Campaign Started For Great Library Fund
The campaign to raise Quincy s 1800 share of the national war library fund began Monday and runs a week. Officers elected include Chairman M Homer Swope Secretary Mrs Alfred S Ellis and Treasurer W J Singleton. Nationally a 1,000,000 drive funds books for soldiers sailors and the sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
National Soldiers’ “War Library
M. Homer Swope
Alfred S. Ellis
W. J. Singleton
United States
Uncle Sam
N. D. Baker
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
National Library Council
E. L. Tilton
New York
Bureau of Cantonment
National Army
Real Estate Transfers In Morton Add District
Anne Wheatcroft transfers L61 feet of lot 7 block 3 and W30 feet lot 14 block 3 Morton's add to Anne Hill Luhrs for 10 dollars. John B Hering sells lot 7 block 3 Morton's add to George Janssen for 2500 dollars.
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Anne Wheatcroft
Anne Hill Luhrs
C. H. Morton
Morton
John B. Hering
George Janssen
Melrose Welcomes Home Improvement Association Formed
Mrs. Maude C. Hessler outlined plans for Adams county Home Improvement association in Melrose township hall. 25 women joined, paying 3 dollars a year for three years to link with the club. Hessler spoke on cooperation. two Quincy women attended a follow up meeting. she will speak in Payson and at Shiloh church today.
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Maude C. Hessler
Home Improvement Associations
Adams County
Melrose Township Hall
Home Improvement Association
Soldiers and Sailors Home News Roundup
In the Soldiers and Sailors Home area Mrs. King of Dresser II and Mr. King occupy cottages 1 and 8 for the winter. Cottage 22 hosts Hamiltons with guests Broderick family from Missouri and Wichita friends. Effert of Ripley hurt in a cellar accident. Ausment and Nicholson update their health and travels. Knapp prepares trips to Griggsville and St. Louis before Florida. Breese of Pittsburgh arrives for an extended stay near cottage 20. Lease family notes engagement plans and wedding timing in Hiawatha, Kansas. Harper couple leaves for Griggsville then Oklahoma home.
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Frank Effert
Ripley
Effert
John Ausment
Cottage 20
Danville
Ausment
Hiawatha
Kan
Lease
New Mexico
Judge McCarl Acts on Probate Matters
Judge McCarl issued court orders in several probate matters on Saturday. Maggie Muldoon was allowed 800 to the estate of Julia Mc Closkey and Lucetta Uhland was named guardian for Clarence Everett and Vernon Uhland. H C Sprick was named guardian for Paul Bowles and Frederick Dedert whose report as guardian of Ethel Meyer showed receipts totaling 2241.
Marriage Licenses for Parson Pettit Janney and Pyles
Marriage licenses issued listing Stanley B. Parson of Edina Missouri aged 23 and Frances W Pettit of Knox City Missouri aged 19 John M Janney of Quincy aged 53 and Grace Emma Pyles of Quincy aged 29
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Stanley B. Parson
Edina
Frances W. Pettit
Knox City
John M. Janney
Quincy
Grace Emma Pyles
Fourteen Examined for R F D Carrier
Fourteen persons Saturday took the United States civil service examination at the federal building to fill a vacancy in the rural free delivery at Loraine. The exam was conducted by J H Kelker acting secretary of the Quincy civil service board. Those who took the test will be considered for any other rural carrier vacancies in Adams county. An examination for a fourth class postmaster at Lima will be held Oct 13 at the Quincy federal building and will be in charge of the local civil service board.
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United States Civil Service
Federal Building
Loraine
J. H. Kelker
Quincy Civil Service Board
Adams County
Lima
Quincy Federal Building
Civil Service Board
Police Order Arrests for Violating Wagon Bed Rules
Quincy police chief Louis Melton announced that officers will arrest teamsters who ignore city ordinances requiring tight wagon beds with sides to prevent debris from spilling onto streets. He warned autoists who damage silent policemen at intersections will be prosecuted, as two more posts replace damaged ones at Fourth on Maine and Fourth and Hampshire. Go to the Right signs also urged.
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Quincy
Louis Melton
Melton
Fourth
Maine
Hampshire Streets
Robert Grimmer Engaged Amid Army Training Move
Mr and Mrs George Grimmer of 312 Cherry Street announce their son Robert Grimmer formerly of Quincy has entered Army training at Camp Lewis Washington. Drafted from Salt Lake City where he has been living he is engaged to Esther Sloey daughter of Mr and Mrs T B Sloey of Salt Lake City.
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George Grimmer
Cherry Street
Robert Grimmer
Quincy
Camp Lewis
American Lake
Washington
Grimmer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Esther Sloey
T. B. Sloey
Augusta's Band Heads to Carthage for Camp Dodge
Augusta locals report that 92 Hancock county youths left for Camp Dodge aboard a train at 9:10 after a 6 am departure by car. The Augusta band joined the sendoff, with Glenn Beard, Earl Swisegood, Elmer Bubb, and William McHone among the travelers. Local families, including Mrs. E J Pickens and Mrs. Albert Estes, also prepared trips and visits around Quincy and Clayton as part of the area’s wartime mobilization.
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Augusta
Carthage
Hancock County
Camp Dodge
Glenn Beard
Earl Swisegood
Elmer Bubb
William McHone
E. J. Pickens
Albert Estes
Quincy
J. A. Carter
Mr. Estes
Mrs. Estes
Mrs. Pickens
Mrs. Stanley
Charlie Mead
Ben Mead
William McFarland
C. E. Hawkins
Nauvoo
Teir
Coatsburg Charges Fraud in Military Exemption
Three men from Coatsburg township allegedly secured exemptions from military service by false statements. The names have been sent to Washington for investigation by the provost marshal’s office. The petition requesting action was signed by those registered on June 5. Developments will be watched with interest in the community.
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Coatsburg
Washington
Dr Harrison Loses Texas Orange Grove in La Porte
Dr H M Harrison, who returned to Quincy to take over Dr Walter Stevenson’s business, left eight years ago to cultivate oranges near La Porte Texas. Frost killed his trees but leasing land to an oil company in La Porte offers profit. He notes many former Quincy citizens are nearby and prospering in oil. John Guinan Dan Orr are in commerce, John Slusher in hardware, Tom White in brass casting, Gus Hillebrenner in oil ventures, with other ex-Quincy men also succeeding in oil.
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H. M. Harrison
Quincy
Walter Stevenson
Stevenson
United States
la Porte
Tex
Frost
Dr. Harrison
Harrison
John Guinan
Dan Orr
John Slusher
Tom White
Gus Hillebrenner
German report on Sept 23 actions reaches London
London dispatch notes a German official report dated September 23 detailing actions taken on that date. The brief item highlights military movements and strategic claims issued from Berlin, with no further details provided in the fragment.
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London
Britain denies cathedral bomb damage in official statement
The British admiralty refutes claims of bombardment damage and states photographs show no signs that the cathedral was hit. The statement emphasizes there is no evidence of structural impact from the attack.
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Et Cathedral
Catarrhal Deafness Cure Claim By Local Remedy
An old advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures through the blood. It offers a $100 reward for any case not cured and notes circulars are free from all druggists.
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Hall
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Library War Fund
Harold Braddock
Library War Council
Knights of Columbus
Library Association
Avery
Buevicn Nexd
Quincy Railway Company
Melrose Welcomes Home Association
C. of C
M’carl
Weilers
R. F. D. Carrier
Texas
F. J. Cheney & Coo
Toledo
Maine Street
Knollenberg
Asia
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Co
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