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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
11
Postmaster General Burleson reports the European war cost the U S postal service 21 million dollars but a 11 million deficit after economies. Expansion continued with parcel post growth. War boosted postal savings banks with over a half million depositors, while money orders suffered.
The report notes nearly 66 million dollars in deposits, with city gains from 50 to over 199 percent. Foreign born savers exceed 58 percent of depositors, holding over 71 percent of total funds, highlighting postal banks' pull for immigrants while postage fraud enforcement remains active and railway mail pay reform stalls in Congress.
Weilers for York trombones master in chancery E P Allen returns home today from Kansas City. Fresh scallops at Wisherd s. R E Taylor of Lewistown Fulton county TL was in the city yesterday on business. Music bags Weilers. Leo Corcoran sippy injuries update says he is improving though weeks remain before full recovery. Attend the Stove Mounters dance at Turner Hall Christmas Eve. State Fire Marshal Bennett expected home today from Chicago. Snyder s new cabs 25c Phone 101. South Quincy Drainage district plans pumping station next big undertaking. contractors meet in Loren C Cox s office. Miss Edna Bock, recently ill, has improved after tensolitis.
Advertises Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for cold cough feverish throat and head with pine tar reducing phlegm and congestion. Claims antiseptic action and general relief with easier breathing and reduced inflammation. Priced at 25 cents.
Twenty four of thirty suspected rabies bite cases were treated before September. In October no cases were reported and in recent days six more people sought treatment at the state hygienic laboratory.
Quincy's Pulse reports the Ladies Aid Society of St Peter's Lutheran Church La Grange Missouri plans a Christmas box for the Orphans home near St Louis this week. The society with forty members raised 250 dollars plus clothing and money from November 1914 to November 1915 and decorated the church interior as its major project. Nearby court action: injunction in Umrath versus Wisdom case to prevent removal of fixtures from a Ninth and State street building. Coroner records William Klegensteuber died of natural causes after collapsing while sweeping the Family Theater lobby.
Seattle dispatch reports snow slides in the Cascades blocking Great Northern railroad traffic. Three hundred feet of snow sheds between Scenic and Tye on the west slope collapsed under heavy snow, delaying transcontinental movement today.
In Hot Springs Virginia December, members of President Wilson's party leaned toward asking questions about plans for sending a House to Europe. The main point of public business drew the president's attention as the central concern of the moment.
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