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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1920
Page
6
Hall's Catarrh Medicine promises to cure catarrh by acting through the blood and mucous surfaces. The product contains tonics and blood purifiers, with authorities like Cheney Co. promoting testimonials and free literature from Toledo, Ohio.
April 3 Chicago Historical Society campaigns to keep the Gunther collection in Chicago. Heirs offer it for 150000. experts value it higher. The collection, assembled by C. B. E. Gunther, spans Martin Luther letters to Chicago newspapers and covers American life from colonial times to Civil War and beyond with items from Europe and notable figures like Washington, Burr, Hamilton, Lincoln, Perry, and Shakespeare era manuscripts.
Alien Property Custodian Garvan told the House committee that American claims against Germany likely exceed 1 billion dollars. He urged holding seized German property in the United States until Germany provides security or pays damages, noting individuals should not bear losses for actions of the German government.
Dr. R. I. Laws of Galesburg visits the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home before joining a St. Louis party for an annual Shiloh battlefield excursion. The route goes by steamer to Cairo and up the Ohio and Tennessee to Pittsburg Landing, while residents receive furloughs and discharges and engineers inspect the home.
The listings feature Harry T. Morey in Birth of A Soul at Orpheum Theater and Will Rogers in Water, Water Everywhere. Eugene O'Brien in The Broken Melody at Star Theater, Tom Mix in The Outlaw's Bride at Colonial, Chaplin in The Vagabond at Gem, Farnum in The Last of The Duanes at Savoy, Cavellieri in Two Brides at Family, Bryant Washburn in Something to Do at Princess, Corbitt in Midnight Man and Death Ride at Quincy, plus Eddie Lyons in Stop That Shimme, and more features including The Blue Pearl and Renttnky Belles in At the Cross at Bijou.
PEORTA April 3 W. Anderson of the Vermont team in Chicago scored 1301 to lead the all events in the American bowling congress but officials refused to let him continue in singles after he found he had overlooked the individuals in filing his entry. His team and doubles scores were 679 and 622 respectively. he needed 615 in individuals to seize first place.
Chicago firemen with 1,100 resignations set for April 7 will wait for a committee to confer with Mayor Thompson before presenting their wage demand of 300 dollars a year. The panel will relay replies to a firefighters meeting before action is taken. Meanwhile clerks, stenographers, food inspectors, and garbage handlers returned to work after strikes and agreed to arbitration on wage differences.
A five pound metal projectile from an explosive blast ripped through a Davenport street car at 3:20 pm injuring Mrs. Paul Dice of Coronado apartments. The missile struck her hand then pierced the opposite car side and buried itself in ground as investigators traced the object to the rear blast source.
Davenport sub contractors Roy La Ange and Ed Charles were breaking up old castings under supervision of Jory L. Livingston of Rock Island near the Davenport locomotive works. Livingston was arrested Wednesday night but released.
London April 2 Sir Hamar Drgwood under secretary for home affairs has been appointed chief secretary for Ireland according to an official announcement this afternoon. Sir Hamar succeeds Tam MacPh who resigned yesterday.
An old newspaper ad-style promotion claims sleepless nights arise from skin diseases like eczema and boils. It promotes S. S. S. blood remedy as the cure, alleging the condition stems from the blood and promising cleansing results. It urges readers to obtain a bottle and write for medical advice from a Georgia address.
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