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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1916
Page
4
A brief notice reports a request for $200 from the Commissioners to purchase supplies for the needy. The item notes the purpose and the governmental body involved, reflecting a local public funding action.
City council members join a new relief effort funding a coal distribution program at less than cost with an initial 234.50 on hand. A wood and bread price investigation committee forms, focusing on half-price wood and a 5 cent loaf plan, with identification cards issued for needy residents.
J A Bink Burlingame longtime city official and custodian at City Hall is in serious condition at Blessing hospital after a stroke and a prior leg amputation. He is about 75 years old and has many friends in Adams county. The Bethel M E church furnishing club held a bazar Monday night with a good crowd and reported success.
Abe Martin notes the odd price of high shoes driving demand while joking that a man never knows a woman's affection until she sues him, reflecting comic small town wit and social mores.
Quincy aldermen push to confer with Chicago Burlington and Quincy promoters over a coal line to ease high input costs. A committee would gather data on coal fields and potential routes while addressing city broker practices and improving streetcar service on South Fourth and Twelfth streets. The panel also tackles city hall janitor funding and alley land issues.
Quincy Ad club meetings feature H Henderson and H. J. Robinson arguing that ambitious young men are needed in Quincy to attract big business. Henderson presents a success formula with values, reliability, and thought power. He stresses trifles, thinking rightly, and imagination as keys to future growth, while audience exchanges test reliability ideas. The talks, valued by members, will continue.
Dr Ralph McReynolds recounts his Red Cross service in La Panne Belgium after leaving Europe with Dr Clark. He describes crossings from Bordeaux to Paris, civilian clothes scrutiny, Belgian frontier delays, hospital operations with 22 nurses and 100 beds under a 1000 bed unit, rapid evacuation times, aerial and artillery scenes, and rising suspicion as the Red Cross withdrew.
Market Master Fitzgerald testified before the city council that corn rose 10 cents a bushel and hay by a dollar a load at the city market. He said he never sold to private persons, claiming only sales to the city and charities. He also accused Tony Trapp of advising farmers not to weigh on city scales.
Fifteen year old Louis Rischar, son of Mr and Mrs Gus Rischar, residing along Bluff Road north of Quincy, was struck by stray shot from a flying charge while walking the Q right of way. Two shot entered his right eye, one hitting the eyeball. doctors fear he may lose sight in that eye. His nine year old brother Henry, who was with him, was struck on the arm.
A man living near Twenty First Street was arraigned Monday on charges of defrauding Gasco by connection through camp Strauss Bonar and M Henry. Prosecutors claim he attempted to make a false aid and pass a bogus record to the Quincy gas company.
Rev. Father Remigius Behrendt, second assistant at St. Francis Quincy, has been transferred to St. Augustine Chicago. No successor named yet.
A heavy snow storm swept St Louis streets Friday afternoon with two inches depth in sheltered spots Friday night. Sheriff St Fletcher of Lewis county brought John Van Holt to Monticello Saturday after an arrest near Clayton Friday night. Vonholt faces three Lewis county counts, the principal charge being whipping his children.
The Orpheum bill pits an Alaska skit filled with gunfire and melodrama against a Maine homegrown comedy. Top acts include Anthony Toughes as sheriff and Stella Watts as the girl, with Clark and Ray and the Beresford girls adding punch to the vaudeville showcase. Stevens the equilibrvist and a piano duo entertain, while the Cailes Brothers close the program with their unconventional performance.
A conic description of Fair and Warmer shows it delighted a large audience at the Empire Hippodrome last night. The farce, though morally daring to some, remains light and amusing with a string of innocent yet risqué situational humor.
Edwin Grieser oldest son of Mrs Nattie Grieser of 305 South Sixteenth street was killed by a car in Chicago Saturday night. The body will arrive in this city at 9:30 this evening for burial. He was 9 years old and left the city about a year ago to work in construction. He leaves behind his mother four sisters and five brothers.
County Superintendent of Highways L A Boyer plans to inspect about 6000 bridges in Adams County in 1917 and possibly the next year. The program aims to create a card index with detailed bridge data, including township, section, type, span, condition, and other specs, to aid the board of supervisors and highway commission.
Samuel Crank won a circuit court suit against Walter Wissman for a $500 commission on selling 230 acres near Ursa. The jury awarded Crank after a contested trial.
Unsettled Tuesday brings light snow in the north and central areas with a shift to partly cloudy and colder conditions on Wednesday in the north. Missouri sees partly cloudy skies Tuesday and Wednesday with possible snow flurries in the northern portion Tuesday and little temperature change overall.
Stage of water at 7 AM yesterday measured at Vanous Points and other stations. Keokuk and Hannibal show slight changes with a forecast river level that will fall slowly over the next 36 hours from Warsaw to Louisiana, indicating a general downward trend with minor fluctuations.
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