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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1915
Page
8
Dr. David Klein of the state pure food commission spoke to about 70 dairymen and milk-dealers at the Chamber of Commerce, urging bottled milk to reduce handling and bacteria. He warned of possible prosecutions if the city’s milk supply does not improve and suggested forming groups to implement bottling.
The Quincy Rifle club held the first of five weekly shoots to pick a five member champion team. Top scores were W Cook 178 A Gertenigsen 175 W Simmonds 171 J Be Carroll 170 W White 164 with others: Joe Ehart 160 Jy Young 159 D G Kilburn 157 L E Wachenheim 123 D A Little 0. The Mae Thresher will perform Sunday with the Fifth Infantry band at the armory.
The United States plans a second note to Austria-Hungary, aiming to be more vigorous than the first. Secretary Lansing said Austria’s reply did not concede any demands and proposed further communication with specific charges. The note will be transmitted to Vienna via Ambassador Penfield and is expected to go forward soon.
Local brief notes events in Marion County with Cupid themed sightings and social matches. No further details available.
Clarence A. Hays and Beulah E. Thomas of Hannibal join a list with Carl A. Peterson of Wilcox Pa and others including Namur Hannibal Hugh E. Clarke and Miss Emma M Alberts Marion Ind Wollister A Casparie and Bernadine Schmidt Quincy Arthur Williams and Dorothy Bloom Cedar Rapids Tx Orville Kline and Florence Fernandez Springfield Mo in the compiled notices.
The Quincy lodge No. 296 A F and A M held an 8:30 pm installation in the Masonic temple with Emmett Howard installing officer and Wm Howard Watson presenting officers. Edward Mulliner read the officers list and Rev Lyman Greenman gave the invocation. Wilbert Hafner was installed worshipful master. A dance and social followed the ceremony.
An advertisement urges avoiding exposure and drafts while using Dr King s New Discovery made from pine tar balsams and laxatives. It claims to kill cold germs soothe the throat and heal the mucous membrane with over 45 years of use as proof of satisfaction.
Last night at the Doerr store corner Maine and Sixth streets the address focused on salesmanship as an art easily learned and essential store discipline. The speaker urged personality as key to a successful salesman and stressed treating customers as guests to build goodwill as a merchant asset.
The Fifth Infantry band presents the second winter season pop concert Sunday at 3 PM in the armory. Conductor E Reinendorff leads, with soprano Mae Trescher soloing. Program includes Atlantis selections, Shadowland, Kalman pieces, Robert LeDiable aria, and The Star Spangled Banner.
Little Judge Harry Higbee of Pittsfield will preside at the circuit court sessions beginning January 10 for one week. The calendar lists cases including divorce actions Elijah Walker vs Julia Walker and Zelma M Long vs Jesse W Long, a separate maintenance suit Claire Guthrie vs J Ralph Guthrie, injunctions Sara E Karel vs William R Lee and Henrietta R Watters vs Edward P Smith, partition suits Richard J White vs Mary Asher and William H Govert vs Lavina Kelley, and injunction H B W Kallista vs Mary J Ahalt.
The Redpath Lyceum series renews with pianist Miss Marie Kryl appearing Monday at 8 15 PM. The popular soloist, trained by Heniot Levy and Mme Bloomfield Zeisler, will perform works praised by Paderewski Bachmann and Busoni, with sisters Marie and Bohumir Kryl joining on violin and cornet respectively.
Prohibitions against bull fighting in one Mexican state and liquor sales in another are part of Carranza reform moves. Gov. Salvador Alvarado of Yucatan bans liquor sales and enacts agrarian reforms, with new treasury and employer liability rules to follow. In Jalisco Gov Berlanga orders bullfighting abolition, Sunday rest, reduced hours, minimum wage, liquor regulation, and gambling prohibition.
Earl De La Waart died yesterday in Messina from rheumatic fever followed by pneumonia while serving in the Dardanelles. The somber casualty reflects the risks faced by service members in the campaign.
A vintage advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills keep the liver active aid digestion ease constipation and tone the body. Priced at 25 cents sold through your local druggist.
In the city yesterday farmers said recent rains clogged many roads with mud yet the highways were generally fair. They noted the roads would improve with protective measures, but the current state was not as bad as expected.
Ed Pratt of Burlington railroad visited Quincy police to discuss a plan to start a municipal wood yard. Hoboes would be paid in lodging and meals for cutting wood, which would be sold to charities. Chicago already uses this scheme. Pratt planned to visit family in Palmyra after touring the area.
LONDON December 17 A dispatch from Christiania reports Norwegian finance minister M Blehr has arranged with the National City Bank of New York for a six percent loan of five million dollars redeemable in seven years.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, leading a minority attack, accused the tariff changes of shifting tax burden to wealth while praising war era purchases. Senator Underwood rebutted that current prosperity stems from the war, not Democratic policy, as Republicans Lodge Smoot Gronna Gallinger and Works joined the debate.
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