Fifty Autoists Dine at Newcomb
A Quincy gathering of about fifty motorists at the Newcomb hotel featured speeches by George A. Mahan of Hannibal and his son Delaney Mahan. discussants highlighted local and cross river cooperation, funds raised for highway improvements, and plans to organize a formal automobile club with elections to be held next Monday night at the Newcomb hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Newcomb Hotel
George A. Mahan
Hannibal Chamber of Commerce
Delaney Mahan
Hannibal Automobile Club
Hannibal
Automobile Club
Bluff
J. H. Stone
J. P. Hinton
Ed Allen
Tom Beatty
At&5
Chamber of Commerce Acts as Local Defense Aid Agent
The Chamber of Commerce will serve as the local agent for the state council of defense to assess worthy causes appealing for financial support from citizens. This action follows a request by Samuel W. Insull of Chicago, chairman of the council, with 20 other commercial groups offering to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
State Council of Defense
Samuel W. Insull
Chicago
Missing Auto Gone and Salesmen Vanish in Hannibal
Clark Hubbard, a Reliance Tea salesman, disappeared on Thursday as an automobile belonging to the company went missing. The car was found in Hannibal Friday, Hubbard remains unaccounted for and no embezzlement charges or reasons for his disappearance have been disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Hubbard
Reliance Tea Company
Hannibal
Hubbard
Liberty Red Cross organizes new Liberty chapter
The Liberty Red Cross chapter was completed Thursday evening with Quincy visitors John Carroll W. Turnay Dave Wall Mrs O G Mull and Mrs Mayhall in attendance. Officers elected Chair Dr W E Mercer Vice chair C W Linn Secretary W A Robinson Treasurer S G Lawless. Committee heads include Membership Mrs Ed Clark etc. The chapter plans hospital supplies drives and an active membership push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Red Cross
John Carroll
W. Turnay
Dave Wall
O. G. Mull
Mayhall
Quincy
W. E. Mercer
C. W. Linn
W. A. Robinson
S. G. Lawless
Ed Clark
Bertha Buttz
Lilly Beard
Nora Barnard
Liberty
Bishop Urges Use of the Rod at A M E Convention
Rev. Bishop Levi J. Coppin urged moderation in discipline citing biblical and personal examples to defend the rod as a reforming tool. The Bethel A M E church in Quincy hosted the Sunday school convention where Alton was chosen as next year’s meeting site amid new officer appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi J. Coppin
Quincy
Bethel A. M. E
Hur
Coppin
Quincy Wins From Hannibal Golfers In 26 Up Victory
Quincy golfers defeated Hannibal by 26 up in Hannibal on Thursday. The visiting party praised the Hannibal Country club and the hospitality, while women golfers enjoyed morning play and afternoon bridge. Miss Edna Duker won a gold bar pin. list of participating women includes Edna Duker and many others. Pairings for the day featured Sinnock Brown, Clarkson Tanner, VandenBoom Moore, and several matched duos, with mixed results across the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Hannibal
Hannibal Country Club
Down River City
Edna Duker
Bert Castle
A. O. Lindsay
Joseph Ehart
Arch Rogers
Marie Stahl
Robert Bacon
Burr Irwin
Thomas E. Thompson
Charles Gay
Hollister
Rome Arnold
Charles Clarkson
William Baker
Guy Noll
Roy Noll
Jack Cruttenden
Russel Williams
Emma Fflalbach
Sinnock-Brown
Clarkson-Tanner
VandenBoom- Moore
Dick Howard
Scudder- Harris
Adams-Young
Guinan-Meyer
Leffingwell-Hickman
Carrott-Mayes
Whipple
Hopkins
Mc.Kee-Jones
Cruttenden-Gillis
Rogers
Settles
Irwin-Hoffman
Girl Joy Rider Flees Hospital After Accident
Hilda Viehmeyer escaped from St Marys hospital shortly after 11 o clock Thursday night following a crash at Ninth and Broadway. She and two other girls were in a car with three khaki clad men. A scuffle caused her to be thrown to the pavement, causing bruises and internal injuries. The men fled. Viehmeyer refused to name them. Police were alerted by neighbors. If the men prove to be militiamen a military inquiry will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Viehmeyer
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ninth and Broadway
Joy Riders
Viehmeyer
South Thirteenth Street
St Paul Evangelical Annual Picnic Held at South Park
The St. Paul Evangelical church held its annual picnic Thursday in South Park with 150 children marching from the church to the grounds at 9 AM. Lunch was served at noon and supper in the evening by the Ladies Aid Society. Afternoon games and races entertained attendees while Ernest Lux and John Hoener ran the soda stand and kitchen, with a long list of volunteers overseeing the doll rack and overall committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Evangelical Church
South Park
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ernest Lux
John Hoener
Waechter
Zolle
Alfred
Carl Slack
Alfred Meyer
Chester Berrier
William Schild
Fred Gauch
Alvin Doht
New Militia Company Needs More Men in Quincy
Captain A E Zoller reports from Colonel Yeager that Quincy must quickly raise a militia company. Danville’s Colonel Yeager will send an officer to muster the unit once ready. The local company has 37 men now, with 150 needed and an enrollment target of 80 to begin muster, aiming to reach 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
A. E. Zoller
Yeager
Danville
Tenth Illinois Infantry
Three Street Cars For Trolley Ride
Three street cars were required to take care of the crowd at the Epworth leagues trolley ride at Grace Methodist church on Thursday evening. Rain forced curtains down but no one got wet. All enjoyed themselves and refreshments sold well as the committee could have disposed of more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth
Grace Methodist Church
Must Wear a Metal Disk Says Navy Yeomen
Miss Elizabeth Bert, joining the navy yeomen in Kansas City at the war’s outbreak, reports she must wear a small metal disk around her neck. The disk bears her name birth date service, and a fingerprint on the reverse. She has received vaccinations for smallpox and typhoid fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bert
Yeomen Service
Navy
Kansas City
Negro and white suspects held on vagrancy charge
Richard Jones a Negro and Edna Koetters a white woman were arrested on a vagrancy charge by Sheriff Coens and a deputy on Thursday evening. Koetters has four children and the pair were said to have occupied the same house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Jones
Edna Koetters
Coens
Koetters
Sid
Born to Gardner Morford Gustison Tralle Beals Adams Bi
Born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Gardner on Wednesday in Blessing hospital a son. Born to Mr and Mrs G Morford 482 North Seventh street a son in Blessing hospital Thursday morn Mrs Morford formerly Miss Vera Stevens. Mr and Mrs Charles Gustison 611 South Third street June 22 1017 a son. Mr and Mrs Charles Tralle 1626 State street June 26 1917 a son. Mr and Mrs George Beals 929 12 Saantengton street June 21 1917 a girl. Mr and Mrs Frank Adams 1618 Cedar street June 1917 a son. Mr and Mrs Richard Bi 806 South Ninth street June 21 1 a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Gardner
G. Morford
North Seventh Street
Blessing Hospital
Morford
Vera Stevens
Charles Gustison
South Third Street
Charles Tralle
State Street
George Beals
Saaatengton Street
Frank Adams
Cedar Street
Tune
Richard Bi
South Ninth Street
Furnish Dewey School with Proven Seat Style
The school board chose the durable screwdown seat perfected over 25 years for the new Dewey school. The seat costs $3.75, six sizes will be used, and a movable adjustable model from Moulthrop and a similar Standard Seating option were considered. Folding chairs for the auditorium cost $7.50 each, thirty dozen were bought, saving $90 versus a more ornamental type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoo
Dewey
American Seating Company
Standard Seating Company
Quincy
Jefferson School
Charles M. Gill
Whig Editor Joins U S Aviation Corps
John Lienhard of The Whig editorial staff passed the aviation corps examination in Chicago on Thursday and expects training within about two weeks. A Nauvoo native, he has been with The Whig for nearly a year and has many friends in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lienhard
Whig
Chicago
Mr. Lienhard
The
Nauvoo
Korniloff Emerges as Russia's War Hero and Scholar
Petrograd July 18 Russia roars with the profile of Lieutenant General L G Korniloff victor in Galicia and famed for his daring retreats and language gifts. A study from his humble Siberian start to elite command outlines his rise, wartime feats, captivity escape, and later leadership in Petrograd. The piece notes his 46 years, service in Japan and Turkestan, the Mukden retreat, and his role in the Eighth Army, alongside details of a forthcoming exemption drawing and the Exempted US badge system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Russia
L. G. Korniloff
Galicia
Korniloff
Michel Vassillevitech Lomonnsof
Turkestan
Mukden
Kuropatkin
St. George
Caucasus
Europe
Central Asia
Austria
Fungsia
U.sia
Eighth Army
War Department
Baker
U.S
Quincy's No. 189 Carpenters' Union Boosts Parade Presence
Ben Knoff says No. 189 union with 175 members and No. 1966 with 150 will make the greatest showing in the Labor Day parade. Officers installed by Business Agent B. H. Thesen with uniforms being designed. Also notes on a prowler fined, peace disturbance fines, Jersey Street resurfacing, and a South Side Mothers' club picnic with talks on Sunday school and origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Instar
No. 189
Carpenters’ and Joiners
Union O North America
Ben Knoff
B. H. Thesen
The Whig Presents Daily Fiction Story Policy
The Whig explains it prints a complete fiction story on Page 11 each morning and aims to publish a full story daily when space allows. The policy emphasizes delivering the best features and notes occasional gaps due to space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lune
Tory
Demand laws to fix paper price at Illinois press meeting
Illinois Press association wrapped up its convention in Chicago with resolutions urging government war policies and laws to empower the federal trade commission to fix print paper prices and regulate sales. Officers elected include President Blugh A Bailey of Princeton and vice presidents S P Preston Gillespie and D L R Murray, with P T Williams as secretary and H R Marshall as treasurer. Legislative chairman named Allen O D Snively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Illinois Press Association
Thomas Rees
Springfield
Congress
Blugh A. Bailey
Princeton
Lil
S. P. Preston Gillespie
D. L. R. Murray
Mason
P. T. Williams
H. R. Marshall
Yorkville
Allen OD. Snively
Wanted Carrier Boys for North Route
Job ad seeking applicants for a vacant north side carrier route. Must be 14 years old. Apply at the Circulation Department of the Whig Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Part
Whig Office
Preaching in the East Elwood Lewis and Burma Mission Plans
Elwood Lewis in Army Y M C A and Harold Lewis in France. Rev and Mrs Lee Lewis accepted by American Board for seven year Burma service sailing first week in November from Boston Lamgoon Burma. Elwood to spend October with Ella Lewis in Ashland before sailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Lewis
American Board of Baptist Foreign Missions
Boston
Lamgoon
Burma
Lewis
Harold
France
Meeting on Freight Rate Case in Chicago
L L Boswell, commissioner of the Quincy traffic bureau, will represent local shippers at a state public utilities commission meeting in Chicago next Wednesday. The inquiry will review coal coke and ore rates separately from other freight classes amid a railroad petition for a 15 percent rate increase. Railroads present first day, shippers present second with figures and arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Boswell
Quincy Traffic Bureau
State Public Utilities Commission
Chicago
Coal Dealers Enjoy Kate's Lake Outing
Sixteen local coal dealers joined an all day outing to Kate's Lake due to warm weather for sale. They traveled by auto from 9 AM to 7 PM, fished and relaxed, with a noon luncheon. In the afternoon a coal dealers baseball game pitted Art Liebig and Edward Koch as captains, ending with an umpire needing protection from a crowd. committee members were Joe Frese Phil O'Brien and Henry Meirford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate’s Lake
Art Liebig
Edward Koch
Officers Installed by A Otis Arnold
A Otis Arnold grand master installed officers of Golden Rule lodge No 27 Daughters of Rebekah I O O F at the hall Thursday evening. Names include Rosa Spilker past noble grand Lillis Dennison noble grand Flora Martin vice grand Anna Meyer recording secretary Marie Neuman ward en Susie Thorrington conductor Matilda Pierson chaplain Minnie Palmer inside guard Charles Giddis outside guard Mollie Felton R S N G Louisa Dreasler L S N G Ida Johnson R S V G Amelia Bailey L S V G. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Otis Arnold
Golden Rule Lodge
Rebekah
Rosa Spilker
Noble Grand
Lillis Dennison
Flora Martin
Anna Meyer
Marie Neuman
Susie Thorrington
Matilda Pierson
Minnie Palmer
Charles Giddis
Mollie Felton
Louisa Dreasler
Ida Johnson
Amelia Bailey
River man A L Zolle visits city for a few days
River steamboat figure A L Zolle, long associated with Diamond Jo Steamboat Co, is in town for a short stay. Former clerk on the Sidney and later cashier in St. Louis, he is connected with the G W Hill excursion business. The G W Hill plans another big run at Quincy Landing on July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Zolle
Diamond Jo Steamboat Company
Sidney
St. Louis
G. W. Hill
Quincy Landing
Weather forecast notes and river bulletin summary
The weather section predicts generally fair conditions Friday and Saturday for Hilinais and Missouri with possible thunder showers in northern and central areas on Friday and little temperature change. Local temperatures yesterday ranged around highs near 80 and lows near 60. The river bulletin lists stage measurements at Keokuk Warsaw Quincy Hannibal and forecasted river fall of about 0.2 to 0.3 feet in the next 24 hours below W. Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilinais
Missouri
Steed Aeedagipanga Ahr
Tel
Nwenee
Ballois
Aslo
Uae
Keokuk
Warsaw
Quincy
Louisiana
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Newcomb
Mr. Mahan
Archie RoBards
Hannibal Party
L. L. Boyer
W. K. Abbott
Judge Epler
Harry L. Beard
Summers Drug Company
Abe Martin
Liberty Red Cross Chapter
Rod
Alton
A. Y. King
Collinsville
M. M. Jones
Martin Young
Lebanon
Bland Bell
North Alton
Cora Marshall
Lillian Knight
Roy Ross
Jacksonville
Mary Freeman
East St. Louis
Leola Brown
Edwardsville
W. E. Johnson
River City
Joy Rider
Companion
St. Mary’s
ST. Paul Evangelical
NEW Mlitia Company
Navy Co
New
Board of Education
RED Cross
U.S. Aviation Corps
Siberia
E. E. Cunningham
Hannibal Switchman
Wabash
Dean
Byudge Reardon
Hattie Helett
Victor Herrington
Kate Schrank
E. J. Leatherman
Schrank
Jersey Street
Frank Rees
Park
Henry Schmiedeskamp
South Side
Mothers’ Club
Schmiedeskamp
H. B. Dines
Mothers
Minors Press Association
India
Will
East
Elwood Lewis
Army Y. M. C. A
Harold Lewis
L. B. Boswell
Kate
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