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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1918
Page
3
Quincy retailers report the strongest Christmas season in 45 years as snow Tuesday kept some shoppers away but Saturday's good roads drew a large crowd. Merchants say every store was crowded, with clothing and general goods selling briskly, and gifts chosen for practical needs rather than mere fanciness.
John Tieken returned Tuesday from service in the selective service, after a stay in Camp Taylor hospital for complications from influenza and pneumonia. He received an honorable discharge. His brother George Tieken, gassed in France, reports recovery and plans to come home soon. Colonial troops first served with the British in 1884 85 when New South Wales sent 800 to the Soudan.
Paris reports the first convoy of German civilians left Mulhouse with 80 pounds per person. Strassbourg replies to a Wolff Bureau dispatch denying that Germans in Alsace were mistreated by French authorities. The French arrests targeted Germans shown to hate Alsatians, including magistrates and judges condemned Alsatians to long prison terms.
Muskegon officials say the suicide of Milo H. Piper who faced a murder charge in the death of Miss Frieda Weichman does not close the case. They plan to arraign a Muskegon woman in connection with the slaying, and believe at least two persons took part. Police withhold further details on roles or accomplice status. Piper was buried Tuesday after morgue service.
In Watertown New York on December 25 four men and two women were killed and 19 injured in a shell loading building at the J B Wise Munitions company plant. A primer cap exploded in a loading machine triggering a blast trapping 25 workers. none escaped injury. The main plant remained undamaged.
Curtis Jett, freed after fifteen years of a life sentence, marries a childhood companion in Lexington. The document notes his parole status and the unexpected turn in his personal life following release.
James B. Marcum, killed in Breathitt county, was married Tuesday in the Jackson courthouse to Mrs. Dora Bullock Atkins of Fayette county, once from Jackson. The killing closed a long feud in Breathitt county. While in prison Jett expressed a wish to reform and has led evangelistic services in Madison and Estill counties for two weeks.
Two detachments arrived aboard the transport France from Paris each heading to different posts. A four member delegation led by Commandant Latour De Jean sails for Washington while an eighteen member group led by Georges Deraches proceeds to Siberia. The mission's purpose was not disclosed.
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