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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1917

Page

3

Five German ministers resign in Berlin shakeup

A royal order announces five state ministers resign including Foreign Secretary Zimmermann and Finance Minister Lentze. Interior Minister Von Loebell also steps down. Dr. Richard Von Kuehlmann named secretary for foreign affairs. Helfferich stays on as representative of the chancellor and interim interior minister.

Berlin London Zimmermann Lentze von Loebell Richard von Kuehlmann Turkey Bessler von Trott Zu Solz von Schorlemer Herr von Loebell Imperial Post Office Kraetcke Imperial Lisco Ernest Zimmermann Food Regulation Board Adolph von Batocki Richter Imperial Home Office Helfferich Karl Helfferich Ministry of State Landrat von Graevinitz Arnold Wahnschaffe Ministry of Economics Ministry of the Interior Herr Waldraff Cologne Interior Herr Schwander Straesburg Reichstag Drews Schmidt Fesen- Hartruth Hertz

Soldiers and Sailors Home News and Visits

Reports from the Soldiers and Sailors Home detail visits and travels among residents and staff. Sergeant Campbell boasts the largest man, Miss Mary Sturtevant visits cottage 9, and many others return from furloughs or trips to Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas, with plans to move, reunions, or hospital furloughs noted.

Sergeant Campbell Mary I. Sturtevint Sturtevant Glen Green Chillicoithe Hoopeston

Government urges aid for Paris bound volunteers

Government officials appeal to wealthy and independent young men to cover the $300 transportation cost for enlistment in the American Field Service bound for France. The drive emphasizes that service members must pay their own way to Paris, and urges that youths of small means not be kept home by lack of funds.

France Paris

Card of Thanks for Judge C F Perry

The family of Judge C F Perry thanks friends for sympathy after bereavement. Their kindness brought solace that will be cherished. MRS. REBECCA L. PERRY, RALPH G. PERMRS, GRACE M. A WEBSTER.

C. FP. Perry Rebecca L. Perry Ralph G Grace M. A Webster

County Pupils Earn Diplomas at Camp Point

County graduation day plans announced by County Superintendent John Steiner for Camp Point with 205 eighth graders to receive diplomas and 248 seventh graders to receive certificates. The event features a parade, a baseball game, and musical programs in Bailey Park for up to 5,000 attendees. The Lindley scholarship will grant four years of tuition for a winner in any Illinois normal school.

Camp Point Adams County John Steiner Bailey Park Lindley Robert H. M. Malcomson Industry Township High School Charles J. Schofield Carthage Maplewood High School Dickson Orchestra Columbia L. L. Boyer Ill John H. Steiner

Steel Bridges Readied for County Streams

Steel for fourteen new bridges needed after the flood has arrived in Quincy. L L Boyer county highway superintendent says construction will begin on most bridges this week. He also reports work on Warner hill in McKee township where five feet off the crown will improve the grade.

L. L. Boyer Quincy Mr. Boyer Warner Hill McKee Township

Song Birds Shine at Golf Tourney Visit

Galesburg Register highlights two vocalists from Quincy visitors William Pfeiffer Willis Dick and Fred Scudder who entertained Saturday evening with Were Going Over penned by Pfeiffer’s brother. Quincy group of 10 presence and the final four ball event ended with E F Brooks Joe VandenBoom of Quincy beating two Quincy opponents by two strokes.

Galesburg Register Quincy William Pfeiffer Willis Dick Fred Scudder Pfeiffer Quincy Boys Galesburgers E. F. Brooks Galesburg Joe VandenBoom Dr. Whipple Vanden Boom Bert Brooks George Craig

Osgood Wins July Prize for Industrial Securities

E P Osgood, key rep for Industrial Securities, was notified Monday as the $150 July prize winner for selling the most company stock. This marks his third straight month with top honors.

E. P. Osgood Focal Industrial Securities Company Mr. Osgood

Lightning Hits Pike County Barn Near Pittsfield

A hay barn on Mrs J Helm and sons farm west of Pittsfield burned with its hay crop after a lightning strike Friday. The loss was total with partial insurance. Other items note marriage license issued for Jesse Gleckler and Opal Allen, local and visiting clergy, a car accident involving Dr L S Lacy, and community notices from the Pike County area.

Pittsfield Jesse A. Gleckler New Salem Opal E. Allen Baylis Charles P. Cummings King Milling Company St. Louis Henry Schutz Springfield Court House Park L. S. Lacy Guy Hubbard Little Son Elizabeth Hubbard Hubbard State Insurance Department

Soldier 75 Wins Aged Bride In Civil War Vet Wedding

William H. Dulaney aged 75, Civil War veteran, married Mrs. Eliza Holder 66, at Quin cy. Ceremony by Judge Heckle. Dulaney lives in the Soldiers' home and this week won a petition to manage his affairs with a guardian removed.

William H. Dulaney Eliza Holder Quincy Heckle Dulaney McCarl

Skull fractured after pitched horseshoe injures boy

Edward Hagerbaumer aged 14 was struck by a pitched horseshoe at the R. A. R. club house Sunday and dangerously injured. He was treated by Dr. D. A. J. Blickhan and taken to his home at 2010 Chestnut after a skull fracture. His condition Monday was listed as serious and results of his injuries awaited.

Edward Hagerbaumer Chestnut D. A. J. Blickhan

Enright's All O' the Wheat Bread advertised widely

A long list of social notices and local happenings promotes Enright's All O' the Wheat Bread baked by Kern's. Mentions of health benefits, daily use, and availability at grocers run alongside church gatherings, visits, travel, and community events across Quicy and surrounding towns.

Enright H. Kom Baking Co Presbyterian C. E. Society Arthur Supke Twentyseventh Locust Streets Willard Germain Shiprock N. M Quicy East End Kern’s Hazel Huechteman Mildred Ramona Luckenbill Jane Fox Edith Tieman Margaret Wisman Bluff Park Korn Hugo Schuessler Oakville Til Schuessler Addieville Rudolph Meyer Prof. Schuessler Trotter Maine al G. Winter Billings Mont

Hull grocer badly injured after train accident

George Loy a Hull grocer was tripped by the tongue of an express truck on the Hull donut platform Sunday morning and fell under Wabash train No 4 as it pulled away. He suffered a broken left leg four broken ribs multiple contusions and severe bruising. He was placed on another Wabash train to Hannibal then to Levering hospital where Dr J C Chilton attends him. Loy, well known in Hull, has operated a grocery there for years and his wife has been at his bedside since arrival.

James Scott Mrs. Gray Cottage 20 Mra. Howsett Lease Hiawatha Kan Gay Fr. Sil Okla A. Dowell Macomb James Bowie Eva Jay Bushnell Jane Clem U. S. Kansas Irene Ryan Hampshire Street Keokuk C. W. Olinger William Goebel Lind Street Burlington Hermesmeyer Broady Lohmeier Hannibal Joe Urban A T. Greening Perry Wirtle Freeman Webb City George Thompson State Street J. Jansen Broadway Jewel Tea Company Mt. Sterling W. H. Jackson Somers New Orleans George Loy Hull Wabash Lay Levering Hospital J. C. Chiltur The Wabisa Loy

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