National Army Names Nine From Gem City for Commissions
In a Saturday announced list nine men from Quincy are named for commissions in the national army after officers training at Fort Sheridan. C. Lummis and C. Obert Beatty are highlighted among lieutenants infantry and reserve corps. Others include Paul Tibbits and Morris Adler, with backgrounds in teaching, law, and the local industries. Additional youths from Quincy head to Camp Sheridan for the second officers training camp as the area sees a broad cohort selected for army positions.
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National Army
Mtments
Fort Sheridan
Gem City
L. Smith
Cap
Uiney
C. Lummis
Lummis
United States Regu
L C. O. Beatty
Paul W. Tibrence Lineberger
Morris Adler
Bauman
Gus A. Bauman
W. Markus
Quincy High
Illinois Nn
Clarence Line
Rd C. Obert Beatty
Clark Beatty
Illinois
H. S. Lummis
Tibbets
Arthur
Quincy
Adler
Oiler
Will G. Baulawyer
Gusan
Auman
York Street
Norbert W. Markus
University of Wisst
Madison
Wis
Markus N
Will J. Mark Broadway
Sheridan
Merle F
H. F. Lummis
Irwin Lummis
Paul Gom
John D. Wheelock
City
Bert Cavanaugh
Ers
Cavanaugh
Quincyans Named for Second Camp Officers list
Long roster of Quincy residents commissioned or assigned to various branches of the army during WWI. Names span infantry, field artillery, cavalry, ordnance and quartermasters, with many from Fifth Infantry I N G and national army. Fort Snelling and Fort Riley assignments noted among the entries.
Trap shooting event heads to Chicago tourney
E Osborne of the Wabash county, plus six hundred shooters, heads to the Grand American trapshooting tournament next Thursday at the South Shore Country Club in Chicago. F W Stromquist and Orel L Wood of Avon are among western state entrants. Mrs Herms of Kentucky Street is noted in a local society item with Myra Lageman mentioned in connection to a morning event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Osborne
Chicago
South Shore
F. W. Stromquist
Orel L. Woode
Avon
Quincy to Attend Knox City Fair With Illinois State Band
Quincy residents plan to join the Illinois State band for a Knox City fair trip on Thursday August 18. Special coaches on the O K train will handle the crowd. fair opens today and runs through Friday with daily rings and races. The Quincy ring offers a $100 purse for champion beef cattle with stock from five counties and thirty six entries.
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Quincy
Illinois State Band
Knox City Fair
O. K
John Mast Awarded Indemnity for Workplace Injury
John Mast, injured at the Quincy Box Printing plant on March 15, 1915, received $1,660 in indemnity from arbitrator Daniel J. May after evidence was heard in Quincy on July 28. Royal Indemnity Company of Chicago provided the insurance under the workmen's compensation act, with $560 already paid and credited toward the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mast
Quincy Box Printing Comany
Daniel J. May
Quincy
Royal Indemnity Company of Chicago
Box Printing Company
Mastan
Mustering Out Quincy Company Faces Final Rally
Quincy faces a last push to recruit 25 men aged 18 to 40 to save Company E of the national guard, with Lieutenant J. E. Caldwell and local civic groups organizing appeals as the camp of the Tenth regiment ends around September 1. If unsuccessful, Quincy will be the only Illinois city to lose a guard company, with Galesburg or Carthage stepping in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Illinois
J. E. Caldwell
Rotary Club
Ad Club
Home Defense Ague
Chamber of Commerce
Company E
Caldwell
Zoller
Galesburg
Carthage
Peoria
Springfield
Aurora
Danville
Decatur
Freeport
Monticello
Mattoon
Champaign
Rochelle
Sterling
Tenth Regiment
Quincy Factories Win U S War Contract Rush
Government work is being rushed in Quincy factories as local manufacturers land profitable war contracts. The Chamber of Commerce solicits prospects to pursue government contracts, guiding them to depot quartermasters in Chicago St Louis Jeffersonville and Rock Island for information.
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Quincy
United States
Chamber of Commerce
F. C. Pierson
George Fischer
Neal Monroe
Chicago
St. Louis
Jeffersonville
Ind
Rock Island
Reunion of Blessing hospital class of 1916 nurses
Graduate nurses of the class of 1916 at Blessing hospital held a reunion Monday night for the first time since May 1916. They enjoyed a cafe supper at the Majestic cafe, attended a show at the Orpheum, and had refreshments at Schwindeler's. Attending were Misses Nola Pease, Florence Brown, Blanche Markley, Della Bennett, Eulaie Seller, Lois McTucker, Cora Bowles, and Ethel Robinson.
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Blessing Hospital
Merry Party
Majestic Cafe
Orpheum
Schwindeler
Nola Pease
Florence Brown
Blanche Markley
Della Bennett
Eulaie Seller
Lois McTucker
Cora Bowles
Ethel Robinson
Guilty Negro Namesake of George Win
A dated local item reports on a Black man identified as the namesake of George, with a saying quoted that he "couldn’t tell no lie." The prose reflects period racial attitudes and naming patterns in a community tale from the era.
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George Win
Jes
Burk fined for unlicensed dog at Illinois bar
George Washington Burke faced the bar of justice charged with keeping and harboring an unlicensed dog. Judge Reardon asked for his plea and Burke admitted guilt with a humble reply. He was fined five dollars plus costs and the court called the next case.
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George Washington Burke
Commonwealth of Illinois
Reardon
Little Jack Hart Wounded After Brook Accident
Four year old Jack Hart, son of Mr and Mrs J W Hart of 2630 Chestnut street, was seriously wounded when he stepped on sharp glass in a brook at South Park. Surgeons tied tendons and placed six stitches after his mother rushed him to a physician. He rests, may keep use of the hand with care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Jack Hart
J. W. Hart
Chestnut Street
Little Jack
Billie
Jack
Southpark
Clyde Ware
Hart
the Whig
Quincy College Open House Schedules Work Demonstration
Zelda Schwartz will demonstrate kindergarten work at Quincy College of Music Open House on August 30 31 and September 1 from 3 to 4 PM. Teachers and faculty will attend all three days. Fall term begins September 1. New college building located at Ninth and Broadway. Lara Rankin to lead another canning demonstration under Quincy District Food League this morning and afternoon after a Monday event in Columbus. Bank clearings in Quincy rose 22.3 percent to 1 135 000 for the week ending August 9 with Decatur pending. Jacksonville up 35.5 percent and South Bend up 11 percent. Two Sunday fires reported at Kingsbaker building Fifth and Hampshire streets and a shed fire at 532 York street. No damage in both incidents.
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Zelda Schwartz
Quincy College of Music
Ninth and Broadway
Lara Rankin
Quincy District Food League
Columbus
Bradstreet
Quincy
Decatur
Jacksonville
South Bend
Kingsbaker
Fifth
Hampshire Streets
F. N. Simmonds
Carl Spencer
York Street
Ellis
River Front
McNutt
Mississippi
Thompson
Chatten
W. Lawson
Charles Nichols
S. H. Emerick
Frank Love
United Cereal Mills
Arthur Dunn
Richard Kilamer
Richard Dyer
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Vine
Rotary Club
South Park
Citch
Board of Public Works
Civic Improvement League
Schedule Changes At YMCA For Fall Programs
H Y Craw mer YMCA physical director announces October changes with clerks and business men joining regular classes. A men over twenty five class will meet Tuesday and Friday 8 15 to 9 15 p m. Boys aged 10 to 11 meet Saturdays 1 15 to 2 p m. Leaders Corps meets Wednesday 7 p m. Live Together a Year Julia Anderson files for divorce Monday from Simon Anderson. They wed Jan 19 1909 and separated Jan 10 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Y. Crawmer
Julia Anderson
Simon Anderson
Urge Doctors to Volunteer for Medical Reserve Corps Meeting
Quincy physicians are urged to attend a RCV meeting in the Vineyard room of the Hotel Quincy tonight. Major M. G. Seelig and Captain W. E. Leighton will speak on enlisting doctors to join the Medical Reserve Corps, with Leighton sharing war rescue experiences and stereopticon images.
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Quincy
Medical Reserve Corps
M. G. Seelig
M.P.C
W. E. Leighton
Vineyard
National Army
France
St. Louis
Leighton
Tribute to Memory of John Rodems Wabash Engineer
Tribute recalls John Rodems, Wabash engineer, who died from burns suffered in a wreck near Valley City on June 8. Friends recount his long service from Old 100 to Quincy Decatur runs, his steadfast conduct, and near-miss incidents. The piece ends with council actions on coal supply and city river-front matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rodems
Wabash
Valley City
Wasbash Hospital
Decatur
Quincy
Gaylor Davidson
Death Valley
Hell
Griggsville
Harry Stigall
Harry
Rodems
Springfield
John
Voters Decide Keene Township High School Future
Keene township voters will decide at a Saturday afternoon election in Loraine whether to continue or discontinue the district high school. The district has no existing school buildings, with prior votes and local sentiment split on need. If two thirds vote to discontinue, Loraine high school district funds gain $1,000 more. Polls open 1 p.m. to sundown.
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Keene Township
Loraine
John Steiner
Returns to Duty At Sixth and Maine Police Intersection
William Lincoln traffic policeman badly bruised when run down at 4 o clock Saturday afternoon August 4 by an automobile driven by R F Witt a farmer two miles south of Lorain is back at his post of duty. The Carriage and Wagonmakers met in Eagles hall and resolved to pay all dues of members called to the front. Raymond Gillespie taxi driver fined 25 dollars and costs by Judge Reardon in police court after pleading guilty to speeding on Hampshire between Fourteenth and Sixteenth Sunday morning. arrest by Motorcycle Officer Jerry Akers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lincoln
Sixth
Maine Streets
R. F. Witt
Loraine
Eagles Hall
Raymond Gillespie
Reardon
Hampshire
Jerry Akers
Dress Parade At Camp Parker Signals Possible Last View
Thousands watched the dress parade of 700 soldiers at Camp Parker as daily rations are bought for each day and orders to move south are expected. Each parade may be the final one at the camp, with departures anticipated soon.
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Camp Parker
South
Holiday City Council Postpones Meeting for Circus
The Holiday city council votes to miss Monday's meeting and adjourn to Tuesday evening August 21. Alderman Owen proposed the postponement, with Alder man Geers amending it to meet Monday if passes are not forthcoming. Five aldermen Ellis Scane Simmonds Lepper and Hyatt opposed declaring circus day a legal holiday.
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Owen
Geers
Ellis
Scane
Simmonds
Lepper
Hyatt
W. J. Smith Praises Missouri Roads on Return
County Clerk W. J. Smith and family returned from Macon Missouri praising the roads as fine with only a short stretch between Hannibal and Huntington noted as poor. He described roads from Huntington to Macon as smooth and the Salt River stretch near Annabel as well elevated and pavement like. He observed abundant corn and said rain would boost yields. Mrs. Smith and daughter Elizabeth accompanied by George W. Garrett returned to Macon, then to Shelbina before continuing home.
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W. J. Smith
Huntington
Macon
Annabel
Salt River
Missouri
George W. Garrett
Smith
Shelbina
Weather Briefs Across Illinois Missouri and Iowa
Illinois reports generally fair Tuesday with possible unsettled conditions Wednesday and little temperature change. Missouri outlook shows partly cloudy days with possible showers in the west Tuesday and similar temperatures. Iowa forecasts partly cloudy Tuesday followed by possible showers later Tuesday or Wednesday with little temperature variation.
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Missouri
West
Towa
Local Temperature Flurry With Erratic Readings
The report lists yesterday’s temperatures with corrupted OCR notes and stray letters. It mentions a range near 60 to 90 degrees and a river stage reading around 3.7 feet at midnight, with a forecast of stationary to very slowly rising river levels over the next several hours.
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Cigweseatensias
Sc Ceeweneeeee
FAY Ieee Obo
Warsaw
Istana
Fee St. Paul
Og Davenport
Hannibal
Louisiana
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Zeus L. Smith
Siwin C. Lummis
Regular Army
Edward C. C. Beatty
Paul W. Tibbets
Clarence Lineberger
Infantry
Will G. Bauman
Reserve Corps
Gay A. Bauman, Jr
Earl L. Lyons
Fifth Infantry
Henry D. Oberdorffer
Urbana
Ordnance Department
John R. Fountain
Otis H. Les
Aledo
James R. McLaughlin
David Prince
Hobart R. Gay
Rockport
Cavalry
Charles E. Flack
Macomb
Field
Alex J. Leander
James E. Johnston
Victor L. Moffett
Monmouth
Leslie G. George
Staunton
Allen B
Don L. Crossthwait
Bushnell
Ralph F. Dimmit
Field Artillery
William M. Ferris
Edwin S. Elder
Keokuk
Harry A. Shay
I, N G
Stuart Russell
Leutenant
John Donker
Dana C. Lambert
Coatsburg
Charles J. Simmonds
Hamilton
John Warfield
Fort Snelling
Truman Plantz
Fort Riley
Benjamin D. Baldwin
Mendon
Royal H. Agens
North Twelfth Street
John M. Batsby
South Twelfth Street
Hiram E. Essex
Pittsfield
Chester W. Easum
Clayton
George D. Prentice
Thomas J. Roark
Rolls Six
Barry
John Hermsmnth
Kentucky Streets
Hermss
Myra Lageman
Mage
Ibe Martin
Amy Pash
Ilinois
Quincy Factories
U. 5
C. of C
Reunion
Brook
Damuel Hicks
Samuel Bradford
S. L. Vincent
South Third Street
Vincent
Bradford
Hicks
Medical Reserve Corps of Army
Bluffs
Seaboard
Hough
Rodemson
Mother
Quincy- Decatur
Pittsfield Junction
Towhead Island
O. N. Carter
Supreme Court
Can
Lowden
Council of Governors
J. E. McNutt
McNutt, Ellis and
Alderman McNutt
Hoar
Burlington Railroad
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