Start Mailing Out Draft Questionnaires Here Today
Government orders trigger nationwide mailing of draft questionnaires to men registered last spring. Quincy and county exemption boards, aided by lawyers, will mail five percent daily and publish lists. Registrants must return within seven days, with local offices and banks offering legal help to complete forms.
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United States
Quincy
County
Exemption Board
J. R. Pearce
Frank O. Lowden
Board of Lawyers
Lyman McCar
Legal Advisory Board
County Exemption Board
Bank
Liberty
Peoples Bank
Camp Point
Farmers’ Bank
Mendon
Peoples’ Bank
Farmers’ State Bank
Pearce
Camp Dodge
Lecture Monday by Capt Leslie Vickers at Empire theater
Captain Leslie Vickers, a British subject and former army officer, will speak at the Empire theater next Monday night under Red Cross auspices with no admission fee. He served in the British Army, fought in France with the Seaforth Highlanders, was wounded, and returned to the United States to describe conditions in England and France. The note adds subtext about the government payroll and a shortage of workers in Washington.
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Leslie Vickers
Empire Theater
Red Cross
Vickers
United States of America
New Jersey
England
France
Seaforth Highlanders
Loos
C M Gill to Talk on School Spelling
Charles M Gill superintendent of public schools will speak on Spelling in Schools at a Riverside Coatsburg Fowler joint meeting this afternoon at 2 oclock in Riverside school The program includes Song America Invocation Rev Trueblood piano solo Thelma McDole address C M Gill round table talk led by Rev G Losh and officers of the cooperative association J L Ensminger president W L Farrel secretary treasurer
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Charles M. Gill
Riverside-Coatsburg-Fowler
Riverside
America
Trueblood
A.B. Church
Thelma McDole
C. M. Gill
Francis Niehaus
G. Losh
Grace Methodist Church
Long—linois
J. L. Ensminger
W. L
Clara Farrel
Ice Harvest Begins At Mutinacher Ice Company Bay
Mutinacher Ice company starts the annual harvest with 80 workers on the lower bay to fill the Burlington ice house and load cars for shipment. Nine inches thick on the lower bay, rising a fraction daily with zero weather. Upper bay thinner due to springs, seven inches, seeking nine to ten. Early start due to favorable conditions, demand for labor high. men with any ability welcome. Up to 500 men busy when packing at full scale.
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Mutinacher Ice Company
Burlington
L. A
Red Cross Meeting Tonight in Melrose
Melrose township plans a Red Cross gathering at the town hall tonight led by Judge S A Hubbard to discuss the membership campaign. Miss Katherine Wheeler directs the drive and organizers expect strong turnout from Melrose men and women. Australia is reported as the chief source of the world wool supply, with South America following.
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Melrose Township
Red Cross
S. A. Hubbard
Katherine Wheeler
Melrose
Australia
South America
Buy Christmas Card Today to Aid Quincy Needy
Ten cent Christmas cards sold by Quincy volunteers to aid local charity the winter ahead. The women's committee of the Council of National Defense organizes the drive with 100 Quincy girls and many chaperons assisting at the V. W. C. A. headquarters urging purchases to fund aid for the poor and future relief efforts.
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Quincy
Council of National Defense
Ray Oaklay
Alexander
W. R. Stanbury
Ida Stewart
Hilda Kuchman
James Riggs
Grace Henning
George Sinnock
Arthur van Doren
L. G. Hall
V. WC. A
Labor Advocate Christmas Number Praised in Quincy
The Christmas edition of The Labor Advocate, edited by R. S. Benedict, is a 16 page issue praised for its live reading matter and free from boilerplate. Printed and heavily represented by Quincy merchants, it enjoys wide circulation and endorsement from the Trades and Labor Assembly, Building Trades Council, and Women's Union Labor League.
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Labor Advocate
R. S. Benedict
Quincy
Advocate
Trades and Labor Assembly
Building Trades Council
Women's Union Labor League
Second Ward Workers Back 100 Percent Loyalty Plan
H L Baird proposed a 100 percent efficiency plan adopted by the Second ward Red Cross committee. Each member would take out a Red Cross membership for every member of their family, and $56 was raised. A house to house canvass in the Second ward is planned to interview every resident. Hunter Smith, enlisted in the aviation corps, left Galesburg with 95 recruits for Jefferson Barracks. his father County Clerk Billy Smith traveled to see him off.
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H. L. Baird
Second Ward
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Baird
W. A. Jackson
Hunter Smith
W. J. Smith
Adams County
Army
Galesburg
Young Smith
West Quincy
Jefferson Barracks
Salvation Army Doing Splendid Work in France
The Quincy division showcases Salvation Army efforts with troops in France. Brigadier General G. B. Duncan praises huts, religious instruction, and chaplains while noting homelike reception and real benefits for soldiers. A Chicago drive for war service funds has raised $70,000 with broad civilian and military support. New huts in advance camps gain popularity, libraries, victrolas, and up-to-date hometown paper files aid morale, and many soldiers join the Up the Pole League pledging sobriety during the war.
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Quincy
Salvation Army
France
Barker
Ligny
G. B. Duncan
Pershing
Chicago
Police Department
Postal Service
Salvationists
United States
Molder Hurt in Street Car Injury
Molder John G. Wuhlman of 1141 Chestnut Street, a well known tradesman, fractured a leg reaching for footing while climbing a streetcar Sunday. He is recovering and will be confined indoors for three weeks.
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Molder
John G. Wuhlman
Chestnut Street
Letters to Santa Claus in The Whig print
A festive feature prints children letters to Santa Claus many seek toys warm clothes and sleds. Names and ages appear with addresses from Quincy Augusta Taylor and Birmingham as youngsters request dolls sleds coats overshoes mittens and candy for Christmas and note their family situations.
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Santa Claus
Whig
Kris Kringle
Nicholas
Pappa
Selah Cook
South Eighth St
Quincy
Carl McCormickh
North Fourth St
Ralph Milbert
Monroe St
Champion Adams County Speller In Quincy Today
Edith Grady of Happy Hollow McKee township is Adams county champion speller and will study difficult words with Superintendent John If Steiner. She will represent Adams at the Illinois championship in Springfield on Thursday December 27. Steiner predicts Grady will bring home the state prize banner.
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Edith Grady
Happy Hollow
McKee Township
Adams County
John If. Steiner
Miss Grady
Springfield
Mary Orton
Steiner
Suffering Quincy families seek aid from Associated Charities
Cold weather drives urgent pleas in Quincy as wintry winds exhaust fuel and food. The Associated Charities warns funds are strained and appeals surge from Cheerful Home headquarters. Old stoves clothes and bed clothes are urgently needed. donations via 912 W Cheerful Home or Judge Lyman MecCarl at the courthouse can trigger wagon pickups.
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Quincy
Associated Charities
Icheerfu
Lyman MecCarl
Deaths and Funerals in Local Notices
Death notices for Mrs Hannah Margaret Fairchild Henry Geise Sr Winfield Scott and Mrs Mary Grosch list funeral times and locations with pallbearers, burial plans and family survivors. The piece notes Silk cultivation methods in China remain largely unchanged for millennia, citing ancient prints.
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China
Local men enlist for army and navy service during mobilization
ES Shrapnel and Roy Carson of Oakdale Illinois and Oliver Anderson of Oskaloosa Iowa, students in Gem City Business College, left for Rock Island to enlist in the ordnance department. Arthur Mullenfeld of 1023 Kentucky Street was delayed in Monroe City Missouri and could not enlist locally but traveled to Jefferson Barracks for possible entry. Six men were enlisted at the local navy recruiting station as drafted men. Captain Zoller will inspect Company E to assess readiness for possible federalization.
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Roy Carson
Oakdale
Oliver Anderson
Oskaloosa
Gem City Business College
Rock Island
Ordnance Department
National Army
Langsford
Arthur J. Mullenfeld
Kentucky Street
Monroe City
Quincy
Jefferson Barracks
Navy
H. Taylor
South Twelfth Street
R. Bowles
Camp Point
Ill
J. Pollock
Colchester
D. Cantrell
Plainville
Til
C. Winters
State Street
Thora D. Alley
Macomb
Wempen
Zoller
Company E
Frank S. Perry
Dickson
Elza Taylor
Silas Arnold
Arnold
Cavalry
Firefighters Respond to Two Alarms Friday
An alarm at 6 p m Friday from 18th and Vine for Tony Trapp residence noted a chimney fire with no damage. At 6 30 p m Friday crews from stations 1 2 6 and 7 answered an alarm from Henry Voshake at 812 North Twelfth street caused by chimney sparks with no damage.
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Eighteenth and
Vine Streets
Tony Trapp
Nas
Henry Voshake
North Twelfth Street
Quincy s Pulse Attends Still Funeral in Kirksville
Dr E M Browne of Galesburg traveled to Quincy Friday morning en route to Kirksville where he joined osteopathic physicians in attending the funeral services of Dr Andrew T Still. Royal Arcanum Elects New Officers at K P Hall with weeknight installation planned in January. Adams Hancock dentists held a Thursday hotel dinner in Quincy to map next year’s convention and summer outing. South Side Boat club hosted a December dance with 100 couples at the hall decorated in red and green. O Farrrells orchestra provided music until midnight.
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E. M. Browne
Galesburg
Quincy
Kirksville
Andrew T. Still
Newcomb
Quincey
Carthage
Boat Club
South Side Boat Club
O'Farrell
Few people share troubles, but some keep to themselves
A concise reflection notes that few individuals hide their difficulties completely, while many feel compelled to disclose or discuss their burdens in some form. The comment emphasizes human tendency toward openness versus reserve in adversity.
Labor Union Men Oppose Day Bill Before Congress
President Theodore Bisser urged Congressmen King Mason and McCormick to vote against the national prohibition amendment. The Trades and Labor Assembly plans officer nominations for Dec 28 and reports a $613.68 treasury, 54 regular and 4 special meetings, plus $136 from four Saturday balls. August Lange lauded December duties and noted plans to build a Labor temple in Hannibal in 1918 with a site chosen. Credentials were received from multiple unions including Painters Tailors Tinnery Brewers Stove Molders Bartenders and Electrical Workers.
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Theodore Bisser
Trades and Labor Assembly
King, Mason and McCormick
Congress
Bisser
Labor Temple Association
August Lange
Hannibal Trades and Labor Assembly
Hannibal
Central Baptist Men Organize Brotherhood
Men of the Central Baptist church formed a brotherhood to aid in building a new church at Fourth and Jersey Streets. James E. McNutt was elected president with 23 members enrolled. Charles L. Carpenter, Henry Birks, and Theodore Iler named officers. Building committee plans were discussed and will be presented to church societies then the whole church. An oyster supper followed.
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Central Baptist Church
Fourth
Jersey Streets Baptist Church
James E. McNutt
New Brotherhood
Charles L. Carpenter
Henry Birks
Theodore Iler
Chicagoans Speak to Automobile Men
J P Hornung and C F Kircher represented the Harry Newman Stratton Co of Chicago at the Quincy Automobile Trades association meeting in the Hotel Newcomb. They gave talks on industry interests while dealers enjoyed supper and discussion. Almost full attendance noted.
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J. P. Hornung
C. F. Kircher
Harry Newman Stratton Company of
Chicago
Quincy Automobile Trades Association
Newcomb
No Half-Way House and No Peace Without Victory
The premier warns against pacifist factions and defenders of a half way peace promising victory only through a clear win. He critiques a league of nations with strict disarmament and arbitral terms as untenable without victory and cautions against emboldening those who would enforce a weak postwar treaty. A married man example concludes the point.
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Lord Lansdowne
League of Nations
Weather outlook for Illinois Missouri and Iowa day after Saturn day
A forecast for Illinois Missouri and Iowa for Saturday and Sunday notes a slowly rising temperature with day to day warming and calmer conditions anticipated across the region.
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Illinois
Missouri
Towa
River Stage Midnight: ZePo Law Observed
Fragmentary report notes a river stage event at midnight with unclear details. Mentions ZePo law and big observer reference. Names and specifics are unreadable. summary reflects available terms and timing only.
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L. Vickers
Washington
Abe Martin
C.M. Gill
Country Schools
U. S
Santa
Lola
Hazel Dean
Augusta
Tit. P. S
Birmingham
Santy
Glen
Jack
Jessie
Blanche Dean
Edward Thompson
Ti. P. S
Wayne Thompson
Helen Thompson
P. S—T
Wilma Thompson
Julius Tierrmann
Taylor
Tam
Miss Rose
Paul Herrmann
Ines
Earl
Enos
Ohio St
Hannah Margaret Fairchild
Henry Geise, Sr
Little Rock
Ark
Freiburg Chapel
St. Peter's Catholic Church
J. J. Driscoll
James Schillinger
Ben Wheckle
William Evans
A. C. Bickhaus
J. R. Albright
John Fuelbier
Akien
St. Boniface Cemetery
Winfield Scott
Hampshire Street
Evergreen Cemetery
Mary Grosch
Grip
Frank Koenig
George Winkler
George Grosch, Jr
Clyde Clayton
North Fifth Street
The
St. Louis
Signal Corps of the
Clay Straub
J. L. Straub
Kansas
William Guegel
Ed Guegel
Rhode Island
South Seas
Royal Arcanum
Charles C Gnuse
K. of P. Hall
S. T. Malam
John T. Tofall
Fred W. Hoehne
Albert J. Tuffle
Tohn Hoffman
Henry L. Westman
James E. Wilson
William N. Brown
Thomas Harvey
Grand Council
John Tofall
Mr. Hoehne
Quincy Assembly
Central Baptist Men
Wee
Zepo
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