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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1915
Page
5
Yesterday temperatures ranged from 67 to 79 degrees across Illinois and Missouri. Cloudy in the north with rain in the south and central areas. A cooler spell is forecast for Wednesday with possible rain in the far south and fresh northeast winds continuing Thursday.
The river from below Warsaw to Louisiana will remain stationary or fall slowly over the next 36 hours, with no rapid rises expected. Hydrologists anticipate gradual level changes and advise monitoring for small fluctuations.
The Philadelphia mayor presents a retrospective claiming one hundred million dollars spent without waste or graft and five million saved for taxpayers. He asserts improved lighting, cheaper utilities, clean water, paved streets, and efficient public works, with large savings in city contracts. He credits his administration for a new, more efficient city government and warns against returning to old methods if re-elected.
The piece argues the war is fought on American soil through documents and propaganda. It contends snipers kill German troops in Belgium and suggests English plots against American cotton. It notes not all battles occur in Europe, as domestic contests unfold in ink.
The article rails at pamphleteering during war, noting universities, law firms, and diplomats fueling a bloodless clash of ideas. It laments the flood of wartime documents and pamphlets from both sides, arguing citizens must engage, as neutrality fades in the print war at home and abroad.
Dun's weekly trade review reports brighter business in Quincy area with wholesale and retail food and groceries up to last year's average. Clothing sales fall off while harness orders exceed last year. Dry goods are quiet but fibers show fair prospects. Wheat damaged by rain. corn outlook strong. crop prospects uncertain due to continuous rain. Congress’s inability to secure public printing hampers funds return. Telegrams to state department largely paid collect.
Secretary McAdoo mandates printing the names of Americans who received wartime financial aid within seven weeks if they fail to repay by October 1. The policy targets travelers who went to Europe and benefited from government funds, risking public shaming for those unable to settle their debts.
Cleveland reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing years of left side pain and restoring regular cycles after doctors offered no solutions. Hanover, Pa., wife and husband testimonials praise relief from female troubles and renewed ability to work. Additional historical note on the Marine Corps chronicles its long record of service from 1775 onward.
The piece argues bias in Frank's trial coverage and questions Georgia's handling of the case. It cites Governor Slaton commuting the sentence and suggests mob action and ongoing questions about his guilt, urging scrutiny of undisclosed evidence and motives behind the drastic punishment.
The article praises the U S Marine Corps for readiness citing Veracruz and Port au Prince as examples and notes the motto ever faithful. It recalls the service’s long history dating to February 1777 with a battalion of 300 marines and landsmen deployed from the fleet.
Mrs Herman E Bodine of Evanston Illinois reports five year scalp trouble with itching burning and dandruff. After trying many remedies Cuticura Soap and Ointment arrested the trouble and her hair now grows rapidly. Sample free by mail with 32 page Skin Book.
The passage advises that removing excess fullness helps the home dressmaker shape a waist with silk poplin in light tan cream white or blue tones. It stresses avoiding tucks or gathers to ease construction and achieve a smooth silhouette.
A digest of anniversaries and events: Oliver Wolcott's Hartford death in 1827. Albany bridge disaster 1840 with 20 drowned. 1865 emperor Francis Joseph’s 35th anniversary. 1890 Davis Dalton swims English Channel. 1914 Austrian army defeat in Serb mountains. Galveston storm observations by Dr J Ellen Gildersleeve. details of an alleged miners plot case in Winkle with 11 defendants, led to acquittal.
Francis Joseph, emperor of Hungary, born 85 years ago at Schonbrunn. James P. Clarke, US senator from Arkansas, born in Yazda City, Mississippi 61 years ago. Bishop Francis J. McConnell born in Trinway, Ohio 44 years ago. William R. Smith, Texas congressman, born in Smith County 52 years ago. Otto A. Hauerbach, lyricist, born in Salt Lake City 42 years ago. Frederick Landis, former Indiana congressman, born in Butler County 43 years ago. John J. Rogers, Massachusetts congressman, born in Lowell 34 years ago. Buck Weaver, Chicago baseball shortstop, born in Stowe, Pennsylvania 24 years ago.
Waco Texas reports flood and hurricane danger along the gulf coast starting Monday. Thousands sought safety as trains carried evacuees from Galveston. Wind velocity near 65 miles per hour, barometer falling, water covering railroad tracks on the causeway, and extra trains halted only by storm limits.
In Duquoin Illinois August 17 David Richards and William Hawkins were bound over to the Perry county grand jury on charges of conspiring to blow up the Granger coal mine at Winkle. Richards released on $1,000 bond Hawkins returned to jail. The negro first divulged to county authorities.
In St Louis on August 17 a few hundred delegates and visitors from across the country gathered for the opening of the supreme convention of the Modern Brotherhood of America. The fraternal beneficiary society, founded in 188_, has expanded to nearly all states, reporting about 170,000 members and a reserved fund above one million dollars as officers describe its flourishing condition.
George Smith 18, described as a Negro, was arrested in Chicago on Aug. 17 in connection with a Cedar Rapids Iowa burglary. He claimed Mississippis Gallman as home and had two Cedar Rapids bank books. Town authorities notified and asked police to detain him.
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