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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1918
Page
8
Our Garden Seeds for Hot Beds will arrive in January and you know the quality we have is always the best money can buy. Come to our new location, N. E. Car, 12th Locust, Phone 3200 Terry Produce Seed Co Your Patronage Appreciated.
Farmers urged to wait for top offers on rags rubber iron paper and metals and to seek city orders for selling.
Judge Harry Peigbee presides in Adams county circuit court in Quincy. Local updates note military moves, school and college attendance, civil service appointments, land sales, church work, and a shipment of farming supplies. A peak at community events includes pie and box supper plans and holiday school building repairs.
London Jan 6 Premier Lloyd George told trades unions the nation backs the war only for a just cause. He urged clear, concrete aims tied to a world map, stressing the need for national unity behind conditions before any peace decision. He backed democracy in Britain, France, Italy and Russia, and called for Poland’s independence and a reassessment of Alsace Lorraine.
Blue numbers with a black background are the 1918 license colors for new automobile licenses. Plates are already being attached to cars and buyers expect fewer delinquents this year. Fees depend on engine horsepower. chauffeurs are buying licenses in large numbers and must present photos to the clerk. Soldiers Insurance Totals Three Billion. Washington reports 326,941 policies totaling 3,105,776,500 dollars, averaging 5,557 per policy, with February 12 as final application day. Norse Lose 22 Ships. London notes December losses of 22 Norwegian ships totaling 82,744 gross tons, with 75 lives lost.
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