Pat O'Brien recounts escape from German prison tale
Lieutenant Pat O'Brien shared his adventure titled My Escape from a German Prison to a large Quincy armory audience under Knights of Columbus auspices. He detailed escape from Belgian-German camps, perilous train leap, long night travels, and a final audience with King George after crossing Holland to England, praising American resilience and bravery.
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Pat” O'Brien
Armory
Whig
Knights of Columbus
Phil” O'Brien
Patrick Alva O'Brien
O'Brien
Holland
Rotterdam
England
George
Boston
Patrick O'Brien
O'Brien Regales Rotary With Odd War Anecdotes
Lieut Pat O'Brien spoke to Quincy Rotarians at Hotel Newcomb about wartime experiences. He recounted a Belgian prison stay, revealing 1800 prewar wine bottles, and shared humor about meeting the King of England. He noted Germans must be defeated, citing a prison camp with interpreters as proof. Visitors included Louis Emmerson and other local dignitaries.
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Pat O'Brien
Quincy
Newcomb
Pat
Germany
England
O’brien
Erin
Rotary
London
Belgium
O'Brien
Rotarians
Pure Bank
Joseph J. Freiburg
The
Knights of Columbus
John Blomer
Phil O’brien
Thomas Gillespie
John Carroll
Lou Emmerson
Louis L. Emmerson
Springfield
Knights Templar
Ilinois
Emmerson
Rotary Club
Dr. Baylis
P. R. Leever
Burroughs Company
Ralph Snyder
T. C. Nichols Company
Bishop Fawcett
Commandery Inspected by Secretary Emmerson
Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson conducted the annual inspection of the Quincy Commandery Knights Templar Tuesday night amid large attendance. An afternoon session conferred the order of the temple, with 150 Knights and visitors dining at six. Emmerson spoke on the order’s wartime standing and government support by masons, followed by an informal reception.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Quincy
Knights Templar
Order of the Temple
Louis Emmerson
Order
J. H. Breitstadt
F. W. Brinkoetter
J. E. Caldwell
L. E. Caldwell
G. H. Erhart
Jack B. Inghram
J. M. Winters
Thrift Stamp Dance Night At Wighland Park
The Wighland park management hosts an extraordinary Thursday dance where each couple and each dance earns two Thrift stamps. Three special large vases are part of the novelty. O'Farrell's enlarged orchestra supplies the music in the garden pavilion. Special program of music in the garden.
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Wighland Park
O'Farrell
Parden
Americans applaud English king praise at local talk
An American Irishman praised an English king during a talk that drew applause from the audience. Pat O'Brien Lieut Ralph Young Phil O'Brien and about 20 guests were hosted by Mrs Rome Arnold at her Maine street home after the event. Lieut O'Brien plans to speak in Warsaw tonight hosted by Mr and Mrs Charles Albers.
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England
Pat
Warsaw
Charles Albers
Quincey
F. W. Crane
Red Cross Drive Plans Unfold With Parade and Events
Red Cross committee members outline novel publicity to boost the drive starting May 20. A Friday parade on May 18 led by Charles C. Crooks, with Women Take Leading Part, and a week of theater promotions, bridge fundraisers, and a possible garden party aim to raise interest. Dr. Charles T. Baylis to open the drive in Quincy tonight at the Armory.
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Red Cross
Charles C. Crooks
George Vasen
Morris Adler
Transportation Committee
Bridge Clubs
Quincy
Rome Arnold
C. Arthur Pfeiffer
George B. Cawthorne
Elmer Lummis
Oscar G. Mull
W. A. Jackson
A. O. Lindsay
Herbert Hendricks
Chas. R. Cottrell
Ira Calkins
Lawrence Bonfoey
W. T. Duker
Julius Kespohl
Rudolph Tenk
John Carroll
A. R. Dick
Wm. J. Ruff
J. M. Winters
Frank Crane
Chas. Rosenheim
Werman F. Jochem
J. M. Irwin
Henry Bastert
Percy Brown
Ed Noch
Charles T. Baylis
Kaiser Bill
Baylis
George A. Buttrick
Congregational Church
Galesburg
Battle Fields
Europe
Red Cross Society
Quincy men report Camp Dodge visit in high spirits
Dick Ascheman Orman Krueger and Ralph Dickhut led a party of Quincy men home Tuesday from Camp Dodge after visiting the Quincy boys there. They found all the boys in fine spirits praising army life and called the camp a wonderful place. They left Des Moines at six and returned home by evening.
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Dick Ascheman
Orman Krueger
Ralph Dickhut
Quincy
Camp Dodge
Ascheman
Des Moines
Divorce suit cites $35 support from husband
Mrs Ellora C Gilmore sues Charles C Gilmore Jr in circuit court alleging she received only $35 in support during their marriage begun July 5 1913 and ended after Decoration Day a year later. She claims a $40 weekly salary, seeks temporary and permanent alimony legal costs and custody of four year old Louis.
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Ellora C. Gilmore
W. P. Martindale
Louis
Skilled Men Are Needed to Serve Nation
Now is the time to enlist and serve Uncle Sam in your trade. Major James Adams, branch enlisting officer, lists trades needed by the war department. Induction follows registration. Trades include bakers, blacksmiths, carpenters, electricians, machinists, welders, telegraph operators, stenographers, truck drivers, typists, and more. Applications to Major Adams in the Wells building.
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Uncle Sam
James Adams
War Department
Mechanical
Ordnance Department
Adams
Weils Building
Funeral services for Miss Emma Schidt set for Thursday
Funeral services for Miss Emma Schidt, who died by her own hand on Monday, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 30 o clock from Bluff Hall church.
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Emma Schidt
Bluff Hall
Infant Mildred March Dies at Three Months
Mildred infant daughter of Mr and Mrs P R March of 135 Locust Street died Tuesday at 2 am in Blessing hospital She was born February 5 1918 and was three months old The body will be taken to Memphis Missouri for burial
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Mildred
P. R. March
Locust Street
Blessing Hospital
Memphis
Death notices W W Hartshorn dies in Kansas
Mrs B T Collins of 826 North Eighth Street received a telegram Tuesday morning announcing the death of her brother W W Hartshorn in Great Bend Kansas after several weeks illness. He formerly lived south of Quincy but long ago took a claim in Kansas where he died. Besides his wife he leaves several children and his sister there.
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B. T. Collins
North Eighth Street
W. W. Hartshorn
Great Bend
Kan
Quincy
Kansas
Funeral services for Mrs Katherine Uhlein
Mrs Katherine Uhlein funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 8 30 from the residence 1017 Jersey street and at 9 from St oniface church with Rev Dean Degenhardt officiating Burial was in St Boniface cemetery Bearers were Joseph Faerber Charles Hoeckleman Edward Helstein Frank Yang Joe Lubbe and Casper Freiburg
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Katherine Uhlein
Jersey Street
St.oniface Church
Dean Degenhardt
St. Boniface Cemetery
Joseph Faerber
Charles Hoeckleman
Edward Helstein
Frank Yang
Joe Lubbe
Casper Freiburg
Henry Vornham Funeral Held at Stipp Residence
Funeral services for Henry Vornham were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from his sister Mrs August Stipp 532 Adams Street with Rev G D Hamm of St Jacobi Lutheran church officiating The church quartet sang Burial was in Woodland cemetery Bearers were F W Heckenkamp Ed Pulaski James Summers John Richmueller Henry Christ and William Ruff
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Henry Vornham
August Stipp
Adams Street
G. D. Hamm
St. Jacobi Lutheran Church
Woodland Cemetery
F. W. Heckenkamp
Ed Pulaski
James Summers
John Richmueller
Henry Christ
William Ruff
James Reardon to be buried in St Louis Thursday
James Reardon brother of Police Magistrate P W Reardon will be buried in St Louis Thursday afternoon from a Catholic church he attended all his life. He died Tuesday morning after long illness at 57, born in Quincy. A prominent figure in commercial and social circles, he was a longtime friend to Missouri's poorer children and helped the St Louis Post Dispatch Santa Claus fund. He made money from two patented ice coolers and his glue manufacturing business.
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James Reardon
P. W. Reardon
St. Louis
Reardon
Judge Reardon
Mr. Reardon
Quincy
Missouri
Santa Claus
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Free vaccination for children urged by health board
All children not yet vaccinated and whose families cannot pay are urged to visit the health board office on the second floor of city hall Friday afternoon from 3 to 5. Drs. FH. O. Collins Joseph Blomer and Charles W. Pfeiffer will conduct the vaccinations. Parents may send a note with their children if they do not accompany them. Several children remain unvaccinated.
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Board of Health
FH. O. Collins
Joseph Blomer
Charles W. Pfeiffer
Budget Work Delayed As Council Committee Deliberates
The city finance committee will refine the appropriation budget this afternoon. A full council review next week is unlikely. Some workers may be paid on schedule while laborers await two weeks for their next pay.
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Trades and Labor Assembly
Board of Public Works
English Girls Look Good 10 Quincy Boy
Clyde Andrews, a private in the 2nd Provisional Ord. Dept. with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, writes from England about a smooth ocean voyage, English beauty, brick houses, lace decor, scarce but affordable food, and local transport. He notes the food allowance and observes American stores and hospitals in England. The letter confirms a voyage and shipboard time.
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J. H. Andrews
North Sixth Street
Clyde
2Nd Provisional Ordnance Department
Europe
England
Ocean
F. W. Woolworth
Oliver Tynewater Company
Miss Neysa McMein to Speak at Quincy High Assembly
Miss Neysa Moran McMein, visiting from city parents, will address Quincy High School students Thursday morning about her work as a Paris bound artist correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post and McClure's. She designed the 1918 yearbook cover and will share experiences from France. Debaters receive Qs for Springfield Keokuk and Macomb events. seniors present part of Hurry Hurry Hurry. baccalaureate at Congregational Church with Rev. George Arthur Buttrick. commencement June 14 at Orpheum. Senior events include class day June 2 and piano fund drive with a Tuesday sandwich sale and a Hannibal excursion, tickets 50 cents. A social committee meeting and plans for the May 25 South Park school picnic are noted.
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Neysa Moran McMein
H. M. McMein
France
Saturday Evening Post
McClure
Miss McMein
Quincy High School
Gladys Paul
Wheeler Brittain
Carl Martindale
Ruth Pumpelly
John Cunningham
Lucille Dudley
Robert Bunting
Lawrence Emmons
Virginia Fry
Manuel Schwartz
Isabelle Grant
Select Baccalaureate Church
Congregational Church
George Arthur Buttrick
Orpheum Theater
Dean L. Ricketts
Camp Hancock
Georgia
Ordnance Corps
Hannibal
Parent Teacher Association
South Park
O Connell Case Delayed Until After May 20th
Tim OConnell charged with murder of James Trent in Brown county will be heard in Morgan county circuit court after May 20. May term opens with civil suits and grand jury in session. OConnell remains in county jail and is anxious for trial. Father Driscoll visits him regularly. Sheriff Coens expects transfer to Morgan jail soon.
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Jacksonville
Tim O'Connell
James Trent
Brown County
Morgan County
O'Connell
Father Driscoll
St Peter's Catholic Church
Coens
Examinations Corrected by Local Principals
Quincys Pulse Correcting Exams Fred Baldwin principal of the Loraine school and W L Viar principal of the Fowler school assist in correcting eighth grade papers written last Saturday by county pupils. It will take several weeks to finish and grades will be sent out June 1. Russell Pays Fine Edward Russell was fined five dollars and costs in police court for contempt of court for failing to appear as a witness in the Nieman liquor case on election day. He was subpoenaed but fled across the river the day of the trial.
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Immelman
O'Brien
Paul Raney
Baron von Richtofen
Belgium
Germany
Luxemburg
Holland
Fred Baldwin
Loraine School
W. L. Viar
Fowler School
Russell
Edward Russell
Henry Nieman
Training New Manager Arrives to Instruct Quincy Staff
Perry Den son, longtime manager of the Armour and Co Decatur branch, will relocate to Quincy next week for three months to train a new manager for the Quincy branch.
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Perry Denson
Armour and Co
Decatur
Quincy
Weather Outlook for Illinois and Missouri
Fair Wednesday with increasing clouds Thursday. Temperatures steady with little change. West and central areas cooler Thursday as unsettled conditions move in from the west.
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Illinois
Missouri
Local River Temperatures and Stage Bulletin
Local temperatures yesterday ranged across the day from morning to midnight. River stage at midnight stood at 42 feet. The Davenport and Keokuk gauges showed rises and falls as the Mississippi River forecast calls for a small rise from Warsaw to Louisiana tonight with little change expected Wednesday.
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Davenport
Keokuk
Hannibal
Louisiana
Warsaw
For Rent Two neatly furnished rooms for light housekeeping
Two neatly furnished rooms for light housekeeping in a modern home. Quiet private family in a nice neighborhood. Call at 1121 Kentucky St, 949.
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Kentucky St
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Abe Martin
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Emma Schmidt
Mildred March
Mrs
Quincy Boy
Clyde Andrews
Andrews
Miss. Wpmein
Quincy Artist
O’connell
Frank Thompson
John A. Thompson
Thompson
Mendow
McCart
Emmons
PF. W. Crane
S. H. Thompson
J. W. Wall
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Kellerville
Chamber of Commerce
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Blind Boones
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Women’s Society of the Church
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