State Wide Red Cross Campaign Aims for 7 000 Quincy Drive
Quincy Red Cross chapter with 1200 to 1400 members plans a county wide push to form auxiliaries. D L Musselman to Camp Point then Chicago for district talks. others to Payson and Mendon. State wide drive aims for 500 000 members in Illinois. Quincy hopes 6 000 to 7 000. Reports suggest about 1 500 in memberships so far with 913 received in a single day and 233 from Fifth and Maine. Stations will open today as circus day draws crowds and city blocks are to be canvassed.
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Quincy
Camp Point
Clayton
Chicago
Central District
Red Cross
Payson
Mendon
Illinois
Iinois
Adams County
Springfield
U.S. A
J. W. Emery
Fifth and
Maine Street
Washington School
Plan for Y M C A Boy Scout Patrol Forming
A group of boys met at the Y M C A Monday night with Clayton Hoisington to discuss forming a new Y troop. The proposed constitution was read, Hoisington will be scout master, and Will Mollering will assist. Additional assistants will be chosen later as two tenderfoot scouts work toward advancement.
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Clayton Hoisington
Hoisington
Will Mollering
Relief Committee To Start Its Work
John Korn chairs the new Red Cross dependent families committee formed at Cheerful Home. Immediate aid will go to soldiers and sailors families needing relief, including five Kansas battleship Kansas crew families cited by Lieut Johnson. The committee will investigate and assist enrolled servicemen families as needed.
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John Korn
Red Cross
Headquay
Korn
D. L. Musse
Johnson
Quincy
Kansas
Moose excursion draws nearly seven hundred participants
Nearly 700 persons joined the Moose excursion to Keokuk Sunday with representatives from Hannibal Quincy and Canton aboard the G. W. Hill. The boat arrived in Keokuk at 6 45 and left an hour later reaching here at 10 15. Visitors for the dawn trip were kept back a half mile from the locks.
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Keokuk
Hannibal
Quincy
Canton
G. W. Hill
Exraionista
Two University Doctors Ordered to Fighting Line
Dr. Richard H. Harte of University of Pennsylvania Hospital Unit 10 and Dr. Harvey Cushing of Harvard Unit 4 have received Washington orders to prepare for immediate service abroad. They were directed to mobilize all personnel in their units for the two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Harte
University of Pennsylvania
Harvey Cushing
Harvard College
Washington
Clayton Boy To France Base Hospital Corps Forms
Silber Peacock of Clayton Knox college student signs with Dr Beesley Chicago to join the Sixteenth Base hospital corps leaving for France before May 16. Gave Mayor Watch Charm police present charm to retiring mayor W K Abbott emblem of Earlesa lodge. Arrest Young Couple Canton couple Goldie Anderson and James Brower arrested as they stepped off Moore excursion boat. mother of the girl telephones that they intended to marry and were not yet alive. mother escorted daughter home.
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Clayton Boy
France
Silber Peacock
Clayton
Knox College
Galesburg
Linois
Beesley
Chicago
Sixteenth Base Hospital Corps
Police Department
W. K. Abbott
Earlesa Lodge
Goldie Anderson
James Brower
Canton
Uve
Dughter
Parish League May Reorganize At Once
Parish leaders from St Johns St Boniface St Pier s St Francis and the W C U met in St Boniface to discuss forming a parish league. Rev Father Hohl urged baseball as a tool to engage youth and curb indifference, stressing wholesome family viewing as essential to national virtue.
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St. Boniface
St. John’s
St. Pier's
St. Francis
Father Hohl
Tom Lennane
Frank Stulze
WITCH WORK GOING ON DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
A. H. Beitman and Edmund Perkins examined drainage districts in Carroll as expert witnesses in Savanna York District proceedings. The district won and will build a pumping station, ditches and levees. In Green Bay district three machines work despite rain, aiming to finish by December 1918. South Quincy pumps satisfy after two weeks, Marion County pumps low water aids farming, and Perkins plans a 14 day Quincy inspection with Beitman supervising. Two dragline ditchers operate on Gregory district. Perkins and Beitman attend the monthly meeting.
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A. H. Beitman
Edmund Perkins Engineering Company
Edmund Perkins
Carroll
Savanna and
York
Green Bay
Big South Quincy
Marion County
Quincy
A. H. Bettman
Perkins
Mr. Bettman
Gregory
Military Police Patrol Quincy Streets Tonight
Military police made their first appearance on Quincy streets Monday night to guard soldiers off duty in downtown districts. Civil officers retain no arrest power over military men except felonies, with MPs acting as a safety measure and to monitor suspicious characters.
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Quincy
Opinion holds Bethmann Hollweg wavering on peace proposals
London dated May 8 reports British circles believing German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg is sitting on the fence regarding German peace proposals. The piece notes the prevailing sentiment in political commentary and suggests cautious evaluation of Berlin’s stance.
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Hollweg
London
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Sunday Games Three-Bye League Results Across Cities
In Hannibal first game Hannibal beat Quincy 32 to 26 with Fuhrer Lingle for Hannibal. Second game Quincy won 1 to 0 over Hannibal. Alton hosts Peoria and Rockford hosts Moline and Bloomington hosts Rock Island with varied scores. National League shows Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 2 and St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 0. American League reports St Louis 83 Chicago 40 with Cleveland Detroit rained. no other games scheduled.
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Hannibal
R.H.E
Quincy
Fuhrer
Lingle
Lamers
Walker
Donovan
Bittinger
Burnham
Alton
Peoria
Reynolds
O'Farrell
Trout
Spellman
Nelson and Sullivan
Cristal
O'Neil
Rockford
Moline
Graham and
Robbins
Groffin
Bentley
Kerns
Rockford Yee 010 016 000--24 4 Batteries—Erhorn and Dobbins
Roher
Boothby
Bloomington
Rock Island
Willis
Agnew
Marks
Rigby
Reed and Hotman
Khlansker
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Quincy Red Cross Membership Application Form
An old membership form from Quincy chapter asks applicants to choose a class and pay annual or single payments. It lists subscription, contributing, sustaining, life, patron, and home address fields, with checks made payable to H. C. Sprick, treasurer, at Street Bank.
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H. C. Sprick
Hospital Supplies Committee at Work
The Red Cross committee on hospital supplies is actively seeking materials such as old table linens muslin curtains and white counter panes. Women are urged to search homes and invite friends to contribute, sending washed boiled items to Red Cross headquarters in the Cheerful home. women from Adams county and nearby towns are asked to collect material.
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Red Cross Committee
Red Cross
Adams County
Inter
Local towns aid hospitals with supplies and memberships
The article notes that the number of people in smaller towns has risen and urges support through membership as well as providing materials for hospitals.
Ladies Leap Year Ball At Arcade Hall Tonight
Members of the Married Folks' Dancing club staged a leap year ball at the Arcade hall with women in charge and a ladies choice throughout. A tag one-step was a feature as thirty five couples attended and dancing continued until 1 a.m.
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Arcade Hall
Brief Personal Notes From The City
John Guinan leaves for Houston with daughter Mrs. D. D. Ower who has been visiting here for six weeks and who lives in Houston. Alfred Castle heads to Louisville and will return Wednesday. Misses Emily and Edith Lechtenberg of St. Louis visit the Lechtenbergs at 610 North Sixth. Roy Steffen visits relatives in Peoria. Miss Magdelen Janssen accepts a job with N. Heintz & Sons Shoe Co after time with Richardson Lubricating. Tillie Helmer to Lincoln to stay with sister Mrs. A. J. Kurz post-appendectomy. Mrs. Lucy Hinchman sails to Boone county Ky. to summer with her uncle. Mrs. Lawrence Richmiller visits New Canton to see her mother. Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson visit daughter Mrs. Eugene Woodward in New Salem. W. Von Berg, jeweler, goes to Chicago for Retail Jewelers’ state convention. Rev. H. W. Trueblood and wife attend United Brethren general convention in Wichita Kans. Miss Leona Barber of Chicago visits Miss Anna E. Weisenhorn at 823 Spring. John Austin of Mendon shops in Quincy. Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Jones of Maywood in Quincy. Fire crews respond to a Sunday night roof fire at Mrs. Margaret Dick’s 1020 Kentucky, damage about $10. Paul Reinebach and Mrs. Cora Dinkheller leave for Chicago for Mrs. H. Reinebach’s funeral. Paul Tibbets heads to St. Louis for reserve officers exam. Arthur Dunn of United Cereal mills in St. Louis on business. will return Thursday.
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Alfred Castle
Louisville
Emily
Edith Lechtenberg
St. Louis
Lechtenberg
North Sixth Street
Roy Steffen
Peoria
Magdelen Jansen
N. Heintz & Sons Shoe Company
Janssen
Richardson Lubricating Company
Tillie Helmer
Lincoln
Neb
A. J. Kurz
Lucy Hinchman
Hampshire Streets
Boone County
Lawrence Richmiller
New Canton
H. A. Shipman
George Thompson
Eugene Woodward
New Salem
H. W. Trueblood
United Brethren Church
Wichita
Kaw
Leona Barber
Chicago
Anna E. Weisenhorn
Spring Street
Mercy Hospital
John Austin
Mendon
Quincy
Ivy Jones
Maywood
Margaret Dick
Kentucky Street
Paul Reinebach
Fall Creek
Cora Dinkheller
H. Reinebach
Paul Tibbets
C. Arthur Pfeiffer
Goodrich Tire Company
Arthur Dunn
United Cereal Mills
A Wagonload of Worry Won’t Pay Debt
An old proverb notes that anxiety cannot settle financial obligations. The saying warns against relying on worry instead of action to solve debts, implying practical measures are necessary to improve money matters.
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Quincy Red Cross Chapter
Y.M.C.A. Boy Scout Patrol
Richard H Hharte
The
Spring Lake Association
Republic Track
Charles L. Reihm
Clough-Reihm Company
Republic
Frank Dempsey Construction Company
Reihm
Quincy Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
Lima
Emery
Simmons
Steiner
Altona
Lil
Liberty School
Leslie Fahs
Liberty
C. F. Wight
Tenth
Hampshire
W. B. Tompkins
Hamilton
Oks
Tompkins
Young Ladies’ Sodality
St. Boniface Church
E. Schuhardt
W. O. Cook
This City
South Side Boat Club
Mr. Cook
Ihereby
Snyder
John Guinan
Houston
Texas
D. D. Ower
W. von Berg
Retail Jewelers’ Association
A. E. Prince
Newcomb Hotel
Willys-Overland Company
Willys-Knights
Willys-Knight
Country Club
Willys-Knight Far
Irwin-Overland Co
Maine St
F. R. Lusk
Service Department
A. Wittler
Leaton Irwin
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