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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
2
A long list of individuals from Adams County is shown as part of an exemption board roll. The names include Anton Osterhold Clarence Leroy Spaid Frank I Jennings Paul McMullen Edwin L Zemann and many others with designations Class 1 through Class 5. The statement notes that business is a mantle that covers a multitude of queer transactions.
Palmyra Jan 25 dates set for alien enemy registration February 4 to 9. Registration hours 6 am to 8 pm. All non US citizens must appear before Postmaster C J Johnson registrar for this vicinity, sign in triplicate, provide four photos and fingerprints. An identification card with photo and fingerprints will be issued and must be carried. The process may burden German-dominated communities and affects many men over 40, some residents without naturalization papers. Class 1 exemption being accepted to fill quotas. 350 claim exemptions and similar number claim agricultural or industrial grounds. Public notices include Red Cross chapter approval, bank cow sale plans, anti saloon league election to close Palmyra saloons, mail route adjustments, local visits, and marriage licenses. Estate dispute noted in Thurwachter case valued at $30,000.
A roster of individuals deemed physically qualified for general service includes Clarence H. Stratman Milton J. Braxmeier Earl V. Brownell Gerhard M. Hummert Perrin Kay Sinnock Norman McMullin Joseph Wolfman Albert H. Krueger Theodore Schuette Leo J. Seibert Walter Hf Stormer Sung Chang Lee James Blain Holliday Ralph Milton Brown Arthur YT Hermner N M Ridge Carl William Brown Gilbert I Prante Samuel FE Bridge Roy Parish Ben H Tensing Arthur H W Lauker Robert F Hunt Willard Pfirman Virgin Valentine VanSteed George Tensing August F Heuer Robert 4 Niehaus Bernard M Scheid John C Showers Walter J H Bredenbeck Arthur H Sibbing
Liberty announces the district board classified registrants appealed from county board and industrial claims including Roy J. Pierce Camp Point Frank P Kauffman Adams Jacob B Koch Liberty Herbert Herr Quincy Nerman Bergman Quincy Elmer G Schneeberger Quincey Carl C Tenhaeff Golden Ralph I Hunter Camp Point Irrank J Anderson Plainville Willis J Meyer Quincy Eaward Voth Quincy Herman C Tenhaeff La Prairie.
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