Autoists Boost War Savings in Adams County
Quincy residents and Adams county people toured rural districts to urge War Savings Certificates. More than 70 Quincyans met in Clayton for a Red Cross program while Clayton reports 58 Thrift Stamp members and a $9,000 local quota. Citizens planned a district school program this evening to buy stamps.
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Adams County
Golden
Fowler
Mendon
Paloma
Camp Point
Clayton
Red Cross
Lackey-Wallace
Margaret Ausmus
Florine Veach
Mary Kirkpatrick
Frances Holdren
Pat Pfeiffer
Compost
Quincy Springfield
United States
Quincy Boys Start Out Having a Good Time On Way To War
Mr Cawthorne describes the trip of city and county boys to camp via St. Louis. Lunch boxes with meals eased the journey while Mr Crane inspired the group with marching songs. In St Louis the group stayed at the Fred Harvey dining house and the Railroad Y M C A before training continues with Mr Crane in charge of 600 boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Boys
Mr. Cawthorne
Quincy Whigs
Chicago Tribunes
St. Louis Globe- Democrats
St. Louis
Crane
Cawthorne
Italian Air Expert Arrives In America
Giuseppe Bevione an Italian chamber of deputies member and aviation commissioner arrives at an Atlantic port aboard a French steamship. He will brief Washington military authorities on Italy needs for aircraft production and press for rapid manufacture and shipment of bomber aircraft machinery.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Giuseppe Bevione
Italian Chamber of Deputies
United States
Washington
Italy
Bennett and McConnell Wedding Unites Nurse and Professor
Miss Della Bennett former Blessing hospital nurse married Prof. Wallace R. McConnell of Miami University Oxford Ohio in Chicago. The couple, longtime acquaintances from Macomb Normal, renewed their friendship a year ago. Mrs Bennett resided with her uncle and aunt in Quincy during the period surrounding the wedding.
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McConnell-Bennett
Della Bennett
Blessing Hospital
Chica
Wallace R. McConnell
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
McConnell
Brown County
Miss Bennett
Macomb Normal
St. Joseph Hospital
Professor McConnell
Quincy
Mrs
E. S. Bennett
Maine Street
Quiet wedding in Ursa seals Mary Belle Main to James P. Ruddell
In the county clerk’s office Mrs. Mary Belle Main and James P. Ruddell of Ursa wed with Judge Lyman McCarl officiating. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gentemann of Quincy and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruddell of Ursa. Red Cross donation by the groom followed the ceremony. Mrs. Main formerly lived in Knox City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mary Belle Main
James P. Ruddell
Ursa
Lyman McCarl
Paul Gentemann
Charles Ruddell
Carl Atkinson
el Reno
Okla
Maggie Orr
Gertrude Orr
Ruddell
Miss Etta Jenkins Weds Charles Cannell in Quincy
Miss Etta Jenkins daughter of Mr and Mrs James A Jenkins of Loraine wed Charles Cannell of Mendon by Judge Lyman McCarl in the courthouse Thursday afternoon. Jenkins was a prominent Adams county school teacher and remains popular with friends. The couple will reside in Quincy after a farm home near Mendon. They were escorted by the bride's mother and sister, Mrs James Jenkins and Mrs George Nutt, and were honored with a reception that evening by Mr and Mrs George Nutt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannell Jenkins
Etta Jenkins
James A. Jenkins
Loraine
Charles Cannell
Mendon
Lyman McCarl
Court House
Miss Jenkins
Adams County
Cannell
Quincy
James Jenkins
George Nutt
Selby Knox couple wed in New Berlin ceremony
Fay A Selby and Miss Mary E Knox were married in New Berlin Til Thursday evening by Rev J L Sawyer pastor of the Presbyterian church. The couple will honeymoon in Chicago then visit the bride’s brother James Knox in training for the navy at Great Lakes before settling in Quincy.
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Selby- Knox
Fay A. Selby
Amd
George Selby
Chestnut Street
Mary E. Knox
Ellington
New Berlin
Til
J. L. Sawyer
Presbyterian Church
Sawyer
Ellington Presbyterian Church
Chicago
James Knox
Navy
Great Lakes Station
Quincy
Navy enlistments head to Chicago and Jefferson Barracks
Shrapnel Swope of 2805 Maine street and Louis Lusk of 41212 Maine street report Navy calls from Municipal Pier Chicago and Jefferson Barracks. Lewis H Fuller of New Canton joins medical corps for July 4 contingent. Herman Woerman, chief yeoman, expects transfer to Idaho upon completion. former worker at Duker dry goods and Gardner governor works in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis H. Fuller
New Canton
Jefferson Barracks
Louis Lusk
C. B. Lusk
Maine Street
Herman Woerman
Philadelphia Navy Yards
Idaho
Yeoman Woerman
Duker Dry Goods ‘Store
Gardner Governor Works
Quincy
Marshall Field Company
Clayton man visits sister before returning to naval duties
Otis Gruber of Clayton spent Thursday in Quincy with his sister Ms LeRoy Adair before resuming his duties with Sousa's band at the Naval Training School on his return to the Great Lakes after a brief furlough.
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Otis Gruber
Clayton
Quincy
LeRoy Adair
Great Lakes
Gruber
Sousa
Naval Training School
Lieutenant Willis Dick Assigned as Unit Supply Officer
Lieutenant Willis Dick, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Dick, is stationed in Tuckahoe New Jersey and has been named unit supply officer with increased duties. He enjoys his work and finds the location highly interesting. He and fellow officers are billeted in a large old fashioned residence believed to be haunted and are satisfied with their new quarters. His car was shipped to him and he is enjoying the Atlantic City area roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Dick
Albert Dick
Tuckahoe
New Jersey
Lieut
Atlantic City
Harold Bush Joins Coast Artillery Training Camp
Harold Bush is stationed at the Officers' Training camp for coast artillery in Newport Rhode Island. He graduated from Quincy High School this year but withdrew weeks before graduation to enlist in the army.
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Harold Bush
Coast Artillery
Newport
R. I
Quincy High School
Army
Soldier Horace Koehler Transferred To Fort McKinley
Horace Koehler moves from Jefferson Barracks to Fort McKinley near Portland Missouri after enlisting in the coast artillery. He expresses delight with his new assignment and duties.
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Horace Koehler
Jefferson Barracks
Fort McKinley
Portland
Coast Artillery
Local Soldier Rapidly Promoted In World War I Service
Sergeant Carroll Wagg who enlisted last summer rose quickly and led 560 men aboard ship to France. He joined the medical corps as a first aid doctor and will join the sanitary supply train upon arrival. Mrs. Julius Seidel reports letters from Lt. Seidel formerly a Quincy dentist, enjoying time in France after leaving Quincy with the Fifth regiment, later assigned to the 122nd.
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Carroll Wagg
France
Julius Seidel
Lieutenant Seidel
Quincy
Fifth Regiment
122Nd Ma
Navy and Army Promotions and Training Moves
A letter mentions a fourteen day sea voyage for a service member. Lee Straatman of Quincy, now stationed in Waco with the Motor Supply company, has been promoted to corporal. Leonard H. Scherer and others enlisted recently and will be examined at Peoria. Gordon M. Curtis, enlisted in naval aviation, transferred to Pensacola after training in Miami for advanced flight and ground instruction.
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Chine
Lee Straatman
Quincy
Waco
Texas
Motor Supply Company
Corporal Straatman
Leonard H. Scherer
Ripley
F Bay
Nickergon
Canton
Lilo
Coon
Rantoul
Ill
Peoria
G. M. Curtis
Vermont Street
Gordon M. Curtis
Naval Aviation Corps
Pensacola
Fla
Curtis
Naval Air Training Station
Miami
Missionary Meeting of Presbyterian Woman's Society
The Presbyterian Woman's Missionary Society met at Mrs. J. M. Irwin's home to discuss The Philippines. Mrs. Irwin and Miss Ida Stewart read papers, a missionary service flag was presented in honor of Merle Winn, Mrs. Julia Erdman, and Miss Nola Pease, with verses recited by Richard Gelston. Earlier, Little Light Bearers from the Sunday school sang, performed a flag drill, and offered recitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church
J. M. Irwin
Grove Ave
Philippines
Irwin
Ida Stewart
Merle Winn
Julia Erdman
Nola Pease
G. A. Tipton
Richard Gelston
Society of Little Light Bearers
Presbyterian Sunday School
Children’s Day Picnic At Immanuel Chapel Grounds
Members of the Junior department of Immanuel chapel held a Madison park lawn party on Wednesday afternoon with teachers Mrs D L Kinne Mrs Cal Flohre and Mrs Lafe Leckbee among the hosting group. A lovely supper followed by games. Sunday’s annual Children’s Day exercises will feature a special program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Chapel
Madison Park
D. L. Kinne
Cal Flohre
Lafe Leckbee
Methodists to Hold Picnic at South Park
The yearly church picnic will be July 12 in South Park. H F Lummis and Atty George Wilson named co chairmen of arrangements. Morning rides for Sunday school tots by auto, plus an all day program of amusements. Next week, St Mary's Academy hosts a week of meditation assisted by Notre Dame Sisters from Quincy and missions in Mt Sterling, St Antonius, Keokuk, Ft Madison, Burlington and nearby towns. Mother Magdelen renovates the spacious building to provide the Sisters with excellent care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
South Park
H. F. Lummis
Atty
George Wilson
St. Mary’s Academy
the Order of Notre Dame
Quincy
Mt Sterling
St. Antonius
Illinois
Keokuk
Ft. Madison
Burlington
Iowa
Magdelen
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Edward Wells
C Lawrence Wells traveled to Dayton Ohio on Thursday to attend the funeral of his sister in law Mrs Edward Wells who died in Dayton Thursday morning. Mrs Wells had lived in Quincy for years after marrying Edward Wells in 1894 and the couple has resided in Dayton the past five years.
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Edward Wells
C. Lawrence Wells
Dayton
Ohio
Rotary convention ends as officers to be named
Members who attended the Kansas Rotary convention report it officially closed this morning. Officers for the next year will be named today.
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Atesteen
Oh Rotary
Kansas
Mother's Friend Promises Relief for Expectant Mothers
A vintage promotional note extols Mother's Friend as a safe external remedy to reduce pain and discomfort during childbirth. It claims to soften abdominal muscles, prevent nervousness and bearing-down pains, and to help time of birth pass with less strain. Readers are advised to obtain the product and the company offers a booklet for expecting mothers.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar
Atlanta
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