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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
9
Special notice promotes factory direct mattress sales by Koetter Mattress Co offering weather beds and feather mattresses. Located rear 628 Elm St with contact phone 2661.
Sealed proposals by the Illinois Department of Purchases and Supplies in Springfield are due August 23 1917 at 10 a.m. for furnishing and delivering bituminous coal to charitable and reformatory institutions and the State Normal Schools. Specifications and bidding blanks available from the Division. The department reserves the right to reject any or all bids. notices signed by L. D. Puterbaugh and H. H. Kohn.
Special Notice declares the 1917 annual repairs assessment and annual benefit amounts, plus current year interest on the Indian Grave Drainage District in Adams County Illinois. Taxes must be paid to the district treasurer in Quincy by September 1, 1917. unpaid lands will be sold to cover amounts and costs. Dated August 26, 1917.
Washington August 17 Appointment of 28 federal food commissioners for all states was approved by President Wilson on Thursday. State commissioners will administer the food control bill in state matters and coordinate with the food administration. All will serve without pay. Notable appointees include Harry A Wheeler of Chicago for Illinois and Dr Harry E B Barnhard of Indianapolis for Indiana.
Birmingham reports that 20,000 Alabama coal miners will strike next Monday after operators failed to meet the union ultimatum for a wage and working conditions conference by 4:15. The note adds an unrelated quote about a man catering to a woman's vanity to advance his interests.
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