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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1918

Page

2

Carthage Votes Vaccine Campaign to Open Schools

Carthage health and school boards adopt a plan to vaccinate pupils against influenza and pneumonia to enable a January school opening. If schools stay closed, home study will be implemented. a nurse may be employed, and medical inspection is planned for students. Also reports a sudden death in Denver of Ralph R. Andrus, a Denver attorney and Carthage native, husband of Adelaide Ferris, with two young children.

Carthage Focal Board of Health Board of Education Board of Health Johnson R. C. Cwm Mary L Newcomer L. W. Berry Imus Denver S. A. Ferris Ralph R. Andrus Colo

Aged Clayton Farmer Dies From Short Fall

Clayton Illinois December 11 Chris Vollbracht a 75 year old Concord township resident and retired farmer died Tuesday afternoon from injuries after a fall from his porch. Dr Peters said his condition was too serious for hospital care in Quincy. Coroner Lawrence Amen will hold an inquest Wednesday morning. Another death followed as kidney trouble was ruled the cause of death for 73 year old William H Whitefield, a Clayton resident. A jury verdict at the coroner's inquest Tuesday afternoon confirms the cause of death.

Clayton Ill Chris Vollbracht Concord Township Mr. Vollbracht Peters Vollbracht Quincy Lawrence Amen Willian H. Whitefield Whitefield Clayton and Vicinity

Berger Jury Panel Nears Completion in Spy Trial

Chicago December 11 The second day of the trial of Victor L Berger congressman elect from Milwaukee and four other Socialist leaders charged with conspiring to violate the espionage act closed with the jury panel nearly complete. With one exception the 12 jurors have been tendered by both sides and will hear opening statements today.

Chicago Victor L. Berger Milwaukee Counaelay

Tank Hauls Convoy of Barges On Canal

Paris reports a tank hauling a convoy of barges on the Marne canal near Epernay under Public Works Ministry direction. The convoy moved at about two miles per hour, faster than the aerial power speed of under one mile. The Geneva note also says German exchange in Switzerland fell while French exchange rose slightly. In Washington, Senator Sherman urged women's suffrage, arguing it would have prevented the War Labor Board from ordering the discharge of women on street cars in Cleveland.

Paris Lec Marne Canal Bpernay Ministry of Public Works Sherman Washington Hinds Senate War Labor Board Cleveland

Prince Henry of Prussia Proclaims German Royalist Party

Paris December 11 reports Prince Henry of Prussia brother of the former German emperor has proclaimed the establishment of a royalist party in Germany. Reports from Holland indicate the move reflecting royalist sentiment amid postwar political shifts.

Founds Paris Henry of Prussia Germany Holland

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