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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
8
A Mexican report from an American firm president depicts severe labor upheaval, with workers refusing to work, harsh conditions, and extensive government charges. Inspectors claim violations across six counts, including dirty hospitals, unpaid Saturdays, and paying workers with store orders.
The Tom W. Allen shows coming to the Elks carnival next Monday promise a substantial circus. A 26-car train transports a miniature city of paraphernalia. Strout's 30-piece military band backs acts like Maids of America and the Peerless Maimie Palace of Illusions. A monkey speedway features trained simians driving miniature cars on a 100-foot track. The Holland Bros Hippodrome is a complete one-ring circus with clowns, donkeys, trapeze and trained animals.
Audiences at the Princess theater will be guided through Yellowstone with Dwight Elmendorf’s pictures and narrative. From Gardiner Gateway arrival on the North Coast Limited to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, the program promises lively scenes of geysers bears and wild life with instructive motion pictures.
The Blindness of Virtue a present day drama opens at the Orpheum theater tonight. It asks whether youth ignorance or wisdom folly drives modern life and promises a tragedy of the era. The play runs four days with a matinee Saturday and Sunday.
The Galicia oil fields will gain importance with a new pipeline from the Drohobicz Baryslav field to Chyrov on the Przemysl Budapest line. Forty miles long, built by Austro Hungarian military authorities after Russian withdrawal, it will carry refined oil at about 75 000 barrels per day, reducing railway transport.
A classroom exchange centers on teaching spelling. The teacher confirms the word felt and prompts for its meaning, while a student references disciplinary slipper as a possible response. The fragment suggests a light, informal literacy moment between teacher and pupil.
The British helmet, produced for soldiers at 50 000 a month, is hailed as the best designed headpiece. It replaces the French model with a smooth, low pitched steel dome and rubber studs inside to absorb shocks. A felt and wadding lining cushions the head and acts as a dressing if a bullet penetrates. A stout chin strap secures the helmet in place.
A French infantry officer recalls the March German occupation of Fort Douaumont during Verdun. He describes sneaking German detachments inside the fort, the ravine near the church, heavy smoke and shell dust, shattered defenses, and the death of the commandant who was mistaken for French. The adjutant orders fire as Germans advance and cover the attack with renewed resolve.
In Libya near Scurm Egypt a British expedition of thirty-two men nine armored machines and an open car pursued Turkish forces along the Tobruk road. Turks opened fire with a ten pounder and two machine guns. The British silenced the guns captured them and routed the defenders as camels carrying ammunition were blown apart to prevent capture.
A back-and-forth scene shows an irritated lady insisting on a refund for money she says should be refunded if not approved. Mr. Moses defends that the money was approved and notes its value as very good.
Special dispatch reports that Saloniki’s population profits from the Allied occupation by French British and Serbian troops. Builders and merchants reap added profits and a range of unique schemes flourish from Greek Jewish merchants. Allied presence spurs new depots docks roads and fortifications along the Chalcedic peninsula. British officers face adaptation costs amid unfamiliar Greek character and local handling, raising government expenses.
Special report notes hunting dogs fail as war dogs but females outperform males. French dogs are grouped as sentinels patrol dispatch ambulances and draught dogs. Breeds from Beauce and Pyrenees perform best, trained to endure shellfire and rough terrain. dogs carry messages three miles between posts despite bombardment.
The article details alleged conspiracy by German agents in 1914 to obstruct British and Imperial military operations and destroy the Welland canal. It names Captains Von Papen Tauscher and Von Der Goltz, Fritzen Covani, and others, plus payments, dynamite purchases, and a telegram from Devoy. Several defendants are detained or sequestered. all indicted men are said to be on German army rolls.
Cavalrymen stormed a ridge at Temnochic as Colonel Dodd’s force pursued Villa remnants led by Candelero Cervantes and Manuel Baca. American miners Seyferth and another man paid $2000 ransom. Baca was later killed at Santo Tomas by Leandro Alvarez.
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