Quincy and Adams county plan war memorial building
A broad effort to raise funds via general taxation for a Quincy Adams county memorial to soldiers and sailors moves forward. A six-member permanent committee from the city council and board of supervisors will oversee arrangements with James E McNutt as secretary and John E Wall as legal adviser. Perry C Ellis heads publicity. architects are invited to submit plans and public suggestions are invited for space inside such as recreation rooms and an assembly hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Adams County
City Council
Board of Supervisors
James E. McNutt
John E. Wall
Perry C. Ellis
Army
Circuit Court
Court House
W. B. Tompkins
Chris Gibbs
Columbus
Adam Hild
James Cook
Burton
Mr. Gibbs
Alderman McNutt
Alderman Ellis
Aldeman Tompkins
Supreme Court
Ellis
Washington Park
Indian Mound Park
Sunset Heights
Clyde L. Sears
Board of Education
Quincy’s Pulse Arrested for Assault
Riley Stills, 15, will be tried Saturday afternoon in Justice of the Peace E. J. Bonney court on charges of assaulting another Marblehead youth. Stills was arrested Wednesday night by Deputy Sheriff H. B. Reinold and is free on a $200 bond. Delinquents include S A T C students 18 to 36 who have not filed questionnaires. miscommunication led to some names appearing in delinquent lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Stills
Court of Justice of the Peace
E. J. Bonney
Marblehead
H. B. Reinold
Wife Abandonment Charge and Queen of the West Installations
Leo Fisher arraigned in county court on wife abandonment, allowed to go on his own recognizance. Mrs Bes sie Duesdieker elected oracle of the Queen of the West camp R N A with nine new members. J A Cohen learns his brother Sam Cohen was wounded in action August 20 and has received letters dated October 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Fisher
Sheriffs Office
Bessie Duesdieker
Anna Ziener
Jennie Cooper
Cecila Hyer
Anna Ernst
Eleanor Meise
May Nickerson
May Marshall
Sarah Wilkerson
Fleer
Inner Sentinel
Mamie Stock
Outer Sentinel
E. Lymenstall
Ella Brierton
H. E. Becker
J. A. Cohen
Sam Cohen
Mr. Cohen
Maccabee Leader Is Here For Election
Maccabee lodge in Moose hall held an election of officers after an oyster supper hosted by H. N. McFarlane great deputy of Illinois.new officers include Past commander Jap S. De Crow commander J. F. Storrs chaplain Joseph Guth record keeper J. R. McKeen sergeant J. F. Timothy master at arms G. M. Ullman first master of guards J. W. Schott second master of guards C. P. Mardis sentinel P. Stenrose picket O. F. Moore trustee three years A. D. Sleuer organist J. Gentes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. McFarlane
Ilinois
Order of Maccabees
Moose Hall
Jap S. de Crow
J. F. Storrs
Joseph Guth
J. R. McKeen
J. F. Timothy
Mrs Cawthorne and Ruth Improve After Illness
Mrs George Cawthorne and her daughter Ruth are both improving after several days of illness. Mrs Isaac Morton went to St Louis for the Malone college dedication and became ill, delaying her return longer than planned. Mrs Morton has crates of Malone's weekend house ere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cawthorne
Ruth
Isaac Morton
St. Louis
Malone College
Morton
Malone
Veterans News From Camp Logan And Overseas
Es Shrapnel at Camp Logan has applied for discharge and expects to return home soon. Corporal Frank Nolkemper in France reports a three week hospital stay due to exposure after 60 days on the front lines. Rankin Bowles from the U S S New Mexico notes navy discharge hopes remain distant. Sergeant Joe Tobias returns to New York from England aboard the U S S Minnekahda after service in the air force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Street
Camp Logan
Great Lakes
Frank L. Nolkemper
Three Hundred Fifty-eighth Regiment
France
Rankin W. Bowles
O. T. Bowles
New England
U.S. S. New Mexico
Joe Tobias
New York
Sergeant Tobias
England
Air Service
Wabash Officials In City For Inspection
High Wabash railroad officials spent several hours in Quincy on a routine inspection tour. Rumors of consolidation with Burlington were denied by Thom as John Jr and J E Tausig, federal managers, who said the visit concerned maintenance and operations. The party was met by George C Osborn, division agent, who reviewed terminals with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Quincy
Burlington
Thomas John, Jr
J. E. Tansy
J. E. Tausig
The
S. E. Cotter
H. E. Watt
G. A. Howard
T. J. Jones
L. W. Karnes
Divison
Bo Shelah
N. Lock
A. W. Blethen
H. B. Gardner
George C. Osborn
Night Letters Sent By Mail New Order
Western Union will send night letters by mail under a government order received in Quincy. Officials McGrath and Philips, with W. E. Wood, toured local offices and the Central Union Telephone plant to study consolidation plans under government control. No decision on consolidation or buildings was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
A. R. McGrath
The
G. A. Philips
Postal Telegraph Company
Quincy
W. E. Wood
Central Union Telephone Company
Post Office
Supervisors End Work Of The Session
The December meeting of the Adams county board of supervisors closed Thursday at noon after minor business. Walter Frey was appointed election judge in Gilmer township to replace Ben F. Cate and George Conrad to replace Louis Terlisner in the fifth precnet of the Fifth ward. The board thanked William Schaefer as deputy sheriff retires after 28 years. Election work vouchers are ready at County Clerk W. J. Smith's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County Board of Supervisors
Walter Frey
Gilmer Township
Ben F. Cate
George Conrad
Louis Terlisner
William Schaefer
W. J. Smith
Lambert Lodge Elects Officers In Annual Meeting
Lambert lodge held its annual election Thursday night naming Worshipful Master John W. White Senior Warden W. E. Haxel Junior Warden H. H. Slocum Secretary C. E. Lane Treasurer Thomas Burrows and Representative on Masonic Building C. F. Irwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Lodge
John W. White
W. E. Haxel
H. H. Slocum
C. E. Lane
Thomas Burrows
C.F. Irwin
Keller elected president of Illinois Implement Dealers
Oscar Keller of Quincy was chosen president at the Illinois Implement and Vehicle Dealers session in Peoria on Thursday. Elected officers include O T Meyers of Joliet as vice president W L Derry of Vermont as secretary treasurer and E E Voorhees and Dan I Leary of Bloomington as directors. Also notes that each normal horsepower of boilers requires one cubic foot of water per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlinois Implement and Vehicle Dealers
Peoria
Oscar Keller
Quincy
O. TD. Meyers
Hliopolis
W. L. Derry
Vermont
E. E. Voorhees
Dan I. Leary
Bloomington
Two More Paroled Joliet Prisoners Are Taken Back
William Foster and M. A. Powell, paroled from Joliet, were captured after Foster tried to escape by leaping from a window at Mrs. Fred Rupp’s home near Ninth and Elm. Foster and Powell, once employed at the Soldiers’ Home, returned to state prison for violating parole. Foster drunkenly lingered at the Rupp residence, while Powell faced charges for burglary and both face remaining sentence terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
William Foster
Joliet Prison
Pat Piercy
Henry Meise
Fred Rupp
Ninth and
Elm Streets
Foster
M. A. Powell
Owell
Soldiers
Rupp
Edna
McKenzie
Poster
Chicago
Powell
Willduten
Fletcher to be sent to Jacksonville state hospital
Charles Fletcher will be transported to Jacksonville this afternoon for treatment in the state hospital after a Thursday afternoon decision to commit him there rather than Bartonville. He objects to the move but agrees to stay in the institution for health recovery awaiting Judge Lyman McCarl to handle his affairs. conservator to be named today. Sheriff Simmons secured Fletcher papers and books for safekeeping and turned over legal documents to the appointed conservator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fletcher
Jacksonville
State Hospital
Bartonville
Fletcher
Lyman McCarl
McCarl
Simmons
Moriarty urges veterans to fill federal posts after war
J J Moriarty former alderman and Four Minute speaker at the Star Theater extolled the Red Cross and Home Service division. He urged replacing federal office holders with World War I veterans and said government workers should retire to demonstrate patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Moriarty
Star Theater
Moriarty
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Home Service Division
Germany
Listening Phones Prompt Readers To Send In Questions
A playful notice invites readers to submit questions via telephone, promising answers printed the next morning. The item frames the service as a nightly query exchange with the Whig and urges participation from the audience. It highlights the ongoing, daylong prompt for inquiries.
US to keep interned German ships and sale proceeds
The United States will retain the German ships interned here and the proceeds from alien property sales to offset submarine losses. The State Department has requested claims for losses, while explanations of the Monroe Doctrine describe it as anti European interference in the Americas, stressing nonintervention in European affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
State Department
Congress
Monroe
Holy Alliance
South America
Spain
Europe
Hemisphere
League of Nations
Bismarck
Marriage Licenses Harm II Kauffman and Hattie Overlander
A report lists Harm II Kauffman aged 21 of Clayton and Hattie K Overlander aged 13 of Plymouth as parties on a marriage license record. The item notes the filing but provides no further details on dates or approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harm II. Kauffman
Clayton
Miss Hattie K. Overlander
Plymouth
Entertainment Plans Outlined by Quincy Chamber Leaders
The Quincy Chamber of Commerce entertainment committee led by Bishop M Edward Fawcett and Edward Hollister outlined a year long plan to boost member engagement. Two large “get togethers” were approved beginning January 15 with a national speaker and a major banquet. The membership will be divided into ten groups to address business concerns and tailor entertainment, each group choosing officers and meeting at least once a year. William H. Hoffman was elected Adams County fuel administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop M. Edward Fawcett
Edward E. Hollister
George A. Wall
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Newcomb
Joseph J. Freiburg
Loren C. Cox
Jos. H. Blamer
W. E H. Smith
T. Chester Poling
Maida Lee Fosgate
George H. Moyer
George T. Thompson
Chamber
Fawcett
Quincy
Wiliam H. Hoffman
Adams County
William T. Duker
Was On Ship Ready To Go When Word Came
Private A F Roehl son of Anthony M Roehl, a Cadillac plant employee, waited in New York harbor aboard a transport when armistice news arrived. He had left Sweeney auto school to serve, fell ill with influenza in Camp McArthur, and only then received orders to return to Camp Merritt. His address: Company 40 McArthur Detention Camp Camp Merritt New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Roehl
Anthony M. Roehl
New York Harbor
Camp Merritt
Young Roehl
Cadillac Automobile Company
Sweeney Auto School
Kansas City
France
Camp McArthur
Waco
Texas
Seaboard
Co. 40
McArthur Detention Camp
N. J
Sixty six New Flu Cases Reported Citywide
Sixty six new influenza cases were reported to the board of health on Thursday, a slight drop from Wednesday. Cases remain scattered across the city, but many patients can return to work after treatment. Officials cite warm weather as a factor in the epidemic but urge the public to stay calm and carry on with precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Charles W. Pfeiffer
John A. Thompson
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs C F Schnier
Mr and Mrs C F Schnier of 1330 Spruce welcomed a twelve pound boy born Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock. Mrs Schnier was formerly Miss Carrie Dollmann. Mother and child are doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Schnier
Spruce
Schnier
Carrie Dollmann
Heckle Wins Presidency In Large Eagles Lodge Meet
In Quincy the Eagles aerie elected officers at a large meeting with close contests. Al Heckle was named Worthy President and other officers include Paul Sa dewater as Worthy Vice President, Ben J. Knut as Worthy Past President, Charles Zang as Secretary, W. F. Bader as Treasurer, George Wetzel Chaplain, Cecil Yates Inside Guard, Frank Fackler Outside Guard, and Fred G. Smith with F. Robb as trustees. Delegates to the State Convention were named, with W. F. Bader and others as alternates. The physician post was left vacant pending Dr. E. P. Stannus’s potential return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Aerie of Eagles
al Heckle
Paul , Sadewater
Ben J. Knut
Charles Zang
W. F. Bader
George Wetzel
Cecil Yates
Frank Fackler
Fred G. Smith
F. Robb
Mr. Heckle
East St. Louis
P. W. Reardon
Charles Zane
Q. F. Robb
William Snelle
George Schumacher
Ienry Mast
National Convention of Eagles
M. E. Centenary Meetings Open In This City
Centenary events span Quincy churches with Dr W H Fry from Honolulu as speaker and Bishop Nicholson to attend. About 60 visiting ministers and laymen attended the opening, with more expected today. The drive aims to raise eighty million dollars over five years to support world missions and church programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Churches of
Quincy
Vermont Street Methodist
Bethee] M. E
W. H. Fry
Honolulu
Thomas Nicholson
Chicago
Watters
Cheago
Harn
Urbana
Bethel M. E
E. S. Jeese
North Africa
Vermont Street
C. J. Moeller
Kentucky Street Baptist
Bethel Methodist Churches
Kentucky Street
Rev Moeller
Bethel Church
L. E. Kettelman
Peoria
D. S. Wahl
Carl Bush
Deaths and Funerals Conrad Juette Died at 1513 Chestnut Street
Conrad Juette died at home after a long illness. Born May 1, 1830 in Israchla Hanover Germany, he was 63. He resided in Quincy thirty years, member of St Francis church 28 years and St Nicholas W C U. Survived by widow Elizabeth eight children and one grandchild. Funeral Saturday 8:30 a.m. from 1512 Chestnut Street and 9 a.m. at St Francis church. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Juette
Chestnut Street
Mr. Juette
Israchla
Hanover
Germany
St. Francis Church
St. Nicholas Branch
Elizabeth Juette
Frank
Alois
Quincy
Henry
Rockford
Ben
Moline
John Scharnhorst
Mary
Veronica
This City
Josie
Atlanta
Annia
John Scharnhorst, Jr
Calvary Cemetery
Francis E Meredith Dies After Illness In Quincy
Francis E Meredith a longtime Burlington switchman in Quincy died at Blessing hospital after an eight days illness of influenza and pneumonia. Survived by widow Lulu Oehlman, mother Mrs Naomi Meredith, two sisters Miss Alice and Mrs Margaret Walters, and three brothers John Will and Arthur, all Burlington employees. Born October 1873 in Quincy, he lived there his whole life and was active in Lambert lodge Masons and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Mrs Meredith and Miss Alice were en route to Quincy from Columbus, O., when the death occurred. The death comes as a shock to a wide circle of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis E. Meredith
Quincy
Burlington
Blessing Hospital
Meredith
Columbus
Mr. Meredith
Francis Meredith
Lambert Lodge of Masons
Brotherhood of
John
St. Joseph
Will
St. Louis
Arthur
The
Lulu Oehlman
Naomi Meredith
Alice
Margaret Walters
Death of Harvey Gunis at 62 in Quincy
Harvey Gunis a Quincy resident for 22 years died at Soldiers and Sailors Home hospital Thursday afternoon at 2 30 aged 62 born in Ohio December 23 1842 two sons Marion and Charles and one daughter survive Funeral services set for Saturday afternoon at the Mumper chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Gunis
Quincy
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Hospital
Ohio
Marion
Charles
Mumper Chapel
Funeral held for Willis Hoener at South Seventh Street
Willis Hoener was buried in Woodland cemetery after a Wednesday funeral at 2 o'clock from his residence 727 South Seventh street. Rev Warshow officiated the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wits Hoener
Willis Hoener
South Seventh Street
Warshow
Woodland Cemetery
Park Pigeons Will Have Palace Home
Alderman Sam Fryatt moves toward a pigeon house in Washington Park with plans for a bungalow style structure near the northwest corner. A Quincy woman, unnamed, has authorized Alderman Hyatt to apply up to 500 for construction. The elevated home aims for low cost, with plans to be drawn promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam [Fryatt
Washington Park
Fifth Ward
Quincy
Alderman Hyatt
Hyatt
In Probate Court Diana McAdams Estate Receipts and Balance
Report shows receipts of 3364 dollars and 97 31 disbursements with a remaining balance of 2392 69. Separate note praises Queen Marie of Romania as a beautiful and talented European royal figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diana McAdams
Marie
Romania
Europe
Illinois and Missouri Weather Summary for Friday Saturday
Generally fair conditions expected in Illinois and Missouri on Friday and Saturday. Friday will be colder with a warming trend into Saturday, with temperatures rising through the day and into the evening. River levels around Fall could influence plans in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Missouri
Lowe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adams County Soldiers
Abe Martin
Maccabee
Implement Dealers
Heckle
Eagles Lodge
M. E
E. Liston
Freese
Daracher
Dr. Freese
India
J. C. McMahon
D. L. Jeffers
S. C. Williams
Yakima County
Washington
Ruth Hutchinson
Samuel Hutchinson
Wees Rose
R. B. Vaughn
la Grange, Mo
Cure Whig
Hampshire
Nike
Mary Knee
Adiivess
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