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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
5
Weather report for Illinois Missouri and Iowa
Partly cloudy in Illinois with a light chance of Friday night showers or Saturday showers. Temperatures expected to remain steady. Missouri Iowa showery Friday and likely Saturday with little temperature change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Missouri
Iowa
Rise Fall River Forecast From Warsaw to Louisiana
River level from Warsaw to Louisiana is expected to fall steadily with gradual drops along the stretch. Forecasters warn of continued declining flow as rainfall remains limited and upstream inflows stay light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Louisiana
Concrete Figures Show War Cost In Big English Gold Shipment
England ships fifty two million dollars worth of gold and first class securities to New York as the war’s cost unfolds in numbers. The seventy five ton shipment marks the largest bullion crossing the Atlantic and amounts to about a million dollars per week of conflict to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New York
Atlantic
Canada
France
Germany
Bohemian Group Letters Support Waves of War Readiness
A letter from the van Indiana Bohemian organization to President Wilson proclaims members as true unhyphenated Americans ready to defend the land of their adoption. The missive backs the president’s policy on belligerent nations and freedom of the seas, concluding with a pledge of solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Indiana Bohemian Organization
Willson
Europe
Bohemian group calls for unhyphenated Americanism and removal of rivals
The article discusses a Bohemian organization urging removal of a boisterous politician obstructing wartime preparedness. It argues against hyphenated identity while noting patriotism, and notes the activist group also seeks action against the noisy politician. The piece contrasts orthodoxy and tradition with national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Handwriting on the wall favors Lowden for governor
Editor Fred Sterling of the Rockford Register Gazettemore rates Col Frank O Lowden as the likely Republican nominee in 1916 after collecting Cook county petitions with 219 186 signatures. He notes mass support downstate from Cairo to Galena and compares Lowden’s Cook county pledges to past statewide Republican votes, predicting an overwhelming primary victory if Lowden runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sterling
Rockford Register-Gazette
Frank O. Lowden
Sterling
Col
Lowden
Cook County
Cook
Sherman House
Frank O O. Lowden
Ogle
Chicago
Lowdon
Charles S. Deneen
Len Small
Deneen
Small
Col. Lowden
Deneer
Gov
Illinois
Deaeen
Wayman
Harburgh
Brown
Jones
Davis
Yates
Cairo
Galena
Passing of the Blue as Civil War Veterans Fade
The piece notes the aging Union veterans leaving public life as time advances. It highlights General Sherwood of Toledo turning eighty and the only surviving Union veteran in the last House of Representatives, with a Connecticut member joining him in the new congress. It also mentions Johnny Clem’s retirement under War Department age rules and predicts few Civil War survivors will remain in public office in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood
Toledo
General Sherwood
House of Representatives
Congress
Connecticut
Johnny” Clem
War Department
United States
Editor's Night-Cap on Harry S. Hofer in Quincy
The piece praises Harry S. Hofer known as ITfarry, publicity man for Wortham shows, noting his blithe debonair presence and success in show business. It asserts his value to Wortham and his longtime devotion to the amusement field, joking he is the league’s daddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Hofer
Wortham
Quincy
Mr. Hofer
Itfarry
Harry
Gamie
Conne‘tion
Howdy Pap
Harry F. Hofer
Moose Lodge
Harry Hofer
America
Order of Moose
Mr. Wortham
Friday the thirteenth forecasted unsettled weather
The Forecaster predicts unsettled weather for Friday the thirteenth with changing skies and possible showers. Strong winds may accompany isolated storm activity across the region.
One Hundred Years Ago Today in History 1815
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps born in Andover Mass died Boston Nov 30 1852. Seventy five years ago 1840 Daniel Webster Henry Clay John Calhoun James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce notable men in U S Senate. Fifty years ago 1865 towns in Peru and Ecuador damaged by earthquake. Twenty five years ago 1890 first annual convention of letter carriers United States met in Boston. One year ago 1914 Germans captured Huy repulsed near Diest Belgians charged German atrocities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Stuart “Phelps
Andover
Mass
Boston
Daniel” Webster
Henry Clay
John Co. Calhoun
James Buchanan
Franklin
Pierce
U.S. Senate
Peru
Ecuador
Letter Catrriers
United States
Huy
Diest
Birthday Remembrances For Notables In The News
Duke of Teck elder brother of Queen Mary born in Kensington Palace 47 years ago today. Col. John L. Clem last Civil War veteran on active U. S. Army rolls born in Newark Ohio 64 years ago today. Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood representative in Congress of the Ninth Ohio district is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Teck
Queen Mary of England
Kensington Palace
John L. Clem
U. Army
Newark
Isaac R. Sherwood
Congress of the Ninth
Ohio
Noted Figures Celebrate Milestones On This Day
The item lists several prominent figures born today across eras and fields. Names include Dr. Morris Jastrow of the University of Pennsylvania, Mme Emma Eames, Dr. Felix Adler, William C. Adamson, Edwin Grasse, John A. Peters, and Fielder A. Jones. It notes diverse origins and ages, and touches on freight rates and insurance terms impacting prompt collections. The final lines reference apple shipments to Europe and calls for orchard cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trict
Stanford
N. Y
Morris Jastrow
University of Pennsylvania
Europe
Emma,Eames
Shanghai
China
Felix Adler
Alzey
Germany
William C. Adamson
Georgia
Bowdon
Edwin Grasse
New York City
John A. Peters
Maine
Ellsworth
Fielder A. Jones
St. Louis
Shingle House
United States
Friends of Peace convention in Labor Day events
The Whigs letter box notes the Friends of Peace convention planned for Labor Day in Chicago, September 3 and 6, with speakers including Bryan Nagel Smith Hitchcock Clapp and Jane Addams. It cites mass support from labor groups and aims to reaffirm US neutrality amid European conflicts while seeking faster restoration of peace. Rutherford of New York leads the invitation effort and Apple Growers association delegates may attend the next August 24 meeting. The piece also touches on apple trade impacts from European demand and foreign tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Friends of Peace
The
Madison Square Garden
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Charles Nagel
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Works
California
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Clapp
Minnesota
Mann
Buchanan
Illinois
Porter
Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Rutledge Rutherford
New York
Handly
Mississippi
Illinois State Soldiers
Germans Boost West Offensive Reported by Telegraaf
Amsterdam Telegraaf dispatches that London cites a significant order urging a resumption of a vigorous German offensive in the west. The directive emphasizes renewed push by Teutonic forces across occupied Western fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amsterdam Telegraaf
Italian Consuls Withdraw from Turkish Territory
Geneva dispatch reports from Temps citing Neues Wiener Journal that Italian consuls have left Turkish territory and Italian interests are confined to American officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Paris
The
Temps
Geneva
Neues. Wiener Journal
Federal Commission on Industrial Relations Agrees on Report
In Chicago on August 12 the Federal Commission on industrial relations in session reviewed two years of evidence and agreed on a report addressing vocational training and certain causes of industrial unrest. No details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Federal Commission
Practical Flamé Dress Making Run
A fragment details fabric types such as cotton voiles marquisettes and cer tain crepes used in flamé dress making. The note hints at material selections or a practice run for constructing flamé garments with specific textiles.
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