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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1918
Page
3
Quincy men in stores and factories offer to respond to Judge Akers call for volunteers to aid Adams county farmers in harvesting the grain crop. By Monday noon over 20 men filed in the Chamber of Commerce employment bureau. Each applicant, with farm experience, offered four to two weeks to help save the wheat and oats.
Quincy Street Railway officials announce plan to use women as conductors if war continues. A city alderman notes a woman learning conductor duties on South Fourth line, but company denies it. Meanwhile, employers urged to spare workers for farm harvests as part of a national volunteer effort organized with the United States Employment Service and local chambers of commerce.
A physician explains Spring Fever as a misnomer for fatigue from winter. He cites iron and phosphorous deficiency, diet changes, and low oxygen as causes, noting warm weather improves blood flow. The remedy suggested is Phosphated Tron in encapsulated form, with a dealer warning from Owl Drug Store to avoid substitutes.
Truman Pierson of the Chamber of Commerce leads a Sunday fishing party up the bay while a property dispute draws Dr. Blickhan, Sheriff Coens, and deputies to pry the scene apart. Pierson resists detention, returns to fishing, and later recounts a night row through Willow Slough. A separate item notes Frank Pfeiffer’s wagon damaged by an auto near Tenth and Cedar, with payment accepted. Also, Charles Bartlett travels to Springfield to contest a gas rate hike proposal.
Local officials report it is unclear how many Quincy and Adams county residents will be called in the June draft as Illinois must provide 14 000 men nationwide. Exemption boards wait on adjutant general orders before entrainment data, with several local men reported rejected at Camp Gordon and Ft Thomas. The county board received a limited service call with enlistment open until June 7 and war department allotments to follow.
City council raised feeding allowance for inmates to 55 cents per day. Superintendent M. E. Wittman asked for the increase after inspectors found plain but substantial food was needed and recommended more evening meal provisions. Inspectors surveyed cells and kitchen and found nothing to condemn. He who talks big things seldom does anything but the small ones.
The brief notes list upcoming events and local social activities including a South Side Boat Club picnic with a Mississippi fish fry, Red Cross fund drive at Good Shepherd Lawn Social, and a K C Choral club concert for the war camp fund. Local sports cover a Quincy Eagles loss to Hannibal and a Melrose club win in ten innings, plus various community visits, hospital updates, and theater plans.
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