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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1919
Page
6
Wilberta six months old daughter of Dr and Mrs J G Bullett was abducted by a stranger woman in Quin cy while on the front walk. A neighborhood search followed until a boy brought the child back and said the woman paid him for the trouble. The mother, absent six minutes, found the infant safe with the boy who recounted the abduction and return.
John Meyer, an elderly resident of the Farmer's Home, was struck by a car driven by Hermann Pinklemann of the Pinklemann Clark company at Ninth and Hampshire. He suffered a deep scalp wound and shoulder bruises, taken to St. Mary hospital. witnesses say the crash was unavoidable.
Tode Knapp was fined $25 and costs in police court Tuesday morning for disturbing the peace in the 700 block on South Seventh. Knapp, who runs a lunch stand at Eighth and Jefferson, faced testimony from several witnesses led by Mrs. Anna Hoener. He was said to have struck Mrs. Hoener after she pursued him with a mop stick following a quarrel over the defendants daughter and the Hoener boy. The crowded courtroom heard two hours of testimony.
Orilla Stuart asked the court to annul her daughter’s marriage to Jack C. Vincent alleging Vincent lied to obtain the license. The 16 year old was married last winter and the case, filed weeks ago, was taken under advisement Tuesday.
St Peter church plans a solemn requiem mass at eight for William Stephen O Brien son of Mrs Phil O Brien killed in France last autumn. Private William C Siepker killed Oct 9 in Argonne while attacking Germans. his mother received praise from the quartermaster in France and word he is buried in Etienne Armes Ardennes France.
Shrapnell and Lee Hildenbrand return home from the South after months in away service and are mustered out. Leland Downey, discharged from the navy at Great Lakes, also comes home. Overseas veterans pass through Quincy with no wounds, aided by Red Cross canteen workers led by Captain Mrs. J. E. Halligan.
Quincy college boys enjoyed a holiday Monday in honor of Patron Saint's Day for Rector Gabriel. They helped mark a baseball diamond on the new athletic field as part of the day. Opening sessions of the Fifty second Masonic district school of instruction drew large crowds in Quincy with many Masons from the district expected to attend today and Thursday. The Grand Lecturers' club of Quincy led the meetings and explained the Masons' work in detail.
Herman Hagenbaumer was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Henry Reinold on a charge of child abandonment by failure to support his three children at the Woodland Home. In default of bond the defendant went to jail. He is employed at the Knit tel Show Case works. Bankers to Speak. W T Crank announces a Mendon meeting March 28 at 2 30 oclock in the town hall with Carl E Hopkins speaking on federal farm loans. All farmers and wives invited. Assessors to Meet. Township assessors will meet Friday at 10 30 oclock in the office of County Treasurer Frank Jasper for instructions before starting assess ment duties.
Anton Nebuhr was arraigned before Justice E J Bonney on a charge of robbing Sam Farlow of his watch. He could not post bond. Nebuhr allegedly admitted taking the watch and chain and nearly pocketed Farlow’s purse. The robbery occurred after helping Farlow don an overcoat on a train from Guiney to Camp Point a few days prior.
State and district managers for the Victory loan bond issue will meet in St. Louis Monday for a general conference. They will plan how to mobilize their states and districts to advance the Victory loan campaign with F W Crane district manager for the first district attending. Adams Brown and Pike counties are named as in attendance.
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Chief Louis Melton will stay in office until Monday rather than resign today. Alderman James E. McNutt requested the delay to review department property, and Mayor John A. Thompson plans to appoint a successor immediately once Melton steps down.
The publicity committee behind the bond issue announces newspaper ads and banners starting this morning in the Whig and continuing daily across three papers. Morris Adler chairs the effort, securing merchant ad space and funds for banners while preparing home distributions and poll canvassing by women volunteers.
Three alarms were reported Tuesday with a $150 cellar fire at J. I. Schroeder's home 316 Kentucky. Gas masks allowed rapid entry through smoke to extinguish the fire caused by coals in ashes. A small fire damaged a car at Wis Kirchen garage from gasoline ignition, and a stove pipe fire harmed Frank Viehmeyer's roof on Fifth Street.
Mayor John A. Thompson warns licenses will be revoked for wine rooms behind saloons. He personally visited a Fourth and Hampshire street establishment and ejected patrons for excessive drinking. He will investigate other reported violations immediately.
Mrs Mary E Seliner died in Blessing hospital Tuesday morning after giving birth to a daughter She was 22 and the wife of J F Seliner of 1529 Cedar Street Survived by her husband two young sons aged five and three her mother Mrs James McIntire and her brother James Also noted is the late mother’s name and relation.
Funeral services for George Reynolds were held from the Mumper and White undertaking parlors Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock. Salvation Army officiated and burial followed in Greenmount Cemetery.
The body of Mrs. Lora B. Corwin will be sent to Versailles this morning for funeral and burial services to be held there today following her death on Monday night.
Marshal B Briscoe aged 23 and Frances Newton 19 of New London Missouri obtain a marriage license. Orville Robert Pulis 22 and Mary Mae Andrews 19 of Keokuk Iowa also obtain a license.
The Whig straw ballot for mayor shows Thompson 56, O'Brien 49, Schmitt 18 with Thompson leading overall. Tuesday votes counted in the Third Ward give Thompson a 7 vote lead, while O'Brien previously led in some offices. Ballots were taken at registration sites in two office buildings, Illinois State Bank and Sterns.
Frank Winking a Great War veteran arrived home Monday night after spending two months in a French hospital recovering from wounds and gas. He sailed from France to the United States a few weeks ago and says nothing feels better than being home. He went to Camp Gordon May 27 and reached France July 23. In the Argonne forest he was wounded and gas affected and confined until December 28 when he began moving toward home. He was married to Miss Marie Feld May 25, the day before he left for camp.
Johnnie Joseph Teter of Granger Missouri arrived in Quincy with his father's consent papers to enlist in the navy at seventeen. He is accepted as an apprentice seaman and will join Byam Lee Gresham of Springfield Illinois to take final examinations in Peoria for entry, while Gresham will go as fireman third class.
Harry Meador is now a first lieutenant in Company A of the 123rd Machine Gun battalion stationed in Luxemburg. His promotion from second lieutenant is confirmed by a letter to his parents sent Monday. He earned his commission at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, and was told of the promotion in December but received it March 1. he expects to return home in May.
Members of the Chauffeurs Teamsters and Helpers union will ask employers for a half day off on Saturdays in May through August. The current pact, signed April 30, 1918, sets 60 working hours per week, but workers claim a half Saturday holiday is due during summer.
The Women's Political club will teach women how to vote at the old Halbach-Schroeder building in Sixth and Maine, Friday Saturday and Monday. Eight assistant supervisors were chosen for their business merits, and the group plans ongoing suffrage work and support for endorsed candidates.
Steeplejack Jeff Frakes, who fell 40 feet from a Davis-Cleaver smoke stack, shows steady recovery with no bones broken and brain concussion. Initially not expected to live, he has excellent recovery prospects per St Mary hospital reports. He had worked 17 years in the trade, and Monday’s fall was his first. The scaffold failure caused the plunge.
All interested in the welfare of returned soldiers and sailors are invited to a meeting at St. John’s cathedral this evening at 7 45. Addressed by D. W. Mead and A. A. James of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew commission. They have served in major camps and know soldiers’ life. All men in the city are invited.
Quincy Rotarians at their weekly luncheon heard Dr Henry L Whipple discuss his week at Mayo Brothers hospital in Rochester He joined daily clinics and spoke on the experience The club voted to help publicize the band issue and set a committee to raise 59 dollars from members for the campaign.
Robert A. Garlock petitions the circuit court to set aside the divorce granted to his wife Martha Garlock in January 1918. He says he resided in Fairland Nebraska, his address was known to his wife, and he was never informed of the proceedings. Martha Garlock later remarried George Campbell of Ursa. Judge Akers to rule later.
Born to Mr and Mrs Paul White of Maywood Missouri a son Friday first child Mr White works at Maywood bank Mrs White formerly Miss Amelia Cook of Quincy Also a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Henry Genenbacher March 21 in Ellington township
Readers inquire about the 91st Division and other units as marches home progress. The 862nd infantry was said to land in New York April 8 while details on the 863rd remain unclear. The Whig Information Bureau advises patience and watch the Ordered Home column for updates.
Quincy plans Dress-Up Week from April 5 to 12 with principal stores featuring new apparel for women men and children. The drive began at a Chamber of Commerce meeting with many local men’s clothing retailers represented and committees set to coordinate displays and publicity. A dusk opening on Friday April 4 will unveil window displays as lights flash and residents are invited to visit downtown and surrounding districts.
The fifth first general assembly urges immediate public works to employ the unemployed. It requests counties cities villages towns and districts to begin improvements and seeks cooperation with public bodies and supportive legislation. A copy will be sent to Illinois public bodies by the Secretary of State.
The circuit court dismissed Thomas A. Culp’s divorce suit against Katie Culp. He says he will wait the required two years of separation before filing again for desertion. The complaint accused her of extravagance and cruelty, including a shroud labeled garment shown to him and visions of her death. She resides in California with relatives.
Deputy Sheriff Marvin McGinley arrested Charles Folkner of Loraine Tuesday on a forged check charge. The check for 810 covered hog payment and Folkner, now jailed, is to be arraigned this morning. he lives in the Loraine area.
A week of labor data shows 371,246 unemployed nationwide, down from 373,088. Cities with a labor surplus stay similar. 8.3 percent report shortages, 24.7 percent balanced supply and demand, and 68 percent surplus. Major cities cited include Cleveland 60,000 unemployed, Detroit 22,500, Buffalo 20,000, and Baltimore a 1,000 surplus.
Paris officials indicate virtually all commissions and sub commissions of the peace conference are prepared to submit their reports once the supreme council issues instructions. Reports await broad guiding principles from the premiers before submission within hours.
British commission at Spa invites the German government to send a six member financial delegation to Versailles for rapid talks, with unhindered access between the two governments.
A typewriter desk with many pigeonholes drawers and a chair are joined to collapse into a trunk shaped piece. The unusual furniture fusion creates a compact unit with integrated storage and seating.
A Tuesday meeting of families and sweethearts formed a plan for a separate homecoming celebration for the old Fifth Regiment soldiers returning from France, likely at Camp Parker, with a large Adams County parade and school participation. A coordinating general committee will appoint subcommittees to raise funds, arrange entertainment, and secure a band, with further planning set for Thursday afternoon.
Illinois expects main and cooler conditions with a much cooler night and a likely cool Thursday in the southeast. Missouri shows cloudy cooler Wednesday with possible rain in the east and south, then a fall followed by rising temperatures in the west. Sunrise 2 55 a m Moon 2 25 a m. Local temperatures and river stage noted with some readings and status described.
Observations at 7 a m central time indicate rainfall limits easing. The Des Moines and Mississippi basins from Muscatine to Burlington show a gradual fall with minor increases near Keokuk and Warsaw, and the Des Moines river expected to drop slowly. further downstream from Warsaw to Louisiana falls of 0.2 to 0.4 foot are projected.
Wanted man for soliciting inerty with a steady salary and for Rural Route work. Apply Circulation Dept Quincy Whig. Also advertises a doll parts buy and a doll hospital. Infantry company reference appears garbled with no clear event.
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