Many Fail In Physical Tests For Conscripts Second Call
A city draft examination reports 185 of 300 examined accepted with fears of under filling the 169 quota. Forty men are unexamined, possible that these results avert a second call. Of 88 examined Saturday 51 rejected and 37 accepted. 128 passed earlier, 64 rejected. Reports include personal anecdotes from anxious youths and cautious applicants amid warnings about affidavits and possible perjury.
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Exemption Board
War Department
Synod to Meet in Quincy in October
The Central Illinois synod of the English Lutheran church will meet October 15 to 19 at Luther Memorial church in Quincy. Speakers include Dr P Long of Mansfield Ohio pastor of the largest English Lutheran church, L B Wolfe of Baltimore, and L Yarger of Chicago. The meeting will ratify the unification of the three major English Lutheran branches the general synod general council and the united synod of the south following a recent Chicago meeting.
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Central Illinois Synod
English Lutheran Church
Luther Memorial Church
P. Long
Mansfield
Ohio
L. B. Wolfe
Baltimore
Hr. L. Yarger
Chicago
General Synod
General Council
United Synod of the South
Excellent Opportunity for High Grade Salesmen
Good men earn from $1,800 to $8,000 a year net. Intelligent salesmen need no prior experience. Work year round with home nights most of the time. One of the best and newest lines, sold to stock raisers only. If interested, write at once with age and experience. Territories are filling fast. Gorman Mfg. Quincy, Ill. Stockmen's Supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorman
Quincy
Gambling House Raided by Police in North Fifth Street
Edward Donahue Roy Groves and nine inmates including James Brown known as Jimmy were seized at 1 am during a raid on a gambling house at 122 North Fifth Street. Bonds of 100 dollars each were posted. owners claimed assets to cover fines as they prepared to plead guilty and contest charges later.
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Edward Donahue
Roy Groves
James Brown
Jimmy
North Fifth Street
Donahue
Groves
Brown
C. Jenkins
George Anderson
Charles Anderson
T. E. Spears
Edward Littleton
H. Anderson
R. M. Ginley
F. Andrews
Edward Whitman
Meise
Chief Melton
Melton
Ethel
Reardon
New City Administration
State and County Appeal Tax Case
The state and Adams county appeal to the supreme court a county ruling on inheritance tax for Walter Williamson. The county set tax at 884.75 after Williamson appealed from an original 7799.30 tied to a transfer from his father H A Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Walter Williamson
Adams County
Mr. Williamson
H. A. Williamson
Runaway Girls Caught as Police Nab Wendy Wendling Case
In Quincy a girl named Hazel Wendling of 417 South Fourth Street and another Quincy girl, unnamed, were arrested by Galesburg police after running away from home on Saturday night. Grandfather John Voorhees went to Galesburg to retrieve them. In Highland Park, a streetcar fight between Harry Hallett and Leo Anhart led to arrests and pending arraignment. Probate records show Langdon estate distributions totaling $8,005 receipts, $3,728 paid out, $4,276 balance allocated to St. Mary’s hospital sisters. Nikolai Lenine reportedly escaped Finland amid Petrograd unrest, per Stockholm sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Wendling
South Fourth Street
Quincy
Galesburg
John Voorhees
Wendling
Harry Hallett
Leo Anhart
Highland Park
Akers
Muege
Langdon
Kate Louisa Langdon
L. E. Emmons, Jr
St. Mary's Hospital
Utilities Board Approves New Rate in Springfield
The state public utilities commission approved a new rate schedule for Quincy Gas Electric and Heating Company to take effect August 8. The plan charges 9 cents per kilowatt hour for the first 25 kWh and 6 cents for additional usage in a month. Flat rates are suspended until November 5, 1917, with a hearing likely soon. The commission ruled the proposed supplemental rates are just and reasonable, impacting large power users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Public Utilities Commission
Springfield
Quincy Gas, Electric and Heating Company
H. Q. Channon
Commission
Fearful dynamiters escape after United Cereal Mills plot
Police fear the men who plotted the dynamite attack on United Cereal Mills may have fled. No trace of the would be wreckers is found. Authorities suspect the Holt Tractor plant threats in Peoria are linked and note the plot was exposed Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Cereal Mills
Holt Tractor
Peoria
United Cereal Mills Management
Large Class Takes Civil Service Test
John L. Schrage oversaw a civil service exam for first grade clerical field service. Sixteen men and four women faced questions in Gem City Business College, with papers sent to Washington. Results may take a month or longer, reflecting rising interest in government work spurred by the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Schrage
Gem City Business College
Washington
President of union to decide question on beer at work
The International Molders' union president and the employers association head will decide if Quincy foundry molders may drink beer on the job. Local molders committeemen R. W. Sloan of Scranton representing operators and M. J. Keough of Schenectady representing the union met to settle grievances. Operators oppose drinking during work hours due to liability insurance bans on intoxicants on duty.
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International Molders’ Union
Employers Association
Quincy Foundries
R. W. Sloan
Scranton
M. J. Keough
Schenectady
Surprise Newleyweds Ray Menke Welcome Home Party
Relatives and friends surprised the newly married Mr and Mrs Ray Menke at their home Saturday night with a charivari. The party entered after a general disturbance and the evening included games music and refreshments.
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Ray Menke
Auto Goes Over Big Embankment near South Park
Mrs. George Cadwell and daughter Beulah of Griggsville were among five trapped under an overturned auto that plunged 20 feet into a ditch on Eighth street road south of South Park. Harve De Janes and Mrs. De Janes plus Ruby Circle suffered bruises. all were treated at St Marys Hospital. Rescuers freed the women after De Janes managed to exit the wreck. The car’s top crushed down trapping occupants for 30 minutes. A wagon driver’s refusal to yield was blamed for the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Cadwell
Beulah
Griggsville
Eighth Street
South Park
St. Marys Hospital
Harve de Janes
de Janes
Ruby Circle
W. H. Baker
St. Mary’s Hospital
Baker
Quincy
de Jones
Missouri Soldier in County Bastile
Strong jail bars keep John Hardin, Co. E, 4th Missouri Infantry, from joining duty in Hannibal today. Arrested six weeks ago on egg theft from a box car, he is held to await September grand jury action. Sheriff Coens notified Hannibal authorities who ordered Hardin kept until the jury weighs the case. T. B. Kenady and Ross Hull plan Sunday visit to Hull.
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Adams County
John Hardin
Co. E
4Th Missouri Infantry
Hannibal
Hardin
Tle
John Coens
Building Slow As Summer Heat Hits Town
Aside from the Halbach Schroeder new home and the Doerr building rearrangement for W T Duker store, construction is stalled by hot weather. Dewey school work and a few residences continue, but no building permits have been issued since June 23 at the Number 2 fire station.
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Halbach- Schroeder Company
Doerr
W. T. Duker
Dewey
Number 2
Burlington agent spends weekend at Rockford camp
Frank A. Hart of Quincy, agent for the Burlington road, spent Saturday on business and will return Monday to Rockford to manage the railroad end of construction for the Illinois cantonment. Hart, assigned by the American Railway association, has left Burlington service temporarily. He notes rapid progress and assigns engineers to departments with emphasis on camp sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Hart
Burlington Road
Quincy
Rockford
Illinois
Hart
American Railway Association
Burlington
Will Study in New York Dr Stannus to do postgraduate work
Eye ear nose and throat specialist Dr E F Stannus leaves with Mrs Stannus for New York for two months of postgraduate study. He will return in late September or early October. He will work mornings at the New York Eye and Ear hospital and afternoons at the New York Polyclinic hospital and medical school. He shipped his red Cole Eight roadster for transit between hospitals and weekend trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Stannus
Stannus
New York
Policeman William Lincoln Struck by Auto
William Lincoln traffic officer at Sixth and Maine was knocked down by an auto driven by R F Witt two miles south of Loraine. Lincoln bruised. Witt held on reckless driving with $100 bond. Witt promised to pay medical and uniform costs.
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William Lincoln
Sixth
Maine Streets
R. F. Witt
Loraine
Sixth Street
Baldwin
Witt
Mr. Lincoln
Miller
Lincoln
Lberty
Family trio heads to Bluff Park for weeks
Mrs Geoff H Prante and daughter Beulah of 421 South Fourteenth Street travel with Mrs A Burman of 1409 State Street in the Burman car to Bluff Park where they will stay several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoff H. Prante
Beulah
South Fourteenth Street
A. Burman
State Street
Burman
Bluff Park
Weather forecast for Illinois Missouri and Iowa
The forecast notes showers in Illinois followed by cooler conditions in north and west areas Sunday and cooler in the southeast Sunday night and Monday. Missouri expects thunder showers Sunday with fair, cooler conditions Monday in the northwest and cooler in the south and east. Iowa expects showers in the far east Sunday with generally fair, cooler Monday and rising temperatures in the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Bubonic Plague Cases Reported in Lima Peru
Lima officials announce fifteen bubonic plague cases discovered in the city. The notice cites health authorities confirming infections and monitoring efforts across districts as authorities urge precaution and sanitary measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Rise Fall River Forecast Likely Inconsistent Data
A brief river forecast notes the river will fall steadily until heavy rains arrive. Projected drop is 0.4 or 0.6 foot over the next 24 hours, with uncertainty about rainfall timing and impact.
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Army
Navy
Yen
Lawrence Tenk
Walter J. Feld
Robert Emery Lease
Alfred Hawkinson
John J. Foontas
Lloyd William Fuqua
Harvey Potter
Edward F. Dorkenwald
Evan F. Morris
Dan White
Walter J. Fusenig
Henry J. Bell, Jr
Joseph William Oberdahlhoff
Charles T. Ohnemus
Glenn Slee
Thomas Gaston Morford
John L. Milhauser
Roman Herbert
Charles Louis Kattelmann
James Edwin Durst
Edward E. Hollister, Jr
William Delanjay
August C. Haller
Nolan Emerson McDaniel
Francis Dunker
Henry Frank Druffel
Austin T. Neville
Roy Leever
Carl Hugo Bruenger
Chester King
Robert G. Buxman
Homer Jabe
Ivan J. Franklin
Glenn M. Grubb
Alfred H. Pellmann
Walter C. Stollberg
Joseph A. Timpe
Albert Ray Miller
Carl Sass
Rudolph B. Friedhoff
Lawrence Joseph Givsing
Lawrence F. Klein
Frank Allen Peters
Edward Westenfeld
William Edward Meyer
Simeon Pulis
Pearl S. Rains
Leonard Dunker
Harry F. Maurath
Benjamin Pocras
Charles S. Ryan
Tra Cutforth
Furman G. Brown
Lee C. Hare
Clarence H. Whitaker
Lorenzo Edward Wachenheim
Robert Montieth
Harry E. Kaufman
Janus Thompson
Harry E. Love
Fred J. Poepping
Verne M. Drew
Victor LeRoy Morgan
David R. Thomas
William Hollensteiner
Edwin F. J. Braun
Mearley Miller
Floyd Maloney
Frank J. Waterkotte
John H. Lienhard
Leroy C. Wolf
Harold Preece
James Orin Nichol
Joseph H. Strathoff
Lawrence B. Winking
Harry L. Hurt
Fred Westrow
Roscoe O. Duggan
George Fischer
Rudolph J. Neuser
Fred Feld
William Roberts
Glen Bostick
Harles Crail
Joseph J. Kines
August H. Bornmann
W. Guy Poe
John
F. Baumann
Jess Rubison
George William Stover
de Wayne Carpenter
Clarence A. Hunter
Oliver F. Loving
William M. McDonald
Henry Thompson
Leo B. Schlanger
Abe Martin
Elaine Mopps
Eghe Allug
Stew Nugent Hag
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Fifth
Lenine
Finland
Geneva
Nikolai Lenine
Maximilists
Petrograd
Stockholm
Utilities Board
Police Department
Secret Service
Case
George Cadwell
St. Mary’s
Missouri
Bastile
T. B. Kenady
Ross Hull
Hull
Rockford Camp
Will
Loraine Farmer
Machine
Maine
Morris Adler Company
Vermont
River Fullet
Paul Eenee
Fereest
Davenport Ee
Keokuk
Hannibal Aeose
Louisiana
St. Louis
Dodge Brothers Motor Cars
Vermont St
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