Y M C A Faces Year With Leadership Gaps And Growth
The 1917 plan for the local Y M C A aims to build on a year of activity amid leadership changes. General secretary Hanna resigned to become organizer and manager for Brown Evans, with a new head expected soon. Alderson also left to become district secretary in Illinois. successors await arrival. The dormitory housed 366 men, with capacity rising to 77. The B G M program and boys department produced active clubs, sports leagues, and fitness classes, including indoor baseball, volleyball, and a first aid course, while nine park meetings last summer drew 645 attendees with 6 ministers aiding the outreach.
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Goon
Henna
Hanna
Brown Evan
Hehne
The
Q. A. Alderson
Linton
Alderson
Hig
Peakat
Keokuk
Burlington
Hannibal
Monmouth
Jacksonville
Young People’s Societies
Big Gain in Quincy Bank Clearances Shows Prosperity
Quincy bank clearances rose from 41,041,460 in 1915 to 50,700,894 in 1916, a gain of 9,659,389. The report from the Quincy Clearing House links strong bank activity to robust commercial life, noting monthly totals across 1915 and 1916 and emphasizing banks as the city’s economic heart.
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Quincy
Quincy Clearing House Association
Fae
Alywesencenes
Shortage of cars delays shipments in Detroit
The nationwide freight car shortage disrupts auto deliveries, prompting traffic managers to improvise. Packard Motor Car Company traffic manager Charles J. Shaar arranged with Canadian customs to send Packard cars from Windsor, Ontario, directly across the Detroit River. He rented 26 privately owned freight cars used in summer for race horses, allocated for Packard shipments and returned after unloading.
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Detroit
Charles J. Shaar
Packard Motor Car Company
Canada
Packard
Windsor
Ont
Detroit River
Motor City
Bushnell Man Buys Car and Returns Home
Elmer Auld of Bushnell bought a Chevrolet at the Clough Reihm garage. He drove the car back to Bushnell and will operate the Chevrolet agency there.
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Bushnell
Elmer Auld
Quincy
Clough-Reihm
Chevrolet
All men are born equal but at forty a woman ages faster
A concise remark notes that while men may start equal, a woman’s aging pace appears steeper around age forty, suggesting differing perceived aging trajectories. The statement frames gendered views on aging as a societal matter without scientific support.
Admiralty Reports Shipping Losses For November
Berlin reports a naval admiralty estimate stating that in November 138 hostile ships totaling 314,500 gross tons were lost due to central powers war measures. Of this, 244,500 tons were British. Additionally 68 neutral ships of 94,000 tons were sunk for contraband. Since the war’s start, 3,636,500 hostile tons have been lost, 2,704,500 of them British.
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Berlin
Sayville
Admiralty
Block Russian Port by Placing Mines
Berlin December 1981 wireless reports say German warships laid mines at both entrances to the Finnish port Rauma on the Gulf of Bothnia, threatening seaborne access and supplies to the area.
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Berlin
Raume
Gulf of Both
Regal car price rise signals broader shift in auto market
Reports from Aftonbladet via Overseas News note price movements in the Regal model as car makers raise sticker prices. The Regal now lists at 745 dollars, up from 605, with observers predicting similar increases across the Regal class while Raumo remains a strategic port.
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Nia
Aftonbladet
Raumo
Regal
Haines
Inas
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Quincy, Ill
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Vermont St
Vermont Street
the Christmas Savings Club
Broadway
Bank
Broadway & 12Th St
South Side Branch Bank
S. Eighth St
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