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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1916
Page
2
Reports indicate new residences are complete and ready for occupancy with a keeper listed at 73. Details remain sparse as the notice highlights current status and potential handover timing for local housing developments.
Quincy officials credit the Detention Home with placing 36 children in new homes during 1915. None of the permanently placed children were returned, and no cases of dissatisfaction arose. Probation Officer Thomas Nolan and Overseer Carl Hofmeister highlighted the program's success as they sought a permanent home for a four year old boy described as having two mammas.
All members of Camp Dewey No. 72 United Spanish Veterans are urged to attend a Monday evening meeting at 12474 South Fifth Street. Elected officers have been installed and the annual inspection will be conducted by a state official from Springfield. Plans to boost activity and membership will be discussed as efforts aim to recruit every Spanish-American War veteran in Quincy and vicinity.
The Y W C A membership committee will hold a tea next Tuesday to discuss plans for a successful year. They aim to boost interest and grow membership while outlining a future path for the institution.
Surveying for a new state aid road to run south and east of the present hard road in East State street will begin Tuesday unless weather prevents. The road will be 18 feet wide with water bound macadam as approved by the board of supervisors. Work will be delayed until winter and active construction will start as soon as frost leaves the ground.
Highway Superintendent L L Boyer finished preliminary work for a county traffic census to be conducted next Friday if weather allows. Census takers will use blanks with hourly counts for horse drawn and motor vehicles and their directions. Nationwide 150 censuses provide a basis for county travel figures. thirty men will collect data.
B F Harris of Champaign Illinois, chairman of the agricultural commission of the American Bankers association, announced the 1916 commission members: E J Curtin Decorah Iowa, Joseph Hirsch Corpus Christi Texas, George T Wells Denver Colorado, J R Wells Columbus Wisconsin, R I Woodside Greenville South Carolina, William H High San Francisco.
Diver begins work to raise the government tow boat Nauvoo which sank at its mooring in seven and a half feet of water. Ice slows progress as Capt Mills uses a canvas tarpaulin to form a cofferdam and pump water from the hull over several days.
At the home of Mr and Mrs William Davis one mile south of Fowler Zelma Davis and Thomas Jenkins of Linneus Missouri wed beneath a white wedding bell with Rev T O Lewis officiating The couple wore white lace over crepe de chine and planned to reside near Mendon after March 1 Credits note Mrs Pilcher sister of the bride wore her own wedding dress Guests included a few intimate friends and relatives A sumptuous supper followed the ceremony and the newlyweds will visit Jenkins parents before returning home to a farm near Mendon NL
New York Jan 1 Brokers estimate John D Rockefeller holdings in oil stocks rose from 167 192 100 to 421 056 400 since the Standard Oil dissolution, reflecting broader market adjustments and value growth across the sector.
A vintage ad warns that coughs and colds can lead to dangerous lung diseases if neglected. It extols Dr King’s New Discovery as proven for over 45 years and urges readers to obtain a bottle to avoid serious lung ailments.
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