Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Quincy Whig in Quincy, Illinois

We have 16,533,978 pages in Illinois

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1917

Page

2

Tuberculosis War Plan Requires Local Sanatorium Aid

The Illinois tuberculosis war plan calls for every county to develop sanatorium facilities dispensaries and visiting nurse services within a year to care for returned consumptives and civic cases. About 38 000 active TB cases exist in Illinois and 900 in Adams County per state health data.

Illinois Adams County Division of Vital Statistics State Department of Health State Council of Defense The Council of Defense George Thomas Palmer Illinois Tuberculosis Association Gov Lawden Europe France England United States Burroughs Cook County

Census to screen tuberculosis exposed men for military service

A census of all male citizens of military age with prior tuberculosis or marked exposure will be assembled and given to recruiting officers to exclude tuberculous individuals from service. County council of defense members will appoint sub committees to carry out the effort locally.

Council of Defense

Man Hospitalized After Hay Load Fall Near Paloma

Louis Griebert, 60, of one mile southeast of Paloma, is in serious condition at St. Marys hospital after falling from a hay load while helping a neighbor with stacked hay Monday afternoon. He was atop the load when the accident occurred and his right side was paralyzed on recovery. Doctors are unsure if a stroke caused the fall or resulted from it, and his chances of recovery are deemed slight.

Louis Griebert Paloma St. Mary’s Hospital

Burning Grass Sets Fire to Coal Shed

Fire crews from Nos 2 and 7 responded at 3 pm Tuesday to the rear of Bernard H. Wolterman’s home at 1313 North Ninth Street where a coal shed holding four tons burned completely and scorched a neighboring barn. A child burning grass started the blaze. Loss estimated at $50. No. 8 chemical crew also fought a roof fire at AL Becker’s blacksmith shop at Eighteenth and State. loss considered nominal.

Bernard H. Wolterman North Ninth Street AL Becker Eighteenth State Streets

Bound Over to Federal Grand Jury in Draft Evasion Case

Gus Fehlberg was bound over to the September term of the federal grand jury in a hearing before United States commissioner W. P. Martindale after agreeing to a $1,000 bond. Roy Young of Paloma, accused of robbing the bank there, was also bound over on a $1,000 bond and remains jailed.

Gus Fehlberg Federal Grand Jury W. P. Martindale United States Hea Roy Young Paloma

Real Estate Transfers in Quincy Details

Dora Stuckmann transfers lot 10 block 24 Alstyne's addition Quincy to Pauline Dittmer for 2700 dollars. Pauline Dittmer transfers lot 26 Moulton's addition Quincy to August Dittmer for 1000 dollars.

Dora Stuckmann Pauline Dittmer Alstyne’s Quincy August Dittmer Moulton’s

St Rose Picnic Committees Named For Parish Event

The annual picnic of St Rose parish and the anniversary of the corner stone laying of St Rose church will be celebrated Wednesday Aug 22 on the school grounds at Eighth and Cherry. Committees named include kitchen stand ice cream novelty dining room apron stand candy and fish pond with many local ladies and men listed across each group.

St. Rose Parish St. Rose Church Eighth and Cherry Streets Katherine Lutz Agnes Piggott Agnes Heckenkamp Margaret Donahue Katie Fountain Helen Tushaus Margaret Tushaus Mesdames Boyle Reardon Quinlivan Fountain Fred Kircher Struck VandenBoom Edward Murray George O'Donnell William Koettler Parker Apron Stand Mesdames Raeckers Hodge Richardson Schantz Gomes Ernst Krins Heinecke Frank Menke Waltz Rupp Fucklen Clara Duker Bastian Kircher Segelke Michael O'Donnell Walter Ryan Sheridan Candy Stand Kate Noonan Celia Heine Anna Clay Ivy Fucklen Kathleen Maloney Tillie Sibbing Esther O’donnell Emma Talken Mrs. Irish Fish Pond Helen Quinlivan Edna Collins Frances Higgins Gladys Heinecke Ethel Connell Margaret Helhake Ruth Davis Margaret Ernst Margaret Heine Tushaus Rudden Piggott Hade Leo O'Donnell Charles Morris O'Haire Curry Shoemaker Talken and Sullivan

Deaths and Funerals Oscar Moriell

Oscar Moriell died after a weeks illness at his Oak Park home at 12:18 pm. Born in Germany sixty five years ago he lived in Quincy thirty years and ran a Sixth Street fish market. He moved to Oak Park six years ago and was a ticket agent at the elevated station. He leaves a wife a daughter Mrs Randolph Felker and a son Oscar Jr The funeral will be in Oak Park.

Oscar Moriell Oak Park Germany Quincy Sixth Street Maine Hampshire Streets Randolph Felker Oscar, Jr

Church social and trolley party plans listed

The East End Christian church hosts a lawn social on Thursday evening on the church lawn. Grace Methodist Epworth league schedules a trolley party Thursday evening starting at Twentieth and Maine, with stops at Fifth and Hampshire Fifth and Lind and Twelfth and Maine. The Vermont Street Methodist church Foreign Missionary society meets Wednesday afternoon in the church parlors for a program. In time of peace prepare for war scares.

The Christian Endeavor Society of East End Grace Methodist Epworth League Twentieth Maine Fifth Hampshire Fifth and Lind Twelfth Foreign Missionary Society of the Vermont Street Methodist Church

Also Mentioned on This Page

National Council of Defense Lois Griebert Fifth St Palm Beach Sik ST. Rose Maine Street George Heidbreeder George Heidbreder South Eighth Street Luther Memorial Church Woodland Cemetery John Miller Herman Ringler South Fourteenth Street G. D. Hamm Greenmount Cemetery Church News Comiskey’s Hampshire ST Coats
Search Courier

Search the Quincy Whig Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Quincy Whig?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication