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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
3
A BBC AP report from England details British instructors training American troops in gas mask fitting and rapid adjustment. Troops practice in circles, gas trenches, and open plains with experiments on defensive response, calisthenics, and infantry drills from 4:36 a.m. onward.
George McGuire, Prep, advertises a large cool newly furnished room at a modern hotel near the depot. The rate is said to be comparable to the fare for a trip uptown and back, and guests are promised a shower bath on site.
From the encampment, rail workers from across America assemble in routes and construction divisions. They prepare to build and run roads in France and to fight if required. Chicago line crews join a rainy four day arrival, earning praise from British officers for health vigor and intelligence. Americans and their Canadian allies mingle freely during leisure.
Heads of major labor groups draft a letter to President Wilson accusing some Justice Department officials of improper authority. They urge that Justice officials consult the Labor Department before actions in labor disputes or strikes. The move follows interventions at the L. Welffe plant and Silvis railroad shops.
Washington date August 10 President Mrs Wilson and a distinguished company of ambassadors and government officials attended a performance of Adolf Bolm s Ballet-Intime. The show toured to benefit a fund for American ambulances in Russia.
In El Paso on August 10 the Rio Grande patrols faced nightly sniper fire from across the border. American troops were ordered to return fire and shoot to kill to deter further attacks.
Officials of the Cleveland public library are examining twenty five thousand German volumes to remove German propaganda material from shelves.
Pittsfield Aug 10 State's Attorney Edwin Johnston will handle all appeals from the exemption board decision and ensure proper filing with the district exemption board in Springfield. Other items note a Barry colt show judge Harrison Meserve, travel updates, vacation trips, and church and charity activities in the area.
Miss Edna Guthrie from Vermont visits friends in Camp Point. Several residents and relatives travel between Chicago Augusta Quincy and Des Moines for visits. Names include Mrs Henry Grose Pauline David, Joseph Little, Roy Adams, William Jones, Lucy Palmer, Bernice Sutton, Edith Schrang, George Downing, Foster Grove, Paul Curry, Guy Nations, Claude Cannon, Gladys Reynolds, Lloyd Terry, J H Rice, Frank Bowles, T J Kline, Ellen Folckner, Margaret Kay, Kickhofel, Jerome Hostetter, Wesley Cannon, and others as they spend time with family and friends in the area.
A Women’s Committee on National Defense outlines fall vegetable planting and storage tips with emphasis on lettuce onions radishes spinach turnips beans and beets. Guidance includes sowing dates seed varieties from University of Illinois and methods for storing root crops and framing for winter use.
Brig. Gen. Maurice, director general of military operations, describes British air dominance in the Flanberg battle of July 3. He notes over 100 engagements, our planes flying near ground level to sweep enemy air fighters, six enemy planes downed and three ours, 11 machine gun attacks on German airfields, and a staff car chase five miles resulting in two officers killed.
An Arctic chase ends in Edmonton as mounted police bring in two Eskimos Sinnisiak and Wlusuk suspected in the 1913 Bloody Falls killings of Fathers Rouvier and Leroux. Inspector J D Lanouse led the two year journey covering ice filled rivers and snow laced plains.
The Misses Alma and Alveria Wies man of St. Louis arrived Thursday night for a visit with their aunt Mrs. Fred Becker and family at 1524 State Street. Other notes include Herbert Hendricks traveling to Des Moines for the Iowa Equitable Life Insurance national convention and local business and social updates across Quincy.
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