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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1917
Page
7
Legislative revisions reshape election administration by defining 400 voter precincts, enabling rearrangement at 600 votes, adding two biennial registration days before congressional elections, and easing registration during illness or absence. Provisions cover address changes, cross-precinct voting eligibility, and board duties for updating registries and preserving voter access at elections.
Illinois voters must be registered to vote. Senate bill 265 provides for absent votes. Qualified electors may apply 3 to 15 days before a special, general, or primary election to receive an official ballot for their precinct. Applications use a blank form supplied by election officers.
Rockford and Winnebago county civic, religious, commercial, and city officials unite to back the Illinois division encampment. Aldermen authorize public stations and boosted police numbers, with funds from a Cantonment Guarantee, to ensure orderly, fair treatment for soldiers and visitors. Six information bureaus planned across the city.
In Holland the horse shortage worsens as fodder imports halt. Minister F. E. Posthuma warned that horses will be reduced in number as feed becomes scarce, with swine cattle and other stock likely to face deeper cuts. Autumn and winter may see virtually no imported cattle foods and a 25 percent cattle reduction, boosting cattle exports to central powers. Swine and poultry stocks decline, signaling higher egg prices next winter.
A compact catechism explains where a house fly is born in filth such as horse manure and outhouses. It outlines the life cycle from egg to maggot to pupa to fly and notes the fly’s spread of disease via legs wings and fly specks. It urges cleaning breeding sites, garbage removal, screened vaults, yard and alley sanitation, and use of swatters and flypaper to combat flies.
Local sergeant urges volunteers from 18 to 45 to join the regular army to meet a 70,000 infantry need. Drafted men would be 21 to 31, with possible commissions after a year of service. Enlistment lasts for the war, with honorably discharged if it ends earlier. promotions and officer paths highlighted.
The article calls all interested men to the recruiting station at 1201 North Fifth Street for physical examinations. Recruits accepted here go to Jefferson Barracks in St Louis for medical exams, with government covering expenses and return fare if rejected.
Delegates from about a dozen states gather in St Paul for a meeting to consider unifying farmers' leagues, equity groups, and unions into a single organization focused on crop production and, chiefly, marketing. About 5,000,000 farmers may be represented with participants from Kansas Missouri Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Montana Minnesota and Wisconsin. The session follows a Kansas City May meeting and is called by M B Johnson of Bismarck North Dakota.
Topeka Kansas governor Capper condemned the East St Louis race riots as a national disgrace and telegraphed President Wilson urging the Department of Justice to conduct a searching investigation to identify the persons and influences responsible for the trouble.
The Venezuelan government has prescribed a standard of purity for butter and forbids the sale of any adulterated product. The decree aims to enforce quality in dairy and protect consumers from unsafe butter.
San Juan July 8 United States education reforms begin July 1 in the Virgin Islands shifting from Danish to American textbooks. O Rubner remains in charge with two American teachers sent to St Thomas and St Croix. Danish year round schooling, Moravian religious instruction, longer hours and lower pay give way to focus on reading writing and arithmetic. No high schools exist and most residents are Black.
The Dutch government proposes a state monopoly on exports of home produced and imported goods. The bill faces broad opposition and has stalled in parliament, though it is expected to be pushed in the new session. Officials warn that post peace the nation must guard against exhausting Dutch supplies via foreign demand at high prices.
Three more Second artillery batteries from Chicago reach Bloomington Indiana to aid duty related to the street car strike riot. No disturbance reported. The note adds a pointed remark about human nature and a dog tail.
A Chicago New York medical advertisement touts organic iron products, claiming millions use Nuxated Iron to boost strength and endurance. It features endorsements from Dr. Schuyler C. Jaques and Dr. Howard James, plus testimonials about improved vitality and wealth of energy, with promises of double strength in days.
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