Weather: Temperature highs and lows from yesterday
Temperatures yesterday ranged from 72 at 7 a.m. to 87 at noon, 86 at 5 p.m., and 74 at midnight in the local area.
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1915
Page
5
Unsettled Midwestern Weather Forecast
Illinois Missouri Minnesota and Iowa show unsettled conditions with Wednesday and Thursday showers. Temps expected to change little as partly cloudy to cloudy skies persist across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Missouri
Portion
Minnesota
Yowa
River Water Levels Forecast Following Yesterday’s Readings
The river bulletin notes stage readings at 7 PM yesterday at various points from Warsaw to Hannibal and warns the river will likely fall slowly over the next 48 hours. Local notes indicate gradual declines as weather conditions remain unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Bulletin
Warsaw
Hannibal
Illinois earns clean health bill status, praised by medical journals
Medical journals note Illinois emerged as a health pioneer, then saw inertia, but recent assembly actions revived progress. New laws include vital statistics, tuberculin testing, school sanitation, blindness prevention, anti narcotics, license revocation powers, county tuberculosis sanitarian establishment, and occupational disease updates. Birth and death registration praised as modern. State funds boosted for field work by the board of health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
The
American
Medica: ‘Association
Ilinois
Union
State Board of Health
Tllinois
New Life on the Mississipp y Outlook Editorial
The current issue of the Outlook contains an editorial on the future of the Mississippi river region. It discusses evolving life along the river, local development, and suggested directions for communities dependent on river economies.
Mississippi River commerce revived by self propelled barges
A historical look at the decline of Mississippi steamboats and the new venture by southern businessmen who funded a fleet of gas powered barges from New Orleans to St Paul. The plan promises rail rate parity and potential expansion to Minneapolis and St Paul, renewing interest in river trade and local heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Mark Twain
John Hay
New
Orleans
St. Paul
New ‘Orleans
Minnneapolis
St .Paul
Minneapolis
Cotter
Ninger
Zoe
Europe
James Importing CO
West Broadway
New York City
Politics in Warfare and the War Power
Historians avoid politics in distant history while journalists note political strategy in warfare. The piece cites Napoleon's Moscow campaign as an example and questions Kaiser Wilhelm II's Warsaw operation as politically driven. It argues Balkan states may pivot toward allies if Warsaw falls, altering regional balance in the ongoing war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Moscow
Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Balkans
Teutonic
Fragmented Anglophone Record on Taxation Confiscation Debate
Partial OCR fragment notes politicians seeking to enact laws for confiscating property by taxation. Mentions watching and blocking orders, with unclear stake and listed quotes. No clear individuals, dates, or locations readable.
Quincy Debates Jitney Reform and People’s Will
The piece credits Mr Bryan for a terse epigram on giving people their tights and notes strong public demand for reform in Quincy life. It argues democracy requires active participation and that passive submission harms governance, citing historic resistance to authority and the people’s power to challenge it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Quincy
Editor's Night-Bap Visits and War Talk Echoes
The piece recalls a San Francisco fair visit by Novinger Missouri resident Miss Jane Addams influencing war prospects. It notes a pocketbook recovered on a train, railroads' hardships, Bryan in California with no cost to the committee, and a Whig-era reminiscence of Rose Schaaf recalling Maine battleship disaster coverage and early news delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Addams
Bryan
California
Ww. J
Rose Schaaf
Waterloo
Plymouth
Aninois
Schaaf
Quincy Whigs
Maine
Chicago
St. Louis
Measures Justified on Illinois Hoof and Mouth Disease
The announcement says Illinois is virtually free from hoof and mouth disease, likely easing citizen criticism of authorities. Quarantine measures faced public opposition yet helped stamp out spread. lifting bans is expected soon. Authorities cost money and effort, but confidence in veterinary science should rise for future outbreaks.
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Illinois
Independent Voters Letter Critiques Party Liberalism Shift
A reader of Evening Wisconsin argues independence from rigid party lines, contrasting past Democratic ideals with modern radicalism. The writer cites Republican stewardship benefiting savings and warns against taxation and schemes to seize wealth.
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Rad‘aligen
Non Questions of Efficiency sparks postal service plea
Adams Illinois letter to the Whig urges revisions of postal laws to reduce red tape and improve clerk compensation and retirement terms. The writer, a mail service employee, calls for justice and reform in the postal system and invites lawmakers to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Ill
Whig
Britain Says It Does Not Claim Enlistment Right
Washington officials state that Britain does not claim the right to enlist American men. British embassy counsel will attend a San Francisco hearing on Englishmen accused of violating American neutrality. It is contended the accused merely furnished funds for British subjects to return home, which is described as legal.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
San Francisco
Marshal Exonerates Buck in Self-Defense Shooting
In July 27 events, Ferdinand Isehart, 35, was shot and killed by town marshal Charles Buck after intoxication and resisting arrest. A baronet’s jury, hurriedly summoned, exonerated Buck, who testified he acted in self defense.
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Thompson
Ferdinand Isehart
Charles Buck
Buck
Tennis tourney in Illinois Missouri Iowa
In Burlington Iowa July 27 favorites fell in the third round of the Illinois Missouri Iowa Tennis tourney. T E Musselman of Quincy beat Dr. Smith Fayette Mo in straight sets 6-4. Miss Anna Louise Hedge Burlington two years champion in women’s singles lost in semi finals to Miss Newby 6-3 6-3. Inskeep Ottumwa beat Joy Keokuk 6-1 4-6 7-5 with O Bear St Louis easy 6-1 6-1 over Prosser Warsaw Ill. Doubles began with byes and consolation matches started.
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Burlington
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
T. E. Musselman
Quincy
Dr. Smith
Fayette
Anna Louise “Hedge
Newby
Tunner
Ottumwa
Towa
Joy
Keokuk
O'Bear
St. .Louis
Prosser
Favorites Win at Longwood Singles and Eastern Doubles
Boston July 27 Favorites came through in the Longwood Cricket club annual singles tournament and the opening rounds of the Eastern doubles championship. G P Gardner Jr edged G I Wightman in five sets. I C Wright nearly beat W Washburn. Norris Williams II, the national champion, won two sets before the third was decided. The only surprise came when G P Nettleton and F W Cole of Hartford defeated F J Sulloway and R C Weaver in doubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Longwood Cricket Club
G. I. Wightman
G P. Gardner, Jr
I. C. Wright
W. M. Washburn
R. Norris Williams
F. J. Sulloway
R. C. Weaver
G. P. Nettleton
F. W. Cole
Hartford
Conn
Rain Delays Great Western Circuit Races in Davenport
Rain caused a postponement of the Great Western circuit races in Davenport. The meet will open tomorrow and continue to the end of the week, with events rescheduled as weather permits.
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Davenport
Town
Suspicion Rises Over Moore Family Firebomb Clue
In Dallas on July 27 police say dynamite found at the Moore home was hidden in a suitcase behind the father’s bed with a long fuse. A small piece of a suitcase with a Monroe Louisiana label deepens suspicion on the son who was recently born in Louisiana.
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Dallas
Moore
Monroe
Louisiana
Bombs Dropped on Verona by Austrian Plane
About a dozen bombs fell on Verona today as an Austrian aeroplane conducted an attack citywide. The raid caused damage across streets and buildings, with local reports citing scattered fires and alarms throughout the urban area.
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Verona
Italy
Garment construction notes with cord draw size details
The snippet describes materials substitution, stitching from folded edges, notched closing seams, and forming cord shirring with perforations 8-16 inches from edges. It mentions attaching the lap right-front and references a 6303 model or lot.
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