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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1919

Page

2

Shipping rules for exemption records and packing of government property

The article notes forthcoming shipments to Washington of selective service records and all state and local board property. It details sorting, alphabetical indexing of registration cards, age class separation, and packing in boxes with four labels. Local boards must notify the draft executive when crating is ready, finishing work for Quincy and Adams boards. A Swiss Peace society meeting in Geneva supports Switzerland joining the League of Nations.

Selective Service Selective Service Organization Quincy and Adams Washington Adjutant General Quincy Board Quincy Adams County Swiss Society For League Geneva The Swiss Peace Society Switzerland League of Nations

Eighteen Answer 'Taps' At The Soldiers' Home

Eighteen residents died in February at the Soldiers' Home. Adjutant C. H. Spencer prepared a roll of those who answered taps, listing names, units and ages, including Virgil Devore, Samuel Combs, George Wiles, Richardson Childerson, and others across Illinois infantry and cavalry units.

C. H. Spencer Virgil Devore 59Th Illinois Infantry Samuel C. Combs 62Nd Ilinois Geo. W. Wiles 10Th Illinois Infantry Richardson H. Childerson 155Th Illinois Infantry

Woman Defies Mockery by Purchasing Gum and Cigar

A story notes Caroline Marion, age 84, in the scene with a remark about men laughing at a woman buying a nickel packet of chewing gum before spending a quarter on an imported cigar, illustrating social attitudes toward women’s purchases.

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Chinarlie Sager Athaniel A Upton Janes A. Wildenen Illinois Thos. Ness George Taylor 11Th Illinois Cavalry George W. Dolch 5Th Maryland Willamelie Willamelie Co. L 3Rd Mass. Cavalry James Sterling Henryon Cooper Misouri Thomas M. Wilson Illinois Infantry William Westren James Bilington Ill Inois Light Artillery Caroline Marion Weilers Cody United States Cnly North Fifth Street Quincy, Ili
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