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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1916

Page

6

Patients show no improvement in Pittsfield hospital report

Pittsfield July 22 annual county report on patients in Jacksonville state hospital lists 78 residents from the county with only one mentally improved. Of the incurables at Bartonville eight remain mentally stationary though physically healthy. Names include George Loyal Ellen Hornbeck A Glenn Isaac Glauber Rebecca Blake Harriet Shepherd John Yakley and Harry Johns. Local notes cover a pastor visiting, a hip injury, andions about state farm loan board possibilities for Governor Dunne, plus assorted social and travel updates.

Pittsfield State Hospital For Insane Jacksonville Bartonville George Loyal Ellen Hornbeck A. Glenn Isaac Glauber Rebecca Blake Harriet Sheperd John Yakley Harry Johns Albert Cadwell Pitts Field M. E. Church Albia Iowa Clella Philip Hooker Earl West Decatur William Lease Hull Pittefield Wiliams Washington, D. C Dunne Wilson Federal Farm Loan Board Rural Credit Act Washington Springfield W. E. Williams Ilinois Williams Harry Jacques Geo. Smith Harve Smith Giggsville J. J. Smith Eva Lovell Fred Macomb Lake Chautauqua

Hungary Faces Massive War Loan Interest Tax Plan

Budapest reports Hungary must raise 360 million kronen next year to pay interest on four war loans. A new taxation system tops property, war profit, income and inheritance taxes, plus higher tobacco and illuminant taxes. Most revenue targets 25 million to charity and veterans families. funds aid invalids and active soldiers.

Budapest Hungary Kingdom of Hungary Austria-Hungary

Day in Congress Senate Advances Naval and Army Bills

Senate passed a naval bill carrying 315 million dollars by a vote of 1 to 6 and considered an army appropriation bill of 330 million. Abram J. Elkus confirmed as ambassador to Turkey. House adjourned until 10 am Saturday. Representatives Whaley and Williams declared legally elected despite contests. A general dam bill to regulate water power rights and rates sent to conference. A special committee named to report on expunging language about Gardner. Joint resolution adopted to extend leaves of absence with pay for home steaders in federal service with the national guard. Adjourned until noon Tuesday.

Senate Abram J. Elkus Turkey House Whaley South Carolina William E., Williams Haineis Caloway Texas Gardner Massachusetts National Guard

The Fortune Hunter at Amusements Today and More

The Orpheum group presents The Fortune Hunter starring the Orpheum players. Bijou features Mildred Morrison in The Shepherd. Belasco and Henry Kolker present The Warning. Savoy shows Mutual Masterpiece The Abandonment. Gem offers a two reel Keystone with Hearst Weekly. Colonial presents The Model Husband. Family screens Richard Travers and Marguerite Clayton in The Intruder and Dorothy and Lillian Gish in Just Gold. Selig Tabuna appears in limited release.

Richard Travers Margarite Jon Orpheum Pictures Belasco Henry Kolker Savoy Gem Keystone Hearst Weekly Colonial Marguerite Clayton Dorothy and Lillian Gish

Irish Colonel Is Out

Col. Louis D. Cowley of the famous 19th New York is returning from the border to be mustered out of service due to physical disability.

Louis D. Cowley 19Th New York

First Woman Sheriff Captures Lincoln Fugitive in Chicago

Deputy Sheriff Mrs. Robert W. Sheets, wife of Logan County Sheriff, becomes the first woman sheriff to take a man prisoner in Chicago. She arrived Friday with William Russell, a 35 year old colored man wanted in Lincoln for abandoning his wife and five children.

William McCormick George Kinnamon Cold Run Stock Farm East Washington Street Anna Hammerschmidt Charlotte Seigel Harrison Arkansas C. W. Caughlan West Washington Street Sarah Fudge Roy Bryant Charley Chester Nebraska Roy Billie Redmond Pleasant Hill Hillerbranner Paul Price Peoria Lena Price M. L. Smitherman Clemmons Milton A. W. Griwatz St. Louis Florence McKenna Moline Sam Kaesar Chicago Robert W. Sheets Wfe Sherif Logan County Lincoln Til William ©. Russell

Michigan Mine Accident Near Norway Michigan Claim Three Lives

In the Curry mine at Penn Iron Mining near Norway Michigan on July 22 a cave in at the sixteenth level killed three men and left James Bianzetti trapped between timbers. Rescue efforts continue as workers try to reach the imprisoned man after the filler collapse caused the cavern.

Michigan Norway Mich Curry Penn Iron Mining Company James Bianzetti

Locker Lid Clubs And Their Status

Illinois high court split on locker lid clubs as dry era tensions resurface. In Sycamore case the court deemed a locker club illegal for evading dramshop laws by shared liquor stock. In Cortland case the court found private possession for personal use lawful and struck down local ordinances banning such keeping.

Springfield Illinois State Supreme Court Hiram Gilmore Sycamore DeKalb County Cortland Ennis Larson Sycamore Social Club Supreme Court

Direct Inquiry to Great Britain on Blacklist Firms

The United States through the British embassy in Washington and Ambassador Page in London sought facts from Britain about why certain U S firms were placed on a blacklist under the Trading with the Enemy Act. The inquiry, discussed by the Cabinet, requests specific information about a number of firms and leaves broader principles for later consideration.

Washington United States Great Britain State Department Ambassador Page London

Foley Kidney Pills Endorsement From Mrs Beall Of Plattsburg

A testimonial from Mrs Laura Beall of Plattsburg miss says Foley Kidney Pills eased her Brights disease symptoms after bad health and backache. The remedy is claimed to relieve pains naturally without habit forming drugs, via Miller Arthur Drug Co.

Foley Laura Beall Plattsburg Miss Bright Miller & Arthur Drug Co

Cabinet discusses British embassy act inquiry

Britain’s action was reviewed at a Friday cabinet meeting amid indignation. No decision will be made until the state department finishes its investigation into the matter.

Great Britain Cabinet State Department

Infantile paralysis cases dip to 80 smallest since July 3

New York reports 80 new infantile paralysis cases the smallest since July 3. Health officials caution the public against optimism and warn an uptick may appear today due to intense heat, says Commissioner Haven Merson.

New York Department of Health Haven Merson

Atlanta Chosen for 1917 Rotary Convention Site

Cincinnati July 2 Atlanta Ga was selected as the convention city in 1917 of the International Association of Rotary clubs here Friday C R Perry of Chicago was re elected Secretary That concluded the work of the international convention which had been in session here since Mon.

Atlanta Rotary Cincinnati International Association of Rotary Clubs C. R. Perry Chicago

Secretary Polk Seeks Reply on Neutral Mail Interference

Acting Secretary Polk says he formally questioned France and Great Britain about the missing reply to the American note on neutral mails. He notes Ambassador Page may have received a British memorandum and that France may be drafting a joint reply, with delays in Kin dib.

Page Washington Polk France Great Britain Ambassador Page Kindib

The Crime of Silence and its Hidden Health Causes

Suffering silent in many seemingly contented lives, readers learn about undiagnosed vital organ weakness caused by low nerve energy and various disorders. Dr. Strohl in Quincy offers electric and drug treatments, serums, and gland extracts promising prompt results with office hours listed.

Strohl Quincy

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