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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1919

Page

2

College Debaters Clash In Carthage

Carthage hosts an intercollegiate debate with Monmouth and Carthage discussing federal ownership and operation of the railroad. Local voters head to the polls April 15 for city elections with multiple mayoral and council races listed.

Carthage Trinity Lutheran Church Monmouth College Circle Wm. H. Hartzell KR. C. Crum Vernon Westfall Geo. T. Moore Will C. Newton Marion Bb. Ewell Lee Siebenborn Walter Starnest Thos, Rand HH. W. Pennock Geo. Edison Fred J. Johnson A. M. Milsted James W. Westfall Council of Defense O. I. Berry W. E. Lyon Kansas City Mae Rhea Long Beach Calif Mrs. Lyon Rhea Marietta Brown H. D. Wright Near la Harps Basco Fr. J. Mitchel Rock Island

Palmyra Marriage Licenses Issued This Week

The Palmyra area issued multiple licenses including Archie W. Lfferson with Jessie Mitchell Hannibal, Paul M. Yeaver Quincy with Ada Craft St. Louis, Chas Harris Payson, and more names across Hannibal and Kirksville. Also report of a Sunday fire at Mrs. Milton Cary’s home in Quincy with roof loss but substantial contents saved and rebuilding planned. and a severe gasoline explosion injuring John Appel and two others while starting a tractor generator north of the city, with serious burns and poor prognosis.

Archie W. Lfferson Jessie Mitchell Hannibal Paul M. Yeaver Quincy Adami Craft St. Louis Chas. Harris Oneda Hampton Payson Fred Trodson Evina Greening Lorenzo Turner Jennie Barnard Jacksonville Til Edwin Ff. Frazer Jean EF Tomlingon Clarence EL Carver Ledford Kirksville Clarence RB Scobee Huby J. Holland Manathbal Milton Cary Elizabeth Weyand John Appel H.e Mortz of Creasy

Local notes from Griggsville and area in brief

Griggsville and nearby towns report visits and travels as families reunite and relatives arrive from overseas. Leslie Vaughan safely reached Camp Dix with discharge planned at Camp Grant. Mrs. Ethel Carnes dies at Blessing hospital after tubercular appendicitis surgery. she leaves a large family and bereaved relatives. Floye Northup returns from Champaign for a two week vacation. Frank Allen comes home from Chicago.

Griggsville, III Fll Bartlett Quinney Chas. Dunham Winnemay Ind Stanley Northup Leslie Vaughan Camp Dix Camp Grant April Bo Otis Petty Zilpha Benardstaewn J. W. Mercer Jed Griffith Jacksonville Fla Griffith John Morton Ethel Carnes Blessing Hospital Quincy Jerry Carnes Godfrey Morgutt Virgil Tolle Haylfigs Miss Blanche Stanley Frank Allen Chicago

Religious and social notes from La Grange and nearby towns

Community events and visits fill a weekend in La Grange, LaBelle, Knox City, Bethel, and surrounding areas. Rev Hallie Rice preaches with Mrs Rice. numerous relatives travel, visit, and trade. School meetings draw large crowds. new Fruit Hill board member Frank Luckett elected. Unity Lodge hosts district Rebekah talk. health updates and travels among local families.

Hallie Rice la Grange Baptist Church Iruit Hil Joseph Rudd Great Falls Mont Radd Montana Fannie Bowles Tom Alice Pruett Meda la Plata Jake Barnes J. Smith Fdina Leona Smith L. I. Smith Bethel Brashear A. W. Rouner Sue Smith Fruit Hill Frank Luckett George Washburn Woodland Leonard Bergman Homer Tuckett Wim Glover Rev. McMahan of Lavelle Christian Church Nea Union M. Bd Don Pierce Gorin Bettle Holmes Tom Mebanite M. BR. Horton Paris W. J. Davin Liberty Unity Lodge Cl HL "Packer Rebekah Shelbina Knox City Shomer Hendren Chas. McDinmied

Local Social Roundup at Kuesta and Barry Visits

June events note Rev Pinkston’s daughter and Miss Powell with Mrs Win and family visiting. Sunday visits include Mrs Wat Tinslee and family, and Mr and Mrs Graff's liber ly trip. Weekend gatherings feature Ruth and Rachel Watera with Hagel and Sibert sisters, Standard Bearers with Havel and Leta Sibert. Several townsfolk travel to Quincy and Timswell to visit ill relatives.

Glenn Aiken Perry J. O. Conklin M. A. Hoke Erma Florida George Morton Terman Woodbine Iowa George Casteel Ellen Smith M. E. Anderson Pinkston Eekes Anna Pod. Moore M.A. Graff Mra Ray Moore Quincy Harry ST Dives Dues Test Mro Chas Wall Charley Huff Mroo GG. A. Hendricks Mr. Akerson Barry D. Moore Timewell

Local Notes From Shelbina and Nearby Towns

Shelbina Missouri and nearby areas report a week of social visits and errands. Hannibal visitors include Russell Tenney and Edith Rawlings who will join Smith and Rawlings store clerking. Families travel to Hannibal Monroe City and Quincy for funerals illness and visits while local businesses see activity with Cloyce Sears opening Flivver Inn near Walnut Street.

Shelbina Russell Tenney Hannibal Lucy Connely Miles and Bates Ella Edmondson Leatner Warren Quigley Robert Quigley Mia Harold Carter Ed Adams Monroe City Baynum Anna Margaret Munch Quincy Julia Settles Boya School Augusta Green Laura Green J. W. Dickson Evla Rae Mac c Velma Forman Clarence J. P. Murray Edith Rawlings Paris J. F. Snyder

Warning to dealers on tax price increases and misrepresentation

Washington April 10 Daniel C Roper internal revenue commissioner warned manufacturers or dealers not to raise prices of taxable articles beyond the tax and not to misrepresent the tax to customers Penal provisions exist in the law for such misrepresentations He credited businessmen and citizens for aiding the tax collection this year and urged continued cooperation.

Washington Daniel C. Roper Internal Revenue Roper

Japs Who Served With Army Can't Get Papers

EL PASO Texas April 10 Judge W R Smith in United States district court ruled Japanese who served in the U S Army cannot become American citizens under the naturalization act waiving declaration of intention. The decision holds the law conflicts with the requirement that applicants be free white persons or of African descent.

EL Paso Texas United States W. R. Smith United States District Court Fort Bliss

Daniels And Advisers To Start Home May 12

Acting Secretary Roosevelt receives word that Mr Daniels and his three chief technical advisers, now in Paris conferring with allied admiralty officials on capital ships aviation and other matters, will start home May 12 aboard the transport Leviathan. The party plans to finish abroad with a stop in England arriving in April and will meet at Chawmont, the American army headquarters, next Monday before continuing along the battlefront.

Washington Daniels Leviathan Roosevelt Paris England Chawmont Battlefront

Ten Nurses Awarded French Medal in Epidemics

Ten American army nurses have been awarded the Medaille D'Honneur Des Epidemics by the French government. The ceremony occurred at Red Cross Military Hospital Number 112 in Auteuil with twenty three officers of the American medical corps and seven enlisted men receiving the decoration alongside a noted pathy ering.

Washington Red Cross Auteuil Pathy Ering

Keeping Up With the Joneses in Comic Snippet

In a humorous fragment set in a home, Lizzie the upstairs maid teases about marriage while Nora the housekeeper persistently asks if the speaker is considering matrimony. The scene hints at domestic dynamics and social expectations.

Lizzie Nora

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