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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
8
The Quincy Chamber of Commerce records annual rail freight for 1916 with 514 251 tons received and 232 635 tons forwarded, totaling 746 889 tons. Over eight years, average annual changes are 23 368 tons for forwarded, 3 701 for received, and 2 071 for combined totals.
Mrs Alta Mills Willey of Hannibal died at Levering hospital at 11 p m on Wednesday after Brights disease. She leaves husband two brothers Loren and John Mills four sisters Mildred Imogene Martha Armiga and her parents The funeral is at 2:30 p m today at Arch Street Methodist church Also noted are the funeral of Mrs Henry Nuessen at her South Twenty fourth street home and St Marys Catholic church with requiem mass and bearers cousins Wiskirchen. and funeral of Samuel A McKay at 2 p m Thursday at 727 North Twenty second Street burial Greenmount Cemetery.
The Women Teachers' club passes a resolution lamenting the death of Miss Susie Dunn. They praise her fifty years of faithful service and loyalty to teaching, noting her influence and kindness as an honored member and friend. Signed by Ella Randall, Sallie Williams, and Clara Wilson.
The street committee of the Civic Improvement association will meet with city authorities soon to urge the street railway company to install new tracks on the south side of Maine street from Eighth to eighteenth streets and to pave the right of way along this stretch.
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