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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1916
Page
4
A city council meeting heated over traffic noise and illegal behavior as Alderman Hyatt leads a push to audit departments, citing misused funds and improper voucher practices. Residents demand action on speeding taxicabs and mufflers. Police visibility and street safety measures dominate discussions as public works requests sewer work and improved lighting.
County Clerk W J Smith gears up as state convention opens in the city this afternoon. Delegates from across the state arrive, registering at Hotel Newcomb before the 2 PM session in the circuit court room. Mayor Abbott gives welcome, Harvey Fay of Monticello delivers response, and Judge Lyman McCain speaks on Quincy and Adams county. An afternoon city tour and Turner hall discussions cap the events, with a Dutch lunch and a Keokuk boat excursion planned.
H L Breinig, Highland park manager, returns from New Orleans. Plans underway for a new swimming pool in Highland park to be ready for the 191 season. A Venice channel is also planned to allow canoes and skiffs. Several thousand dollars expected to be spent. The South Side Boat Club entertainment committee will host a event at the Highland pavilion tonight.
Before arriving in Quincy, Senator Morton Hull, Republican candidate for governor, will visit Mendon Carthage Faloma Coatsburg and Camp Point. He spends an hour and a half at Camp Point firewater ta sha tuqua then returns to Quincy for a reception at Soldier s Home headquarters between 3 and 4.
The weather report for Winvis Iowa and Missouri proved accurate at 1:20 this morning as rain began falling. The showers provided welcome relief after a day of intense heat and humidity.
Phil Miner camp No. 5 Woodmen of the World meets in the Fagi 3 hall. Quincy lodge No. 12 meets in hall. Retail Clerks union No. 14 meets in Labor temple. Sheet Metal workers union No. 56 meets in Labor camp. Women’s Christian Temperance union meets at 224 North Eighth Street.
Dr East inspector for the state board of health visited 23112 South Eleventh street Monday to examine little Marjie, daughter of Mr and Mrs S A Waddle, and pronounced her affliction infantile paralysis in the city.
Pure food inspectors A. R. Lewis and John Ohern spent hours Monday with Health Commissioner W. H. Gross and Humane Officer John Fowley. They have been inspecting eggs handled by dealers in small towns near Quincy over the past week.
Commissioners from the Lima Lake Drainage district plan to meet today to review the Hunt district proposal to extend Bigslough canal 24 miles north to capture streams and drain 3,000 acres east of the canal. The plan also involves managing water on 6,000 acres west of the canal between the canal and the Mississippi, with levee funding split between districts. Engineer Edmund T. Perkins notes the 3,000 acre drainage is practical while the 6,000 acre drainage poses questions, and both sides seek a cooperative solution to reclaim vast farmland near Quincy.
A fragment discusses happiness versus wealth, noting that very few poor men derive satisfaction from wealth. The line hints at a skeptical view of riches and contentment among the poor.
Several changes will occur in the Cheerful home staff this year as the annual activities begin around September 15. Miss Virginia Kelly head resident, spending vacation in Long View Texas, Miss Maude Barrett of Galena Illinois visiting nurse Ella Duckett of Cleveland Ohio will not return. Only Miss Gay Braxton of Lexington Kentucky will resume duties.
Andrew P. Juhl, a senior high school teacher, asks the board for release from his contract after receiving a rival offer of a 300 dollar yearly raise to teach German elsewhere. The board will act at the next meeting. Ella Schwagmeyer of Jefferson junior high seeks a one year leave to study at the University of Illinois. Cassie M. Jones of Jackson sixth grade requests a three month leave from Woodward health concerns.
Engineer C. R. Twyman faced a perilous hold up near Eubanks when two men, one colored, one white, tried to seize him on a siding. Armed with a revolver, the colored assailant was knocked back as Twyman struck him with a kerosene torch and monkey wrench. A blow from the white man followed, and Twyman required several stitches for a head wound.
Mr and Mrs Fred Hoffman and two sons Harvey and Melvin were involved in a single vehicle accident three miles from Hannibal while en route to visit Mrs Hoffmans father J C Thomas of this city The car veered to avoid a hole hit a ditch and rolled over but all occupants were protected by the top They reached Quincy Sunday afternoon and planned to stay several days.
The Military Tract Press association holds its annual convention in Camp Point Friday with a chautauqua program and a noon chicken dinner at the Commercial hotel. Speakers include Chas Eichenauer on Advertising Masqueraded as News and remarks by Herb Henry Fred Blaver and other editors. An afternoon chautauqua follows with baseball at 4 o clock.
A reflective line asks if lying taints livelihood or if earning without truth still yields a living. It suggests moral tension between integrity and material success.
An unidentified man, about 35, tall and slender, collapsed from heat at Fifth and York streets at 6:45 PM Monday. Taken to St Mary's hospital in very serious condition, he wore gray trousers, coatless, and was employed at Excelsior Stove works. No ID found. relatives not located by midnight. witnesses recalled he was a Stove works employee. The day reached 97 degrees with high humidity, causing multiple heat prostrations.
Mrs. Matilda Vearick was found unconscious from carbolic acid at 707 Broadway Sunday afternoon. She recovered after antidotes and stated the overdose was accidental, not intentional, and followed by orders to tenants to move amid neighborhood complaints about the rooming house.
Railroad officials and Brotherhood of Railroad Trackmen plan talks in Hannibal within days to resolve the dismissal of a trackman who carried a union card. About fifty trackmen left three weeks ago, replaced by workers from Kansas City and Chicago. Some Quincy men have returned, but many keep the strike until a settlement is reached.
Ringling Brothers will be in Quincy starting Monday September 1. Trains arrive Sunday for preparations and the parade to Baldwin Park begins immediately. The act Cinderella is staged in seven scenes on a very large platform.
Born to Mr and Mrs Alvis Schulte in 1725 Adams Street a son Monday morning. Born to Mr and Mrs Clyde Craddock in Des Moines Ind a daughter Saturday evening. Mrs Craddock formerly Miss Hilka Craft of Quincy. Born to Mr and Mrs Oren A Alder son in Blessing Hospital Sunday morning a daughter. Mr Alderson is boys secretary of the Y M C A.
Edwin W Woerman transfers to Clara Lulu McCormick a half share in section 16 two now for 715 dollars. John HU Giller sells to Bernard Hartmann parts of lots 12 and 13 block 4 Churchs addition Quincy for 1 dollar. John C Metzger transfers to Elizabeth Metzger part of lot 8 block 21 original Quincy for 2 dollars. R B Echols sells to Mary L Reeves lot 1 block 1 Maple addition Leaine for 150 dollars. Alfred Kimlin to Mary S Giesinger lot 32 Nevins addition Quincy for 1400 dollars.
The Mississippi river commission approved a $135000 nationwide distribution for river levee work between Rock Island and the Missouri, with $70000 to the stretch from Warsaw to Hamburg Bay near Quincy. Districts within this band include Fabius River Quincy and South River drainage areas, with final allocations to be announced by the commission. Local officials, attorneys, and engineers presented the case in St Louis on July 7 seeking federal support for levee construction and maintenance.
An excursion on the steamer G W Tifit to Keokuk and return is planned by the T Po Avs for Saturday August 24. The boat departs here at 9 p m arriving Keokuk at 2 p m. On the return the steamer leaves Keokuk at 6 p m arriving here at 9 30 p m. H N Wheeler has been taken to a private sanitarium in Jacksonville after a nervous breakdown. He rests easily and is under a specialist care. doctors cite arteriosclerosis and a brain clot as factors. Yeomen plan a picnic for September 10 at Primrose Park with 15 guests, meals and games noted, though Master Benville Ferbache’s illness disrupted the social program. A new regulation at Duincy post office bars money orders to Roumania during war. Miller Arthur store to move this week to 52022 Maine Street with a new soda fountain.
Reib plans a Peoria store at 326 South Adams street in a three floor building with basement, 163 by 26 feet, aiming for an October opening. Quincy Show Case Works supplied fixtures and Milton B. Becker of New York will oversee operations arriving September 25.
The John Hess sale planned for August 24 one and a half miles east of Meyer Illinois is canceled. Goods were sold at private sale.
Weather reports show partly cloudy skies Tuesday with possible local thunder showers and cooler conditions in the north and west. Wednesday brings generally fair skies and cooler temperatures in the southeast. Missouri observes similar patterns with cooler north and west portions and warmer conditions in the northwest on Friday.
The decal government weather observer logs the last 24 hours with a 12 midnight reference. River stage is stationary with no notable changes noted in the river level or conditions.
River forecast indicates the stretch from below Warsaw to Louisiana will remain stationary to fall slowly over the next 36 hours. No significant flooding expected as levels hold with gradual decline anticipated.
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