Lighting Plant Proposition Not To Be Voted On
The city council committee rejected a spring vote on a $500,000 municipal lighting plant and bond issue. Aldermen McNutt Bickhaus Tompkins favored delaying until utilities commission fate is resolved. Report on bonds and street improvements set for Monday with three ballot placements and 4 percent interest target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Thompson
McNutt
Bickhaus
Tompkins
Klein
Myers
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
Jefferson
Payson Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Vine and Chestnut
Quincy
Ing
Thompson
Burlington and
Wabash
River Front
G C B C and Y. M. C. A. clash promises hard fight
Quincy's Pulse basketball report notes a promising tonight game between G C B C and Y. M. C. A. both strong teams. A Quincey High School versus Palmyra game is cancelled as Palmyra played Friday night and refused a second game. Roof fires cause minor damage at 422 Kentucky street and 339 South Fifth street with suspicions of chimney embers.
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Quincey High School
Palmyra
Kentucky Street
South Fifth Street
Richard Vance
Tioga Boy Hopped Bags 6 Times Saw War End
Private Roy Wouseholder of Tioga writes from France about the end of World War I on November 11, 1918. He recounts troop movements from Hoboken to Brest, battles near the Meuse and Argonne, and the ceasefire at eleven o clock as German guns fall silent. He notes his unit's six bucket-line bag hops and receives decorations from Allied forces, finishing with Christmas wishes to his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Wouseholder
Tinga
Albert T Wouseholder
Vievillle
France
Albert Householder
Stars and Stripes
UV. 5
Mt. Vernon
Wronprinzessin Cecilie
United States
Hoboken
Brest
Ossemont
Henglish
Ceresy
Albert Front
Chipuly Ridge
Pullmann
Amiens
Paris
Chateau-Thierry
Ligny
Guerpont
Verdun
Argonne
Meuse
Chaume
Fritz
Metz
Terry
Machine Guna
Longeau Farm
St. Maurice
124Th Machina Gun Bn
H. F
War veterans and families share a busy postwar stream of letters
The report details Quincy soldiers in France and Luxembourg returning home or awaiting transfers. It notes gifts like a German helmet and gas mask, mentions Camp Mills and Dupont Delaware postings, and observes letters from Lieutenants Sinnock and Cunnane. It also mentions food costs in Luxembourg and discharge news for Carl Linn and Jess Veth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Sitton
France
Sitton
United States
Quincy
Third Trench Mortar Artillery
Camp Mills
Dupont
Delaware
Camp Grant
Rockford
Carl Linn
Liberty
Gertrude Clary
Linn
Dixie
Men Injured at Camp Point Recovering
In Galesburg on January 25, C Bates and A Sandquist fireman and brakeman riding Extra 5336 were injured when the engine dropped the crownshee at Camp Point. Cottage hospital reports they are resting comfortably and there is no chance of serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Point
Galesburg
C. A. Bates
A. Sandquist
Cottage Hospital
Weather outlook for Missouri and Iowa this weekend
Generally fair conditions expected Saturday and Sunday with mild temperatures. Missouri will be fair with slightly colder weather in the west and central areas Saturday and in the east Sunday. Iowa also fair both days with cooler trend Saturday and in the eastern zone Sunday. Sun rises 7 17 a m and sets 5 08 p m. Moon rises 7 47 a m.
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Missouri
Iowa
Grand Jury Ends Its Work For the January Session
The January term grand jury was discharged after five days of investigation. The jail and workhouse inspection report was favorable and praised by Judge Albert Akers for sanitary conditions. Sheriff James Simmons said the jail is well kept. No indictment was returned against Edna Chapman for forgery and theft from Mrs. R W Nance. Complete docket lists cases for late January to early February, with several pleas likely or continued. Dr George W Burch may face trial for alleged operation on a minor. Manslaughter indictments against George Sherman and son are not likely to be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Akers
James Simmons
Edna Chapman
R. W. Nance
George Sherman
George Sherman, Jr
Siegfried
Mrs Black Candidate In The Fifth Ward
Grace E. Black a Republican candidate for alderman from the Fifth ward begins an active campaign. She is noted for prominence in Quincy women's affairs and is well regarded among women. She is wife of Edward Black of the J E Bennett commission house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace E. Black
Fifth Ward
Labor Party Talked Before the Assembly
The Trades and Labor Assembly met Friday night with little discussion on the proposed new labor party. Reports from Mooney meeting in Chicago were presented and Harry Nichols was chosen to attend Hannibal mass meeting Sunday. Delegates endorsed two shift changes for the city fire department and received credentials from machinists tailors and city firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades and Labor Assembly
New
Labor Party
George Schmitt
Robert Murphy
Mooney
Chicago
Assembly
Harry Nichols
Hannibal
Hannibal Trades and Labor Assembly
D. Drummond
Bishop Fawcett Elected President Of Cheerful Home Board
Bishop M. Edward Fawcett was elected president of the men’s board of the Cheerful Home settlement at a Friday luncheon in the YWCA. Officers include E. K. Stone as vice president F. W. Crane as secretary Mrs. Joseph Barlow as treasurer and directors Charles Eiichen hauer Charles M. Gill Leaton Irwin T. P. Black H. J. Eaton and Emery Lancaster. The group plans to aid the women’s board in the year’s work and conducted routine business at the luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Edward Fawcett
Cheerful Home Settlement
E. K. Stone
F. W. Crane
Joseph Barlow
Charles Eiichenhauer
Charles M. Gill
Leaton Irwin
T. P. Black
H. J. Eaton
Emery Lancaster
Births in Blessing Hospital Additions
Born to Mr and Mrs Harry Fenhoff a daughter in Blessing hospital Friday evening Mrs Nellie Morton is former. Born to Mr and Mrs Roy Heckenkamp 1424 Oak street a son Friday morning in Blessing hospital. Born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Bruemmer 1011 North Eleventh street a son Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fenhoff
Blessing Hospital
Henhoff
Nellie Morton
Roy Heckenkamp
Oak Street
Joseph Bruemmer
North Eleventh Street
Indian Pow Wow At Y For H S Boys
A crowd of high school boys filled the Y M C A gym for an Indian pow wow with games such as wrestling and a war dance. Four groups competed by tribal lines Cherokee Mohawk Sioux and Navajo, followed by a singing contest led by George W. Cawthorne and W. H. Grumman. Ice cream and cake were served. Cawthorne Grumman Gabel and Githens organized the event. A similar party for all employed city boys will be held next Friday evening with four secretaries in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Cawthorne
W. H. Grumman
Mr. Cawthorne
Mr. Grumman
Sam Gabel
Harry Githens
Ellington School PTA Clears 55 For Adopted French Orphan
Children at Ellington school entertained a large audience with a play and an auction sale of pies and cakes. The event raised 55 to aid an orphan the school plans to adopt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellington School
Military unit status updates from occupation forces
Inquiries to the Whig are answered next morning. Entries show 14Sth artillery Co H 148th in the 32nd division Army of Occupation, 111th Infantry Co C in the 28th division, 119th field artillery A Battery F in the 32nd division, with Regendorff Germany as a reported location. Some units have no current records for division attachments or base hospitals.
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14Sth Artillery
148Th
Army of Occupation
119Th Field Artillery
Regendorff
Germany
54Th Artillery
44Th Coast Artillery
Frank Penick Named Inspector of Draft Records
Attorney Frank J. Penick has been appointed inspector of the Adams and Hancock county draft files to review questionnaires and correspondence and issue final shipping instructions. The Quincy board lacks an inspector. boards and clerk wrap questionnaires in bundles of 50 before sealing. Penick and Chauncey Wood have worked without pay, handling complaints and delays with commitment and patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Penick
Quincy Exemption Board
Adams County
Hancock County
Quincy Board
Springfield
Penick
Adams
Hancock
Chauncey Wood
Quincy
Quincy College Defeats Culver Stockton 45 to 16
Quincy College routed Culver-Stockton at Canton Missouri on Friday night winning 45 to 16. Graves led the upriver squad with strong play while Heinen and Whalen starred for Quincy. Scoring featured Heinen and Whalen with multiple field goals and Graves adding key baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy College
Culver- Stockton
Canton
Graves
Heinen
Whalen
Quincy Culver-Stockton
Geigrech Sandon
If Rg
Ellis Whalen
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Abe Martin
J Evenvinns Cash
Tioga Boy
Lieut
Ray Sinnock
Ingledorff
Luxemburg
Lieut. Sinnock
One Hundred Twenty-first Machine Gun Battalion
Kirby Hill
Argonne Forest
George Cunnane
Cunnane
Province of
William Sprick
Lena Sprick
South Twelfth Street
Sprick
Forty-ninth Infantry
Victor Winters
St. Louis
Compton Company
Aviation Corps
J. M. Winters
Rudolph W. Brown
One Hundred Thirty-first Infantry
Clarence Ruby
Madison Street
Medical Corps
Jefferson Barracks
Army
Walter Dusdicker
Post Office
N. Y
Lawrence Winking
Three Hundred Thirtyninth Field Artillery
Rochambeau
Winking
Bishop Fawcett
H. S
Ellington
111Th Infantry
Lifth Infantry
H. M.C. Mt. Sterlins
Ield
Frank Penick
Culver
ARCO
S. Michigan
New York
Boston
Providence
Worcester
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