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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1918

Page

4

Sun Eclipse 13 Viewed by All Quingyans

Eyewitness reports describe a Saturday afternoon partial solar eclipse. The event began around 5:20 pm and finished by shortly after 7 pm, visible in Washington and Florida areas though clearer elsewhere. Henry Ullenbreck’s telescope near Sixth Street aided observers, with about three quarters of the sun shaded at maximum.

Hud Earth Qld Sol Washington Florida Henry Cullerbreck Sixth Street Pavson Avenue Ullenbreck

Darkened City Watches Solar Eclipse Amid Superstition

A solar eclipse sparked fear among some residents, especially in black communities in Quincy, as police noted superstition and surprise. The event, the first solar eclipse seen in America since 1900, was expected to be followed by a smaller lunar eclipse on July 23 and 24 with the moon near totality.

Quincy America

Woman's Nerves Strong: Lydia Pinkham's Remedy Endorsed

Winona Minnesota woman recounts relief from nervousness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts over forty years of use and positions the remedy as standard for displacements inflammation irregularities periodic pains backache and nervous prostration in women.

Winona Minn Lydia E. Pinkham Albert Sultze Olmstead St

Wiskirchen-Undertaker and drifting briefs in Quincy

Brief personals note a visiting Wieters from Oklahoma leaves for home. Real estate ad offers Dr Trotter’s fine residence at 234 S 12th St for 7000. Various local visits, illnesses, and travel plans cited. Traveling saleswomen numbers noted as up 35 percent since the war began.

Tulius Wieters O'Keene Okla Joe Weber Adams Street Dr. Trotter S. 12 Street Stern Etta McCarty Bloomington Freiburg W. al. Hartshorn Richfield Township Harrison Arthur Mittleberg Small Son Quincy Good Shepherd Red Cross Arrowsmith Farm Thirty-second Broadway J. J. Jennings Center Mo Pendleton Leo Hapke Peoria Stannus Lancashire St Hazel Southwick North Fifth Street Crooks Bros L. R. Nutt Two Buttes Colo P. Wy. Patterson C. E. Evans Washington, DC Hazel Ferguson Canton UW. Fo Lafler State Bank Mabel MecBane Eau Claire Wis Ethel Irwin William K. Ott Chicago Val Vollmer United States

American War Losses Arrive In Army Casualty List

The June 9 army casualty list reports 108 names: 30 killed in action, 10 died of wounds, 4 died in airplane crashes, 6 from other accidents, 6 from disease, 35 severely wounded, and 17 with wounds degree undetermined. Officers and enlisted men named include Lieut. Chester F. Wright of Waterloo Iowa and Captain Rufus F. Montgall of Kansas City Missouri among those killed or wounded.

Ashington Chester F. Wright Waterloo Iowa Rufus F. Montgall Kansas City Hamlet P Heart N. C Herman Dotz New York Knut Ellingson Rothsay Minn fer,Jr Bridgeport Charlie Winston Call Tex Lester L. Meyer Glendale Cal Rexford Shilliday Columbus G. M. Martin Longview Wm. L. Messinger Watsontown Raymond H. Leighton Ensign Mich Thos. Arnold Prescott Ariz Fred Bauer Chicago Dean B. Frys Scientate Mass Lark Landis Scaife Ark John W. Lafferty Brooklyn Harry L. Dunn Santa Barbara George D. Jackson Kingwood W. Va West Fourth Street Thos. H. Wyllie Newport R. I Walter B. Brant Dorchester Walter M. Johnson Gladsden Ala George W. Peter Mountain Lake Jansen E. Shue York Dennis A. Sullivan Auburn N. Y Josh Buckley A. J. Comeau Leominster Miss L. R. Dunn Philadelphia Arthur L. Easterday Indianapolis Hubert A

Astronomer’s Son Wounded in France During Eclipse Study

Goldendale Wash June 9 Prof W W Campbell of Lick Observatory Mount Hamilton Cal traveled here to study the solar eclipse received a cablegram from France stating that his son Lieow Douglass Campbell an American aviator was slightly wounded Campbell is described as the first American ace

Goldendale Wash W. W. Campbell Lick Mount Hamilton Cal France Liew Douglass Campbell Campbel

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