Council Urges Federal Price Fix on Food and Necessities
Alderman McNutt led a Monday night council move urging Congress to regulate and fix prices for food, clothing, and fuel. The council passed the resolution by acclamation, sending copies to Illinois lawmakers and representatives in Congress. The measure condemns price manipulation by trusts and calls for prohibitive laws to curb extortion, with warnings of hardship if prices rise.
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Congress
Alderman McNutt
James E. McNutt
Abbott
Illinois
Chicago
United States
McNutt
Caulies
W ELZA WILLIAMS TO SPEAK TONIGHT AT PATRIOTIC MEETING
W Elza Williams former congressman will deliver the principal address at a mass meeting to form a Civilian Patriotic league in the Quincy court house at 8 PM. Judge S A Thubbard spoke by long distance confirming his attendance. Local speakers will offer brief remarks as citizens gather to support the U S government during the war. The gathering aims to unite loyal men women and children in Quincy County to foster and assist government war efforts Mr dirdie McCarl presides as temporary chairman and a planning committee urges full turnout tonight May 9 in Acams County.
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Wo Eizo Williams
Hunois
Court House
Wiliams
Nofong
S. A. Thubbard
Quincey
United States
Dirdie McCarl
Quincy
Vermian
League
Acams
Sustaim
River Ripples Steamer Keokuk Regulates Davenport Run
The steamer Keokuk left on its regular trip to Davenport Monday afternoon. Gardie Eastman was in and out Sunday. Weather conditions helped the Ferry B. &. Co. do a fair business Sunday.
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Keokuk
Davenport
the Gardie Eastman
Ferry B
Abe Martin's Old Time Seller On Honest Teeth And Autos
Abe Martin recalls the old time seller who boasted sound teeth and honesty. He notes many men buy autos and balk at paying a nickel for a cigar, highlighting changing values and frugality.
Every Member is Elected to Office in Post Office Union
Custodian department employees of the Treasury met to organize branch No. 116 of the National Association of Custodian Employes of the Treasury. With just enough members to fill officers, every member became an officer. President John Foch, Vice President W. H. Whyers, Secretary Jordon W. Tritt, Treasurer Charles A. Bauch, Sergeant at Arms H. C. Harris. The group aims to promote welfare of the service and its members.
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Custodian Department
Post Office
National Association of Custodian Employes of the Treasury
John Foch
W. H. Whyers
Jordon W. Tritt
Charles A. Bauch
H.C. Harris
Paul Jones Essay Prizes Awarded by WT Duker
Vahuere Granacher of 1120 Spring Street won first prize for the best account of the first American hero in the Paul Jones essay contest conducted by WT Duker store. Miss Pauline Parris took second prize, Miss Margaret Behrensmeyer earned fourth, and Miss Virginia Pry North Sixth Street won ninth prize. The third and sixth prize winners will be announced today.
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Vahuere Granacher
Spring Street
Paul Jones
WT. Duker
Granacher
Pauline Parris
Margaret Behrensmeyer
South Sixth Street
Virginia Pry
North Sixth Street
Mendon Recruit Signs Up for Regular Army Service
Martin of Mendon took the oath Monday and will go to Jefferson Barracks for infantry training. Six band members were mustered out for transport home due to physical unfitness. Captain Ernest Wingerter retired from a camp in Illinois after visiting Company F. Dr A Wells donated boxes of doors to soldiers at the armory. Seven women applied for conductor positions on Quincy Railway lines to replace men called to arms. Colonel Frank S Wood led a regular maly inspection as troops prepared for mobilization. The men attended Sunday services at the Cathedral.
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Elmer TD
Martin of
Mendon
Martin
Tie
Jefferson Barracks
Infantry
A. Wells
Quincy Railway Company
Joseph Thorsthove
Frank S. Wood
Unmarried Musicians Sought for Fifth Regiment Band Vacancies
The Fifth Regiment invites applications from single musicians for 15 open positions. All vacancies must be filled before the band is ready for front duty. Chiee Muasichin and A. Snapp will receive young musicians at the armory at any time.
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Chiee Muasichin 2
A. Snapp Willl
Lieutenant Edwards Promoted to Senior Grade Navy Officer
Lieut Waldrip C Edwards of the Tenth division from Quincy has advanced from junior to senior grade and leaves by rail for Key West to await a new post for an eighteen month assignment. The transfer may place him in the Philippines China or Panama Canal with a preference for the Philippines.
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Lieut
Waldrip C. Edwards
Quincy
Key West
Florida
Lieut. Edwards
Kansas
Philippines
China
Panama Canal
Edwards
Ensign Ross
Naval Reserve
Rosemary Proves Interesting Play at St Boniface School Hall
The Young Ladies sodality of St Boniface church staged Rosemary a wartime drama in the school hall. Rosemary a southern girl, Aunt Heph zibah and the maid family appear as wartime patriotism and peace joy unfold. The cast includes Miss Orista Rummente as Rosemary Miss Agnes Wolfe as Aunt Heph zibah Miss Regina Weitsenhorn as the Irish maid and Miss Fanny Atten as Cousin Keziah.
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Rosemary
St. Boniface Church
Orista Rummente
Hephzibah
Agnes Wolfe
Jinny
Margaret Freiburg
Norah
Regina Weitsenhorn
Fanny Atten
Keziah
Vermont
Vera Cruz
Gardner Warns of Hard War Ahead
J Willis Gardner, back from a trip east, reports high war excitement and belief in a long conflict. He says hundreds of thousands may be sent to Europe and that the West must wake to national crisis. He notes plants shifting to munitions, a great rifle need, and doubts German U boat warfare can starve Germany into submission.
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J. Willis Gardner
United States
Astern
Europe
Wagerners
West
Crisia
Gardner
Germany
American Steamer Vacuum Sunk by Submarine
London May 1 The Vacuum, an American steamship of tanker type, has been sunk by a German submarine on Saturday while bound for the United States. The captain and part of the crew, along with a naval lieutenant and nine American naval gunners, are missing. The chief mate and 17 men, including three of the gunners, have been landed. A boat with the master and remainder of the crew, plus the lieutenant and nine navy gunners, is missing. The ship carried 34 crew. New York May 1 The Vacuum left New York March 30 for Birkenhead, England, with a crew of 34, including 15 American citizens.
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Vacuum
United States
Toppten
New York
W. McKay
Birkenhead
England
Alderman Seeks Higher License to Curb Stock Gambling
Alderman Sam S Hyatt plans a formal motion in Quincy to raise licenses for commission trading firms to a prohibitive level and urge state laws banning stock bond and futures trading by in state firms. He favors a license of 2000 to 5000 dollars and vows to make the business unprofitable in Quincy.
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Sam S. Hyatt
Quincy
Illinois
Lcense
Hyatt
Benefit Dance for Carriage and Wagon Makers Member
Members of the Carriage and Wagon Makers Benevolent Society plan a benefit dance at Highland park pavilion on Wednesday night May 2 to aid Edward McKnight a longtime society member. Also notes of a card social by the Christian Mothers at St Francis school hall Thursday afternoon. A near drowning incident on Hampshire Street left Morton Ull resuscitated with gas heater blamed for the accident. A seven passenger auto owned by J J Freiburg was taken from in front of St Francis school during Nazarenes presentation and later found at Twentieth and Elm. G A Binkert returned from Albuquerque where he met Besancon Clark a former Quincy boy with a 160 acre farm nearby. The Logan J Leach vs John Beckett land sale commission case arguments will be heard in circuit court today.
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Highland Park Pavilion
Edward McKnight
Christian Mothers’ Society
St. Francis School Hall
Sven
J. J Freiburg
St. Francis School
Freiburg
Nazarene
Twentieth
Elm Streets
Quitryan
G. A. Binkert
Albuquerque
N. M
Thomas F. Binkert
Besancon Clark
Fonmer Quincy
Leach
Logan J. Leach
John
Beckett
Quincy W C T U Holds Institute At Temperance Home
The Quincy W C T U conducts its regular institute at the Temperance Home with sessions at 10 30 a m and 2 p m Rev G F Oliver speaks at the morning gathering and Mrs Anne Jarrett Wood discusses A Survey of the Citys Needs in the afternoon Mrs Hi B Dines and Mrs W O Brazelton lead services Sheriff Arrests Barry Man Ray Davis is jailed on charges of receiving money under false pretenses and to be returned to Barry by officers from that city. Authorities warn about floating bodies after two men drown near Keokuk Jesse Humphrey and Arvey Skates. St Marys school defeats 9 Berrian 10 to 3 at South Park Sunday afternoon.
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Barry Man
Ray Davis
Fourth and
Broadway
Coens
Jim Baker
Davis
Barry
Quincey
Keokuk
Jesse Humphrey
Arvey Skates
Cigar Makers Strike Protests Over New Wage Bill
Eleven workers are idle as Charles Lambrecht and George J. Schmitt shops close to union labor after a Labor temple meeting. The Cigar Makers union denounced lockout and refused work under the old price, setting a wage dispute precedent as other area manufacturers accept the new bill.
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Charles Lambrecht
State Street
George J. Schmitt
Kentucky Street
Labor Temple
C.F. L
Sanatel
Joe Stolze
Charles Aldaz
Henry Hemker
Cigar Makers Union
Flag Blessed in St. John's Church
A flag donated by Mrs. EJ Parker to the Cathedral of St. John was blessed during morning services and placed on a chancel stand. Don W. O. Cone urged members to join the Red Cross at church, while J. A. Schaad delivered an excellent sermon at the afternoon military service emphasizing the soldier of the cross and flag.
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Cathedral of St. John
EJ. Parker
W. O. Cone
Red Cross Society
J. A. Schaad
Army draft bill moves to Senate for final action
Washington May 1 The army draft bill passed by both houses Saturday will be taken up again today in the Senate to clear the legislation tangle delaying conference reference. Senate passage is expected in its Saturday form with possible amendments by La Follette and others. Chairman Chamberlain adjourned until 11 today to push the measure through if possible.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
LaPollette
Chamberlain
Military Committee
Davenport Man Leaps From Window
Maurice C. Honseh of Davenport a 44 year old wealthy insurance adjuster jumped from the third floor of a north side hospital while delirious Monday night and died shortly after. He had been a patient in the hospital for a week.
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Chicago
Maurice C. Honseh
Davenport
North Side
Recruiters Seek Trainees For Military Training Camps
Major James E. Adams to head a Quin cy recruiting station for the Military Training Camps association. Men with prior military training are sought for a three month course to train recruits across infantry, cavalry, field artillery, engineers and coast artillery. Eligible include Reserve officers, ROTC, military school graduates, and eligible civilians aged 20 to 44. Applicants may be considered if college educated or proven in business or athletics. Office in the Wells building Fifth and Maine.
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James E. Adams
Quincy
Military Training Camps Association
Infantry
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Engineers
Coast Artillery
Adams
Reserve Officers’ Corps
Tis
Wells Building
Fifth
Maine
Rainy April in 1917 with high river levels
Frederick J. Brinkoetter reports April 1917 was marked by heavy rain and snow totaling 0.96 inches of rain and 0.19 inches of snow. The month had 1 days of rain and snow, 8 clear days, 9 partly cloudy, and 13 cloudy. River levels averaged 11.7 feet, peaking at 13.9 feet on April 28, with a notable drop afterward.
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Frederick J. Brinkoetter
Troop 2 Boy Scouts Names New Officers
Troop No 2, Boy Scouts of America, held a 7:30 pm meeting led by Scout Master G W Garman. New officers include Norman Goldburg as secretary and patrol leaders Ronald Gray Louis Bockenfeld Leon Burgess and Floyd Campbell. The troop plans stricter laws to raise standards and will seek New York headquarters permission to enlarge the troop. They voted to volunteer for coast defense and each scout has planted a garden. next week Garman and patrol leaders will inspect the gardens.
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Boy Scouts of America
G. W. Garman
Norman Goldburg
Ronald Gray
Louis Bockenfeld
Leon Burgess
Floyd Campbell
New York
French Troops Capture German Trenches Near Mont Camillet
Paris dispatch reports a strong assault in the Champagne region on Monday. French forces seized fortified German trench lines near Mont Camillet, pushing 300 to 1000 meters into enemy positions per the war office summary.
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Paris
Champagne
Mont Camillet
War Office
Turk Losses Heavy in Mesopotamia Action
LONDON May 1 Turkish losses in clashes with British forces in Mesopotamia from April 8 to 12 are estimated at about 4,000 men in an official statement. The report notes Turkish casualties include killed and wounded as operations continued along the front.
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London
Mesopotamia
Red Cross appeal from naval reservists in Quincy
President DB Alusterman of the Red Cross in Quincy reports a letter from Lieut William A Johnson of the Naval Reserves asking for help for mothers wives and families of several men under his command. Johnson and Lieut Ross pledge ten dollars monthly each plus twenty dollars to start, with details kept private. They note servicemen are well cared for and expect imminent pay. requests outline support actions and contact details through the Kansas ship and New York postmaster.
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DB. L. Alusterman
Red Cross
Quincy
William A. Johnson
Quincey
Johinson
Red Frogs
Johnson
Ross
Musselman
Oaines
Lieut
Nansas
Ross and I
Mr. Ross
Myself
Women at Stations to Secure Members
Red Cross women workers braved rain to operate membership stations in the post office Gas office Halbach store and Cheerful Home. First day results show $133 added to Red Cross funds. Monday stations were led by Ruth Appleton Mrs Q C Schultian Mrs Lawrence Wells Miss Garliude Presbury Miss Laura Christie Miss Nora Moriarty Miss Alice Marston and Mrs J F C Sehott.
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Red Cross
Halbachbroeder
Ruth Appleton
Births and christening at St Jacobi Church
Born to Mr and Mrs WW Z Leih helm at 412 Washington street Monday afternoon a son eight pounds. Carl Edward son of Mr and Mrs Edward Schaller christened Sunday at St Jacobi Church with Rev GD Hamm officiating. Sponsors were Louis Wehmeyer and Miss Lizzie Wehmeyer.
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WW. Z. Leifhelm
Washingston Street
Carl Edward
Edward Schaller
St. Jacobi Church
GD. Hamm
Louis Wehmeyer
Lizzie Wehmeyer
Weather outlook for Missouri towns this week
Holiness Fair Tuesday and probably Wednesday with rising temperatures. In Missouri fair with warming Tuesday and Wednesday, increasing cloudiness and warmer in the east. Town forecasts show fair conditions with rising temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday and some cloudiness.
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Wamer
River Forecast Update Shows Minor Rise Ahead
Heavy rainfall was reported above Guincy with little expected change in river levels from Quine to Uinnibat if rain stops. Loevisana is forecast to see a small rise, with flow modest and localized impacts anticipated.
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Guincy
Quine
Uinnibat
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