Temporary Illinois Chamber of Commerce Founded Here
Quincy hosts the first meeting establishing a state wide chamber. A five district plan is adopted with Chicago and Cook County forming the fifth district. Officers and directors are named, with temporary leadership to guide the move until the permanent body forms in October. Delegates from Chicago and Adams County attend, pledging broad membership and civic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Association of Commerce
Quincy
John I H. Camlin
Rock Island
Paul W. Brown
District No. 1
E H. Beall
Geo. Parsons
Cairo
A. J. Pooman
Fairfield
N. C McLean
East St. Louis
F. Kohl
Centralia
Robert Ward
Benton
C M. Thompson
Urbana
Samuel Woolner, Jr
Peoria
Henry G. Hirget
Pekin
C. A. Ewing
Decatur
A. M. Legg
Pontiac
J. H. Hudson
Bloomington
Rev M. Edward Fawcett
S. G. Lawless
Liberty
A. M .Hale
Abingdon
Philip E. Elting
Ma‘comb
E. H. Negely
Canton
J. Howard Jayne
Monmouth Til
John H. Camlin
Rockford
Mr Jackson
Freeport Chamber of Commerce
Freeport
Mr. Schock Ottawa
Edgar B. Jones
Oregon
F H. McAllister
Sycamore
H. H. Cleveland
Geo. Woodruff
Joliet
C. O Frisbie
Chicago
Robert Roy Denny
Arthur L. Paulson
Elgin
Benjamin F. Hedges
South Chicago
H. V. Crooks
Ilinois Chamber of Commerce
Soldier finds baby with foster parents after failed u turn love
A Quincy soldier returning from service discovers his lover has wed another and the child was placed with foster parents. The father visits, tears up seeing the eight month old, and buys the baby a ring with consent from the foster mother. Probation Officer Nolan recounts arranging the placement months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Thomas Nolan
France
Quincy veterans return home from service in France
Neil Ausmus of Camp Point returns to his home after a year in France where he joined the St Mihiel and Argonne drives and was a former Columbus township teacher. Lawrence O Olker of Head quarters company 146 Field Artillery has landed in New York from France, home in Quincy. Chauncey Brant of 1456 Hampshire street returns home after sixteen months in U S navy, one of Quincy’s youngest enlistees, while the NC 4 plane passed near his Azores station en route to Ponta Delgada harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Ausmus
Camp Point
Quincy
France
Ausmus
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Columbus Township
Lawrence O. Olker
146 Field Artillery
New York
The
Whig
Olker
H. L. Brant
Hampshire Street
Chauncey
U. S. Navy
Brant
Azores Islands
NC-4
Ponta del Gada
Street Car Employes Form Baseball Nine
The street car employes baseball nine held their first practice Tuesday morning on a vacant lot east of the car barns. Manager C. H. Le men expects strong support from J. G. Forsthove, traffic manager of the lines. If feasible, firemen and carmen teams may play a game together soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baseball Nine
C. H. Lemen
J. G. Forsthove
Carmen
Business leaders praise service ideal at Illinois convention
Howard urges Junior Chambers of Commerce like St. Louis unit with Boy Scouts links. Tributes flow to Henry Wheeler and other leaders. Telegrams from Roosevelt Jr. and others regret not attending while Brown discusses westward work. Dinner at Hotel Newcomb caps events as officials plan July Rockford clerical group meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Howard
Chambers of Commerce
St. Louis
Boy Scouts
Howard
Henry Wheeler
Chicago
United States Chamber of Commerce
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
J. H. Hudson
Bloomington
Alva B. Johnson
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Frank O. Lowden
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
John M. Glen
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
John M. Barrett
Pan- American Union
James E. Smith
Mississippi Valley Waterways Association
Hugh
Cheslo Cissna
Chamber of Commerce
Bishop Fawcett
Willis Evans
R. J. Holmes
W.T. Duker
Steven G. Lawless
R. D. Chappell
John H. Camlin
R. B. Beach
Illinois Secretaries of Commercial Clubs
Rockford
Rotarians Picnic Enjoyable Outing for Bowles Pasture Club
Quincy Rotarians enjoyed a pleasant outing at Bowles pasture north of the city on Tuesday. Members rode in autos in the forenoon and spent the morning in games. A fried spring chicken dinner cooked in John Korn's ovens was served under trees. Joseph C. Barlow led post dinner introductions while a piano and jazz vocalists provided entertainment. Rotarian Will Ruff introduced a new ginger beer for tasting. Distinguished guest Col. John Garrity, Chicago chief of police, attended among many others including Dr. Thomas D. Gardner, Sgt. Joseph G. Cassidy, John W. Myers Jr., L. A. Morest and numerous members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fawcett
Edward Fawcett
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
Willis Evans
Peoria Chamber of Commerce
National Secretaries Association
J. Will Wall
Quincy
Samuel Wilson
American City Bureau of New York
Wilson
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Adams County
Liberty
Windy City
John J. Garrity
132Nd Infantry
Col
Garrity
Frank Wood
Rotary
Edward F. Critcher
Herald-Examiner of Chicago
F. W. Quayle
Burt G. Owen
C. M. Thompson
Steven G. Lawless
R. R. Denny
Co. ©. Frisbie, F. Kohl
H. V. Crooks
BH. F. Hedges
J. H. Camila
H. H. Cleveland
Rolla
Newcomb
Rock Island
College of Commerce
University of Haintis
Fiist
U of I
C. Q. Frisbie
Cornell Woods Product Company
Association of Commerce of Chicago
P. G. Holden
International Harvester Company
George A. Woodruff
Joliet
John H. Camlin
Chamber of Commerce of
Rockford
Frisbie
Clarence O. Howard
United States Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
Bowles
John Korn
Joseph C. Barlow
Will Ruff
John Garrity
Police
Thomas D., Gardner
Joseph G. Cassidy
John W. Myers, Jr
L. A. Morest
W. J. Singleton
Edgar Ruff
W. Emery Lancaster
Herman Brown
Rome Arnold
Charles L. Bartlett
Donald Best
Capt Alexander Returns Home On Short Leave
Captain Alexander arrived in Quincy Monday night for a two week leave from Camp Grant. He plans to resume his law practice after discharge likely within three weeks. He was detached from the 33d division and arrived home later than other officers. He commanded Company C Fourth Infantry, a regular army unit of the Third division, largely drafted men due to front line casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marks Alexander
Quincy
Camp Grant
Alexander
33D
Co. C Fourth Infantry
Monday Morning Club Plans War Savings Stamp Drive
The Monday Morning club of Quincy will buy a War Savings Stamp each Monday as outlined by J. G. Ames district superintendent to Postmaster Elmer Lummis. Ames, based in Jacksonville, aims to form similar clubs district wide with at least five members each, each member purchasing a stamp weekly for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
J. G. Ames
Elmer Lummis
Ames
Jacksonville
Broadway Merchants Picnic Slated For Sunday
Members of the Twelfth and Broadway Merchants Association will hold their annual picnic for merchants and families Sunday in Bolles Park on North Twelfth Street. Dinner and supper will be served in the park as picnickers travel to and from the grounds by car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twelfth and Broadway Merchants Association
Bolles Park
North Twelfth Street
Probate bonds and estate inventories filed in county court
Mrs Bernadina Jost as executrix posted 13000 bond and John R Wheeler as executor posted 24000 bond with Lada S Wheeler and Bernice Wheeler as sureties. An inventory for John J Meints estate lists Adams county real estate with no value, chattels 819.50 and notes 881.95. Abigail Schucking reports receipts 99.26 and disbursements 138.50 and seeks discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernadina Jost
George J. Jost
John R. Wheeler
Bertha S. Wheeler
Lada S. Wheeler
Bernice Wheeler
John J. Meints
Adams County
Abigail Schucking
Joseph Schucking
Oiling Roads and Bridge Plans Started Countywide
The Board of Supervisors authorized oiling of roads and bridge construction. L. L. Boyer purchased 42,000 gallons of oil. Locust boulevard from Second to Twenty-fourth, and from Locust to Broadway is being coated. Plans for the Grubb College bridge and North East bridge were approved. Bridges will use reinforced concrete. Meetings set to discuss pilings for Mendon area road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
L. L. Boyer
Boyer
Locust Boulevard
Second
Twenty-fourth
Locust
Broadway
Quincy
State
Harrison
Albert Grimmer
West Camp Point
Paloma
Will Cunnaney
Eugene Weisinger
Clayton
Grubb College
Alex Thompson
North East
North East Township
Enoch Selters
Barnett
Lima
Zinn
Hancock and
Adams County
William Hill
Ursa
West Mendon Town
East Mendon
Pulse on Men of New Company and Local Notices
Dr. S A Ware of Springfield examined men of the new Eighth Story national guard unit in Quincy and will return with Cul tis B Duncan to muster the company into service. Russell Gross pled guilty to speeding, fined 25 dollars plus costs. Alfred C Thompson appointed city electrical inspector and repaired the police telephone system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Company
S. A. Ware
Springfield
New Negro Company
Eighth Strory National Guard
Danville
Quincy
Cultis B. Duncan
Ware
City
W. W. Fields
Alfred C. Thompson
O’brien
Thompson
Western Union Company
Burlington
Taylor Road Meeting Postponed To Friday Noon
Absence from city and illness of Taylor road commission members delay tonight's meeting until next Friday at 12 o'clock. The town oversight notes ongoing delays in local governance and rescheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Road
Taylor Road Commission
Doctor Koch Returns to Practice at Eighth and Broadway
Dr. John A. Koch resumes medical practice after service in the Medical Corps U S Army located at Eighth and Broadway with telephone number 341.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Koch
U.S. Army
Eighth and Broadway
Body of Mrs Brown Not Yet Found After River Drowning
A coroner's inquest found Edna May Brown drowned in the Mississippi while attempting to rescue her sister. Lawrence Clifford testified he warned the children and swam to save Gladys but Mrs Brown did not survive. James Ranney found Edna May's body near Kentucky Street as the husband worked nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Brown
Mississippi River
Edna May
Freiburg
Lawrence Clifford
Maiden Lane
Gladys
Kentucky Street
Mrs. Brown
James Ranney
Two Autos Collide At Tenth And Vermont
A Ford driven by Paul Westerman and a Cadillac driven by Dr. W D Stevenson collided at Tenth street and Vermont as Westerman traveled south and Stevenson traveled east then north. Westerman’s Ford suffered extensive damage with the engine radiator fenders and body damaged and the right front wheel collapsed against the curb. Stevenson’s car was also slightly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth Street
Paul Westerman
W. D. Stevenson
Dr. Stevenson
Vermont
Westerman
Tenth
Quincy Eagles at Convention in St Louis trip
Twenty six Quincy Eagles delegates traveled by train to the state convention in St Louis this week with two women auxiliary representatives Mrs Henry Mast and Mrs Will Ervine also attending. A city plumbing examiners board met with Mayor O Brien to organize for work. Board includes Seward Best John Manning and Plumbing Inspector Sullivan appointed earlier in the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Eagles
the Eagles
St. Louis
Quincy
St Louis
Women’s Auxiliary
Henry Mast
Will Ervine
Plumbing Board
City Board of Plumbing Examiners
O’brien
Seward Best
John Manning
Sullivan
Knox Plea for Delay on League
Senator Knox argues against immediate league ratification urging a delay to weigh consequences. He contends withdrawal requires full satisfaction of all obligations, a condition he says cannot be fulfilled, and warns the covenant would fix borders and bind future policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
League
Knox
Fifth Division Ordered Home Schedule Update
A recent notice confirms the Fifth division was assigned for early convoy home and slated to return this month. Plans remain likely unchanged. any sailing or arrival will be recorded in the Ordered Home column with unit designations and field artillery.
Boy Burned On Fifth Birthday Scalded By Tea Kettle
Asa Harter aged five, son of Mr and Mrs A B Harter of 823 Broadway, was seriously burned when a chair toppled as he reached for a match to light candles on his birthday cake. A tea kettle of boiling water spilled over his head and body, with the head and arms most affected. He was taken to St Mary hospital around 6 PM by Dr EB Caddick. The accident occurred during a quiet family celebration that included ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Harter
A. B. Harter
Broadway
St. Mary Hospital
Asa
Aya
EB. L Caddick
Harter
Deaths and Funerals For William Dissler Navy Casualty
William Dissler who died accidentally in the West Indies while serving in the navy will receive burial honors. Several former army and navy men will act as pallbearers at the 8:30 this morning funeral service. Two buglers from Chaddock school and a firing squad are arranged. The body arrived in Quincy on Tuesday with no details of his death yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dissler
West Indies
Navy
Army
Chaddock School
Quincy
Funeral Services for Samuel Giles Held at Home
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the home of his daughter Mrs Eva Welch at 2540 Hampshire Street and burial followed at Greenmount Cemetery. Roy Mauck officiated. Bearers were Ralph Swearingen Clarence Harmon Earl Clow and John Adams. Mr and Mrs August Kelleng.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Giles
Eva Welch
Hampshire Street
Greenmount Cemetery
Roy Mauck
Ralph Swearingen
Clarence Harmon
Earl Clow
John Adams
August Kelleg
James W. Mickle Funeral Held in Augusta
The body of James W. Mickle was sent to Augusta Tuesday morning and funeral and burial services were held there in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Mickle
Augusta
William Postel Dies in Mascoutah Illinois at 27
William Postel a well known Quin cy resident died Monday night at his mother Mrs Dora Postel home in Mascoutah Illinois Relatives say he had been ill for a month after an operation to remove his tonsils He was about 27 and recently promoted to secretary of the Compton Bond Company of St Louis While in St Louis he lived with Mc Cullough Winters who works for the same firm Aunts named Mrs C C Jansen and Mrs Amelia Schuiltheis lived nearby in Illinois
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Postel
Quincy
Dora Postel
Mascoutah
Postel
Irma Bastert
McCullough Winters
Mr. Postel
Compton Bond Company
St. Louis
C. C. Jansen
Prairie Avenue
Amelia Schuiltheis
Jersey Street
Death notice for Henry Jones in Quincy Ohio area
Henry Jones aged 86 died at his home 928 Maine Street Monday morning. A Civil War veteran, he had no surviving relatives in Quincy though two sons live in Chicago and have been notified and are expected in Quincy today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henny Jones
Henry Jones
Maine Street
Jones
Quincy
Chicago
Funeral services for Edward Mescher held locally
Edward Mescher funeral services were conducted from his North Twelfth Street residence at 8:30 and from St Rose church at 9. Father Brennan presided. Burial occurred at Woodland Cemetery. Bearers were Ralph Wissman, George Schumacher, Herman Kosyan, Joseph Kosyan, George Cunnane, and Harry Salyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Mescher
North Twelfth Street
St. Rose Church
Father Brennan
Woodland Cemetery
Ralph Wissman
George Schumacher
Herman Kosyan
Joseph Kosyan
George Cunnane
Harry Salyer
Licenses to Wed in Quincy and Beverly
Licenses issued for marriage include Donald T. O Neill of Quincy and Pauline Crissey of Quincy. Also listed are James Shinnebarger of Beverly and Clara B Pynn of Beverly, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald T. O'Neill
Legal
Quincy
Pauline Crissey
James Shinnebarger
Beverly
Lil
Clara B. Pynn
Weather Outlook for YLLINO and Missouri Town
Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with possible local thunder showers. Temperatures expected to remain steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yllino
Missouri
Town
Daily River Bulletin impact expected along Mississippi River
Observations at 7 a m report a slight rise from below Muscatine to Keokuk while from Keokuk to Hannibal the river rises only a little. At Louisilles it is falling very slowly and overall movement shows a gentle trend with minor fluctuations across the stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Keokuk
Hannibal
Louisiges
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State Chamber of Commerce
Organization Committee
Empire Theater
Abe Martin
Dale Fluhart
Tell Binkley
Capt. Alexander
Ellington
Frank Jasper
Court House
Golden
J. B. Schone
James McKinnay
United States
Quincy Whig
Quincy Whig Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
David Brown
Daily River Bulletin
Central Me
Changa
St Paul
Doverport
Ottumwa
Warsaw
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