Katy Railway System Placed Under Federal Receivership
The Katy system including Missouri Kansas and Texas and related lines is now in receivership after a friendly creditor agreement. Charles E. Schaff named sole receiver for both roads, joining four other systems already under federal control. Proceedings, filed in St Louis and Dallas, cited inability to meet matured obligations amid storm losses and investor apathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Katy
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Kansas Corporation
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
United States District Court
Dallas
Charles E. Schaff
Middle West
Texas Gulf Ports
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific Iron
Elmer B. Adams
David P. Dyer
Texas
E. R. Meek
Railway Steel Springs Company
New Jersey
N. D. Hussey
Hussey
Schaff
Galveston
Opportune Time to Form Reserve
U S Senator John W Weeks of Massachusetts urged immediate formation of a military and naval reserve in St Louis, arguing the awakened public sentiment on defense allows such steps without provoking foreign suspicion. He pressed for a nonpolitical national defense board, criticized wartime graft claims as overstated, and warned of wasteful spending and unnecessary fixes across administrations.
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U. S
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Weeks
National Defense Board
Adams County C E Society Elects Officers for 1916
The Adams County C E convention at Camp Point elected officers led by President Clarry W Githens of Quincy and Pastoral Advisor Rev I W Bingaman of Quincy The next convention will be in Clayton with a plan to recruit 500 new converts 500 Endeavors and 250 new dollars for missions among other goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
C. E
Sociesty
Quincey
Clayton Presbyterian Society
Liberty Lutheran
Clayton Christian
Presbyterian Society
Quincy Society
Peace Union
Quiet Hour
Tenth Legion
Illinois
Foot and Mouth Scare Quelled by Lab Result Near Macomb
A probable foot and mouth case at John Kline place seven miles south of Macomb caused concern until a federal inspector found a steer suffering from actimyocosis or lumpy jaw. A second case was found at James Taylor's near Prairie City. New York state quarantine against Chicago stock will suspend eastern shipments, but local cattle and hog prices are expected to ease modestly without major retail impact.
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Macomb
John Kline
John Starr
Servatious
James Taylor
Prairie City
Chicago
New York State
Union
New York
Sloan's Liniment Emergency Doctor for Infections
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a rapid reliever that kills germs and neutralizes infection. It claims single application stops pain, reduces poisons, overcomes congestion, and aids normal blood flow, urging it as a constant must have with 25c, 50c, and $1 sizes offering six times the value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan's
Kaiser Wilhelm to Move Headquarters to Luxembourg
Berlin dispatch says Kaiser Wilhelm has prepared to relocate his headquarters from the eastern front to Luxembourg due to changes on the France and Flanders fronts. The emperor is expected to reach the western front Friday.
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Amsterdam
Kaiser Wilhelm
Luxenburg
France
Flanders
Berlin
French transport sunk by Austrian sub in Libyan sea
A French transport of 5,000 tons has been sunk by an Austrian submarine in the Libyan sea, according to an Athens telegram to the Frankfurter Zeitung. The vessel was carrying soak from Malta to Cypress.
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Berlin
Sayville
L. J
Libyan
Athens
Zeitung
Malta
Cypress
Death of Katharine Cone in New York hospital
Miss Katharine Cone of Bound Brook New Jersey sister of Dean W Q Cone of the Cathedral of St John in Philadelphia died in a New York City hospital after a critical surgical operation. She had been ill several weeks and the death ends a lovable life. Funeral and burial will be in Bound Brook New Jersey.
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Katharine “Talmadge Cone
Bound Brook
N. J
Dean W. Q. Cone
Cathedral of St. John
New York City
N Y
Dean Cone
Miss Cone
Quincy
Beautiful Bound Brook
Cars Sought for Auto Floral Parade
The committee planning the auto floral parade on Wednesday afternoon Oct 13 seeks city automobile owners to participate. Prizes totaling 100 are offered for the best decorated cars as Hannibal and other cities pledge entries, with Quincy slower to register. Committee members Crooks Helshake Adler Speyer Lusk invite inquiries and provide decoration catalogs at the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Hannibal
C.C. Crooks
Theodore Helshake
Morris Adler
Daniel Speyer
Frank R. Lusk
Chamber of Commerce
Mis sion Festival Observed At St Jacobi Church
The annual Mission Festival at St Jacobi church Sunday supported missions in India Australia Brazil and other areas. Rev H J Frey Palmyra Lutheran preached one service and Rev D G Hamm led the other with strong offerings and music. A second notable Harvest Festival service occurred at St Peters Evangelical with Pastor Paul Langhorst delivering two sermons.
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St. Jacobi
Sy Nnod
India
Australia
Brazil
Eere
H. J. Frey
Lutheran
Palmyra
D. G. Hamm
St. Peter’s Evangelical Church
Quincy
Paul Langhorst
Birthday celebration at Moose lodge rooms
John A Koetsle custodian of the Moose lodge rooms observed his birthday anniversary last night by entertaining a large number of Moose members and friends at a dutch lunch at Moose hall. The gathering celebrated his birth with hospitality as refreshments were served and all shared a sociable and brotherly spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Koetzle
Moose
Moose Hall
Bernhard barge to boost river trade seeks shippers
L B Boswell, commissioner of the Quincy Freight Bureau, arrived from New York amid talk of a giant river barge under Inland Navigation Co. president Bernhard. The vessel, with a 40 by 12 by 68 foot crane capable of lifting freight cars, will carry goods from the Twin Cities to New Orleans and be ready by November. Boswell plans interviews with local shippers in October as part of a push to expand river transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Freight Bureau
New York
Boswell
J. H. Pernhard
Inland Navigation Co
Quincy
Upper
Twin Cities
New Orleans
G. M. Hoffman
United States Engineering Corps
Rock Island
L. B. Bos Freight Bureau
St. Paul
Missouri River
Whitney's Bar
Hannibal
Laverton
Hop Hollow
Alton
Masons Island
Dardenne Island
Grafton
G. M Hoffman
Ill
Munyon Paw-Paw Laxative Pills Boost Demand
Professor Munyon promotes Paw-Paw Laxative Pills promising satisfaction with money refunds if not. He touts benefits for indigestion constipation and daily natural bowel movement alongside his other remedies. Local drug firms Miller Arthur Brown Mays Reed Owl-Drug advertise the line at 502 Maine and Hamp 5th Hamp 125-N 6th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon
Professor Munyon
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Maine
Brown & Mays
N.B
Reeds Drug Store
Owl-Drug Store
Longtime Quincy Whig Reader Visits from Columbus
T J Trout and Harvey Taylor, both of Columbus, visited the city to attend a wild west show. Trout, a lifelong reader of The Quincy Whig, runs a Columbus restaurant and once worked at Chester state penitentiary. Taylor cited his mother Mary “Aunt Polly” Taylor as Adams county’s oldest resident, born 91 years ago in Marbiehead, later Millville and Beverly, noted for never leaving Illinois or riding a steamboat.
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Harvey Taylor
Columbus
Burlington Depot
Trout
Quincy Whig
The
Whig
Chester
Taylor
Adams ‘County
Mary Taylor
Polly” Taylor
Adams County
Marbiehead
Millville
Beverly
Ilinois
Catholic societies rally ends with Mexico democracy pledge
Peoria Sept 27 The annual state convention of the American Federation of Catholic societies adjourned with a resolution demanding that the Mexican settlement honor the pledge for religious liberty. It calls for a government in Mexico that guarantees democracy and free religious choice. officers were elected including President John Carroll of Quincy and Secretary Frank Matre of Chicago.
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Peoria
Til
The
American’ Federation
Mexico
John Carroll
Quincy
Frank Matre
Chicago
Jacob_ ‘Rudolph
Staunton
Joseph Budde
Alton
Joseph Meckel
Charles Gilmartin
East St. Louis
Thomas Bannon
East St.Louis
D. J. O'Neil
W. Gaffney
Rockford
W. J. ‘Niehaus
Collinsville
Rally Day Work At Three Local Sunday Schools
Rally day observed at Vermont Street Baptist Immanuel Chapel and Christ Evangelical churches with Sunday school promotions. Luther Memorial to observe next Sunday under leaders Herbert Hendricks Martha Perry and Mrs. Adams. special music and services featured.
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Vermont Street Baptist
Immanuel Chapel (Baptist
Christ Evangelical
Luther Memorial
Herbert Hendricks
Vermont Street’ Baptist School
Martha Perry
Immanuel Chapel
Clara. Adams
Christ.church
Patriotism praised as war loan success in Germany
Berlin reports Dr Johannes Kaempf praised the patriotic spirit lifting the war loan. The emperor said the nation’s appeal would not be in vain. Wounded exchange continues with 80 Germans arriving from France at Constance and 346 wounded French sent to Lyons. Austria plans a new war loan in early October.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
N. J
Johannes Kaempf
Reichstag
William
Constance
France
Germany
Lyons
Austria
Wheeler's Candidate for Secretary of State Nomination
Springfield Sept 27 Dr John A Wheeler Sangamon county sheriff announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. Since taking office he has enforced the Sunday closing law in Sangamon county.
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Wheeler
Springfield
Ill
John A. Wheeler
Sangamon County
Landmark Fire Destroys Clayton Opera House
A mysterious blaze Sunday night totally destroyed the old Clayton opera house. The building had not operated as a theater for about a year, but a motion picture outfit owned by H. S. Toops had been stored there.
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Clayton
H. S. Toops
Man Recommends Foley's Honey and Tar for Coughs
A St James Missouri News reader recounts taking Foley's Honey and Tar for a severe lung cold that worried pneumonia. He reports immediate relief and endorses it as a genuine cough and lung medicine. The ad notes mothers praise its cure for children and claims quick relief for hay fever and asthma. Miller and Arthur Drug Co.
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Rice Wentworth
The
St. James
Foley's
Miller and Arthur Drug Co
Gasoline blast devastates Ardmore city center
Thirty killed and about two hundred injured after a massive gasoline explosion in Ardmore. Santa Fe railroad yards suffered near-total destruction with thirty freight cars destroyed. Whittington hotel roof blown off. Pennington Wholesale grocer block razed. Maddin & Company workers at risk. A heroic mother and others battled flames. five hours isolation followed as communications failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Whittington
Pennington Wholesale
Maddin & Company
Ardmore
Recipes of Our Pioneer Mothers in Home Remedies
A historical note on pioneer home treatments relying on roots herbs and barks. It credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the most successful remedy for female ills, originally made from such home recipes. The preparation gained wide fame and helped many women nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia I. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pickham
Local Pick Ups and Church Notices From Luther Memorial
Local items report Jerry Crown arrested on disturbance charge after complaint by Mrs. Ella Stark. Luther Memorial church officers elected: President Helen Lohr, Vice president Louise Underwood, Secretary Grace Heidbreders, Treasurer Wilma Schwindeler. Rev J W Binghman to Carthage for a decision meeting. St G Riggs reports a heavy train incident in Augusta. August Heidbreder and Elsie Heidbreder announce the birth of a son in Hope Michigan. Infant son of Elmer and Mutz baptized at Christchurch with Bernice as given name. Augusta Amelia and sponsors Husscehg and Mrs Augusta Mutz attend. Caroline Schlagenhaus and family return from six weeks in Colorado.
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Jerry Crown
Maas and Rice
Ella Stark
C. E. Society of Luther Memorial
Helen Lohr
Louise Underwood
Grace © Heidbreders
Wilma Schwindeler
J. W. Binghman
Luther Memorial Church
Carthage
Imer Mutz
Christchurch
H. H. Schwietert
Bernice
Augusta Amelia
Amelia I Husscehg
Augusta Mutz
Caroline
Colorado
Motorman Weds Miss Bagnum in City Parsonage
Alfred W. Palmer motorman of the Quincy Street Railway company marries Miss Bessie Bagnum of Monroe City Missouri in a Sunday ceremony at the First Christian church parsonage. They plan a brief honeymoon in Kansas City and will reside at 1219 North Twenty fourth street after returning.
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Alfred W. Palmer
Quincy Street Railway Company
Bessie Bagnum
Monroe City
D. Endres
Kensie City
North Twenty-fourth Street
City salesman position offered by gas office
Classified notice seeking a city salesman on commission or salary basis. Applicant should be familiar with house heating equipment. Apply at the gas office on Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. 30.
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Frisco
Missouri Pacific
Meeting OF County &. E
Githens
County
Adams
Bingagman
Quincuans
County Union
C. I. Society
Clarry W.githens
New ‘York
Miss Katherine
Talmadge Cone
Bround Brook
N.J
New York ‘City
St. Jacobi Lutheren
St. Peter's
Bernhard
River Quincy
St.louis
Hoffman
State Convention OF Catholic Societies
Truti
Madison Park
Clyde Tavener
Bale
Brown's Jewelry
Corner Fifth
Fifth Infantry Armory
Strohl
Dr.strohl
Jampshire Street
United Cigar
Sterns
the Whig
Chas, Ge. Limberger
Vermont
Bottom Road
Ursa
Sala C. Jarel
Alpha Witt
T. J. Barel
Anglo- American, Pork Products Co
Cleveland
Ohio
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