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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1919

Page

2

Liberty Highway HQ in Quincy Faces Relocation Pressure

Citizens worry as reports say St. Louis and Kansas City may lure the Liberty Highway national headquarters away from Quincy. Truman T. Pierson says offers exist while Quincy’s advertising clout and hotel trade tied to the highway could suffer.

Liberty Highway Association Quincey Quincy St. Louis Kansas City Truman T. Pierson Old Trails Association Los Angeles Missouri Alnough Springfield Oklahoma City Decatur Indianapolis Liberty

Hall's Catarrh Medicine for Deafness Cure Claim

The advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally with Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims the medicine works through the blood to mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any pane not cured, with free circulars from F. G. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.

Hall Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio

Womanless Wedding Delights Carthage Citizens

A Womanless Wedding staged by the Young Ladies Missionary Society in Carthage drew a full house at the Christian church. Thirty local businessmen played parts, the show repeating due to crowd demand and raising about 180 dollars for Miss Wine Wilkinson in China. The event featured prominent attendees in elaborate costumes, with lively parade of guests and a playful, lavish program.

Young Ladies Missionary Society Christian Church Circle Girls Miss Wine and Willkinson China Will Tensete Fred Johnson The Gumps Warren Wirkpatrick Willie Obhie McMinimy Fatty Arbuckle Joe Helfrich Tom Thumb Dorothy Mosely Hugh Smith Eve Simmons Runyon Philip Culkin Caswell Leo Hubbard Leo Hubbard, Saw Only the Funny Side and When Mayor Hartzell R . Runyon Pres Wilson Bob Compton Raf. Diffenbaugh Jascha Heiletz Prentice Williams Gay Nubbers Fred Chandler Clark Denton Alicé“Aaron Elia Mae Riley Eugene Barnes Carthage High Schol Alumni Association Neil Harper Toy Wood Julia Scofield Jessie Duffy Baptist Church Cora Hearne Warren Kirkpatrick Martin Hackett Iowen C Cliff Toy Woods Elizabeth Pumphrey Mavis McGuilvery Violet Boswell Helen Cronk Lloyd Shipton George Long A. P. Kimbrough Lloyd East Carthage Zuleka Hards Quincey John Compton Augusta Robert Linus Cruise James W. Westfall Samuel Taylor Monmouth S’riday

Parade Delay Hint for 11 000 4%era Troops

Springfield May 24. Speaker Shanahan said word from the war department indicates the first contingent of 11 000 troops of the 4 percent era division may be delayed and may not parade in Chicago until Thursday of next week rather than Wednesday.

Springfield Ill Shanahan House War Despartment Chicago

Center On Home Soil Lauds Men Leader's Speech On War Service

Captain Smith praised his unit for nerve wracking traffic duty and guiding German prisoners, noting many were selected from combat units and wore campaign hats and wound stripes. After the armistice, the company helped police Luxemburg, patrolled miles in snow, and escorted prisoners to rear areas.

Luxemburg Quincy Charleston L’rivate William M. Brayman Thad C. White

Arrival of Allied Troops From Brest Reported

The report details nearly 4,000 officers and men from the 33rd division and the 35th engineers arriving from Brest. Casuals and nurses accompany the units, with Lieut. Gen. Bullard and Brig. Gen. Hall among the travelers. Several regiments and support units are listed for assignment to Camps Grant Upton Dix Devens and other bases, including the 131st infantry formerly the First Tennessee National Guard earning multiple decorations on the Somme.

Jacob Alex Thomas Pope Chicago Somme Kremhilde Robert L. Ellison Moeker Oklo Illinois Brest 108Th Engineers Grant Dix, Dodge and Sherman 108Th Engineer 314Th Associated Pres New York 33Rd Division National Guard Hhinuis 35Th Engineers Niaiserin Auguste Victoria Robert L. Bullard Brg Herman Hall Dix Lee Taylor Gordon Pike Fort Ogiethorpe 66Th Infantry Brigade Grant and Upton 108Th Field Signal Battalion Grant and Dodge 132Nd Infantry 124Th 25Th Engineers Custer Devens Dodge Lewis, Meade Travis Fort Presidio Santa Elena 66Th Evacuation Ambulance Company Upton QSL 401St Telegraph Battalion Bordeaux 415Th Telegraph Battalion Uld 4Th Hopital 42Nd Ambulance Coumpany 100Th Division Tenth 131St Infantry Timais National Guard Joseph B. Sanborn France Calesnentigotths Legion of Honour Order of Leopold 131St King George

Acid-Stomach Plea for Eatonic and Fatonic Remedy

A dated health ad claims acid stomach ruins health and offers Eatonic to absorb excess acid for instant relief. It promises belching stoppage and renewed energy, urging readers to buy Fatonic from a druggist with a money-back guarantee.

Eatonic Tonk Alta

Made Parties to War and League of Nations Critique

Senator Sherman warns that the United States faces a heavy burden as the wealthiest nation in the league and must accept mandates in Asia and Africa. He cites 40 million Chinese denied self determination in Shantung and Poland's limited access, calling the league a betrayal and promising a costly American commitment.

League Asia Africa United States Siberia Russia Sherman Shantung Japan Poland League of Nations China Italy Lilliputians

Allies Take Russian Town on Murmansk Front

London reports allied forces captured Medyvyelyagora at the northwestern end of Lake Onexa on the Murmansk front in Russia. British war office says Bolshevik rear guard suffered severely in a series of actions.

Russian Town London Murmansk Russia Medyvyelyagora Lake Onexa British War Office

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