Interurban road to Peoria urged at Quincy mass meeting
Quincy's mass meeting on Tuesday night discussed saving and funding an interurban line to connect Quincy with Peoria. Promoters warned of state utilities board hurdles while Woolner pledged to return with a concrete proposal once local funds are raised. A seven member committee was to canvass business interests for $25,000 to form the parent company.
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Quincy
Dickerson McAke
McAfee
Peoria
Woolner
Chillicothe
McKinley Properties
MecAfey
Ed P. Allen
MacAfee
Billicothe
Abbott
Quincey
Springfield
Cairo
John E. Wall
Albert Akers
Judge Akers
France
Canton
Mill Creek
Chicago
Lewistown
Fred Taylor
E. S. Woolner
Poston
Defini
Mrs Antje Weerts Dies in Quincy Home
Mrs. Antje Weerts aged 76 died at 4 15 PM Tuesday at her Quincy residence after a 12 day illness. Born December 30 1841 in Meiners Fehn Ost Friesland Germany she came to America with her husband John Weerts locating first in Coatsburg and later in Quincy. Survivors include daughter Elizabeth and four sons John George William Herman, plus a brother and three sisters in Colorado. Funeral plans not announced. She was a member of St John Lutheran church. Also noted is Nesta Villiero Stuart serving as a parlor maid in a London hospital for soldiers.
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Antje Weerts
North Fifth Street
Weerts
Meiners Fehn
Ost Friesland
Germany
America
John Weerts
Coatsburg
Quincy
Olive oil import prices rise sharply in early report
Confidential Washington reports show Italian olive oil prices climbing over 83 percent early, signaling a rapid cost increase in imported cooking oil. Strong entities include Washington and Italy as key references, highlighting economic impact on trade and consumer goods.
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Washington
Italy
Evening dress barred at Paris theaters
Paris theaters have barred evening dress from leading performances amid a dress code change. The move targets formal attire, aiming to maintain a uniform public image and comply with venue standards across major stages.
Plans for Interurban to Peoria and Quincy
Mr Woolver outlines a proposal to lobby the public and utilities board for an interurban railroad linking Quincy to Peoria and Chicago. He discusses stock, bonds, and data transfer with the old company, offered data support, and a capital plan around 700 to 750 thousand dollars to secure construction bonds. He urges citizen organization in Quincy to back a new corporation and promises personal service without pay to push the project forward.
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Woolver
NoAfeseid
Peoria
T Ee
Peoaria
Secon
Public Utilities Board
They &Q
Utilities Board
Springfield
Quincey Peoria
Quincy
Uincy
Utiities Board
Og Company
Ans
Ayself
Wanted Boys to Carry Papers in Northeast Town
Help needed to distribute newspapers in the northeast part of town from 4:00 to 5:30 PM. Apply at the Circulation Department of The Whig.
Judge Will Sets Two Day Divorce Docket Docketed for March 29 30
Judge Akers announced that Thursday and Friday will be divorce days in circuit court with a packed docket. Eleven cases on Thursday and nineteen on Friday may be called, with decisions possible for uncontested grounds. Contested cases include Ella Altenheim George Klein Heulah Ryan Hazel Southwick and others. several dismissals noted.
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Akers
Circuit Court
Mae
Joseph Southwick
Margaret
Walter Gille
Mattie
William Mance
Lena
George Leipold
Grace
Archie Uppinghouse
Esa
Gladys Gillup
Stella
John Geston
William Scott
Edna
Bonnie McCan
John Lowary
Lydia
Clyde Briscoe
Minnie
George Shannon
Edith
Henry Gay
Charlotte
Charles Hale
Norman
Marie McMullin
Hettie
William Starness
Agnes
Manley Brothers
Frances
J. W. Beahm
Donnie
J. L. Beard
Winnie
L. V. Webster
Laura
David Bruce
John
Pearl Hunter
Ethel
Arthur Crosun
Gertrude
Charles Burrus
Patrick
Mary Goodman
Henry
Bertha Miller
Catharine
John Trapp
Company F dances farewell affair at armory
A Tuesday night annual dance for Company F became a farewell event as soldiers anticipated possible deployment. O'Farrell's orchestra and Imperial quartet provided music while American flags decorated walls. The floor held a large crowd, dancing until midnight, with about $80 raised for field needs.
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Armory
O’farrell
Imperial Quartet
American Citizens Held in the Netherlands
The Hague reports 85 American citizens registered with the legation and consulates in The Netherlands since February. Most are from the Nieuw Amsterdam passengers stranded in Rotterdam after sailing to the United States on January 30 due to German submarine actions, awaiting a chance to return home.
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Hague
London
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Legation
Nieuw Amsterdam
America
Holland
Interned Sailors Clear Mexicans in Texas Skirmish
In Brownsville March 28 agents trace two Germans seen in Matamoros and thought to be escaped interned sailors from Philadelphia Navy Yard. They reportedly swam the river and moved toward Tampico after not applying for passports, with Mexican authorities allowing progress.
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Brownsville
Texas
Department of Justice
Matamoros
Mexico
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Tampico
Nivelle appoints war ruins board in Paris
Paris March 28 Gen Nivelle at the request of Rene Besnard under secretary of war has appointed an officers commission to report on the devastation caused by the Germans in evacuated portions of France. The commission is instructed to inquire into and draw up data and reports with proofs of acts of barbarity and devastation without military necessity aimed at ruining one of the richest regions of France.
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Paris
Nivelle
Rene Besnard
France
Four More Days Remain In Scovill March Sale
A typographical error in Scovill company advertising stated three days left, but the sale continues throughout March and ends Saturday night. Bargain seekers can still seize extraordinary offers on tires, rugs, carpets, and furnishings at the Satisfactory Store. A Boy Scout professorship is planned for New York's Teachers College.
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Scovill Company
Scovill
Teachers’ College
New York
Man with one leg makes makeshift crutches on ferry
A youthful one legged man on a Tuesday ferry ride improvised crutches from broken sticks with glassware for grips and walked to town. He bought real crutches at Aldo Sommers Drug, left the substitutes at the store window of The Whig where they drew attention. his identity remains unknown.
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Aldo Sommers Drug Company
Whig
Mississippi Rise Result of Floods
With a river stage of 9.9 feet at midnight and floods reported at St. Paul and Des Moines, river men expect a big jump today. Des Moines reports two bridge structures at risk as flood stage was reached shortly before midnight and workers rushed to reinforce both bridges.
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Mississippi
St. Paul
Des Moines
Reneave Ia
FLO
Quincy's Pulse and Moose Meetings Describe Campaigns
The Phil Miller camp initiated six candidates at Eagles hall with four delegates to the Cairo state convention on April 10. Moose discussions covered baseball prospects and ticket sales while Knights of Columbus held a Tuesday night smoker and regular meeting.
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Phil Miller
Eagles’ Hall
Cairo
K. C
Knights of Columbus
Hall of the Order
Automobile donation to Co F for duty transport
The Inwin Overland Co has provided an automobile for the use of Co F to transport squads to and from their points of duty. This assistance supports local military or security operations by ensuring mobility for assigned personnel.
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Inwin-Overland Co
Morgan Firm Buys New Haven Notes
J P Morgan & Co leading a syndicate of New York bankers announce the purchase of 45 million dollars in one year collateral trust notes from the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Proceeds will retire 25 million of New Haven one year notes and 20 million of similar notes of the New England Navigation Company due May restated.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Bulldog mascot helps end riot in Duluth clash
In Duluth Minnesota on March 28 a police bull dog mascot intervened in a confrontation between officers and Industrial Workers of the World. The dog charged into the mob biting several members, triggering a stampede. Twenty five arrests were made.
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Duluth
Minn
Two Germans Taken From Train In Chicago
A sensational cross continent chase ended with two Germans, Kurt Einecke and Paul Gell, being nabbed from a San Francisco Chicago train in Chicago. Federal agents rushed them before Hinton G Clabaugh, chief of the bureau of investigation, as officials called the arrest a great piece of luck for the government. Whether they were spies or escaped internees remained unclear while guarded incommunicado.
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Chicago
Secret Service
Kurt Einecke
Paul Gell
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Clabaugh
Department
Hiram Johnson Leaves for Washington for Extra Session
San Francisco March 28 banners greet United States Senator elect Hiram Johnson as he boards the Overland Limited at the Ferry Building to attend the extra session deliberations in Washington. He speeds toward Nevada and Chicago, saying I am going into a new world to do the best I know how.
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San Francisco
Hiram Johnson
United States
Electohnson
Heer
Overland Limited
Washington
Congress
Johnson
Nevada
Chicago
Deputy Warden Tennant Withdraws Resignation
DES MOINES IOWA March 28 Deputy Warden Tennant of the Fort Madison penitentiary who resigned because the number of guards was reduced has been prevailed upon by Warden Sanders to withdraw his resignation.
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Des Moines
Tennant
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Sanders
Spring colds are dangerous advert notice
Sudden temperature changes bring spring colds with stuffed head sore throat and general cold symptoms. A dose of Dr King's New Discovery relieves by clearing the head soothing irritated membranes and breaking up a lingering cold. Do not stop treatment when relief comes until the cold is gone.
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Dr. King
Adv
Sealed move orders issued for Company F in Illinois Guard
Sealed orders dispatched from Chicago direct Fifth Regiment I N G officers in charge, detailing Co F of Quincy. It is unclear if duties stay near Quincy or move elsewhere. Local attention remains high as recruitment and reorganization proceed amid government censorship and pending Congress actions. New recruits for Co F and the machine gun company include Harold Ewing Leroy Wheeler Fred Bainbridge Earl Dean Clyde Bryant Thomas Burns Walter Fleer John Vincent Lawrence Aschemann Edward Bell Emery Ewing Ebner Hartlet Harry Myers Howard Roath Nathan Austin Thomas Squire Edgar Cranmer Albert Thompson Tyner Wells Ogle Carlyle Butcher Cook von Preissig Dorsey Marvin Bolling Berger Persons Snider Stanbridge Grimes Williams Floyd Maloney.
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Chicago
Fifth
Co. F
Quincy
United States
Associated Press
Co. F.harold C. Ewing
North Sixth Street
Leroy Wheeler
Fred S. Bainbridge
Locust Street
Earl G. Dean
Monroe Street
Clyde F. Bryant
Seventh
Madison Streets
Thomas A. Burns
South Sixteenth Street
Walter H. Fleer
John ©. Vincent
Hampshire Street
Lawrence J. Aschemann
Elm Street
Edward R. Bell
Broadway
Emery W. Ewing
Ebmer R. Hartlet
South Fourth Street
Harry Meyers
Vermont Street
Howard E. Roath
Nathan A. Austin
Spring Street
Thomas H. Squire
Maine Street
Edgar J. Cranmer
Albert F. Thompson
Howard C. Tyner
Paul K. Wells
Roger H. Wells
T. P. Ogle
Paloma
Ill
John R. Carlyle
Ralph T. Butcher
George W. Cook
Mitchell von Preissig
Philadelphia
James W. Dorsey
Wheelsing
W. Va
Arthur R. Marvin
Durham
Beverly F. Bolling
Browning
Arthur H. Berger
George M
Spring business holds up at C B Q in Galesburg
Galesburg March 28 officials report favorable traffic conditions and rising spring business on the C B Q. Freight operations remain heavy with fourteen gangs at the freight house and about 75 cars daily. Merchandise shipments move through without delay as Company C workers are called to Federal service and await muster out.
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Galesburg
Company C
Federal Reserve to cash Army vouchers nationwide
Washington March 28 The Federal Reserve Board orders all federal reserve banks to cash oil United States Army vouchers held by government creditors pending additional appropriations by Congress. The Fed also informs member banks that the government will stand behind them and re discount any vouchers at current fifteen day discount rates.
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Washington, PD. C
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
United States Army
Congress
Federal Reserve System
Attempt to Tunnel Under Arsenal Fence Sparks Gunfire
In Watertown on March 28 three men trying to tunnel under the arsenal fence fired at Patrolman David A. Thompson who spotted them. They fled into nearby brush with Thompson in pursuit after three shots whistled over his head. The men escaped, leaving Thompson unharmed.
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Watertown
Masa
David A. Thompson
Thompson
Biggest Baby in World Born in Minneapolis
Minneapolis records filed with the city health department show a baby boy weighing 21 pounds at birth on March 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mandjak. The claim identifies the child as the biggest boy in the world as of March 28.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Frank Mandjak
City Health Department
Classifieds fragment with rentals and sales notices
Two front furnished rooms for light housekeeping at 23 N. 6th St with gas lights furnace heat in neighborhood. Private furnished three rooms on Vermont address 1628 for light housekeeping no children. Eggs for hatching by C N Daly Palmyra Mo. Remonstrator needed for Mother Goose at United Cereal Mills Quincy IL. Short order cook for Virginia Lunch Room.
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N. 6Th St
Vermont
Escapee from Roubaix recounts German occupation toll
J P Whitaker describes thirty months in Roubaix under German rule where relief from the American commission kept people alive while German forces allegedly intercepted food shipments. He cites rye flour with sawdust substitutes causing illness and death, with grave diggers overwhelmed at a peak.
Funston Estate To Widow Of General Funston
In San Francisco on March 28 the estate of late Major General Frederick Funston is to go to his widow and three children as he left no will. The estate includes a life insurance policy for 20000 dollars and personal effects valued at not to exceed 10000 dollars. Mrs Punston filed a petition for letters of administration.
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San Francisco
Frederick Funston
Punston
Anti-Recruiting Forces Busy in Bismarck Crisis
In Bismarck on March 28 detectives were assigned by Attorney General William Langer to probe anti-recruiting activities. The AG says threats to citizens who enlist to aid the government in the current crisis have reached dangerous levels.
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Bismark
N. 1
Willam Langer
Weather Outlook Across States
Weather brief notes fair conditions in Illinois and Missouri on Wednesday with warmer temperatures. North portion likely unsettled Thursday as conditions shift to partly cloudy. Towns report warm Wednesday and similar Thursday trends.
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Illinois
Missouri
River Forecast Shows Little Change in 36 Hours
The upper river is rising from below Warsaw to Louisiana, with stages changing but little over the next 36 hours. Local temperatures noted in brief update.
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Warsaw
Louisiana
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Minstrels
Morgan
New Haven
Bull Dog
Company F
J. A. S. Ehart
Guard
Miliary
Co. C
Arsenal
S.C. Brown
Mother Goose
United Cereal Mills Ltd
Quincy LA
Virginia
Roubaix
London Times
the Times
J. P. Whitaker
Mr. Whitaker
American Relief Commission
Funston Estate
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