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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
4
From the Illinois War Savings Bulletin May 16 1915 the piece urges broad support for War Savings Stamps. It argues stamps are a national duty not child’s play and that big savers must assist to meet quotas. It condemns chain letters and promotes thrift toward war funding.
A new jazz band formed at the high school will perform in the chapel next Thursday morning. Ross Dickson directs violin, with Casper Schwab on violin, Frank Malambri and Homer Swope on banjo, Carl Leifhelm on banjo, Lloyd Coons on piano, Amon Daugherty on drums, Paul Ernst on bass, and Willis Richards on clarinet. Also, the YMCA Girls gym class hiked to Halligan’s camp for an afternoon outing and picnic. Tickets for the junior class play The Comedy of Errors go on sale today, matinees 15 cents, evenings 25 cents, with reserved seats at 35 cents. reservations start May 28.
Carthage Illinois May 24 The academy class of Carthage College held graduation exercises at Trinity Lutheran Church with a long program. Diplomas were presented and the class of 27 announced. Highlights include music by the Girls Glee Club and various vocal and instrumental solos. Commencement events continued with sermons, campus addresses, and stage performances by the Open Air Players.
Carthage residents reported a collision between an automobile and a city team in front of the post office Thursday at 1 pm. The exchange caused excitement but no injuries were reported.
A Colusa girl Miss Griffith drove a car owned by Harold Fendricks into a wagon on the south side of a street as a city team headed west. The wagon tongue caught in the windshield, breaking it and denting the car. One horse thrown near the running board. harness broken. No injuries to the two young ladies or horses.
Grand jurors convened last Monday at the Adams county circuit court surveyed the work house and jail and will report to Judge Albert Akers this morning on conditions there. Indictments for manslaughter were returned against George Sherman and his son George Jr for the death of Dr. Henry Siegfried of Denver on the doctor’s farm in Columbus township. The younger Sherman admitted striking the doctor with a heavy club during a dispute over the farm’s vacation. James Tay was indicted for burglary after breaking into several club houses in the upper town.
Contrary to reports, no smallpox epidemic exists among Allen Carnival employees shown at Sixth and Jefferson streets. Mayor John A. Thompson and Dr. Rappleman of Chicago, on a state health board tour, inspected the carnival in Quincy and found no case resembling smallpox.
An advertised sale notes a Friday special featuring a mixed fabric lot. It lists 32-inch and 42-inch silks at 1.00 per yard, including 40-inch foulards, crepe de chine, silk chiffon, marquisette, and tub shirtings with colored stripes. Prices in the range of 1.25 to 2.50 per yard are referenced, with a puzzling line about 100 per yard and unclear text.
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