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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1917

Page

9

Taken Up As An Astray Collie Dog

Collie about 9 or 10 months old, taken up as an astray. Owner may reclaim by calling at 733 North Fifth Street, proving property, and paying for this ad.

North Fifth St

Venice Prepared for Air Raids by Austria

Reports state Venice has been prepared for the more than 30 air raids by Austria. Venice observation station microphones are said to detect the aircraft as they departed from Trieste, about 60 miles away.

Austria Venice Triests France Algiers Tunis Morocco Germany Dahomey

Real Estate Auction in Adams County Willows 1917

Foreclosure style notice details an executrix sale of Charles H Williamson property in Adams County Illinois. Describes East Half of South Ten Acres and undivided half in Lawn Dale addition with right of way exclusion. Auction set for July 1 1917 at 2 pm at Quincy courthouse. Includes dower interest and deed after court approval. Adjourned notices reference public expenditures and bridge bids.

Adams Quincy Adams County Court House Illinoia Sapner F. N. Hener M. K. Germann Adams County Willinois Charles H. Williamson Emily G. Williamson Katherine Willamson Graves John Graves Illinois County of Mississippi River Power Company Adams County Recorder's Office Lawndale Adams Conte Tllinois Jersey Street Twentieth Street Jersey Weston Reid County Court A. D State OF Illinois Adams Magnty William H. Schmalshof Adame County Jacob Schmalshof Payson Township Liberty Township Melrose Township Camp Point Ellington Township Mendon Township Richfield Township Lima Township Fall Creek Houston Township State Highway Department Lewis L. Boyer

Baker Defends Temporary War Censorship Plan

Secretary Baker explains the war department censor will temporarily oversee French and American dispatches about troop movements. A new, faster method is planned once Gen Pershing’s headquarters are fully organized in France, with 24 hour coverage and orderly delivery to Washington. Baker cites lack of formal legal authority but says the Secretary of War can act for soldier protection. The Pershing setup is expected to also cover French publication of U.S. troop moves.

Washington Baker War Department France Gen. Pershing Pershing

Storm defenses at Fort Sheridan reenact WWI assault

July 6 at Fort Sheridan III candidates for army commissions staged a trench assault reenacting the Allied offensive in Flanders. Explosions lifted dirt as Americans charged across open ground to drive the foe from emplacements. Officers watched closely as trainees perform under simulated warfare, with barbed wire entanglements and wooden barricades reinforcing the trench lines.

Fort Sheridan Flanders

France to draw more from colonies for war needs

Paris reports deputy Albert Lebrun said France will largely divert colonial resources for wartime needs. He cited Senegal Ivory Coast Dahomey Gabon and Indo China as sources of palm oil peanuts coffee tobacco paper pulp cotton and fibers with potential to reduce imports and bolster domestic industry.

Paris France Albert Lebrun Meurthe and Moselle Associated Press Senegal Ivory Coast Dahomey Gabon Indo-China Germany Congo Dutch Indies Algeria West Africa Kamerun Sweden Renm Cochin China United States Egypt India Tonkin

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