Cabbage Heads Shipped From Quincy at Record Pace
Nine million cabbage heads have shipped from Quincy in the past two weeks, with projections to 12 to 15 million by season’s end. Three local firms ship two to three carloads daily to Chicago Minneapolis Duluth and Milwaukee, while most cabbage remains in the region and eastward shipments are limited. Crop quality is described as among the best in the city’s history, with prices from 2.50 to 3.00 per hundred pounds.
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Quincy
Walter N. Neuer
North Forth
Cmpany
North Seventh Street
Duker &Anssen
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
Milwaukee
Ben Knuff Receives Last Made in Germany Knife
Ben Knuff, president of the Carpenters and Joiners local, received a four blade knife from a New York cousin. The letter said it was from the last Deutschland shipment to arrive in New London, Connecticut. Knuff tested the knife and cut his right forefinger, remarking that Germany would draw the first blood and Americans must fight.
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Ben Knoff
Carpenters and Joiners
Faday
New York
Germany
New London
Conn
Knuff
Boat 2232 Holds Meetings on Traps and Regatta Plans
Members of the South Side boat club will travel to Hannibal Sunday to arrange for Bluff City men to attend a trap shoot on July 15. A. J. Conger could not attend. E. J. Immerman presided. They also announced the Suuhaydght festival at cland park on August 6 and a regatta between North and South Side clubs on July 22 with a club picnic planned for members and families.
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South Side Boat Club
Hannibal
Bluff City
A. J. Conger
IE. Jimmerman
Cland Park
Apicnic
Fom
Tteir
Schaltzman Marries St Louis Woman in City
Schaltzman a pitcher for the Tunibal club wed Miss Outline Schlicting of St Louis in this city on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Url Schaltzman
Tunibal Club
Missouline Schlicting
St. Louis
Eva Venghaus Dies at 86 in Quincy Home
Mrs. Eva Venghaus died at 9 p m Friday of senility at her daughter Mrs Otto Lins home 923 Jersey street where she had lived six years Born January 1 1831 in Braunings Kur Hessen Germany she came to America December 20 1852 She was married twice first to H G Schwarzburg then to Herman Wenghaus Both husbands preceded her She leaves two sons William Schwarzburg Hannibal and Fred Quincy a daughter the Lins home twenty four grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren and one sister Mrs E Krummel Palmyra Mo Funeral at 3 pm Sunday in the August Stormer chapel burial Woodland Cemetery Friends invited to attend.
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Eva Venghaus
Otto Lins
Jersey Street
Braunings
Kur Hessen
Germany
H. G. Schwarzburg
Herman Wenghaus
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
William Schwarzburg
Hannibal
Fred
Quincy
E. Krummel
Palmyra
August Stormer Chapel
Woodland Cemetery
Garbage collection organized under Frank Rees in Quincy
The city appoints Frank Rees as official garbage collector at 1710 Lindstreet with health commissioner C L Martin directing efforts. The public is urged to cooperate, use steel cans with tight lids, and keep rubbish separate to prevent flies and mosquitoes. contaminated waste will be refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rees
Lindstreet
Board of Public Health
Mr. Rees
C. L. Martin
Quincy
Mississippi Valley
the Whig
Health Department
Divorce Granted for Iva L Olson in Pittsfield Court
Iva L Olson was granted a divorce by default in county court Friday with Judge Harry Higbee presiding. She also received custody of their child after alleging desertion cruelty and drunkenness by the husband. Horatio S Byerly’s divorce bid from Lillie Byerly was dismissed after evidence was presented.
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Iva L
Olson
Harry Higbee
Pittsfield
Horatio S. Byerly
Lillie Byerly
Higbee
Slacker Draft Detainees Jeered at Chicago Prison Gates
One hundred twelve Rockford objectors to the draft, each sentenced to a year and a day, were jeered as they entered the Chicago house of correction. Guards sanitized them, then locked them in cells amid taunts as a crowd outside beat tin pans. Seven more men were later sentenced in Freeport to the same term, bringing Judge Landis’s total to 128 as the grand jury adjourned.
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Chicago
Rockford
Lamba
Freeport
K. M. Landis
United States Circuit Court
Guard total is short
Washington reports to the war department that the national guard strength is just over 300000. More than 100000 men are still needed to reach war strength and vacancies likely will be filled by a draft.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Women Meet to Organize Emergency League Districts
Amid great turnout at the Elks Club Galesburg a large gathering of 36th to 39th corps organized emergency league districts 14 and 15. Prominent speakers from Chicago Peoria and other towns joined hundreds of suffrage workers registering and planning under the Equal Suffrage party banner.
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Women’s Emergency League
Galesburg
Elks Club
College City
Maida Lee Fosgate
Effie Adams
Vesta Hassan
T. L. Morris
Burr Irwin
Walter Dorsey
William Wewers
Mavis Fitzgerald
William Fountain
Quincy
Lima
Ursa
Mendon
Equal Suffrage Party
West
Chicago
B. B. West
Bushnell
Harrison Monroe Brown
Peoria
George Palmer
Springfield
The
Elks’ Club
Grace Wilber Trout
Judith Lohenthal
Carlton Ketchum
N. Alleshire
Plymouth
Anna Sapp
S. M. Talbot
Sid Richards
O. J. Talbot
M. M. Fowler
Brooklyn
D. Prudence Tedacock
J. T. Matheny
Edna Robbins
Verdie Hinman
Adair
Adjutant General
Mary Akers
Mabel Garwood
Olive Paker
Augusta
Charles Phelps
O. C. Kirkpatrick
Dallas City
Ruth Maynard
Maida Lee Posgate
Bert Leeper
Mary Ti Lima
W. B. McAdams
Mavis Wuggerald
Quseev
Morris
Quiiev
Vesta Hasson
Cumney
Bepadier Genera
Fliva- Leth Lave Knoxville
John Beckman
Carthage
C. al Webster
Wary Sykes
Monmouth
TH. M. Leinbaugh
Evanstun
Senate votes against bone dry amendment in food control battle
In Washington the Senate rejected the bone dry provision 52 to 34 amid a day of heated debate on the food control bill. The defeat limits prohibition to distilled beverages and stirs a new fight over wartime consumption versus manufacture of spirits.
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Washington
Senate
Cummins
Administration
Robinson
Arkansas
Reed
Myers
Montana
Ashurst
Beckham
Gore
Johnson
South Dakota
Kentick
McKellar
Shaffroth
Shields
Thompson
Trammell
Vardaman
Wolcott
Borah
Brady
Curtis
Dillingham
Fernald
Grenna
Hale
Jones
Kellogg
Kenyon
McCumber
Nelson
Norris
Page
Poindexter
Sherman
Smith
Michigan
Smoot
Sterling
Townsend
Bankhead
Broussard
Chamberlain
Culberson
Fletcher
Gerty
Hitchcock
Hollis
Hasting
Tames
Tones
Mexico
King
Lewis
Martin
Newlands
Orennan
Owen
Phelan
Pittman
Pomerone
Ransdell
Sheppard
Simmons
Georgia
Maryland
South Carolina
Stone
Swanson
Thomas
Tillman
Underwood
Walsh
Williams
Brandegee
Calder
Colt
France
Frelinguysen
Harding
California
Knox
LaFollette
Lodge
McLean
McNary
New
Penrose
Wadsworth
Warren and
Watson
United
United States
Shenman
Illinois
Navy Enlistments Highlight Local Men
Harold Strong and John F. Fritz of Beardstown and Sparta enlist in the navy. Arthur Caldwell of Sterling also joins the navy. A new “Follow the Flag” recruiting poster, showing a Jackie with a flag and a battleship, will be posted in Quincy and nearby towns. Joseph E. Hill of Augusta has joined by infantry.
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Harold Strong
Beardstown
John FP. Fritz
Sparta
Navy
Arthur Caldwell
Sterling
H. J. Wempen
Jackie
Quincy
Joseph E. Hill
Augusta
Hy Infantry
Illinois State Band Concert in Washington Park Tonight
The Illinois State Band directed by Burton Strock presents a 7:30 pm concert at Washington Park. The program includes Nabuea overture, Sulle for Cornet, Bohemian Girl selection, melodies from High Jinks, Rococo Serenade, Ragtime Feast, and the Star Spangled Banner. Performers Frank Walter and others listed.
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Illinois State Band
Burton Strock
Washington Park
Nabuea Co.cc
Eceaee
Frank Walter
Traumerie
Schumann
Loin du Bal
Seveee Gillet
Balfe
Friml
Meyer-Helmund
Lucila
Donizetti
Walter, Turner, Ferguson, Green, Richards and Mayhall
143rd Fifth Regiment to Receive New National Army Number
The Fifth Regiment I N G will be redesignated as the 143rd U S infantry when deployed under Col Frank Wood. The Sixth Infantry under Col Charles Davis becomes the 144th U S infantry. Officials expect the changes to be made official within days.
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National Army
Frank Wood
143Rd
U.S. Infantry
Sixth Infantry
Charles Davis
One Hundred and Fortyfourth
United States Infantry
Bids on Furnishing New Dewey School Debated
The school board heard two hours of demonstrations from bidders on desks seats and tables for the new Dewey school. Officials will decide between old fixed desks and newer pedestal and movable models with prices varying by item from kindergarten chairs to science tables.
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Dewey
Charles M. Gill
Gill
Harry Condon
Peabody Seating Company
W. H. Smiley
Standard School Supply Company
Superior Seating Company
E. J. Feineman
E. H. Sheldon Company
S. H. Richardson
L. H. Puls
American Seating Company
Richardson
Chicago Council Adjourns Amid Turmoil Over Mayor Thompson Censure
Chicago July 7 Aldermen clashed as the judiciary committee’s report censuring Mayor Thompson was called. The adjournment vote passed 37 to 26 amid book slamming and riotous protests, with the next council session not until fall.
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Chicago
Judiciary Committee
Thompson
Otto Kerner
Education
John H. Bayler
Shoes and Tires Prices In Stockholm Amid War Shortages
Washington dispatches warn of shrinking eparts to neutrals and rising scarcity in Stockholm. Leather and benzine run low, coffee stocks may exhaust in a month, and a winter war could worsen unemployment as factories halt due to material shortages. Continuous lines form outside stores for scarce staples.
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Stockholm
Washington
President Wilson Urges Support for Legitimate Business
July 7 letter read at a New York committee meeting for the southern commercial congress urges fostering legitimate commercial enterprises and maintaining activities as usual. He says the government should stimulate business and align action and development plans. Grass seeds germinate in 1 to 18 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wilson
Southern Commercial Congress
Warrants Issued for John Wells in Mund Attack
John Wells, hired as a strike breaker by Morris Brothers Shoe, faces a state warrant for attacking 16 year old Willis Mund on Eighth street and Broadway Friday evening. Mund, a former Morris employee, was en route to deliver orders when Wells jumped from a car and struck him. Mund is 16, and Wells is a local man. detectives were summoned but declined work amid the strike dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wells
Morris Brothers Shoe Company
Willis Mund
Shoe Company
Eighth Street
Broadway
Mund
A. S. Nieman
South Fifth Street
Wells
Highland Park Pool Opening Planned for Sunday
Will H. Smith announced the Highland park pool will be ready for swimmers Sunday with Gene Falk in charge. A Friday opening was delayed due to pool filling. admission remains 25 cents at the gate for a swim.
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Will H. Smith
Highland Park
Gene Falk
Excursion on steamer Sidney to Canton entertains large crowd
A large crowd enjoyed the Sidney steamer excursion to Canton with dancing as the main amusement. The boat left Quincy late at 9 oclock after delays at the landing.
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Sidney
Canton
Quincy
Agnes Heckenkamp Seriously Ill at Sister's Home
Agnes Heckenkamp is seriously ill at her sister Mrs. Clark Holmes' home in Columa Grove, Ohio. Her mother Mrs. Anna Heckenkamp is with her.
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Agnes Heckenkamp
Clark Holmes
Columabus Grove
Anna Heckenkamp
Jack Connelly Accepts Position With Rand Ingersoll Co
Jack Connelly, a University of Michigan graduate, arrived in the city to visit his parents at 325 South Sixteenth Street. He plans to depart Sunday for Glen Cove, New York, to take a job with the Rand Ingersoll company.
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Jack Connelly
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
City
J. H. Connelly
South Sixteenth Street
Glen Cove
N. Y
Rand Ingersoll Company
Patrolman shoots village alderman in a disputed case
Patrolman Jake Balti more of Energy 3 miles south of here shot and killed Francis Worsham an alderman of the village after an argument. Balti more surrendered in Baltimore claiming the shooting was by mistake and is held without bail. Worsham was to testify in a lawsuit against Baltince for assaulting a boy during his arrest. The report also notes a woodpecker description.
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Herrin
Jake Baltimore
Here
Francis Worsham
Baltimore
Worsham
Baltince
Wanted Carrier Boys In North Part Route
Advertises a vacant carrier route in the north area. Requires applicants to be at least 14 years old and directs to the Circulation Dept at the Whig Office for applications.
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North Part
Whig Office
Pittsfield Protests to Restore Wabash Train Service
Pittsfield seeks restoration of two branch Wabash trains from Maysville linking with Nos. 15 and 12. Mayor G M Smith's letter to Quincy merchants urges support from the Quincy Chamber of Commerce and Retail preschentts association to press the railroad. The service was cut two weeks ago under eight hour law economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Wabash Railroad
Maysville
Pike County
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
Retail Preschentts Association
Wabash
Smith
Harry Higbee
Quincy
G. M. Smith
Higbee
Levi
Chamber of Commerce
State Utilities Commission
Mexican Revolt Erupts Near Soldiers Home Camp
Sheriff Coens and Deputy Brokano intervened to calm a clash among Mexican workers at a section camp behind the Soldiers' Home. Miguel Loguen led a planned drive after drinking. Juan Bellico and Gustavo Alberto opposed him. Three men were jailed overnight and will be arraigned in the morning.
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Sheriff Coens
United States
Miguel Loguen
Juan Bellico
Gustavo Alberto
Coens
John Brokano
Loguen
Reilica
Alberto
Weather Outlook for Midwest This Weekend
Illinois and Iowa forecast unsettled but generally fair Saturday and Sunday with rising temperatures. Missouri expects similar conditions, warmer in the east and south Saturday, with mild to warm temperatures overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Local Temperatures and River Stage Report
Weather notes present scattered data on yesterday's temperatures and river stage readings. The fragmentary text mentions Brih Feaaalscee Tieseescemtasy and River Stage measurements near 2.2 with unspecified time marks and rainfall hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oomiel
Ccc
Eseeresveanee
Rise Fall River Forecast From Warsaw to Louisiana
The river level from below Warsaw to Louisiana is expected to fall slowly by about 0.2 feet in the next 24 hours. Local hydrology notes indicate gradual decline with no immediate flooding risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Louisiana
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Ben Kniff
Carpenters
Rom
Forth
South Side
Hannibal Pitcher
Abe Martin
Jemes
Court House
Albert Akers
Thomas A. Scheers
Edward P. Allen
Mattie B. Greening
Phoebe Fike
Mendon Township
George A. Rosson
Clayton
Theresa A. Pate
W. Y. Baker
Chicago Bridewell
Blanche B. West
A. C. Roberts
Chicago Council
Morris Employe
Highland Park Management
John Rottman
Eagles
Eagles Hall
Fuelbier Orchestra
Robert Rohi
Whitaker
Reardon
Miss Lure Rankin
New Canton
Quincy District
Quincy C. O. C
River Bulletin
Changa
St. Paul
Davenport Ee
Keokukeeeneae
Warsaw Easeee
Quincey Vere
Hannibal Eearte
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