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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
2
Local reports show no unemployment and high wages with factories running at full force, signaling strong economic activity in Quincy. Strong employment and pay indicate a healthy industrial environment sustaining growth and consumer confidence.
Spirit of cooperation drives growth as Quincy prepares for a strong season. Factories and merchants report healthy trade with high wages and full employment. Talbach Schroeder department store rises, W. T. Duker plans a large new store, American Strawboard nears opening, United Cereal mills expand capacity, and Burlington railroad and state road projects boost commerce. Overloaded railways reflect heavy freight, signaling a thriving city.
Norman Hyler faced vagrancy charges in police court and was ordered to leave town or go to the work house after conflicts with Rankin Haney over alleged familiarity with Mrs Haney. Hyler left, amid questions of guilt. Moltie Jacobs was fined 10 dollars for peace disturbance after causing a scene at James Kigens home. Evelyn Kale was arrested for alleged assault on N E Waller on a street car and held for trial. E A Parker, a spectacle vendor, related to a possible chicken theft inquiry.
Arthur J. Liebmann charges Parker with stealing chickens from the rear of his store at 118 Sixth Avenue North. Parker, who possesses the chickens, says he traded spectacles to a colored man for them. Parker is jailed and to face Judge Reard for a hearing Wednesday morning.
The Quincy Chamber of Commerce received a letter from Catharine W. McCulloch of Chicago, chairing the Suffrage Amendment Alliance. She urges help since Illinois lawmakers have not submitted a suffrage amendment, asking the chamber to press men to safeguard women’s interests in Congress and state government during wartime.
An appeal urges the organization to oppose lengthening women workers hours and to ensure equal pay with men. It calls for contacting legislators against detrimental laws, seeks a 20 mile white zone around training camps to protect soldiers from vice and temperance, and notes the elder Dumas produced a vast number of volumes in a single year.
Werner Von Burg a Quincy jeweler says forming a local Illinois Retail Jewelers Association chapter could help secure the 1918 annual convention. State officers plan to visit the city to organize the local branch. John D. Rockefeller subscribed five million dollars to government Liberty Loan bonds.
The front living room spans the floor plan with a built in fireplace. A right side fireplace option could share a chimney with the kitchen range. The dining room features a flower bay and casement windows, connected to the kitchen by a butler’s pantry. A latticed porch adjoining the kitchen could become a rose covered corner. Four bedrooms and a bath occupy the second floor with closets under the roof slope.
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