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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1919
Page
3
Hannibal Missouri reports renewed push for street improvements as war restrictions ease. Petitions circulate for paving several streets and contractors visit to drum up interest while the city had only one street paved last year Market Street.
Hannibal Missouri January 19 funeral services for Mrs Matte Bennett of Sycamore Street who died Friday at St Elizabeth Hospital will be held at 830 Monday from the Catholic Vic Church burial in St Marys Cemetery She was 60 and survived by husband Ben F E Bennett two sons Otis Hannibal and Robert St Joseph Missouri and daughter Miss Bina Bernitt Hannibal Her daughter Mrs Stella Lett died about three weeks ago
Walter Dudley formerly of southern Missouri dies in Levering Hospital. Funeral services at 2 30 this afternoon at the Baptist Church Palmyra with Rev E Truitt officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Dudley was born and raised in Marion County near Hannibal.
Hannibal Missouri January 19 United Commercial Travelers council 55 held a meeting. About twenty five members planned to attend the Quincy council banquet and meeting next Saturday night. Several candidates will be taken to Quincy to receive the work at that meeting.
Mary Young aged 18 and Marvin Wood son aged 19 were married in Hannibal Friday evening by Judge Dent. Telephone help and authorities arrived too late to prevent the union. The couple later traveled to Quincy and spent the night at the Hasse hotel.
Orville D. Perkins son of Mr and Mrs Grant Perkins 610 Sulton Avenue Hannibal Missouri has served in France since last March with the Mth Regiment I Company U S Railway Engineers He writes he is fine and expects to be home soon
Policeman Henry Mass and Sheriff James Simmons arrested a couple at Paris on sheriff orders. The marriage certificate was produced, and kindhearted Jim and Henry allowed them to return unaccompanied to Paris to receive expected parental blessings from Papa and Mama Young.
London Jan 19 a secret Sheffield Cannon Works project revealed a giant gun larger than the Big Bertha. It was about 33 feet long and weighed 124 tons likely to shell Rhine towns from long range. Officials said it would carry 0 miles though workers believed it could reach 90 miles. the war ended before it could be deployed.
Weather bureau predicts a week of above normal temperatures in the Great Lakes region with unsettled conditions and occasional snows. Upper Mississippi and lower Mississippi valleys expect a high first half and near normal second half with occasional snow Wednesday and generally fair weather.
Investigation shows the motor tuck makes longer hauls for the farmer at a decreased cost compared with horses.
Mason R. Wallace of Clayton has maintained continuous Whig readership for 73 years. He began in childhood, later dropped out over temperance disputes, and renewed his subscription last year. Born October 3, 1944, he recalls Kentucky ancestry, a Bear Creek log home, and a Clayton life bridging past and present.
Washington reports the War Department released a list of Americans freed from the Ras tat i prison camp in Germany and who have reached France. The names include Theodore M. Petroski Elmira Michigan Leary L Price Marton Tl Wojiech Crganewski Detroit Harold E Bellmer Dunkerton Iowa Charles M Thorsheim Thompson Iowa Ollie E Vane Macomb Ill Cecil E Wilhoit Kansas Hill Joe Bracco Westerville Ill William Dykes Tron Mountain Mich Fred Cargill Mason City Iowa John F Brenner Davison Mich Charles Brazile Lakewood Ill Edwin A Pretzer Unionville Mich John G Reid Gulliver Mich Nick Withers Evanston Ill Charles D Kirby Springerton Ill Raymond J Roberts Altamont Ill James Wesley Coal City Ill Elmer Hf Rupp Shannon City Iowa John IH Miller Owing Ill Jas Hf Murphy Des Moines Ia Orin H Muhike Libertyville Ill New York produced apples in 1918 near western states Mississippi.
London datelined dispatch says Karl Liebknecht was shot and killed while under an escort and did not try to escape. he was killed at close range with a shot to the forehead. The Berlin Freiheit reports tips on workers to begin a general strike.
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