Ambulance unit to stage Red Cross drill at Soldiers Home
Ambulance units from the Chicago division touring the country for Red Cross work will display war rescue procedures at the Soldiers Home tonight at 7. A dress parade at Camp Parker at 6 30 precedes the demonstration with ten men per ambulance and quick transport to emergency hospitals. A streetcar backup will shuttle crowds, and after the drill the team will rest at the Y M C A before visiting local homes for dinner and overnight. The event urges citizens to support the Red Cross to ensure adequate hospital care for wounded soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago University Division
Red Cross
Camp Parker
Andrew
Quincy Railway Company
Chicago
Ambulance Corps
Battle Field
Quincy
Mt. Sterling
W. T. Duker
J. S. Cruttenden
Relief Granted for Kuhlman Family by Firemen Pension Board
Bernard Kuhlman a No 6 fireman died July 25 from injuries after a gasoline tank exploded while he tried to save a burning automobile at Twelfth and Broadway His widow receives 45 monthly and each of five children 8 monthly until age 16 Also pension awards for James OBrien 30 monthly and John Hunsaker 44 45 monthly based on prior service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Kuhlman
Firemen's Pension Board
City Hall
Kuhlman
Twelfth
Broadway
James O'Brien
John Hunsaker
Department
Believe Girl Leaves Home to Pursue Actress Career
Clevia Bell, 16, of Marblehead fled Wednesday evening seeking a movie star life. She rode a train to Quincy and possibly to Los Angeles after purchasing a Kansas City bound ticket. Guardians cannot force her return. she had long loved films but gave no definite plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clevia Bell
Marblehead
Quincy
Los Aneles
Kansas City
Army bakery bread spoiled amid spy scare
Washington Aug 10 The army bakery ran short of ice and yeast spoiled six thousand loaves. The bread tasted queer and troops could not eat it. A German spy story sparked fear among readers at breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Few Recruits Seek to Join Quincy Company
Recruits are scarce at the armory recruiting station run by Captain Zoller for Company E. Quincy risks losing its unit without a rush of volunteers by Saturday. West Point and nearby towns may help, as First Lieutenant Caldwell visited West Point, and 45 would-be members were rejected previously. The city has seen several detachments depart, including Company F, the Machine Gun company, the Fifth Regiment HQ, Company E, and the Naval Reserve, leaving few willing to volunteer.
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Zoller
Company E
Quincy
West Point
Caldwell
National Guard
Fifth Regiment
Naval Reserve
Machine Gunners Practice On Range Near Quincy
The Machine Gun company conducted excellent shooting at Prentiss range nine miles from Quincy on Thursday. Soldiers tested service rifle accuracy at varied positions and ranges under near regular service conditions. They marched from Camp Parker, returned in time for mess. Five companies are now camped here.
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Prentiss Range
Quincy
Camp Parker
Y M C A. Official Plans Army Work Return
J A Hanna formerly a Y M C A secretary and now advance agent for evangelist Rev J Edward Brown will resume Y M C A army work as an army secretary. He resigned recently and informed the war work council of his desire to serve. He hopes to join Camp Grant near Rockford where the Illinois contingent will train. Hanna served as local Y secretary for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hanna
Y.M.C. A
J. Edward Brown
Mr. Brown
War Work Council
Camp Grant
Rockford
Tlinois
Wanna
Quincy's YMCA Camp Called Off for Lack of Site
The annual boys camp of the Y M C A will not be held this year due to inability to secure a suitable site. Secretary Cawthorne and Physical Director Crawmer investigated several locations, but none proved satisfactory. Meanwhile fr Gelston, superintendent of the water works plant, is in Elk City Nebraska attending a family reunion at his parents home with relatives from across the country. In another note a street car incident spoiled Miss Edith M Winter dress when passing the car leaving her soaked and the driver ordered to be more careful. water shutoffs are needed when open street cars roll by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawthorne
Crawmer
Gelston
Elk City
Neb
Sporls
Edith M. Winter
Thompson
City Clerk Issues 400 Dog Licenses in Town
Rudy Kaufman warns owners to display tags or risk arrest as 400 licenses issued yet many dogs remain unlicensed. Three residents Zolle, Burke, and Smith were arrested on charges of harboring unlicensed dogs Thursday. A 12 year old boy, Armond Sprices of 410 Kentucky street, vanished Thursday after family arrived from Kirksville Missouri weeks ago. The father reported the disappearance, noting prior police trouble for the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroer
Rudy Kaufman
B. F P. Tolle
Vermont Street
G. W. Burke
North Eleventh Street
J. Smith
North Seventh Street
Armond Sprices
John Spriggs
Kentucky Street
Kirksville
Aviation Section of Army Needs Men in New York
Aug 10 The Military Training Camps Association of the United States has been asked by the war department to cooperate with the signal corps in recruiting men for the aviation section of the army. About 100000 men will be required and approximately 20000 of these will be officers. Men between nineteen and thirty years will be enlisted and each candidate must have completed a course at a recognized college or technical school or have the equivalent education. Army recruiting officers were notified to recruit 2000 men to join eight supply companies for the quartermaster's corps of the national army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Military Training Camps Association of the
United States
War Department
Signal Corps
Army
Quartermaster's Corps
National Army
Bishop Mathe Dies at 67 in Denver Hospital
The Rt Rev Nicholas Mathe bishop of the Catholic diocese of Denver died in a Denver hospital after an illness lasting over a week. He had suffered a fall several years ago and his health had been poor since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathe
Denver
Colo
Nicholas Mathe
Jaca
Hative
Alsace-Lorraine
Navy trainee Verner Rice praises Great Lakes camp life
Verner Rice a Quincy boy writes to his aunt and uncle about his days at the Great Lakes Training school in August 1917. He describes meals tent life and a strict 21 day detention period while awaiting uniforms and says he hopes for a comfort bag from home. He notes a friendly company commander and a rough initiation for rookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verner Rice
Naval Training Services
Great Lakes
Berblinger
North Fifth Street
United States Navy
Quincy
Great Lakes, Ill
Great Lakes Training School
Peoria
Armstrong
Boston
Floyd Benner
Clark
Verner
City Nearly Free of Disease Signs in Quincy
Health Commissioner C L Martin reports only one infectious case remains in Quincy, with smallpox quarantine signs removed from Frank Wissman’s door. The sole patient is Abraham Hoffman of 903 Jersey Street, ill with typhoid after working on the government steamer Gordie Eastman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
C. L. Martin
Frank Wissman
Washington Street
Abraham Hoffman
Jersey Street
Hoffman
Gordie Eastman
Picnic for Fred Pohlig at South Park
Fred Pohlig was guest of honor at a picnic supper hosted by the Utility club in South Park. About fifty club members enjoyed the event. Pohlig, long employed by the Quincy Gas Electric and Heating company, will leave Saturday August 18 for Denver Colorado to take a position with the Denver Light and Power company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Pohlig
Utility Club
South Park
Pohlig
Quincy Gas, Electric and Heating Company
Denver
Col
Denver Light and Power Company
River Ripples Delay Steamers and Lumber Delivery
A barge of lumber arrived at Quincey from Cottonwood island via J. K. Stroupe. The steamer Dubuque is 16 hours late arriving, while the Keokuk steamer is due from Davenport. The Red Cross expects 85 dollars from the G. W. Hill July 25 excursion to Keokuk organized by Alpha and Grace Whipple chapters of the O. E. S. The outing committee includes Mrs. Anna Tuffle Mrs. William Schwindeler Miss Doris Fischer Miss Edith Winter and S. I. Bragg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
G. W. Hill
Keokuk
Alpha
Grace Whipple
Anna Tuffle
William Schwindeler
Doris Fischer
Edith Winter
S. I. Bragg
Five Hundred Miners Quit in Kentucky Strike
Reports from Lexington Kentucky say five hundred miners walked out in Bell county marking the first move in a southeastern Kentucky coal field strike that is said to affect five hundred men in southeastern Kentucky and nearby northeastern Tennessee. The strike was called for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Kentucky
Bell County
Tennessee
Swedish Mercantile Losses Reported Worldwide
Total Swedish mercantile marine losses in the past three years amount to ninety-nine steam ships and forty-seven sailing vessels. The combined loss equals twelve percent of Sweden's entire tonnage, as reported from Copenhagen dated August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Swedish Mercantile
Sweden
Barry Chautauqua Week Opens With Major Attractions
Quincy residents anticipate a full Barry Chautauqua week starting Aug 14 with Apollo Concert company and Arthur Walwyn Evans lecturing The Lords of the Land Ralph Parlette to speak on Big Business Fisher Shipp company adds musical numbers Mallory Lyceum to present David Garrick and Thrift John A Burns Burns of the Mountains leader will address attendees Henry Bohemian orchestra scheduled Hawaiian program by Royal Hawaiian Singers and Players Fred Ball to lecture in the afternoon Aug 19 features Mrs Rome C Arnold and Illinois State band as big day of the week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome C. Arnold
Illinois State Band
Quincy
Chautauqua
Apollo Concert Company
Lords of the Land
Arthur Walwyn Evans
Ralph Parlette
University of Hard Knocks
Fisher-Shipp Company
Mallory Lyceum Company
David Garrick
Henry Bohemian Orchestra
Royal Hawkian Singers
Fred Ball
Red Cross asks for knitted sets for European soldiers
Major Grayson M. P. Murphy appeals Red Cross chapters to produce 1.5 million knitted sets for soldiers in Europe. Quincy chapter President Musselman received the call. Each set includes sweaters mufflers wristlets and socks. A knitting manual is being printed and will guide chapters on required totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Grayson M. P. Murphy
Red Cross
D. L. Musselman
Quincy
Grayson
Beautiful Kingfisher Boat Docks At Local Port
Visitors at the boat landing Thursday marveled at the Kingfisher described as the most beautiful boat to land here. Owned by E. L. Long of Winona Minnesota the 60 by 12 foot craft with a three foot draft has two six cylinder 300 horsepower Van Vierck engines giving 26 mph. Charles Lockwood oversaw the maiden voyage which started in Milwaukee and traveled through the Great Lakes St. Lawrence and down to Florida after leaving Daytona a few weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingfisher
E. L. Long
Winona
Minn
Charles Lockwood
van Vierck
Milwaukee
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Florida
Daytona
Health Chief Warns to Clear City Alleys
Health Commissioner C. L. Martin orders residents to remove rubbish from alleys after numerous complaints. He warns fines and possible arrest for depositing waste such as cans manure bottles and papers, stressing strict enforcement to improve alley appearance.
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C. L. Martin
Patriot ic Power Boat Regatta in Minneapolis
The American Power Boat Association regatta on the Mississippi in Minneapolis August 23 27 will be a major patriotic spectacle with war time aerial and naval displays. Rear Admiral Fiske and Aero Club figures will participate, featuring a seaplane launched aerial torpedo demonstration. Proceeds benefit the Aerial Coast Patrol while boats race for the Gold Challenge Cup and officials plan river lowering to clear the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
American Power Boat Association
Mississippi River
Northwest
Bradley A. Fiske
U_S_N
Alan
Aerial Coast Patrol
Government High Dam
Veteran Scrapper Seeks Enlistment Despite Age Limit
George Smith 71, Civil War veteran at the soldiers home, left Captain Zoller’s recruiting office sorrowful yet defiant. He saluted and asked to join Company E, asserting fitness and marksmanship, but was told he was too old, with a suggestion to recruit a younger man instead.
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George Smith
Captain Zoller
Company E
Zoller
Liberty Picnic Sets Rainless Record Since 1865
Liberty held its rainless Sunday school picnic day for the 1865 record with only three exceptions. Several hundred Quincy residents arrived by auto for the large county event featuring a chicken dinner by Liberty township ladies. The program included band concerts, an address of welcome by Rev. G. O. Stutsman, and a sequence of songs, glee club numbers, and solos by local performers and the glee club, closing with the Hallelujah Chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Quincy
G. O. Stutsman
Glee Club
Old Virginia
H. S. Anderson
Dixie
O. Eggerson
Gloria In Excelsis
Wallace Haxel
Willarney
Rose Hade
Hark
Club
Lucia
Honolulu
Bell
Rudolph Winkling
Uncle Sam
Eggerson
America
My Boy
Ralph Lusk
Hallelujah Chorus
Donley Will Filed In Probate Court Payson
Rhoda C. Donley of Payson filed in probate court a will leaving all property except clothing and personal effects to her brother John Wesley Hendricks while clothing and personal effects go to sister Mary Ann Fowler. Including local notices of repairs at Mill Creek Bridge and a summer festival by Bartenders League No. 153. F S Miller spending vacation in Adams county after working at St James Hotel and Jacksonville Traction Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donley
Rhoda C. Donley
Payson
John Wesley Hendricks
Mary Ann Fowler
Mill Creek
L. L. Boyer
Payson Road
Chamber of Commerce
F. S. Miller
St. James Hotel
E. B. Morehouse
Jacksonville
Linais Traction Company
Adams County
McConnells Return Home After Kansas Visit
Mr and Mrs Wiley McConnell and son Donald return home after three weeks visiting Downs and other Kansas points. McConnell notes the corn crop in the state is ruined due to a long dry spell and hot winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McConnells
Wiley McConnell
Donald
Downs
Kansas
McConnell
Dance-Decision Reached For Platform Dance At League Ball Park
In Rogers hall Thursday night the Colored Chauffeur and Garage Men's club adopted a plan to hold a platform dance at the League Ball park in the near future. Henry Robertson is president and Edward Miles secretary of the club. A factory accident at Morris Bros shoe factory on Thursday morning left Fred Smith of 920 State street with part of the first finger amputated after blunt crushing in a crimping machine at Blessing hospital. The Quincy Military Training company drilled Thursday evening in the armory with many men present, inviting draftees to join and gain Camp Grant experience before fall deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League Ball Park
Colored Chauffeur and
Rogers’ Hall
Henry Robertson
Edward Miles
Morris Bros
Fred Smith
State Street
Blessing Hospital
Quincy
Hannibal Visit Delays Hannibal Mayor’s Return
Mayor J. A. Thompson spent Thursday in Hannibal on business and will resume regular duties today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
J. A. Thompson
Adams County Farmers Eye Victory Wheat in 1918
Adams County advisers in Illinois urge farmers to grow a victory crop to feed troops in Europe. E W Rusk prescribes early plowing, ground preparations, rock phosphate, and winter top dressings, with seed wheat and fertilizing promoted by the Adams County Farm Improvement association as part of the Quincy District Food League effort to boost national food supplies for the war.
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Sam
Europe
Adams County
Illinois
Prairia
E. W. Rusk
Rusk
Adams County Farm Improvement Association
League
United States
Globe Tent Knights of Maccabees Picnic At Highland Park
The Globe tent No 7 Knights of Maccabees picnic drew about 300 attendees at Highland park on Thursday with a 6:30 picnic supper by lodge women, evening dancing from 8:30 to midnight, and music by the O Farrell orchestra. Best dancers awarded $2.56 in gold to Fred Englehardt and Miss Florence Westman for the waltz and to Joe Heckenkamp and Miss Ethel Requet for the two step. Motion pictures available for non dancers. Committee in charge: Roy Faust A D Heuer G M Gillom C W Gilis J Ro McKee and cl A Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Maccabees
Highland Park
O'Farrell
Fred Englehardt
Florence Westman
Joe Heckenkamp
Ethel Requet
Roy Faust
A. D. Heuer
G. M. Gillom
C. W. Gilis
J. Ro. McKee
Cl. A Davis
Walk-Over Boot Shop Figure Crum On Business Trip East
C R Crum of the Walk Over Boot Shop travels east on a combined business and recreation trip. The trip blends work duties with leisure objectives as Crum engages with partners and visits potential markets.
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C. R. Crum
Weather Outlook for Illinois Missouri and Towns
Illinois and Missouri forecast fair weather Friday and Saturday with rising temperatures. In Illinois Friday remains fair with warmer conditions Saturday. Missouri sees fair Friday and likely Saturday, with warmer air on Saturday and in the northwest Friday. Town area expects fair Friday, slightly warmer in west and central portions, with Saturday likely fair and warmer.
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Illinois
Missouri
Town
Warner
Local Temperature Readings From Yesterday
Readable parts show temperatures for River Stage area with a midnight reading. The text contains garbled OCR but indicates a range and a noted stationarity at the River Stage midnight mark.
River Tullet y Stage of Water Across Stations
River Tullet y stage of water at 7 A M yesterday shown for St Paul Davenport Keokuk Hannibal Louisiana St Louis with heights and changes in feet. The rise fall column notes minor changes. River forecast says from below Warsaw to Louisiana will stay stationary or rise very slowly during the next 36 hours.
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St. Paul
Davenport
Keokuk
Hannibal
Louisiana
Louis
Warsaw
Also Mentioned on This Page
Red Cross Ambulance Service
Wwein
France
Red Cros
the Marne
Field Hospital
American Red Cross
Believe Girl
Abe Martin
Piney Sargent
Army Y. M. C. A
Navy
Quincey
J. K. Stroupe
Cottonwood Island
A. H. Pennoyer
Dubuque
Barry Chautauqua
Ilinois State Band
Furnish Entertainment
Martin
Union S. S
Bartenders’ League
John H. Hilfrink
Lem G. Hunsaker
Fred J. Becker
George Miller
George Jansen
John J. Kearney
George Bisser
Globe
Highland
Aan
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