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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
2
Officials of the Quincy Street Railway admit ordering the power cut that cut lights at Baldwin Park during Emancipation Day events. Wires were reconnected last night, drawing new criticism as councilors face a choice between supporting the streetcar company or backing jitneys and public access.
San Francisco reports an ambitious Beethoven festival opening tomorrow night at the Civic auditorium. A 100 piece symphony orchestra conducted by Alfred Hertz will perform with soloists Mme Schumann Heink Marcella Craft Paul Althouse and Otto Goritz in a program spanning Friday through Sunday.
An advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills in glass bottles containing 36 sugar coated pills for 25 cents. It claims one pill with water before bed relieves constipation by morning and urges readers to buy at all druggists.
Local notices announce T P A excursions to Hannibal with departure 2:30 pm and return 10:30 pm. Meetings include Rev Oliver Reed speaking to Y M C A at 2:30 pm next Sunday and Mission Day plans for Salem Evangelical church. Various personal updates and local events follow. A man and a church group share travel, social, and committee details across Quincy.
Quincy council of the Knights of Columbus reports 70 new members admitted on July 4 and plans a Columbus Day class on Oct 12 with an expected 100 enrollments. A campaign meeting at the K of C hall Eighth and Maine discussed plans and may hire a top member to guide the new entrants through the order.
County Judge McCarl’s decision ends county court dispute over the northeast city sewer project. The Board of Local Improvements will now advertise for bids and award the contract. Several residents saw lower assessments after the roll was amended, including Jochem, Sharpe, Tensine, Schlettert, Oehlman, Vasen, the St Aloysius Orphans Society, Bernbrock, Rossweg, and others.
The Oliver Players delivered a heavy scoring matinee in a lead role take on Why Girls Leave Home at the Orpheum. The company earned praise for its strong cast and lively presentation as it plans a matinee of My Wife's Family on Saturday before farewell week ending Sunday, Aug. 15.
The home of Clic eligueane de ceased Ray Pfanschmidt was sold to Sabina Schnell for 83500. The deed filed in the County Recorder’s office names executors H C Sprick and John Rump as survivors. The house on South Twelfth Street between State and Ohio will be occupied by Schnell and her two daughters.
In Bluff Park Ja the estate of P B Hynes through executor Thomas A Sherer sues Hynes Buggy Company and Mr Mrs V G Musselman and two children for 5000 in wages and services owed to the estate. The action filed yesterday in the office of the clerk, Erde Beatty, by attorney W P Martindale. The suit claims the money is overdue for the estate’s services and wages.
Wheat threshing starts in the north end of the county with farmers hopeful for good crops. Sprouts in shocks are limited to the outer parts due to rain, and the Ursa area saw lighter rain so work can begin sooner than in heavier elsewhere.
George Heintz and Theodore Helhake of this city, noted shoe dealers, returned from a Springfield session organized to unite state shoe dealers. About 50 attended the first meeting, officers elected, and a permanent body formed to counter fad-prone pricing. Aimed to protect dealers from style pressures. semi annual meetings planned. next gathering on the second Tuesday in January in a city to be chosen. Helhake named to a committee.
New York observes the 25th anniversary of electrocution as a legal method of execution. William Kemmler, first to die by the chair, was executed on August 6, 1890 at Auburn prison after legal challenges to the method. The 1889 New York law replaced hanging, later upheld by courts, with several states adopting the method.
The advance guard of delegates will reach Los Angeles tomorrow for the annual convention of the International Typographical Union. About 2,500 visitors are expected from across the country for the sessions beginning Monday, with welcomes responses and international officer reports on opening day.
Community notices report Beverly camp Modern Woodmen of America planning a August 7 picnic in Beverly with a prepared program. Quincy milliners from the region begin arriving ahead of the season while others await shipment to wholesale stores.
Lena Stuhthut transfers lot 3 block 74 Woods to Elizabeth J. Wenning for $10. Simon Diekmann transfers lot 16 Keyes add Quincy to Ed P. Osgood. Ella Potter Clara Fay to W G Roe part of lot 4 block 39 Woods Quincy for $1 250. Joe Hoffman transfers lot 4 block 27 Alstyne’s Quincy to Theodore Grosmeyer for $50. Peter Williams transfers south 14 of section 15 township 2 south Owning for $9 000.
Washington reports Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, veteran of the Vera Cruz operation, will be placed on the retired list tomorrow for age. His vacancy is filled by Captain H. O. Dunn, late commander of the battleship Wyoming, moving up to rear admiral.
The Gem City Moose lodge in Quincy pursues a local home with support from the supreme lodge. With 400 members now, organizers aim for 1,000 to secure aid and build a modern, convenient lodge home in the city. Local business and civic groups back the plan as other Quincy institutions enjoy established homes.
A class of new members is expected to join soon as the fall and winter campaign continues. The effort aims to position the lodge to authorize construction of a new home next spring and summer.
Miss Mae Wellman returns from a two week vacation in St Louis. Miss Alice McGuire departs for Chicago for her annual vacation from the Hotel Quincy. Grover Cleveland also plans an annual Chicago trip. Mr Irwin of Irwin Overland contacted by Metz company rep in the city. Rev Paul Langhurst and his wife welcome a baby boy at Blessing hospital. Workers install a three ton Victor safe at the Holinois State Bank building after crowds gathered on Hampshire Street. Clara and Agnes Neumann resume duties in the Leiser store after brief vacations in Moberly with social events honored.
Berlin papers report Major General Von Buelow, brother of the Nieman army commander, buried in Berlin on Tuesday after being mortally wounded in recent fighting. The dispatch notes the burial took place as Allied and German fronts shift with mounting casualties.
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