Maps Prepared on Armor Plant Show Quincy as Distributing Point
Maps prepared on armor plant indicate Quincy as the logical distributing point and center of the source of supplies.
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Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1917
Page
9
Quincy Navy board data pack touts armor plant site
A campaign package sent to the Navy board includes two maps and a data folder showing Quincy Ills central location for armor material gathering. It outlines rail and water connections, nearby supply sources, transit times to key ports, and regional production capacity with extensive figures and local endorsements.
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Chamber of Commerce
Special Board of Inquiry of the Navy
Quinney
Naval Board
Quincy
Housing bill aimed at slum reform passes committee in Illinois
Springfield Jan. 24 A comprehensive housing bill to curb tenant neglect and sanitary slums is in preparation by the Illinois committee on civic legislation chaired by James M. Tufts of Chicago. It would require future residences to meet minimum yard space and lighting standards and will be introduced in the Senate by Senator Kessinger of Aurora. A second bill by Kessinger would amend the free employment act to secure convict lists 90 days before release to aid employment efforts.
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Mbnois
James IT. Tufts
Chicago
Senate
Kessinger
Aurora
Ilinois Free Employment Agency
Woman testifies seeing bomb suitcase before fatal blast
In San Francisco on January 24 a woman testified that a suitcase matching the one described by prosecutors as holding the bomb was seen at the explosion site seconds before the blast that killed ten. Eleanor A. Kennedy testified in Thomas J. Mooney's murder trial, corroborated by sister Pearl Seeman who lost a leg in the explosion.
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Eleanor A. Kennedy
Thomas J. Mooney
Mooney
Jewish War Sufferers Appeal for Funds in Russia
A New York cable from David R. Francis says $275,000 monthly must be contributed by the point distributing committee to aid Jewish war sufferers in Russia. The Russian government feeds housing and fuel for only 105,000 refugees.
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New York
Russia
Point Distributing Committee
David R. Francis
Mes
Instant relief nostrils open with Ely's Cream Balm
Advertises Ely's Cream Balm as instant relief for blocked noses and catarrh. Claims the antiseptic cream clears air passages, soothes inflamed membranes, and brings quick breathing relief after applying a small amount in the nostrils. Urges readers to buy from their druggist.
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