Rush Seventy Recruits Needed To Save City Regiment
Half the men in Company E are to be discharged as unfit or too young. Quincy must recruit 70 men within a week to preserve the city’s place on the state roll. Captain Zoller and Lieutenant Caldwell will lead a statewide drive, seeking men over 21 and at least 135 pounds. The move supports Governor Lowden’s plan to strengthen the Fourth brigade for Illinois’ wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Zoller
Caldwell
Yeager
Springfield
Camp Lowden
Lowden
Ilinois Brigade
South
Fourth Brigade
Illinois
General Assembly
Senate
State Council of Defense
France
Oklahoma
Regular Army
National Guards
Picnic on Campus for Christ Church Children
The fifth annual campus picnic at Christ Congregational Church on Eleventh and State streets features daytime events for children, including two concerts by the Blue Tails Concert band, races, doll parade, peanut race, and a story telling contest. A chicken dinner is served 5:30 to 7:30, with pastor B R Bauman in charge and many church members assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Congregational Church
Eleventh Ad
State Streets
Blue Tails
Mpus
B. R. Bauman
Bnd
Cornerstone Unearths Rare Relics From Doerr Building
Workmen uncover a copper box inside the Doerr building cornerstone during demolition for a new Duker store. The 1867 box, placed by the Independent Degree of Odd Fellows, contained small currency, papers, and photos. Also found were preserved local newspapers including the Quincy Whig-Repub, Herald, and Quincy Tribune, plus business cards and photo envelopes from Quincy firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doerr
Duker
Odd Fellows
Quincy Whig-Repuban
The
Whig
Herald
Quincy Tribune
Quincy
Envel Fs
Park pool water proven pure despite rumors
Highland Park management refuted rumors of impure pool water on Tuesday. Regular water analyses twice weekly show the pool remains in a high state of purity. Fresh water runs continuously, completing a full water change twice weekly, with many clubs and expert women swimmers using the facility. Showers and hair dryers add to comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park
Guards Guard United Cereal Mills After Threats
Four special policemen Frank Love L H Emerick W Lawson and Charles Nichols were appointed at Monday night’s council meeting and are now guarding United Cereal Mills against dynamiters. They relieve Policemen Bucholz and Basset who had guarded the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Love
L. H. Emerick
W. Lawson
Charles Nichols
United Cereal Mills
Bucholz and Basset
Picnic in South Park Entertained Out of Town Friends
Miss Ida Pocras and Miss Fannie Rigler hosted a picnic in South Park on Tuesday afternoon for Miss Lillian Goldburg of St. Louis. Guests included Miss Anna Kaplain and Miss Anna Oshman of Cedar Rapids visiting Miss Lottie Kessel, Miss Rose Needleman of Chicago visiting Miss Zelda Schwartz, and Miss Rose Schwartz of Keokuk visiting. Afterward the group attended a movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida. Pocras
Fannie Rigler
South Park
Lillian Goldburg
St. Louis
Anna Kaplain
Anna Oshman
Cedar Rapids
Lottie Kessel
North Sixth Street
Rose Needleman
Chicago
Rose Schwartz
Keokuk
Zelda Schwartz
Local Moose Lodge Accepts Two Members
Gem City lodge No. 986 Loyal Order of Moose welcomed two new members at Tuesday evening’s meeting in Moose hall. The open charter campaign is progressing well and a large class is expected Tuesday night August 14. The Tim Holt benefit dance committee in Highland Park reports plans are progressing for August 23 event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem City Lodge No. 986
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
Tim Holt
Highland Park
More Gamblers Caught in Net in Raid on Syndicate
Police raid on a North Fifth Street gambling ring led to the arrest of Fred Edwards and Robert Bowles, with Isaac “Iike” Adams sought as head of the syndicate. A roulette wheel, chips, tables, and charts were seized. Adams to be arraigned after release of co-defendants on $500 bonds. Authorities plan to prosecute Ot ot Urban for permitting the gambling den and action against other property owners tied to illicit activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac
Iike” Adams
North Fifth Street
Fred Edwards
Robert Bowles
Melton
Meise
Piercy
Donahue Groves
Krinz Saloon
Tony Krintz
Otot Urban
Urban
Edwards and
Bowles
Adams
Demonstrate First at Work at Camp Parker
Red Cross field ambulances from University of Chicago Northwestern University and Knox College will arrive in Quincy at 6:30 pm Friday for a first aid demonstration to support the Liberty Drive for 1,000,000 Illinois members. The base hospital at Chicago guides the effort with the public invited to observe. A committee led by W A Jackson D D Franklin John Carroll and others will host the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
University of Chicago
Northwestern University
Knox College
Quincy
Illinois
Camp Parker
France
W. A. Jackson
D. D. Franklin
John Carroll E. K. Stone
J. J. Freiburg
C. F. Eichenauer
Sister Tabitha Transfer At St Marys Hospital
After eight years of faithful service as Mother Superior at St Marys hospital in Quincy Sister Tabitha has been transferred to the mother house in the east. Sister Phillipina of Brooklyn arrives to take charge ensuring uninterrupted care as the hospital is expected to grow in size and efficiency and maintain its large role in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabitha
St. Mary’s Hospital
East
Phillipina
Brooklyn
Quincy
Boyer Pushes Work on Damaged Bridges
County highway superintendent L. L. Boyer orders repairs on washed out bridges and start of new ones. Construction begins today on the Brock bridge on Broadway road to Liberty between Liberty and McKee townships. Work also starts on the Stepher bridge on the county line between Adams and Pike counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Boyer
Brock
Broadway Road
Liberty
McKee
Stepher
Adams
Pike
New street car loops nearing completion
New loops are nearly ready for service with the Tenth and Sycamore loop in use but awaiting full wire installation. The Ninth and Locust loop should be usable in two weeks, and work will soon begin on the Twenty Fourth and Broadway loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth
Sycamore Streets
Ninth and Locust
Twenty-fourth
Broadway
Talkative Deserter Time To Think A Bit
Lee Roberts, recently released from Fort Leavenworth, caused a scene in a Fifth Street barber shop by drinking and ranting about the war. He threatened to desert or betray if drafted, was jailed by Sheriff Coens, and faces possible parole violations and federal examination. Roberts’s past includes a May desertion arrest and plans to run a Mendon barber shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Roberts
Sheriff Coens
Barber
United States
Fifth Street
Roberts
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Coens
Leavenworth
Kansas
P. Martindale
Quincy
Mendon
Whig
Quincys Pulse Injured Boy Improves
Edward Hagerbaumer, 14, suffered a skull fracture after being struck with a quull at the R A R club grounds Sunday. He regained consciousness Tuesday and began nourishment though his condition remains serious. William Grieser, previously critical, shows improvement and has managed three Grieser farms with most time on the Long Island site. Miss Hipp Falls injured by tripping over a wire near Tenth and Kentucky Street, cutting her forehead and spraining her wrist with several bruises. the wire along Kentucky curb protects the grass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hagerbaumer
William Grieser
St. Mary's Hospital
Grieser
Long Island
Hipp
Lillie Hipp
Eleventh
State Streets
Tenth
Kentucky Street
Varner Awarded Contract For Crown of Varner Hill
Bud Varner given the contract to cut five feet from the crown of Varner hill in McKee township and build a better grade. Pay set at eight dollars daily for a man and team plus one dollar fifty for the driver, with one more man earning one dollar fifty, totaling about four hundred fifty dollars per day. total project cost not to exceed three hundred dollars. Dr Robert If Jacobs named first lieutenant in the US Army medical corps, to report when ordered. he will stay at Soldiers' Home hospital as medical staff until duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Varner
Varner Hill
McKee Township
Robert If. Jacobs
Medical Corps
United States Army
Soldiers’ Home
Urban building to host modern pool hall by Bocnas
Tony Bocnas announces plans to open a pool hall in the Urban building at Sixth and Hampshire. He says the venue will be the citys most modern and up to date. Interior stairs to the second floor will be removed once the stairway is completed on the west side. Ed Heckle, 40614 State Street, departs today for Peoria to join Central Illinois Light and Power Co. as superintendent. former Quincy Light, Heat and Power employee. Mrs Heckle will visit her parents in Camp Point for several weeks before joining him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Bocnas
Sixth and
Hampshire
Ed Heckle
Peoria
State Street
Central Illinois Light and Power Company
Robert Flannigan
City Electrical
Heckle
Quincy Light, Heat and Power Company
Maccabees Picnic at Highland Park with Dance
Globe tent of the Maccabees holds a basket picnic at Highland park on Thursday afternoon and evening. Dancing tops the program with prizes for the best waltz and two step. committee includes Ray Foust A D Heuer G M Ullman C W Giddis J R McKee and HY Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maccabees
Globe Tent of the Maccabees
Highland Park
Ray Foust
A. D. Heuer
G. M. Ullman
C. W. Giddis
J. R. McKee
HY. A. Davis
Sham Battle at Country Club Tests Infantry Drill
Sham Battle pitting Sham Battle Company F and the machine gunners against blues including Companies B and D was held at the Country club Monday afternoon. It marked the first chance for members of the 12nd infantry to display their mettle after months of stiff drill. At a Labor League meeting in the Labor temple Tuesday evening only routine business was transacted, with a large attendance and a sunshine party featuring ice cream and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Blues
Country Club
12Nd Infantry
Woman's Union Labor League
Labor Temple
July Postal Receipts Register Totaling 14552.64
Post Office receipts for July totaled 14,552.64 dollars for all mail classes. No record was kept of the number of packages handled.
Postal Office Officials Depart On Two Week Vacations
On Vacations Otho Arnold of the money order department leaves Tuesday for a two week vacation. John White superintendent of the stamp department leaves Tuesday with Mrs White to visit relatives in Paloma. They will be gone two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otho Arnold
Money Order Department
Post Office
John White
Stamp Department
Whig Story Finds Man's Relatives in Dysart
A dying man in Dysart Iowa asks that a local man named Veach be told of his death. Police seek a man described as living somewhere in Quincy to return to Dysart where the decedent’s cousin, the last of the family, has died. The missing man stands to inherit the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Iowa
Mr. Veach
Quincy
Cousin of Dead Man Veach Found in Idaho
The Whig reports the dead man Mr Veach may have named a cousin in Quin cy who works in a railroad ticket office. The cousin, now in Idaho, is believed to be the sole heir. Mrs H F Carmeny of Peoria identified the link after reading the story and notified other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mr. Veach
John Anderton
Idaho
Veach
Anderson
H. F. Carmeny
North Eighth Street
Carmeny
Samuel Maul
Peoria
Dysart
Iowa
Iron nuts in wheat damage separator at Butterworth farm
Sheriff Coens investigates an attempt to damage a threshing machine on Mrs. A. M. Butterworth’s farm at Thirty sixth and Locust streets. Iron nuts found in the wheat shaker teeth caused damage and delayed work as the machine threshing continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Coens
A. M. Butterworth
Thirty-sixth
Locust Streets
Herbert Strothoff
Coens
Quincy Rotarians Talk of Vacations
Quincy Rotary luncheon attendees shared vacation experiences from members recently returning. John Korn of H Korn Baking introduced All O the Wheat bread during the meeting. Visitors included Walter D Franklin Dan G Hedges H C Lee and Charles Rankin. The club will hold the next luncheon at the new Southpark shelter house in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Newcomb Hotel
John Korn
H. Korn Baking Company
Rotary
Walter D. Franklin
Dan G. Hedges
H. C. Lee
St. Louis
Charles Rankin
Fall Creek
Lesson in Poise Under Grief Guides Red Cross Class
The surgical dressing exam for the class led by Mrs. Doran will take place Thursday afternoon with questions drawn from Washington. A clipping from a Peoria paper outlines her poised handling of personal tragedy as she taught, continuing lessons after learning of her mother's death in Muncie Indiana. The class, praised by Quincy students, will resume Monday after a brief suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peoria
Red Cross
Doran
Muncie
Ind
East
Y. W. C. A. Notes Board Cancelled August Meeting
The Y. W. C. A. notes there will be no board meeting in August due to members leaving the city for summer vacations. The Hemel club will not host the Highland Park swimming party Thursday morning as planned. In their Tuesday meeting they cut fracture pillows for the Red Cross and enjoyed a pleasant social afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemel Club
Highland Park
The
Red Cross
Case Dismissed in Clara Long Docket
The case against Clara Long in Judge Bleckle's court was dismissed Tuesday morning. Mrs. Thomas Baldwin had charged Long with taking property from her home.
Dartmouth star heads for France with top exam score
Frank Llewellyn Dartmouth half back and Ellington Electric company member sails for active service in France after ranking first in Champaign field duty exams with a 97 average. He is among the ten chosen by the war department, joining others including a son of Judge Landis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Llewellyn
Dartmouth
Quincy
France
Llewellyn
Champaign
War Department
St Josephs Picnic Draws Large Crowds In Quincy
More than 500 people attended the St. Josephs picnic on Columbus road Tuesday despite fears of rain. Automobiles from across the county filled the church grounds with buggies and cars. A chicken supper funded by booth proceeds supported the church while contests and games like fish pond, bowling, grab bag, and Noahs ark entertained all afternoon. Rev Father Reinfels led the effort with strong congregation support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
St. Joseph's
Columbus Road
Father Reinfels
Governor names new state boards named by governor
Springfield Aug 8 Gov Lowden announces appointments to the department of education and registration. Board of natural resources and conservation includes Treasle Chamberlain Alvord Noye Coulter Babcock serving to represent the university president. Board of state museum advisers includes Millspaugh Lowen Ward Payne Carter from various Chicago institutions. Normal school board members named for terms expiring 1923 1921 1919 with named towns and no pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Lowden
Department of Education and Registration
Board of Natural Resources and Conservation
Will Treasle
University of Illinois
Thomas C. Chamberlain
University of Chicago
John W. Alvord
Chicago
William A. Noye
John M. Coulter
Kendrick C. Babcock
University of Ilinois
Board of State Museum
C. F. Millspaugh
Field Museum
Charles Lowen
Henry B. Ward
Edward Payne
N. P. Carter
Art Institute
Normal Board
Normal School Board
James Stanley Brown
Joliet
LeRoy A. Goddard
William B. Owen
Beer Bottlers Plan Fish Fry and Convention Delegate
A fish fry is set for Saturday September 8 hosted by Beer Bottlers Union No 289 following a Labor temple meeting. The union will elect a delegate next month to attend the National Beer Bottlers convention in Houston Texas starting December 3 for a two week session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beer Bottlers’ Union No. 289
Union
In Labor Temple
Beer Bottlers’ Convention
Houston
Texas
Boat Club Festival Draws Large Turnout in Highland Park
The South Side Boat Club festival at Highland Park drew a big crowd on Tuesday night. Dancing ran from 8:30 to midnight with the O’Farrell orchestra providing music and attendees enjoying a lively midsummer event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Boat Club
Highland Park
O'Farrell
Wrestler Unfit for Army Service in Des Moines
Earl Caddick, wrestling champion, was found unfit for military service by the examining boat in Des Moines. He must report in two months for another examination due to infected glands from diseased tonsils and bad teeth. Caddick recently married. He claimed no exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines. In
Earl Caddick
Caddick
Exemption Board Issues Draft Exemption Badges
Men exempted from the draft receive circular bronze badges for lapels. The board urges all eligible men to appear for badges at once. Industrial exemption claims are limited and handled by district boards with government representation. The local board processes affidavits and about 50 daily calls seek extra evidence. A new call will follow to meet the city quota of 169 based on prior drafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. A
the Republic
Jackson R. Pearce
Exemption Board
Bitter quarrel ends in stabbing at factory
W. F Pryor stabbed C A Brown in the leg during a quarrel at the American Strawboard factory on Tuesday afternoon where both men worked. Brown was taken to St Marys hospital for emergency treatment while Pryor was jailed on a peace disturbance charge. Pryor was later released on bond and his condition improved, likely to face court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pryor
C. A. Brown
North Ninth Street
Brown
St. Mary’s Hospital
Weather Outlook for Illinois Missouri and Town
Generally fair Wednesday followed by showers Wednesday night or Thursday. Cooler Thursday in north and central Illinois and Missouri. town shows similar pattern with cooler Thursday. Partly cloudy Wednesday in Missouri with showers later. cooler Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Town
Rise Paul River Forecast Near Warsaw Louisiana
The river below Warsaw Louisiana is expected to rise slowly over the next 36 hours. Weather and river observers anticipate gradual increases with no immediate flood threat mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Warsaw
Louisiana
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Lieut. Caldwell
Christ Church
Muusic
OERR
Abe Martin
Knights of Columbus
Order
Gem City Harmony Four
Guard United Cereal Mills
Moose Lodge
Adams Gambling Syndicate
North Fifth
Chicago U
Mother Superior
Boyer
Y. W. C.A. Notes
Frank Lewellyn
ST. Josephs
District Board
Farioug
Chan
St. Paul
Hannibal
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