Apr 28, 2018 | Military, Newspapers |
“Youngest Veteran” of Civil War to Give Memorial Address Capt. John E. Andrew, former managing officer of the Illinois Soldiers’ Home, the “youngest veteran” of the Civil war in Quincy left Wednesday morning for Moline where he will...Apr 28, 2018 | Newspapers |
Clayton, Ill., Nov. 8,–Among the voters in Concord township last Tuesday was Joseph Renaker, a Civil War veteran, and the only surviving member of the G.A.R. in Concord township. Mr. Renaker voted for the first time seventy-two years ago, when he cast his...Apr 27, 2018 | Newspapers |
Snack Maker Looks To Expand With Homemade Potato Chips. Quincy Ill. (AP) – The 56 year-old Quincy Potato Chip Inc. is trying to increase its share in the highly competive snack-food market by emphasizing its handmade chips. New blood and new ideas enabled the...Apr 27, 2018 | Newspapers |
Fritz Ostermueller Newspaper Article Ostermueller Is Through; Asks and Gets his Release Quincyan Winds UP Career of 14 Years in Major Leagues; Pittsburgh, Oct. 6.–AP -“Old Folks” Fritz Ostermueller yesterday voluntarily retired after 14 years of...Oct 14, 2016 | Newspapers |
1876 Letter from Mrs. Ila L. Morris to Col. I. N. Morris Source: Quincy Daily Herald Jan. 04, 1877, page 3 Oct 14, 2016 | Newspapers |
History of Newspapers in Quincy: In 1835, when Illinois had only 3 other newspapers, Judge R. M. Young issued his first weekly newspaper, The Bounty Land Register. The federal government had been awarding 160 acres as ‘bounty’ to veterans of the War of...Oct 14, 2016 | Newspapers |
The Coroner Investigates Light Shed on Albert Pearce Suicide []ing Soldier of Liberty Township [Bl]ew Out His Brains, Leaving No Reasonable Motive for the Deed Behind [T]he investigation made by Coroner [Tho]mas and a jury upon the suicide of [Alb]ert Pearce, of...Oct 14, 2016 | Military, Newspapers |
The following are numbers drawn in Washington last Friday which correspond with the boys’ numbers who will get their mail through Clayton post office. These will be most liable for first call for army service. Some of them will be exempted for reasons coming...Oct 14, 2016 | Military, Newspapers |
The following are newspaper articles dealing with Civil War veterans of Adams County, Illinois. Capt. Andrew To Be Speaker At Moline Concord Veteran Cast First Vote For McClelland Few Civil War Veterans Will March in Parade Here on Memorial...Oct 14, 2016 | Military, Newspapers |
Fewer Than Thirty Union Vets Live in Quincy Now A few, perhaps fewer than half a dozen union veterans of the American Civil war, will march in the Memorial parade Thursday. Aged white haired men, shaken with their infirmities, may ride in automobiles through the...
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