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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1918

Page

4

City and County List 8 New Draft Registrants Exemption Boards

Adams county lists 378 youths registered since June 5 1917 with 209 men in city exemptions and 169 in county. Quincy office records 70 registrations, with Charles Jenkins first Quincy registrant and many others listed by street. Officials urge reporting errors and note a scarce number of Negro registrants. city and county registrants names appear in the long roster with some damaged entries.

Adams County Uincy Steve Ess Trants Quincy Mr. Lawless Ippoint Rty Joraine Elmer Lummis R. H. Hartley W. A. Richardson Bradford George Binkert Ge Gabriel Virgilston E. B. Hillman Dr. Tgomery Charles Jenkins Arles Jenkins Elim Street Weihl Rt 8 Quincey Camp Point Yarles Emory Neexs Vand Mo Downey Srd Ivester Amberg Leach Wdmtund Haggerty Hn Hryon Fitzgerald iNiam Arthur Blersch Rson H. MecNutt iWiam Bernard Phenameinerte

Untitled List of Names and Addresses From Local Notice

A long fragment lists numerous individuals with street addresses across North 16th to Jersey, Springfield area, including Leonard Schemming and many others. The text resembles a registry or voter/public notice with scattered city blocks and counties. It reads as an archival slice lacking cohesive event or context.

The Man on the Box Scarecrows Advertise Play

Seniors stage an advertising stunt by placing dummies on soap boxes around business districts. Queer figures at street corners drew curiosity as signs for The Man on the Box were displayed. Reserved seating for the Orpheum comedy went on sale Wednesday morning for a Friday performance.

Orpheum

Wanted Young Lady For Office Work At The Whig

Help wanted notice seeking a young woman for office duties in the circulation department. High school graduate preferred. Apply today at the Whig office.

Whig

Tim Holt Ends Life in Quincy Home

Tim Holt a longtime Building and Trades council official and prominent Quincy labor figure age 56 ended his life with a 38 caliber revolver at his home on a Wednesday afternoon after a lengthy illness. The inquest will be held at 9 o'clock. He faced years of cancer and dropsy, leaving a wife and five children.

Timolean Tim) Holt South Fourteenth Street Building and Trades Council Organized Labor Quincy South Side Mr. Holt Robert Stannus Robert Holt N. O. Collins

War era enlistment and service notes from Quincy area

Local World War I era items report promotions and assignments for service members including Lieut Willis E. Dick now acting supply officer at a New Jersey post and Sergeant L H Meidner visiting from Chicago. It notes enlistment openings for the United States Guards and details letters from former employees serving in various branches and camps across the country.

Willis E. Dick Albert Dick State Street Tuckahoe New Jersey Co. 8B 42Nd Infantry

Increased Rates On Electric Power Now Being Asked

Quincy Gas Electric and Heating Co filed with Illinois Public Utilities Commission in Springfield to raise electric power rates about three cents per 1000 cubic feet mirroring gas rate requests. General manager H W O Channon expects favorable action amid rising labor fuel and material costs. city also seeks increase for electric power as for gas.

Quincy Public Utilities Commission of Illinois Springfield Quincy, Gas, Electric & Heating Company H W. O. Channon

Government Ads For Stenographers Demand Large Civil Service Hire

Government seeks many clerical workers to support increasing workloads. Civil service exams run weekly in the city under J. L. Schrage, secretary of the civil service commission. Starting pay ranges from 1000 to 1200 dollars per year with raises as experience grows.

J. L. Schrage Civil Service Commission

Youth Forgery Charge Follows Store Checks

Forrest Lake, 12, is charged with forgery for writing $30 in checks. Authorities say he passed the notes on Tenk Hardware Heidbreder Drug Stores and local grocers, made payable to his mother Mrs. Porrest Lake and signed Paul J. Sulock. The family plans to move to a farm in Iowa.

Forrest Lake St. Charles Tenk Hardware Company Heidbreder Drug Stores Porrest Lake Paul J. Sulock Towa

Arthur Roy Thrown From Horse In Concord

Assistant States Attorney Arthur Roy was injured Tuesday afternoon when thrown from a hearse on his brother’s farm in Concord. He suffered deep chin and temple cuts and extensive bruising to arms legs and body. He remained unconscious until a Quincy ambulance transported him after the incident.

Arthur Roy

Organized labor Mourns Devoted Painter Unionist

The obituary notes a respected organizer and family man whose death shocks the labor movement. Funeral plans are pending with rites likely Friday or Saturday. Union members and possibly state and national officers from painters and decorators’ unions are expected to attend.

Ance Organized Labor Painters and Decorators

Wilmer Co. Leases Duker Store In Quincy Move

Wilmer Company of Denver plans to occupy the present W T Duker store this summer after Duker moves to a new building at Sixth and Maine. The Duker building to be remodeled with a new front and interior, new fixtures, and full equipment for massive shopper traffic.

N. Wilmer Company Denver West W. T. Duker W. T. Duker Company Sixth and Maine Street Wilmer Company Joel Benton Duker

Deaths and Funerals for Mrs August Landwehr in Sheboygan

Mrs August Landwehr died Sunday in Sheboygan Wisconsin. She is survived by ten children. Her sister in law is Mrs August Landwehr. Her husband was killed in an automobile accident about two years ago. Mrs Pred Miller and Mrs August mau yen of 923 Jackson Street received word of the death.

August Mau Yen Pred Miller Jackson Street August Landwehr Sheboygan Wis

Funeral services set for John Carroll in Melrose township

John Carroll died Wednesday at his niece's home after heart trouble. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at Soduck from his niece’s residence and at 9 30 from St. Praners church. Burial in Calvary cemetery. He was an Adams county resident over 50 years and was born in Ireland on June 16 1841. He came to America at age 11 and lived in Mendon township before moving to Quincy three years ago. He leaves two brothers Tom Carroll of Palmyra Missouri and Henry Carroll of Bloomfield and one sister Mrs Ltarry Matthews of Salida Colorado. He was a member of St Francis Catholic church.

John Carroll Soduck Herman Kurk Melrose Township St. Praners Church Calvary Cemetery Carroll Adams County Ireland America Mendon Township Quincy Tom Carroll Palmyra Henry Carroll Bloomfield Ltarry Matthews Salida Colo St. Francis Catholic Church

Wesley Bounds Rites Held at Salem Church

Funeral services for Wesley Bounds were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Herman Stormer's parlors after which the service was conducted by Rev H J Leemhuis of Salem Evangelical church. Burial followed in Greenmount cemetery with workers from White Lime and Cement company acting as pallbearers.

Wesley Bounds Herman Stormer South E’grth Street H. J. Leemhuis Salem Evargelical Greenmount Cemetery White Lime and Cement Company

Funeral services held for Mrs Pauline Bell

Funeral services for Mrs Pauline Bell were conducted Wednesday at 2 30 from the residence 1626 State street with Rev D S Wahl officiating. Interment followed at Greenmount cemetery. Bearers were nephews Max Bell William Bell Emil Bierer Fred Wessels Edward Sturhahn and Frank Westerman.

Pauline Bell State Street Kentucky Street M. E D. S. Wahl Greenmount Cemetery Max and William Bell Emil Bierer Fred Wessels Edward Sturhahn Frank Westerman

Funeral services for Miss Eleanor Trimble held at home

Funeral services for Miss Eleanor Trimble were held this morning at 10 o clock at the home of her aunt Miss Helen Bernard 622 Broadway. Friends attended and burial was private.

Eleanor Trimble Helen Bernard Broadway

Father Of Lieutenant Noble Is Known Here

The article reports Lieut Ralph M Noble of Galesburg listed as missing in action in France He is the son of Willard Noble of Galesburg a former Bolles and Rovers salesman and friend of J Moriarty The lieutenant a graduate of the first officers training camp has ties to the Lima Lake district north of Quincy and visits to the city

Ralph M. Noble Galesburg Lieut. Noble Willard Noble France J. 7 Moriarty Mr. Noble Bolles and Rovers Lieut Noble First Officers Training Camp Lima Lake District Quincy

Questions to the Whig on Saloon Licenses and Presidential Terms

Readers ask about Hannibal saloon licenses priced at AL SE160 per year and whether a president may serve more than two terms. The newspaper notes there is no law restricting more than two terms, citing George Washington's precedent and his refusal of a third term.

Hannibal George Washington

White men called for training and camps in June

In a military call up, 203 white men are to travel to Camp Wheeler in Macon Georgia to entrain over a five day period starting June 24. 19 white men head to Rahe auto school in Kansas City to entrain June 15 for five days. Four white men go to Bradley Polytechnic school in Peoria with June 15 entrainment. Three white men, limited service, to Valparaiso University Indiana for mechanical training with June 15 entrainment. County calls list 150 men to Camp Taylor Louisville Kentucky during the five day period beginning June 24 and 13 to Rahe auto school Kansas City beginning June 15 and 4 to Bradley Polytechnic beginning June 15.

Camp Wheeler Macon Rahe Auto School Kansas City Bradley Polytechnic School Peoria Valparaiso University Valparaiso Ind Camp Taylor Louisville Bradley Polytechnical School Adams County National Army Quincy Louis- Ville Adams County Exemption Board Ruahe Steve Lawless County Board Chass 1 Lawless

Adams County Induction Calls Move 306 Men to Camps

Adams county and Quincy city exemption boards issued three calls totaling 167 men with 150 slated for Camp Taylor near Louis in the June 24 period. Additional calls target Camp Wheeler Macon Ga, Camp Taylor Louis Ville Ky, and nearby posts, all from Class 1 white men with three for Indiana mechanical training as needed.

Weather Outlook for Illinois Iowa Missouri

Illinois and Iowa see unsettled Thursday with likely showers. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and little temperature change. Missouri shares the unsettled Thursday pattern with showers likely in the east and minimal temperature variation.

Ilinois Towa Missouri

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