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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1918

Page

6

Illinois Civil Service Examinations Open to US Citizens

Examinations are open only to United States citizens residing in Illinois with postings for January 1919. Tests occur January 18 in multiple Illinois cities for numerous positions including Registration Clerk, Deputy Grain Inspector, Court Stenographer, and various clerical, engineering, and maintenance roles. Some exams assemble January 25. many require specific age and experience, with salaries ranging from 60 to 300 dollars monthly and several open nationwide sites for certain postings via state offices.

United States Illinois Office of the Commission Alton Anna Carbondale Charleston Chicago DeKalb East Moline East St. Louis Elgin Jacksonville Kankakee Lincoln Macomb Mt. Vernon Peoria Pontiac Quincy Springfield Urbana Claus Division of Architecture Hank II Rank University of Ilinois State Park Ersons State Civil Service Commission WiMnets Joliet Chester Menard P. O Narse Fireman Carpenter Elevtrhtan Macinixt Mason Steamfitter Cook Soldiers’ Orphans Normal Geneva St.Charles Hihway Commission

Remarkable Danish ball cabbage with 19 heads on one stalk

Frank Teeter of Enfield Center New York displays a Danish ball cabbage stalk bearing 19 heads. The central large head is ringed by 18 smaller, all perfectly formed and firm. The entire specimen weighs two ounces shy of 12 pounds. A proverb closes with a quip about beginnings and people.

Frank Teeter Enfield Center N. Y

Wagner Out for Speaker of the Missouri House

Jefferson City reports Hugh K. Wagner seeks the next house speakership while country members back S. F. O'Fallon of Oregon. City lawmakers like Jones H. Parker Louis E. Trieseler and Charles A. Becker vie for influence as country opposition centers on prohibition.

Wagner Missouri House Jefferson City Hugh K. Wagner St. Louis Country S. F. O'Fallon Oregon Holt County O’fallon St. Louisan

LaFollette presses wealth tax plan to raise six billion

In his first senate address in a year Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin argues for a substitute bill to raise about 6.74 billion mainly through war profits taxes and higher income taxes on the wealthy. He says the current bill fails to tax enough and would leave business profits and large incomes largely untouched, urging a heavy flag on wealth to fund postwar costs.

Senate Senator LaFollette Wisconsin Finance Committee LaFollette

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