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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1919

Page

7

Pershing Addresses British MPs On War Experience

General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, met the military members of Parliament in the House of Commons. Introduced by Winston Churchill, he credited Allied lessons for American progress, spoke of fighting alongside kin, and praised Anglo-Saxon unity and postwar cooperation. Viscount Middleton also paid tribute to Pershing and the American army.

London John Pershing House of Commons Winston Spencer Churchill Pershing General Headquarters Europe Viscount Middleton War Office House of Lords General Pershing

Buttermilk Cream Promises Rapid Beauty Transformation

A vintage advertisement touts Howard's Buttermilk Cream as a magic salve that whitens arms and brightens complexions without shine or greasiness. It claims quick, secret free results, urging readers to buy at Brown and Mays Drug Co. with a money back guarantee.

Howard Howard's Brown and Mays Drug Co Gword Adv

Chicago building stoppage looms over $50 million contracts

July 18 Chicago faces a threatened work stoppage as 16,000 carpenters on strike could halt about $50 million in projects. Building Contractors' Employers' association warns idle labor and demands return to work by 8 am. Union leaders say they will stay out, alleging a contractor war and lockout against smaller firms. The dispute recalls a similar 1899-1900 stoppage won by contractors.

Chicago Building Contractors’ Employers’ Association

Headquarters Nine To Practice Weekly

A meeting was held to reorganize the Headquarters baseball nine for more weekly practice. Weekly schedule includes Monday practice at Primrose park and Thursday business meetings, with Friday game vs Otis Elevator and Sunday game vs Locust Street Sluggers at Primrose park. Lineup announced with Gilmer, Sibbing, Hawkins, Reade, Bradney, Weichliene, Courtney, R. Hawkins, Hauseman, Rakers, Hunter.

Primrose Park North Twelfth Street Hawkins Bakers Otis Elevator Fourteenth Jersey Streets Gilmer Schwindler Sibbing M. Hawkins Reade Bradney Weichliene Courtney R. Hawkins Hauseman Sieber Rakers Hunter

Was Gassed After The War Was Over

Albert Middendorf of 1020 Chestnut street returned home Thursday after service in France and occupation duty in Germany. Drafted last summer from Quincy, he reached the front in October 1918 but saw no combat before the armistice. In the Third division he wore army shoes once used by a man gassed in France, causing severe burns from mustard residue after a stay in Greenhut hospital and Fort Sheridan.

Albert Middendorf Germany Chestnut Street Greenhut Hospital New York Fort Sheridan Chicago Quincy France Army of Occupation Miesenheim Rhine Middendorf

Two More Quincy Boys Return Home

NEW YORK July 18 Two more Quincy boys arrived here from overseas service. Cook John D. Molly of 901 North Twelfth Street and Private Silas N. Arnold of 510 Hampshire Street returned.

New York Quincy John D. Molly North Twelfth Street Silas N. Arnold Hampshire Street

BRIEF PERSONALS AND LOCAL HOSPITAL NOTES

F M Dearhake of Chicago, field secretary of the state Y association, visited Quincy Thursday. Mrs George Scheffers of Fairmount Nebraska and two children arrived Wednesday night to visit Mr and Mrs Charles W T Clark. Clark has been away on railway bridge work and is on a month’s vacation. Several residents and visitors are named including Alphonse Jochem in Tulsa, Elmer Selby Camp Point postmaster, and R C Sands of Springfield joining Kresge Ten Cent store staff. Mrs Daisy Thomas returned from Chicago buying trip. Various local residents reported visits, illnesses, and travel.

F. M. Dearhake Chicago Quincy George Scheffers Fairmount Nebraska Charles W. T. Clark South Fifth Street Clark Garretts M. F. Blakey Sycamore Street Helton Hannibal St. Mary Hospital E. A. Pauli Clarence St. Mary's T. E. McVay Alice Thompson Esther McVay Thomas McVay Fitch Barry Ill Alphonse Jochem Tulsa Oklahoma Paper Company Elmer Selby Camp Point R. C. Sands Springfield Kresge Ten Cent Sands Indianapolis Kresge Daisy Thomas W. T. Duker J. C. Rieger Evangelical Church Freuchte Pana Cornelia Huechsonan Ohio Street Pittsfield George Schmitt North Fifth Street Henry Nece Raymond H. F. Lafler State Bank St. Mary's Athletic Club Leo Paul Liesen South Eighth Street Ralph Winking Los Angeles Lawrence Schmitt Fort Worth W. A. Berry Elizabethtown Mendon Kentucky C. H. Urech Broadway Carl Schmiedeskamp Blessing Hospital University of Michigan Ruth Luckenbill Howard Watson Ewing H. E. Schmiedeskamp Galesburg Champaign Sarah Bush Detroit Frank Bloom Canada Bloom Frank Stegeman Elm Street Burlington Railroad

Festival in Beverly Park Hosts Social and Tributes

Beverly Illinois reports a park festival with a large crowd on Saturday evening hosted by the Pworth League. Attendees included several local families and friends. The MWA lodge plans their annual picnic for the first Saturday in August and a Sunday school convention is set at the M E church on Sunday afternoon July 27.

Peter Pwortheague T. Brauffer Tulsa Okla Yeas Saturda Ben Kellumbao Harry Hayes Harry Test W. C. Richardson W. Hayes Glenna

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