School Board Receives April Report and Staffing Plans
The board heard Superintendent C M Gill present April activities including 18 teaching positions to fill, eight in high school, and the hiring of Miss Oster Jon at 650 dollars yearly. Annual expenses totaled 18 857 for April with major map purchases from Rand McNally and extensive tardiness and enrollment figures discussed amid wartime training efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Gill
Board of Education
Gill
Oster Jon
Berrian
Rand McNally Company of
Chicago
J. M. Winters
Ilinois
Woodrow Wilson
Machinists Hold Farewell Jubilee With Organizer
Quincy machinists held a smoker and fellowship meeting at Bickel haupt hall then viewed union campaign films at the Savoy theater. Edward Carbine, who spent two weeks aiding local machinists, is pictured with other union leaders and left for St. Louis to meet Mother Jones and help address labor troubles in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Bickelhaupt Hall
Savoy Theater
Edward Carbine
Fall Creek Woman Dies After Self Inflicted Wounds
Miss Emma Schmidt of Fall Creek died from a hemorrhage caused by deep cuts to both sides of her throat, self inflicted with a razor. Coroner Amen and Dr. E J Gabriel led the inquest at John Keil’s home. Keil testified Schmidt had expressed wishes to end her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Schmidt
Fall Creek
John Keil
Amen
E. J. Gabriel
Payson
Miss Schmidt
Dr. Gabriel
Miss Schmids
City Eyes Quarry Purchase If Funds Allow
During the Monday council session Campbell brothers offered 15 acres of quarry land for 6200 dollars near the north bottom road opposite the old Bluff brewery. City would buy for macadam use if finance can source funds and if it can dispose of Second street property once abandoned for quarrying near Woodland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Brothers
North Bottom Road
Old Bluff Brewery
Second Street
Woodland Cemetery
Carpenters Reach Two Year Wage Agreement
Negotiations between contractors and the carpenter union ended Monday night with a two year pact. Wages start at 60 cents per hour for six months and rise to 62.5 cents for the following eighteen months. The accord follows a week of meetings and was signed at 1 30 this afternoon. George Orris and local committees from both sides praised the settlement as fair and beneficial to all involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcomb
Edward Buerkin
Fred Schachtsick
Edward Schulte
William Dieker
Henry Lankameyer
Charles Langdon
Fred Krueger
George Orris
Chicago
Carpenters’ Union
Orris
Jim Crawford Among 30 Picked For Motor Service
Jim Crawford, son of J A Crawford of 623 North Sixth Street, is one of thirty chosen from about 14 000 in Camp Logan for motor service. In a letter from Richmond Virginia dated May 4 1918 he says the unit will train at Fort Monroe Virginia for six weeks before joining his battalion at Fort Crockett and possibly a trip to Berlin. He notes being the only Quincy man in the motor service and that he expects to be away until France. He promises to send an address later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter W. Brown
Walter B. Hagemann
Naval Construction Service
Gwendolyn Rutledge
Webster
Bisbee
Arizona
Oscar Wich
Quincy
Beulah Benfield
Helena Jordan
Dewey
Jordan
Red Cross
Clyde L. Sears
Quincy Coal Company
John L. Pipe Coal Company
Sears
Jim” Crawford
J. A. Crawford
North Sixth Street
Camp Logan
Quincy Boys
Crawford
Biccon Musab
Richmond
Galveston
St. Louis
France
Fort Monroe
Fort Crockett
Berlin
Cincinnati
Jim
Baseball League of River Towns Talked
Tom Lenane, manager of a Quincy team, announced a proposed league with a half dozen cities along the river from Burlington to Louisiana. The squad to play in Hannibal next Sunday includes Lenane, H Lenane, Virgil Van Steel, Steve Nieman, James Riley, M Higgins, HH Wilde, Fred Nieman, Chick Damborst, E Burgtorf, O Elzi, J Frese, and pitcher Steve Nieman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Lenane
Quincy
Burlington
Louisiana
Lenane
Hannibal
H. Lenane
Virgil van Steel
Steve Nieman
James Riley
M. Higgins
HH. Wilde
Fred
Navy and dramatic troupe updates from Newport training station
Arch ie Bert joins the stage company at the Newport training station and will tour to perform Pinafore. Five boys enlist at the local recruiting station and depart for Peoria for exams. Other service news includes an honorable discharge, France arrival of First Lieut. Kenneth Bush, and Dr Milton Schutz serving as a navy lieutenant in Oakland.
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Archie Bert
Newport
R. I
Archie
Navy
Peoria
Jesse E. Merrick
Vermont Street
Carpenter
Herbert Frei
North Eighth Street
Gilbert S. H. Hoener
Madison Street
Harry E. Smith
Lewistown
Richard W. Miller
West Point
Milton Schutz
Henry Schutz
Kentucky Street
M. E
Medical Department of the Navy
Oakland
Cal
Illinois Children's Home Aid Society
Springfield
Barn Burned at Payson Causes Heavy Loss
A barn on the old Stewart farm east of Payson, owned by C. E. Dela plain of Quincy, burned Sunday. Loss estimated at about $1,500. Tenant A. C. Jansen, farming for Mr. Delaplain, lost three tons of hay 50 bushels of corn and six sets of harness with some implements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Payson
C. E. Delaplain
Quincy
A. C. Jansen
Couple Fined for Disorderly Conduct in Maine Street Rooming House
C Moore and Etta Miller were fined in Police Judge P W Reard private office on Monday for disorderly conduct after being found together in a Maine Street rooming house rather than in police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Moore
Etta Miller
P. W. Reard
Maine Street
Two Brigadiers Are Returning Home Ill
Brig. Gen. Benjamin Alvord adjutant general and Brig. Gen. A. E. Bradley chief surgeon of the American expeditionary forces are relieved for ill health and return to America. Lieut. Col. Robert C. Davis will act as adjutant general and Col. Merite W. Ireland as chief surgeon.
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France
Benjamin Alvord
American Expeditionary Forces
A. E. Bradley
America
Robert C. Davis
Col
Merite W. Ireland
Arabs Attack Turks Near Hedjaz Railway
London May 7 The official Palestine report says on May 3 Arabs of the King of Hedjaz attacked Turkish parties on the Hedjaz railway north of Maan capturing 25 prisoners and seriously damaging the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Hedjaz
Maan
Pike County Sells 730,750 In Liberty Bonds
Pike County completed the Liberty loan sale showing 730,750 in bonds sold, the largest county total for any issue. About 7 to 12 percent of the population invested, with sales voluntary. War Savings Stamps receipts exceed 200,000 and Pike County’s annual quota is 572,440 as campaigns continue.
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Pittsfield
Pike County
State War Savings Committee
William R. Leslie
Jacksonville
Milton
Methodist
Methodist Church
J. C. Brown
Bly Foreman
New Salem
Pleasant Grove Church
Bethel
Charles H. Benson
Winnemac
Ind
Adolph Kastner
Kampsville
Calhoun County
Jesse M. Thompson
Lee Capps
War Savings Committee
H. P. Hooper
School War Savings Committee
Martinsburg
Jack and
The
Oakley Motion Picture Theater
Maxine
Burr H. Swan
Pulse sugar for ice cream to Septembers end in Quincy
William A Schwindler returns from Chicago where ice cream men met state food administration officials and learns sugar use is allowed at last year's level through September 1. Milk and cream overproduction expected this summer, urging maximum use of product. Dirt streets on south side dragged again per city report. north end dragging to finish this week. Gene Murphy hospitalized with tuberculosis, brother of Otis Murphy of the police department, with grim outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Schwindler
Chicago
State Food Administration
David Markillie
Board of Public Works
City Council
Markillie
Gene Murphy
Otis Murphy
Police Department
St. Mary's Hospital
Murphy
Clayton Quota Is Fully Subscribed
Chairman J. M. Winters reports the Clayton Exchange Bank was under counted in the third Liberty Loan subscriptions. The bank filed 145 subscriptions totaling 30000 dollars, significantly more than the initial report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
J. M. Winters
Clayton Exchange Bank
Eagles Victors In Fast Game Sunday
In one of the fastest baseball games in Quincy in years the Eagles beat Quincy College 6 to 3 at League Park Sunday afternoon. Carl Merkle pitched well and Oscar Wich fielded superbly for the Eagles in a contest that saw the Eagles pull ahead in the eighth inning. Merkle earned the win with 11 strikeouts while Whalen fanned 14 for the college team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Eagles
League Park
Carl Merkle
Oscar Wich
R. F
H. E. Eagles
Quincy College
Merkle
John Gruesemeyer
Thomas
Brown McElween
O'Brien
Gruesemeyer
Merkey
Germans Nervous South of Verdun in May Day report
Associated Press dispatch from France notes low visibility around Luneville Toul and Verdun. Overnight German bombardments targeted Leiceprey and areas northwest of Toul while troops south of Verdun showed nervousness, with flares and recent arrivals from Flanders. American patrols penetrated lines near Luneville and found demolished Anservillers except for one stone hall. German dugouts rendered useless. prisoners from an observation post cited expectations of Russian transfer.
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Associated Press
France
Luneville
Toul
Verdun
Leiceprey
Verdum
Peterhof Founded by Peter the Great Near Petrograd
The town of Peterhof eighteen miles from Petrograd was founded in 1711 by Peter the Great. The imperial palace there mirrors the style of Versailles, reflecting the tsars taste for grand European architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterhof
Petrograd
Peter the Great
Versailles
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Baseball League of River Towns
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Macomb
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Hampshire Street
Kenneth Bush
Clement Bush
Park Place
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Bloomington
Wave Miller
Frank Whittaker
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Minnie Whittaker
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