Center
J. A. S. Ehart
Francis B King on eight day navy furlough
Francis B King son of Mr and Mrs Hugh E King arrived in the city Wednesday for an eight day leave from the New York navy training station. He is quartermaster and formerly served with the Quincy boys on the battleship Kansas and has since held a chief petty officer post directing about eighty sailors in drills. He expects assignment back to Kansas upon return to New York and to sail with the fleet.
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Illinois
Lowden
Wilson
M. A. Graettinger
Jennings
O. S. Jennings
John Andrew
Quincey
Keokuk Power Dam
G. W. Hill
Francis B. King
Hugh E. King
City
New York Navy
Francis
Navy
Quincy
Kansas
New York
Irma Lodge to Celebrate Sixty Sixth Anniversary Tonight
The Rebekah lodge auxiliary of the IOOF marks its 66th anniversary today dating back to 1851. The Golden Rule lodge observes the order with a special program on October 11 including a speaker and social hour hosted by Irma lodge.
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Rebekah Lodge
Golden Rule Lodge
Irma Lodge
School News Briefs Highlight Local PTA Activities
Miss Marie Major, a Quincy High and Macomb State Normal alumna, starts teaching in Lincoln school fifth and sixth grades. Adams school PTA meets Friday with Mrs. C A Moormay speaking on registration of women and conservation. Webster school PTA hosts at 3:30 Friday with principal L M Parks’s address, Helen Osborn of the National Defense council speaking on the women’s committee work, a Thelma Me Dole musical number, Gladys Harrison in charge of the Q&A box, and a reception committee led by Mrs Lyman Greenman and others.
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Marie Major
Quincy High School
Macomb State Normal
Lincoln School
Parent-Teachers’ Association of
the Adams School
C. A. Moormay
Charles Lubbett
Euphemia Irwin
Parent Teachers’ Association
Webster School
L. M. Parks
Helen Osborn
Council of National Defense
Thelma Me Dole
Gladys Harrison
Lyman Greenman
John Schott
Roscoe Townsend
Charles Weiler
G. H. Weaver
W. R. Stanbury
Katherine May
Eleanor King
Charles Cottrell
M. Finley Carrote
Weather outlook across Illinois Missouri and town areas
Illinois showers and cooler Thursday followed by partly cloudy and cool Friday. Missouri generally fair Thursday and Friday, cooler Thursday. Town partly cloudy in west with showers and cooler east and central portions, Friday generally fair and somewhat warmer.
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Illinois
Missouri
Local Temperature Readings From River Street Area
Temperature report shows highs around 75 degrees near noon and 63 degrees at midnight. River stage at midnight measured 22 inches and labeled stationary.
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River St
River Stage and Forecast from Davenport to St Louis
River bulletin reports 7 AM stage at Davenport 18 feet and 21 inches, Keokuk 0 feet 15 inches, Hannibal 18 feet 26 inches, Louisiana 12 feet 20 inches, St Louis 30 feet 38 inches with small rises and falls. Forecast says the river from Warsaw to Louisiana will change little over the next 48 hours.
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Davenport
Keokuk
Hannibal
Louisiana
St. Louis
Warsaw
Wanted Driver for Baggage and Transfer Wagon
Help wanted notice seeks a reliable man to drive a baggage wagon. Inquiries at Vil Broadway 323. Also rental ads list rooms with prices: Fisa's four rooms $8, five rooms $12, six rooms $18. Also Blackstone Bedding contact Phoness 2% for availability.
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Dm Ee
Broadway
Fisa
J. If Hanly
Blackstone
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