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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1915
Page
2
Emma Dillon wins the Kahoka mile in 2 minutes 14 seconds, setting a new pacers record. The event highlights Dillon as the standout runner in a competitive race hosted in Kahoka.
Emma O Dillon a Quincy horse set a 2:14 first heat 2:15 second heat pace but finished second overall as Lawyer Swift won the 2:10 pace with a 2:20 final heat. Attendance and displays were strong despite morning rain. Awards praised four townships for best general displays: Sweet Home first, Lincoln second, Madison third, Clay fourth.
Hotel Quincy manager Adelpohl joined Payson visitors at the Old Settlers picnic. Elsa Rothgeb, a stamp clerk in the Brown & Mays drug store post office branch, spends the week in St. Louis. Collings Plow Co. men Lummis, Merle Lummis, O'Hara, and Fuhrman visited Payson for the picnic. J L Thomas traveled to Camp Point on business. County Treasurer aide Ed Peter ill at home.
Mayor and Mrs. W. K. Abbott expected home in a few days from a western trip. A letter yesterday said they intended to leave Los Angeles soon for home, with officers Connell and Simmonds on ten days vacation and Meise and Guegel returning to work from theirs. Milk licenses rose to 62 issued. delinquents face warrants. Dr. Gardner enjoys golf in Catskills and writes of 36 holes daily and a medal score of 33. A Bowling Green race for $1,000 purse drew Harry E. Ray and competitors including Robinson, MecDermont, Schwartz and Menke. Miron B. Smith, former resident, married Julia Wheeler in Glendale, now with Southern Pacific at Tehachapi.
Revival carp West Pont a revival meetings at West Point Christian church progress splendidly with larger crowds nightly. Evangelist Howard Rocks shows strong ability while J Frank Harbinson leads in a festival of song. Last Sunday drew 203 in Sunday school and a full house at night. This week features nightly topics including Where Art Thou and Why Will Ye Die with Sunday services at 9:45 Sunday school and 11 service. Services continue all next week.
In the office of County Clerk W. J. Smith licenses to wed were issued yesterday. James Francis Martin, 23, of Quincy, to Mildred Vonkutz Leben, Burlington, Ta. Willard P. Vincent, of legal age, to Ethel Johnston, Taylor Mo.
The employer at the Hotel Quincy organized a collection yesterday and sent two large bouquets to Blessing hospital for Clarence Walmsley the elevator boy whose skull was fractured by a blow over the head with a beer glass Wednesday afternoon and Miss Nettie Loehr head waitress at the hotel who is also hospitalized.
Clarence Wamsley, injured by a beer stein blow in a North Sixth saloon, regained consciousness at Blessing hospital and shows signs of improvement. Marion Long, arraigned on assault with intent to kill, waived preliminary hearing and is bound over to the grand jury with bond set at 800 dollars. Witnesses describe the attack as unprovoked. Long may plead self defense. Wamsley recalls Long striking him from behind after he bought drinks for friends, and a prior dispute over change is noted.
Louisa Engler transfers to Thomas A Scherer part section 23 lot 1 southwest. $2,300. Thomas A and Etta Scherer transfer to Louisa Engler senior part lot 11.5 block 19 Keyes addition Quincy. $2,300. Ferree J and Keturah T Walker transfer to Wilbur Ora Graham its 3 and 4 block 23 LaPrairie. $450. Eli AM and Jillian M Harvey transfer to Alfred Hoffman its 4 and 5 parts 2 and 3 block 8 Coatsburg. $2,515. Eli AM and Lillian M Harvey transfer to Alfred Hoffman its 6 and 7 block 7 Columbus. $2,000. Camp Point Homestead Association transfers to George M and Ione Brown its 1 block 4 Camp Point. $700.
A unique event brings an amateur singers contest and Charley Chaplin imitators to Highland Park tonight. Prizes will be awarded, open to all who have seen Chaplin in his film stunts, with no gate charge. Elks members promote the festival next week as the park is decorated for the occasion. John McAdams of Urea, a prominent Republican, visited the city yesterday.
Editor Whig notes visitors touring Nauvoo 60 miles north of Quincy. The area features grape country on vine marked hillsides, wine cellars stored in vaulted caves, and the site of the Mormon temple ruined in 1848. Tourists may dine at the town hotel, buy postcards, and depart with friendly greetings.
A.L. McKenzie of near Macon writes Police Magistrate Reardon seeking information about Mary McKenzie held in the city. He claims she is his wife, separated since January 1913, and asks if she bears any children. The letter, turned to the state attorney, notes Mary McKenzie and Andrew Kilgore were detained weeks ago for living together as husband and wife. Both are serving jail terms, Mary sixty days and Kilgore ninety days.
In the office of Circuit Clerk Erde W Beatty attorney Roy D Johnson filed a suit for divorce for Gladys Marie Phillips against Ralph Phillips. They married in Springfield Illinois on April 30 1912 and separated. She cites desertion and adultery and names Allen Oklahoma as the alleged offense location with parties unknown.
The Anna Brown Home for the aged hosts 18 women and 3 men under supervision by Miss Ryniker due to Miss Henry's illness. Residents engage in music, needlework, and visiting, with scenic grounds, fruit trees, and a rosé garden. A resident gardener and staff manage daily life and mail, while pastors and church groups provide Sunday entertainment.
The afternoon and evening pages note various local items. A Unitarian church cleaning, a 4 pm baked ham lunch at Blue Ribbon Buffet, and a fishing outing by W. J. Keim and his father from Oregon. Reports on elderly William Neikamp in frail health, park meetings at South and River View parks, St Joseph’s church picnic Aug 31, and multiple railroad agents visiting the city. An Eagles excursion to Hannibal is planned with two steamer trips, and Theodore Middendorf Jr. returned from a regional trip with August travel. The Quincy College of Music and Art opens Sept 1 for registrations.
An old advertisement touts Po-Do-Lax as a cure for constipation with a small nightly dose. It claims Podophylin from May Apple treats the cause by arousing the liver and increasing bile, promising a full, easy bowel movement by morning without griping.
Yesterday morning's police court session was brief with two defendants. Dennis Shea, fined $5 and costs, received 1414 days in the workhouse for vagrancy after failing to leave town. William Love, colored, jailed 24% days for nonpayment of a $10 fine and costs and for brass theft from the gas company. W. S. Abbot's case on a stale check charge was settled out of court.
An August prompt urges alfalfa and timothy seeding to ensure a next year crop. The Collins Plow Company of North Sixth Street in Quincy, Illinois, advertises buying their seed for best results.
Capt. Falcon, contract holder for laying the new intake pipe in the river for the waterworks, reports progress as he completed two sections in a day. He notes the current hindered earlier work, but erosion and lower water stages help. Each ten ton section is handled underwater by Falcon in a diving suit with crew guidance from the barge. Fifteen sections remain, yet pace suggests soon completion if trends continue.
Ray Victor Martin, recently arrested in Toledo and returned to the city on larceny charges, is described as a seasoned sneak thief wanted in several cities including Buffalo. A letter from Buffalo police to Chief Koch says Martin posed as a physician, gained access to operating rooms, and stole jewelry. He is in Adams County jail awaiting grand jury action for robbing traveling salesman D. S. Ellison at a local hotel.
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