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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
7
Paris reports Gen. Nivelle is named commander in chief of the north and northeast, described as the first step in reordering France’s higher command structure. The announcement follows recent shifts as Verdun leadership changes unfold.
The Allied governments are urged to inform the neutrals on the grounds and nature of the blockade they have adopted and to explain their reasons for such actions, while neutrals register firm, legitimate opposition to measures affecting friendly nations.
A 60,000 strong strike of men and boys clothing workers was called for Tuesday night by officials of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America led by Sidney Hillman. The strike was set to begin this morning. The American Clothing Manufacturers' Association sought to undercut the action by offering to grant the United Garment Workers of America the proposed demands. The United Garment Workers of America is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. The Amalgamated remains an independent union.
In New York a luncheon conference hosted by William R. Willcox, Republican national committee chairman, gathered prominent Progressive Republicans to discuss political conditions and prospects for 1920. Attendees included Chester H. Rowell, Alvin T. Hert, George W. Perkins, Fred A. Upham, and Everett Colby as they talked over changes before the next presidential election.
Community brief items from Quincy note visits to relatives in Los Angeles and Chicago, church bazaars on December 14 15 at Luther Memorial and Congregational church, and a home cooking sale at Miller Arthur's. Local residents face minor injuries from a slip on ice, carloads of cattle showings, bank savings clubs for Christmas, and a baptismal service following Bob Jones campaign at First Baptist.
Paris dispatch from Las Palmas dated December 10 reports two German submarines entering the port while a German interned vessel lay moored nearby. Transmission delay noted in the Havas agency report.
Hopkinsville Kentucky December 3 The identity of a woman who died from burns believed caused by a fire at an isolated school house two weeks earlier was confirmed as Miss Helen Margar ite Cannell of Alton Illinois by her brother Herbert Cannell of Alton.
An old ad touts rich blood as the cure for many ailments and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as purifying and enriching the blood, claiming it removes scrofula and humors and strengthens the whole system for the family to avoid illness.
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