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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1919
Page
6
City budget shorts over $50,000 with a planned $75,000 central fire station and motorized department. The package hikes salaries, adds revolvers, and funds a park bandstand while seeking tax authority to cover streets and sewer needs.
Sergeant John Lunsford urges young men to enlist in the army quarter master corps highlighting unusual advancement opportunities and good pay. Recruits receive travel, food, clothing, quarters, medical and dental care in addition to regular pay. Enlistment requires skill in trades such as bakers, blacksmiths, carpenters, clerks, stenographers, typists and 36 other trades, with unskilled applicants often accepted. Age limits are 15 to 45 for a three year term, or one year for those with prior service.
Mrs Anna Krueger of 1907 State street reports her son Joseph Krueger arrived overseas from France and is now at Camp Upton after a year with the Eighty second division. Nowin R Hull, overseas for months, expected to reach the United States soon and mentions seeing August Woerman of Quincy with a Distinguished Service Cross. Sergeant Ed Koch of 621 South Twelfth street has returned from Camp Grant after six months overseas as quartermaster with base hospital No 70 in France. Richard McCarl, son of Judge and Mrs Lyman McCarl, arrived in Bas tor after driving an ambulance in France for many months.
Judge Lyman MecCarl Elmer Lum and Mrs W F Kirtley returned from the War Savings Stamp Committee meeting in Chicago last Saturday. The U S Government now runs War Savings Stamps as a permanent part of the National Reserve Banks system. Banks and insurers previously offered savings, but the government now promotes surplus earnings investment via stamps and will pursue an active sale campaign after the Victory Loan. The drive aims to educate and foster thrift among the public.
Anderson Havid, an employee of the Chaddock farm, was injured Saturday night when a car driven by R. O. Stillwell collided with the bogey he rode near Fourteenth and Hampshire. Stillwell pleaded guilty in police court to driving on the wrong side of the street and to speeding, fined $10 and costs on each charge.
A special meeting of the League to Enforce Peace will be held at the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening at 8 o clock. All members and interested persons urged to attend. Delegates will be appointed for the State meeting in Springfield on May 29. Other important business to discuss.
Mr and Mrs Neal Monroe plan to occupy a modern residence on the former home site of Dre and Mrs Z F Walker at 16ds Maine Street The brick house there was damaged by a fire and the Monroes purchased the property after the blaze Bids have been asked for wrecking the existing residence Plans for the new house are not yet decided Also included are brief notices on two injuries and the arrival of proprietary stamps in the local revenue office for cosmetics and medicines
Returns to G. C. B. C. E. BR. Selli of Louisiana Missouri after several months in army service resumes his course. Dewey Wulse of Center Missouri is a new student.
Treasury Department inspector Warmolts, a senior superintendent of building construction, visits Quincy to review extending and repairing the lookout gallery at the post office.
Louis Schwartz, administrator of the estate of Harry J. Schwartz, filed Monday in probate court a report detailing receipts and disbursements totaling 538.02 dollars.
Quincy’s Build Now drive launches next Wednesday with seven committees raising funds in a single day to finance a housing plan for a greater Quincy. The finance committee led by J Will Wall and others will organize a citywide publicity push using street signs, shop placards, newspaper coverage, and sermons to urge homeowners to bid farewell to rent and move toward owning a home.
Sheriff Bennett of Hancock County dispatched officers from Carthage to Warsaw to seize W S Kinnan, the man jailed last week for carrying concealed weapons, who boasted of going to Hancock to menaces his rival over his wife. Detectives Rosendals and Schaepers arrested him Monday at the request of Hancock authorities.
An unusual case is up Tuesday before County Judge Fred Wolfe in the county court. Pfeiffer versus Ferguson, filed earlier, tests Pfeiffer’s right to sue as an alleged alien enemy. Emma Williams, charged with dependency, is deemed to remain in a good home and will stay there. Williams came from Peoria orphanage to Quincy via Chicago but was unhappy with her Quincy home.
In a Quin cy Rabbit Breeders association meeting at the armory Monday night it was announced that no money was cleared from the recent show. The event attracted out of town breeders who learned Quincy pens produce fine stock. The group set armory meetings for the first and third Mondays monthly and plans for a dance, a table show of classes, and Rufus Red Belgian hares as the first exhibit. Fifteen new members joined.
Mark McKemmon who was slashed across the face hands and stomach during an altercation with John Janney on Saturday is reported improved at Mary Hospital and will recover. Janney was arraigned in police court on a charge of assault to murder and pleaded not guilty. The incident occurred at Janney’s home at Front and Jackson streets Saturday night with McKemmon said to have interfered in a quarrel between Janney and his wife. The case was continued until the wounded man can appear as a witness.
Charles Nichols was arrested for peace disturbance at Mollie Freemeyer’s home on Vermont between Third and Fourth streets after a loud confrontation. O J Brown paid $25 in police court for carrying a concealed rusty weapon, claiming self defense and funds deposited. Whalen and Greenback were fined $35 each for peace disturbances after a Friday night fight at the College Inn. Ria Moody, colored, jailed for pilfering a ring and pawning it, denies theft and claims the ring was bought.
Laura A Lawless daughter of D O Lawless died at home in Bowen after an 18 week illness from influenza complications. She would have turned 16 on December 26 and was a Bowen High junior and Methodist church member. Survived by father two sisters Helen and Marion and brother Wilbur T Lawless. mother Mattie Murphy died two years ago. Funeral in Bowen at 2 30 pm Wednesday with burial in Bowen cemetery.
W. P. Randall of the war department commission spoke at a closed Quincy Chamber of Commerce gathering about the new war camp community service for returning soldiers. Victor A. Dillon serves as executive secretary, with headquarters at 232 North Fifth Street.
City council debates cemetery ownership after Alderman Klein notes a ten year salary obligation to the cemetery association. Some believe title rests with the city, others trace it to John Wood’s heirs and a later sale to the association. Corporation counsel to investigate contracts, with a financial statement from the cemetery association due next meeting.
The National Guard unit reorganizes at the armory Monday evening with Lt Col Ralph Lusk acting commander after Captain A E Zoller’s promotion to major. Paul Lehner becomes first sergeant replacing Dan Hay while nine men are discharged to clear records. The company, recruiting for first class men, plans camp August 1 to 25 in Springfield with 65 overcoats and new puttees arriving. next meeting set for Monday.
After two hours Monday the Adams county grand jury adjourned to report to Judge Akers. Foreman Pred Baldwin of Loraine and Clerk Jesse Hunter of Camp Point lead a docket featuring William H. Webster bigamy and Herbert Scheufele burglary. Francis Lankford faces murder charges tied to the Licht pawn shop case, with related Missouri-Illinois jurisdiction notes.
Lieut Miller H Adams selected Trinity College Dublin for a two month course of instruction from the American Expeditionary Forces. He writes of Ireland and the shamrock, enjoying royal entertainment and frequent motor trips to see the country. He attended G Co B C in Quincy before sailing.
Arthur J. Stalf 23 and Agnes Schwartz 22 of Quincy. William T. Cole 25 of Hannibal and Alice Sigford 18 of Quincy. Hughie HTH Hoskin 21 of Pittsfield and Edith M. Allensworth 19 of Rockport. HL McKinley Brown legal Quiney and Vera P. Johnson legal Quincy.
Alderman Lepper urged immediate sidewalk construction, noting many ordinances passed yet walks not laid. Wlein pushed for an east side Seventh Street ordinance between Hampshire and Vermont with contracts for second ward walks. Plans for sewers on Vermont between Twentieth and Twenty-second were announced. The street tour was postponed to May 28. Public Works to appoint inspector for city county boulevard project.
The Ouiney boys of the One Hundred twenty third Machine Gun battalion are due to land aboard the Siboney in New York today. Third division units arrive today and may proceed to Camp Mills or another eastern camp before reaching Quiner and Camp Grant, with an estimated ten days to two weeks before arrival. Chicago plans a big homecoming reception for the first 8,000, including dinners, theater talent, and a parade with multiple venues and bands along Michigan Avenue.
Rain pelted Quincy from early Monday to night with 2.38 inches reported in the city, the heaviest so far this year. The downpour flooded streets, soaked gardeners, and tested umbrellas as residents watched skies clear toward a fair dawn. Government registry at the water works tallied 2.38 inches, near a long-ago record.
Adams County Memorial Association to hold meeting in the armory tonight to finalize Memorial Day observances. Officials aim to have all committee chairmen present to complete plans and arrange details for the day.
A lease offer at 1200 dollars yearly is up for sale. The seller invites discussion in room 89 Stern Ridge. A separate item reports a youth named Bill Wayland arrested at Twentieth and Broadway at 1 AM by Officers Haley and Mrnst on a charge of driving drunk.
Illinois fair and warmer Tuesday with Wednesday partly cloudy. Iowa fair Tuesday and probably Wednesday with slightly warmer conditions. Missouri fair and warmer Tuesday with Wednesday partly cloudy and unsettled in the west. River forecast shows slow rise from Muscatine to Keokuk then near stationary for 36 hours before a slow fall.
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