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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1917
Page
5
Will Defend New York General J Franklin Bell arrives at Governors Island New York to assume command of the Eastern Department He will defend New York and help raise and train troops from the region during the war with Germany.
Money rumors say the con artists could not complete a scheme when their target’s banker refused him money. The swindlers reportedly told him they could not proceed without financial backing, halting the potential crime.
Mr. Wehrman failed to secure his share of the board of trade profits as the land transaction fell through with the other party.
Henry Dicker was elected chairman of the county highway commissioners at a Saturday meeting in the county courthouse. The group approved moving the annual officers election from December to June to allow newly elected members to qualify, and the next meeting is set for Golden on September 1. L. K. Craig praised Morgan County roads, while Tom Cartin urged centralized road oversight under a single commissioner per township. The piece ends with a note about gibbons and gorillas.
Adams county road officials order all businesses to remove or reposition signs that obstruct road views within ten days from June 8. The notice follows a county highway commissioner directive after a highway board recommendation. The state proclamation had not been enforced in Adams county until now.
In Canton Missouri on June 3 a Lewis County manhunt follows the disappearance of George Tyler of Louisville Kentucky. The tale centers on a two scene confidence game across Lewis County and Burlington Iowa with H A Wehrman of Monticello Missouri as the alleged victim. Tyler and an accomplice supposedly targeted Wehrman for 131000 in cash by luring him into a grain corner via a board of trade scheme.
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