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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1917
Page
4
Philadelphia reports a new merchant submarine designed by Simon Lake can submerge in half a minute and be produced rapidly. The 7,500 ton craft would burn heavy oil and be built by Merchant Submarine Co under government supervision with a $10,000 capitalization, chartered in Maine May 10.
Seven men are dead and others injured after a Baltimore and Ohio wreck on the Clarksburg to New Martinsville line near Wallace. A backward wreck train collided with a moving freight train on a curve, leaving cars splintered in the accident zone.
London May reports German casualty figures for April list 10 979 killed or died of wounds or sickness 4308 prisoners and missing 9744 severely or badly wounded 7808 slightly wounded or remaining with units.
Liberty loan drives yield big pledges across North America. Canadian Pacific rails subscribes 1,000 dollars and American Brass adds a million on the Liberty issue. John D. Rockefeller puts 3,000,000, boosting his total to 10,000,000, the largest by a single individual. Also reported, Illinois passes the Hicks bill to curb loan sharks in a contentious session criticizing Federal Judge Landis.
A vintage ad promotes Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey cough syrup for children with soothing pine balsams to relieve coughing loosen phlegm and heal irritated tissues. Also lists multiple real estate trade offers with locations and prices and a contact for J H Hanly at 236 WN 6th phone 2006 J.
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