Assembly 10 Demands on Circus Over Labor Day Contract
At the Trades and Labor assembly meeting in Kearney, delegates endorsed J. J. Kearney for the state federation of labor executive board. They criticized the Barnum & Bailey circus for changing Labor Day’s Quincy date from September 6 to 4 and threatened a cash settlement or contract enforcement. The group noted the contract was signed after multiple discussions and questioned the date change by an agent other than Beckett. A Monday picnic committee meeting will pursue further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Quincy
Trades and Labor Assembly
Trades Assembly
Trade and Labor Assembly
Assembly
Beckett
Huntington
W.V
Macomb
Kewanee
J. J. Kearney
State Federation of Labor
Kearney
Frank Irish
Hannnibal Trades Assembly
Oscar Trine
Hannibal
Lost and Found Notice Encourages Phone Ad
The Whig urges readers to telephone lost item notices after misplacing items such as a watch or parasol. It frames the lost ad as a quick way to recover belongings and invites prompt reporting to its column.
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Whig
Remarkable World War I Losses Table With High Casualty Ratios
A compiled statement, prepared for publication in June but withheld by French authorities, outlines war losses through May 31. It notes Austria Hungary bearing the largest total, Belgium the largest proportionate losses, and Serbia and Sweden affected by plague and heavy casualties. The report highlights unprecedented parity between killed and wounded and mentions widespread battles from Arras to Galicia and the Argonne.
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Peraperd
Serbia
Austria
Hungary
Belgium
Sweden
Arras
Galicia
Argonne
Europe
England
Russia
Germany
Turkey
Beautiful Life Ends in Quincy Miss Pearl Davidson Dies in Edgewater
Miss Pearl Davidson, born August 28 1883 in Quincy, died at Edgewater near Chicago after a brain abscess worsened following a lengthy illness. She studied music, literature and was active in the Study Club Junior, with many friends in Quincy. She leaves her mother Mrs Emil Davidson brother Walter and several relatives, and was a member of the local synagogue.
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Quincy
Walter
Emil Davidson
Herman Davidson
Sol Harris
Houston
Tex
Hamm well No 5 in Macomb shows strong oil output
Hamm well No 5.18 reported in Macomb on August 14 came in Thursday after drilling through a seven foot sand. It yielded about $17 per day in earnings. Hamm No 1 performed well and the Jessie Bell site near the Plymouth line is expected to produce soon as sands trend northeast to southwest.
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Macomb
Hamm
Singer the Hamm
Tamm
Jessie Bell
Plymouth Corporation
Plymouth
Itinerant People Capture Man In Liberty Woman Case
Travelers seize a man in Liberty, holding him after he boasted of crime. Police investigate as the captive claims involvement of a traveling group and a Liberty woman in the incident.
Chief Koch and men search train in West Quincy yards
Chief Koch and officers escort a freight train into West Quincy yards after a black man allegedly attacked a white woman in Liberty Missouri and hopped a freight to reach the city. He was captured by three men at Palmyra Junction, held by tramps, and turned over to Sheriff William Johnson. Koch, Riley, and Ernst boarded the West Quincy train to search for him but found no trace before being informed of the capture.
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Liberty
Palmyra Junction
William Johnson
Palmyra
Geo. Koch
Missouri
Koch
Riley
Ernst
West
Quincy
Union Meetings Next Week Across Trades
The union schedule lists meetings next week for Painters and Plumbers, Ter Plasterers, Machinists, Allied Printing Trades Council, Moulders, and Team Drivers on Monday through Thursday respectively.
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Allied Printing Trades Council
George B Armstrong Dies in Chicago at 66
George B Armstrong aged 66, former vice president of the Chicago Board of Education and ex newspaper man, died in Chicago. He served as city editor on the Inter Ocean and later as a special writer on the Chicago Evening Post. He was the son of George B Armstrong, famed founder of the railway mail service.
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George Armstrong
Chicago
George B. Armstrong
Chicago “Board of Education
Man
Mr. Armstrong
Inter Ocean
Chicago Evening Post
Railway
Russian War Office Announces Evacuations East of Warsaw
The Russian war office reports evacuations of Sokolow Seidice and Lukow east of Warsaw. It claims Germans have been driven back near Riga and that German attacks near Kovno paused. It notes counterattacks north of the Narew Bug line assisted retreats and confirms Sokolow Seidice Lukow evacuation in the middle Vistula region.
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Petrograd
London
Russian War Office
Sokolow
Siedlce
Lukow
Warsaw
Riga
Kovno
Mitau
Armvedna
Jacobstadt
Dvinsk
Vilkomir
Gernans
Narew
Bug
Vistula
Seidice
Mt Sterling urged for interurban car shops
Mt Sterling would be a strategic site for the new interurban railroad car shops, argues C P & Q Traction official Ed Geschwindner, noting its central position near Lewistown and its junction potential with a steam line from Quincy to Springfield. A Streckfus Line damage suit is filed in Hannibal on five counts seeking various damages for apple consignments damaged at Riprap Landing and Hamburg.
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Mt. Sterling
Ed. Geschwindner
C. P. & Q. Traction Se
Lewistown
Quincy
Springfield
Sterling Mail
Streckfus Line
Streckfus Steamboat Line
F. H. Simpson’ Fruit Company
G.S. Brockenbaugh
Hannibal Court of Common
Riprap Landing
Hamburg
Auto Hits Street Car On Broadway Intersection
An automobile traveling east on Broadway at the Twentieth street intersection struck a northbound Highland streetcar yesterday afternoon around 2 30. The crash damaged the car lights and steering rod but caused no serious injuries. Mrs William Florey and children Vera and Eldon of 432 State street visited Fowler yesterday to see Mr and Mrs William Pilcher.
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Broadway
Twentieth Street
Highland Street
Fowler
William Florey
Vera
Eldon
State Street
Mississippi Valley Magazine Special Feature Edition
Perry C. Ellis publishes a feature issue devoted to the Eagles Quincy and the river. It is off the press with literature gems, photographs of leading men, parks and places. The edition is praised as a superior, elevating publication for readers to peruse.
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Mississippi Valley Magazine
Perry C. Ellis
Eagles
Quincy
River
Recorders and clerks nominate Pekin convention host
The state convention of recorders and circuit clerks met in East St. Louis and voted to hold the next state gathering in Pekin. Elected officers include President C. A. Summer of Belleville, Vice President J. E. Rosencrans of Dixon, Secretary C. E. Myers of Pekin, with A. W. Ford of Macomb joining the legislative committee.
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Recorders
Pekin
East St. Louis
C. A. Summer
Belleville
E. Rosencrans
Dixon
C.E. Myers
A. W. Ford
Macomb
Sailing Vessels Back In Favor As Steamship Demand Rises
LIVERPOOL August 13 The government demand for steamers drives the shipping trade to sailing vessels long neglected. Many charters during peak steamer rates now bring sailing ships to British ports. The Mersey is crowded with spars and rigging not seen in fifty years. The Asia arrived after fifty years, the Staat is 15, Erbin under Norwegian flag just completed Gulf ports voyage in 35 days at 28 years old, with several others aged 29 to 38 listed.
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Liverpool
Eng
Mersey
Asia
Gulf Ports
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cough Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement for Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey cough syrup promoting its healing effects. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle to relieve coughing and colds and claims thousands benefited from its use.
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Syra
Dr. Bell
Vera Cruz Crisis Escalates As U S Brings Battleships
Reported plan shows Venustiano Carranza ordering Brazilian and Guatemalan ministers to Vera Cruz amid rising tensions. Admiral McLean to relieve Commander McNamee as the Louisiana sails to Vera Cruz and Connecticut may join the force for the Mexican crisis.
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Venustiana Carranza
Oliveira
Ortega
McNamee
Vera ‘Cruz
Wilson
McLean
M¢Namee
Cruz
Lansing
Washington
New York
Admiral McLean
Louisiana
Vera Cruz
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Haiti
Entertain Printers Too Much at Typographical Union Meet
LOS ANGELES Aug 13 Delegates to the 1915 convention of the International Typographical Union debated whether future conventions should be held only in Indianapolis or Colorado Springs. The laws committee reports unfavorable, but the convention adopted the stance that cities hosting the gathering offer publicity value and aid unionism. Proposals to raise officer salaries and to grant female members equal wages were defeated.
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Los Angeles
International ‘Typographical Union
James M. Lynch
Indianapolis
International
Colorado
Springs
Committee On Laws
Lynch
International Typographical Union
Thomas C. Parsons
Ark
Denver
Gut State Allowances in Paris War Aid
France has spent 354000 dollars in the first year of the war feeding the wives and families of mobilized soldiers and workers left unemployed. Three million persons are receiving state allowances. At first many eligible declined aid as patriotic sacrifice, but as resources fell they claimed assistance.
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Paris
France
Thirteen Divorce Hearings Set in Denver Court
In Denver Colorado today August 13 thirteen divorce cases were scheduled for hearing. The court list shows the judge and clerk both have thirteen letters in their names. The first case was called at 10 19 this morning.
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Denver
Cola
First recall election to oust Oregon district attorney
Salem Ore Aug 18 The first attempt to oust a district attorney by recall in Oregon will be in Wheeler county A special county election will be held Monday to vote on recalling District Attorney Joseph K Starr The recall petition was signed by 350 taxpayers alleging Starr as corrupt and incompetent
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Wheeler
Joseph IK. Starr
Starr
Austrian Submarine U-3 Sunk in the Adriatic
Rome reports the Austrian submarine U-3 was sunk yesterday morning in the lower Adriatic. The second officer and eleven crewmen were saved, according to an official communication from the ministry of marine.
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Rome
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Lower
Adriatic
Pictorial Revision Pattern No 624k Pattern Note
Classified brief notes a pictorial revision pattern item labeled No 624k in sizes 14 16 18 and 20 years with pilots priced at 15 cents.
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Barnum & Bailey
Board
State Federation
Beautiful
Life
Miss Pearl Davidson
Hani Owl
West Quincy Yards
Johnson
Vera Graz
Carranza
New Hampshire
Captain Cooper
The
Gsidk
WG. Gamber
M Avenue
Fayette Street
Peoria
Tllinois
Wes. Muldoon
S. 8Th St
Lospons
Bober
Pictorial Review
Fides
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