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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
11
Vague notes describe a May 24 regional event with a large dinner and rally in St Louis. The text references a convention, public notices, and various attendees, but details are fragmented and unclear. The piece appears to be a community notice about upcoming political gathering activities and side events.
OCR reading shows a fragmented 14 Mei to 14 July draft related text with names such as RC foner Pierreliadoal Wea and references to hospitals, streets, and artillery units. It lists addresses like 90 Broadway and Vermont Street and names including Rodney Marte Geadden and George SM. lp. ping Cedar street. The passage appears to collate participant names, units, and locales in a messy public notice style.
An item from The Whig lists a formal summons to former national guard officers and ex-officers to a Saturday evening meeting at the armory. The note hints at a local discussion or appointment, with readers urged to attend.
Miss Nannie Cox, a private college shorthand teacher at Gem City, will leave teaching to work for the government in Washington. The move follows a civil service opportunity and reflects her plan to serve in public administration.
John O Brown longtime public administrator for Adams County and former town attorney for Quincy is remembered in this city. Reports from Pensacola show he spends winters in Florida while politics under Governor Dunne led to his removal from office. He later moved to Cincinnati to live near relatives and now enjoys a life of leisure after retiring from law practice.
The Y M C A notes report the Boy Scouts will hold their first meeting Monday evening May 7. Officers elected at Thursday's CY Thursday meeting include President Caul Carlton Secretary treasurer Carl Leif Kielna and Social Karl Moellering. The garden club organizing meeting was postponed to May 8. The Y swimming pool sees daily use and dormitory students from Gem City Business College head to summer vacations. Frank Fee, a soccer player at the YOM C A and Gem City student, now works at C B & Q offices in Brookfield Missouri.
Wilhelmshaven, northwest of Bremen, grew from a marsh to a major German naval center. The harbor spans 170 acres with 28 feet depth, housing arsenals, docks, and shipyards. Construction faced Hanoverian rail bans and long sea supply routes, yet the town developed into a key base for Imperial Germany’s maritime power.
Ten thousand New Yorkers packed Madison Square Garden to honor the French warships crew escorting the French high commission. The crowd cheered as the Marseillaise played while sailors waved both the stars and stripes and the tricolor.
Advertisement notes Dr King’s New Discovery as a soothing balsam that heals the throat loosens phlegm and kills germs. Claims it shortens colds grippe croup and bronchial affections for children and adults and recommends keeping a bottle at home. Sold at druggists for 50 cents.
London May 4 Alexander Zaimis has accepted the task of forming a new Greek cabinet. Zaimis, formerly premier and foreign minister, resigned in September 1916. King Constantine offered to form a cabinet acceptable to the Entente, with guarantees that the army would not be coerced.
Mrs. Susana Struck 74 died at 11 p.m. Thursday at 715 Monroe St. from complications after six weeks illness. Born January 6 1843 in Augau Switzerland she emigrated to the United States in 1872 and moved to Quincy nine years ago. She was a member of Salem Evangelical Church and Ladies Aid Society. Survived by husband sister Mrs Elizabeth Struck two brothers Fred and Gotlieb Rynixer of Quincy and nieces and nephews. Funeral notice later.
London marked Shakespeare Day on Thursday with ceremonies and readings. Officials and residents gathered to honor the playwright, celebrating his legacy across the city.
Walter Hines Paced led a central celebration attended by representatives of major literary educational and cultural societies and organizations across the British Isles reflecting a broad scholarly and cultural gathering.
The Associated Advertising Clubs of the World promote the slogan at the St Louis convention, arguing advertising lowers distribution costs by enabling large scale investment in experimental work, plant improvements, and dye and chemist facilities that cut item costs through volume.
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