Quincy Fall Round-up Wagons to Feature Comedians and Acrobats
Comedians and acrobats will perform on street wagons in Quincy during the Fall Round-up from October 10 to 13. Dayly shows across multiple corners include three or more free performances by Wilson & Schneider and the Gordon & Reveni troupe, featuring Mile Revens.
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Quincy
Wilson & Schneider
Bouncing Bumpkins
Securng
Gordon & Reveni
America
Mile Revens
Orpheum Night Brings Stone Hayes Carnival Return
Arthur Stone and Marion Hayes return to the Orpheum with their famed vaudeville act. Stone spins arms and mocks town manners while Hayes appears in a clown suit to finish the routine with songs. The program also features Swain and Ostman tumbling, Lane and Harper’s manicurist sketch, and Weber and Wilson dancing with a six minute teaching bit for audience members.
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Arthur Stone
Marion Hayes
Vaudevil
Stone
Swain
Ostman
Lane
Harper
Weber
Wilson
Leaves Quincy to be near husband's grave in Tacoma
Mrs. Bila Stuart of 1257 North Eighth plans to move to Tacoma Washington on October 4 to live near the grave of her husband Lieutenant W H Stuart buried there four years ago. He served in the Seventeenth Illinois during the Civil War. She will first go to Vancouver to testify in a bigamy case involving a man formerly of Quincy, accused by Mrs Maypane of South Dakota.
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Bila Stuart
North Eighth Street
Quincy
Tacoma
Wash
W. H. Stuart
Seventeenth Ilinois Infantry
Stuart
Vancouver
Maypane
South Daota
Keokuk Residents Noted in Local Notices
Samuel Lanza and Mary Adeline Henneman of Keokuk are listed with ages 18 and 25 respectively, alongside Quincy residents Charles H. Rockefeller and Quincy Alice Strickler. The fragment documents individual names and places without full context or events.
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Samuel Lanza
Quincy
Alice Strickler
Charles H. Rockefeller
Keokuk
Mary Adeline Henneman
Bernard Guilty in Assault to Kill Verdict
Bervena Bernard, a colored defendant, was found guilty of assault with intent to kill by a circuit court jury after a May 27 quarrel in which she allegedly shot Nellie Bernard and Pearl Yeager. William Schlagenhaus, her attorney, moved for a new trial and no sentence has been set.
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Bervena Bernard
William Schlagenhaus
Bernard
Nellie Bernard
Pearl Yeager
Schools Unite in Solving Problems in Rural Districts
Palmyra Sept 29 The Liberty and Fabius township schools including Willow Bend Shannon Sud duth Scott Oak View Franklin Suter Todd Prairie View Peddicord Marion City and Bay Island will hold a school meeting at Peddicord school on Saturday Sept 30 The program includes addresses by Jennie Bloomer Janie Mc Pike Estelle Dusenberry and others plus music and readings on school life and rural education The Presbyterian Rally Day program follows with talks recitations and music by local students and the organized class leaders
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Palmyra
Liberty
Fabius
Willow Bend
Shannon
Sudduth
Scott
Oak View
Franklin
Suter
Todd
Prairie View
Peddicord
Marion City
Bay Island
Peddicord School
Jennie Bloomer
Janie McPike
Estelle Dusenberry
William Glendenning
Jeff McPike
Mr. McLeod
Presbyterian Sunday School
Christian Daume
Billie Joe Binkley
Leona Terry
Robert White
Alberta Miller
Alda Berghofer
Katherine Frazier
Barbee
Gentry
Anderson
Community Mission Schools
Mitchell
Hollyman
Messrs
Heinze
Rogers
J. C. Anderson
F. W. Lane
O. G. Sanford
Long
Jane Hollyman
Fred Gentry
Death of Mason county pioneer John E Leinneberg at 85
Havana Illinois September 29 John E Leinneberg longtime Mason county settler and one of the organizers of the first drainage project in his section has died at age 85. He helped spark reclamation efforts and is remembered as a leading pioneer in local development.
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Havana
Ill
John E. Leinneberg
Mason County
Cure Claimed for Infant Skin Blister Complaint
Mrs. Jennie Vinson of Paxton Illinois reports a baby suffered blistering on the cheeks chin neck and chest with itching and crusting. After using two cakes of Cutura Soap and one box of Ointment the child was healed. January 28, 1916.
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Jennie Vinson
West Pine St
Paxton, Il
Land Near Central Tineig Becomes Valley’s Prime Farm Ground
Fragmentary report notes a broad tract of ay land in central Tineig shifting to become the region’s most valuable cultivated acreage. The piece hints at strategic value and long term use but lacks complete details from the source.
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Tineig
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound praised
York resident Mrs. Catharine Goodling reports extreme weakness and suffering eased after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She says it restored strength, allowed her to heal after childbirth, and led to a healthy baby boy. The appeal urges other women to try the remedy and contact the company for questions.
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York
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Empire- Hippodrome
Matines
Ramona
Helen Hunt Jackson
Orpheum
Vaudeville
Bijou
Humpty Dumpty Girls
Varety
Savoy
Gloria
Mutual Weekly
Pamly
Helen Sibson
News Pictorial
Belasco
Warren Kerrigan
Wallace Reid
Cleo Ridgley
Faith
Billjouu
Empire Comedy Trio
4 Reels Pictures
Broadway
TOD
Helen Gibson
Caninated News Pictorial
Lonial
Husband
Marion County
Jennie Taylor
Matilda Reber
Scott Cunningham
Georgia Hitch
Hansbrough
J. E. Hitch
Howard Harris
W. H. Potter
Ollie Goodnight
Roy Batty
A. White
Merle Glendenning
Will Howell
Bert McPike
Jas. McPike
Frankie Connell
John Dearing
Frank Heinze
Eugene Gentry
Frank Locke
Harold Heinze
Baby
Mrs. Goodling
Christabel
Pure Ice Co
Jersey Street
Ness
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