Postmen Urged to Report Smallpox Cases in Quincy
Dr. J A Kappelman state health officer told Quincy postal workers that no group is better positioned to monitor quarantine and report smallpox than postmen. Postmasters arranged talks and will close stores to let clerks hear the vaccination briefing at the Orpheum. A citizen campaign leads factories and retailers to cooperate as vaccination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
J. A. Kappelman
Lummis
Kappelman
John A. Kappelman
Orpheum
W. A. Jackson
Herman H. Jochem
Mr. Jackson
Lampshire
Sixth
Seventh
Jochem
Maine
Fifth Street
Ro Oone
Kappel
Dr. Kappelmann
Marriage Licenses Registered In Galesburg Area
Porest 4 McClintock aged 21 of Galesburg and Miss Lela F Wagner aged 18 of Galesburg obtain a license. Rudolph E Christensen 23 of Keokuk and Miss Anna Rose Baer 24 of Keokuk also secure a marriage license.
Six Quincy men named to aid youth registration board
Chairman Virgil Johnston selects W. A. Richardson R. H. Hartley George A. Binkert E. F. Bradford Elmer Lummis and George Gabriel to assist in registering all youths reaching adulthood since June 5 1917 through June 5 1918. Instructions urge out of town registrants to mail in registration cards or obtain local filing. blue registration card essential. blue cards mailed only with self addressed stamped envelopes. failure to carry blue card after June 5 may lead to arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Johnston
Quincy
W. A. Richardson
R. H. Hartley
George A. Binkert
E. F. Bradford
Elmer Lummis
George Gabriel
Hilman
Labor Meetings For The Coming Week Labor Schedule
The Labor Temple hosts union meetings next week. Sunday lists Typographical Union 59 and Musician's Union 265. Monday covers Plumber's 161 and Metal Trades Council. Tuesday includes Beer Bottlers 239, Cigar Makers 47, Building Laborer's 32, Painter 66, Woman's Union Label League. Wednesday features Stone Masons 6. Thursday adds Iron Moulders 44, Pressmen 171, Back Binders 232, Team Drivers 80, Pattern Makers. Saturday closes with Bakers 208.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Temple
Typographical Union
Musician's Union
Plumber’s Union
Metal Trades Council
Beer Rottlers’ Union
Cigar Makers’ Union
Building Laborer’s Union
Painter's Union
Woman's Union Label League
Stone Masons’ Union
Iron Moulders’ Union
Pressmen's Union
Backbinders’ Union
Team Drivers’ Union
Pattern Makers
Unnion
Bakers' Union
Tickets No Longer Good On Street Cars
Street railway officials announce that tickets are no longer honored. Beginning today riders must pay five cents fare, while holders can exchange tickets for a refund at the company office. The five cent fare was approved by the public utilities commission after a petition to eliminate six tickets for a quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street Railway Company
Public Utilities Commission
Memorial Day Cemetery Traffic Sees Record Passengers
Memorial day totals show more passengers taken to cemeteries than any prior year says Joseph Forsthove superintendent of transportation. James Jay pleads guilty to taking property from clubhouses and is sentenced to six months in the work house by Judge Albert Akers. Porfido pleads guilty to burglary and larceny, sent to state hospital then released. charges later nolled. Wabash assigns territory to Illinois, naming Thomas John Jr as passenger and ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Forsthove
The
Street Railway Company
Work House
James Jay
Bay Front
Albert Akers
Jay
Ludwig Porfido
Aldo Sommer
Adams County
Porfido
State Hospital
Jacksonville
St. Louis
Nolle
H. P. Gardner
Wabash
Ilinois
Thomas John, Jr
Jersey Street
John
Quincy
Fire in Foundry Sparks Major Blaze at Comstock Castle
A spark from the cupola ignited the ventilator in the molding room of the Comstock Castle foundry Friday at 3 10 P M. The fire was fought by crews from Nos 1 2 4 and 5 and the foundry was saved with damage estimated at unspecified amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comstock Castle
Greater New York Population and States Count
The report notes about 6,500,000 in Greater New York and nearly 25,900 holes in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
New York
Singing Tonight in Washington Park Led by Garner Band
Community singing in Washington park tonight features familiar patriotic songs during the band concert intermission conducted by John F. Garner. Three band cornetists accompany the singers as the program proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Park
John F. Garner
America Poem of Liberty and Freedom
A compact verse celebrating liberty with lines about freedom from mountains to seas. It invokes fathers and a divine protector, urging the nation to endure in liberty and brightness. The piece reiterates faith in a higher power guiding the country.
Auld Lang Syne Recitation Amid Old Friends
The verse recalls shared days from mornings to evenings, a sailor’s toast, and the lasting bond between two friends despite distant seas. A cup of kindness is promised as a gesture of enduring fellowship and remembrance.
Local youths enlist as June draft nears at Jefferson Barracks
Dozens of young men, required to register on June 5, opt to join the Army voluntarily. At the local recruiting station on Friday, recruits were sent to Jefferson Barracks for processing, with several Gem City Business College students among them. Enlistees include Ira L. McGartland Camp Point quartermaster corps, George W. Reynolds Camp Point quartermaster corps, Clarence Oberling Coatsburg quartermaster corps, Leslie Price Mt. Sterling quartermaster corps, Oliver Fleming cavalry, Roy Eves Perry infantry, Edward Dachback Coast Artillery, Elmer Klein Hampshire field artillery, Roy Buchanan Perry infantry, and Earl Garard Carthage signal corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Barracks
Gem City Business College
Ira L. McGartland
Camp Point
Quartermaster Corps
George W. Reynolds
Clarence 8. Oberling
Coatsburg
Leslie B. Price
Mt. Sterling
Ill
Jacksonville
Florida
Oliver W. Fleming
Cavalry Division
Roy G. Eves
Perry
Infantry
Edward Dachback
South Fifth Street
Coast Artillery
Elmer G. Klein
Hampshire Street
Field Artillery
Roy W. Buchanan
Washington
Earl G. Garard
Carthage
Signal Corps
Perry C Ellis to Return to Quincy from Alton State Hospital
Alderman Perry C Ellis reports completion of work at Alton State Hospital Hil and says he will resume his former duties in Quincy next week. He details a short Alabama river trip for a change and to enjoy the warm spell after life at the hospital, praising the staff and noting a replacement has been secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
Perry C. Ellis
Alton State Hospital
Alton
Hil
Quincy
Alabama
State Hospital
Mr. Ellis
Quincey
Funeral rites for Mrs Christina Ziener at St Marys Church
Mrs Christina Ziener funeral services were held Friday at 8 30 from her home 825 South Seventh and at 9 from St Marys Catholic church officiated by Rev Father Joseph Klaes. Burial followed in St Boniface cemetery. Bearers were six grandsons Alois Ray Ziener Edward Tom Meehan Walter Rupp and Leonard Heintz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Ziener
South Seventh Street
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Joseph Klaes
St. Boniface Cemetery
Alois
Ray Ziener
Edward
Tom Meehan
Walter Rupp
Leonard Heintz
Funeral Services for Joseph J Wand Held Monday
Funeral services for Joseph J Wand will be held Monday morning at 8 30 from the residence 1420 South Eighth street and at 9 from St Marys church Burial will be in Calvary cemetery Friends are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Wand
South Eighth Street
St. Mary's Church
Calvary Cemetery
What is yours as questions ring through the Whig telephone
Readers’ queries pour in during the day and night as a daily Whig feature promises answers in the next morning’s print. The column invites questions on current events, local affairs, and everyday concerns, echoing a lively turnpike of public inquiry for readers.
Civil War Soldier Totals and Nightingale Pledge
In the North there were 2 772 408 men in all branches of service and the number estimated in the South was 750 000. A Nightingale pledge by graduate nurses and Red Cross nurses vows purity, professional conduct, confidentiality, loyalty to physicians, and patient welfare. The steamer Sidney stayed in Quincy Thursday night after an excursion to Hannibal, departing Friday noon for Warsaw with engagement to take out another excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nightingale
Red Cross
Sidney
Quincy
Hannibal
Warsaw
Quincy Area Men Enlistments Reach France and Camp
Local families report sons enlisting in navy and army with statuses from training camps to front lines France. Donald Wheeler serves at Charleston training camp petty officers headquarters. Ralph G Cole passes yeoman exam likely assignment. Henry F Loenker arrives in France with Co B 123rd machine gun battalion. William Moellering stationed Fort Totten recruiting detachment No 6. Ernest J Wible in France with 123rd machine gun battalion. Lieut Chester J White and officers Burr Irwin Royal Jackson arrive in France with Quincy men. Bryan Fuhrman enlists army mechanic quartermaster corps headed to Peoria. Henry Fuhrman in Philadelphia quartermaster corps. Peter J Zimmerman Lawrence Heuer Albert Lymenstall learn of ordnance department enlistment, to Camp Joseph E Johnson, Jacksonville Fla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Moellering
Fort Totten
N. Y
Bryan Fuhrman
Henry D. Fuhrman
Army
Peoria
Quartermaster Corps
Henry Fuhrman
Philadelphia
Peter J Zimmerman
North Twelfth Street
Lawrene Heuer
Jefferson Street
Albert Lymenstall
Ordnance Department
Joseph E. Johnson
Jacksonville
Fla
Quincy men in military service advance ranks and furloughs
H F J Lake who left Thursday with drafted men bound for Fort Thomas Ky has been granted a ten day furlough to return home due to his wife's serious illness. Albert Thesen naval reserves aboard the U S S Kansas is promoted to carpenter's mate. About 20 Quincy men remain aboard and sailors bought 7700 worth of liberty bonds. Lester G Bock on the battleship Town is made lieutenant with a letter to his parents and photos sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. J. Lake
Fort Thomas
Albert Thesen
Quincy
U. S. S. Kansas
Henry Thesen
Madison Street
Lester G. Bock
Town
Excellent Bill For Bijou This Week
Three shows of high class vaudeville at the Bijou theater today and tomorrow at 2 30 7 30 and 9 15 feature acts from Dinoti Missouri Iowa and nearby states Howard and Allen acrobatic dances Howell and Flood singing act Les Ar endos two people comedy George Stuart imitations and the sensational novelty Girl from Star land head the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bijou
Dinoti
Missouri
Iowa
Howard
Allen
Howell
Flood
Les Arendos
George Stuart
Starland
Two Boys Hurt When Street Car Hits Them
Harold Tharp of 300 Cherry street and Byron Downs of 302 Cherry street were slightly injured Friday noon after a passing street car knocked them down at Fifth and Cherry streets. The youths were standing near the track and were sideswiped. Tharp suffered a badly swollen eye and deep facial cuts while Downs had minor bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Tharp
Cherry Street
Byron Downs
Fifth
Chery Streets
Tharp
Downs
Swanee River Song Fragment in Dialect Verse
A fragmentary lyric in plantation dialect evokes nostalgia for the Swanee River and old folk life. It recalls wandering as a child, carefree songs, and a longing to return to kin and a beloved farm. The refrain notes universal sadness and homesickness.
Supervisors Set June Meeting for Chairman Vote
Adams County board of supervisors calls a June session to elect a chairman and form committees. They will approve numerous claims and the burial contract for pauper dead. Chris Gibbs is seen as likely to run again but may not seek another chairmanship if he pursues the state legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County Board of Supervisors
Chris Gibbs
Gibbs
Mayor to Return for Quincy Council Meeting
Mayor John A. Thompson will return from Washington and other eastern points by Sunday night or Monday morning to attend the next regular council session. He traveled as part of a Mississippi River towns committee advocating river traffic use. The meeting was postponed, and Thompson did not learn of the delay before leaving. If held later, Quincy may lack official representation due to travel costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John.a. Thompson
Washington
D. C
Quincy
Thompson
Mississippi River
Seriously Hurt By Fall Down Embankment
David Barnett a 60 year old man was seriously injured Friday afternoon after tumbling down a steep bank at the James Jarrett home Second and Jersey streets while mowing. He suffered a left hip fracture and possible internal injuries and was taken to St Marys hospital where Dr Otis Johnston set the fracture. Barnett described as in great pain Friday evening and said he lives by doing odd jobs with no home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Barnett
James Jarrett
Second
Jersey
Barnett
St. Mary's Hospital
Otis Johnston
Jarrett
Motorcycle Officer Harvey Resigns Job
Lloyd Harvey a motorcycle policeman submitted his resignation to Chief Louis Melton on Friday night asking for acceptance in ten days He was appointed three months ago after Earl Akers left for the navy He will drive for the Gardner Governor works and manage their motor apparatus His tenure saw speeders and violators respect traffic laws under his watchful eye
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Harvey
Louis Melton
Harvey
Earl
Jerry) Akers
United States Navy
Gardner Governor Works
Service Flag at Berrian School Honors 61 Stars
The Berrian School dedicates a service flag with 61 stars representing students in service. The Mothers' club held its annual bazar with sales of crafts, rugs, and home cooking. William Schlagenhaus gave a patriotic talk and unfurled the flag amid readings by Lee Atterpohl. Proceeds aim to support school necessities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berrian School
Berrian
Mothers’ Club
William Schlagenhaus
Lee Atterpohl
Madison Parent-Teacher Elects Officers
Mrs. W. T. Eddy was elected president of the Madison Parent-Teacher association at the last meeting Friday afternoon. Mrs. George Gardner was chosen secretary and Mrs. Gerald Tipton, treasurer. Mrs. George Jasper will represent the school at the United Parent-Teacher association. Retiring officers gave good reports of the past year's work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
W. T. Eddy
Madison Parent-Teacher Association
George Gardner
Gerald Tipton
George Jasper
United Parent-Teacher Association
Children’s Day In Congregational Church Tomorrow
The First Congregational church holds its annual Children’s Day exercises next Sunday at 11:00. The event ties to Baby Welfare Week with a full program in the auditorium featuring prayers, hymns, recitations, prizes, and talks on cradle roll, physical welfare, mental welfare, and spiritual welfare by church and school leaders. The babies of the cradle roll will be honored with the presentations and a welcome by the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Eleanor Nielson
Elizabeth Cawthorne
Frank B. Lusk
Irene Edwards
L. E. Biddinger
Charles M. Gill
Quincy Superintendent of Schools
George A. Buttrick
Uymn
Reprimand for a Man Claiming to Be Federal Agent
United States commissioner W P Martindale warned against residents posing as government agents to force walnut log sales for gun stock plants. He cited a Quincyan and a local lumber buyer in Chillicothe Mo as examples and said prosecutions will follow if violations continue. He stressed the government does not authorize such purchases and that contracts are between factory operators and their suppliers. Farmers are selling at high walnut prices, prompted by inflated claims and threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
W. P. Martindale
Martindale
Chillicothe, Mo
Pleasing Play At Dewey School Impresses Audience
Immanuel Chapel youth staged the comedy Al Martins Country Store in the Dewey school auditorium Friday night. Miss Blanche Blodgett directed, with bright interludes between acts and a gentle romance thread boosting laughs. The cast featured Roy Doland as Al Martin, Dora Blodgett as Marie Martin, and Robert Ames, Claude Locke, James Doland, Ralph Miller, and others in a lively village play with a warm finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Chapel
al Martins
Dewey School
Blanche Blodgett
al Martin
Roy Doland
Marie Martin
Dora Blodgett
Harold Hawley
Traction Co
Lawrence Laughlin
Robert Corey
Claude Locke
Bess Blake
Smith
Hawkins
Simons
Mabel Leckbee
Kinney
John Young
C. A. Wenneker
Hunter
Robert Ames
Gus
Carpenter
Fred Rinberg
Safe Leckee
Rube Rutchins
Farmer
Jor Weirteker
Aerial Activity Is Intense Rome Says
Rome reports intensified aerial activity with enemy attacks repulsed at Capo Siles and other assaults crushed near Spinancia and west of Canove. Allied bombing hit trenches dumps and hutments on Asiago and Lavarone plateaux. Roads to Gaillia attacked and three enemy aircraft downed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Capo Siles
Spinancia
Canove
Asiago
Lavarone
Gaillia
Witnesses In Pape Case To Be Called Soon
Quincyans will be summoned to Springfield by next week to testify before the United States district court grand jury in the Theodore B. Pape espionage case. Subpoenas will be served early in the week by Deputy U S Marshal Ross Moore. Other witnesses, names undisclosed, may appear during the grand jury proceedings and possible trial. Pape, currently in the south, has engaged lawyers but plans to handle much of the case himself. The grand jury will also hear charges involving disloyal remarks by William Altenheim Jr., interstate freight theft tied to Carl Cobb, Ben Disseler accused of receiving stolen freight, and Beaser Watson charged with bootlegging on the levee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
United States District Court
Theodore B. Pape
United States
Ross Moore
Pape
St. Louis
Grand Jury
William Altenheim, Jr
Ellington Township
Burlington Railroad
Carl Cobb
Ben Disseler
Beaser” Watson
Comedy Of Errors Delights H S Auditorium
Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors was staged by the High School Junior class in the high school auditorium. The three act play followed Aegean the Syracuse merchant seeking his family, while twins cause comic mixups in Ephesus. Strong staging and costumes impressed two full houses with notable coaching by George Hartung and a cast led by Herbert Fick Willis He breder Frank Wheeler and Duane Dromio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auditorum
Aegean
Syracuse
Ephesus
Dromios
George Hartung
The
Quincy of Music
Solinus
Duke
Herbert Fick
Antipholus
Willis Hebreder
Frank Wheeler
Dromio
Duane Dromio
Malcolm Aegeon
Robert Bunting
Pinch
Lloyd Harris
Balthazar
Charles Eldred
Angelo
Srl
Hunsaker
Paul Erhart
Herbert ~ Greetman
Eley Miller
Willis Richards
Martha Chamberlain
Adriana
Reabey
Sus
Hannah Menke
Luciana
Charlotts McCarl
Luce
Betty Wilson
Lesbia
Marie Reidy
Youth Crushed By Auto In Ellington Township
Earl Howlander aged 16 was struck by a farmer’s auto near Twentieth and Spruce streets Friday night while playing with friends. He sustained a crushed ankle and bruises and was taken to his Spruce Street home for care. The driver, Eastvine, resided in Ellington township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Howlander
Twentieth
Spruce
Young Howlander
Sage
Eastvine
Ellington Township
Weather summary for Illinois Missouri and Iowa regions
Partly cloudy with chances of thunder showers and cooler temperatures across Illinois Missouri and Iowa. Saturday shows cooler conditions with possible afternoon or night showers then clearing, Sunday expected fair and cooler. Local temperatures yesterday were around high to mid 80s with a river stage reading near midnight and Hannibal forecast to fall about 0.5 in the next 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Iowa
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Nobuddy
Rocatoa
America
D. A. Wheeler
Maine Street
Donald
Navy
Charleston
Charles I. Smith
North Eighth Street
Ralph G. Cole
Kewanee
Yeoman i the Navy
John B. Loenker
Henry F. Loenker
France
Co. B
Ernest J. Wible
J R. Wirle
North Fifth Street
123Rd Machine Gun Battalion
Lieut
Chester J. White
John W. White
Chet
Capt
Burr Irwin
Royal Jackson
Swanee River
Congregational Church
Dewey
H. S. Auditorium
Auté
Hannibalang
Aan
Bulletia
St. Paul
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