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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1918

Page

2

Quincy Real Estate and Store for Sale Listings

A compact set of city ads lists a bright retail grocery business with fixtures delivery wagon and a total value not to exceed 2000, a five room brick house at 1328 Spring Street priced 2300 with a present lease expiring June 15, a cash property at 819 Broadway eleven rooms new roof and porch, a desirable lot 52 feet wide, and homes at 925 North 6th featuring a circle porch steam heat and white walnut finish all in Quincy with offers to see soon.

Spring Street Broadway N. 6Th Quincy

7 Miles Of Quincy Homestead For Sale Near City

80 acres on Payson road east of the iron bridge and the Old Tracy spring includes 40 acres timber with a saw mill, 40 acres cleared for grazing, and an old log house and barn. Located 25 minutes from the city on Melrose township parcel SW 4 of SW quarter of section 22. $50 per acre. Call to view.

Good Town Quincy H. L. Smith Center Payson Road Iron Bridge Old Tracy Spring Wm. Maringold Melrose Township

Property Bought and Sold by W F McCready

Special Notices state property of all kinds bought and sold by W F McCready at 110 North Sixth Ave.

Sea W. F. McCready North Sixth Ags North Sixth Ave

Candidacies announced for county treasurer posts

Frank A Jasper authorizes The Quincy Whig to announce his candidacy for county treasurer before the Democratic primary on September 11 1918. Theodore C Hecklie authorizes The Quincy Whig to announce his candidacy for county treasurer before the Democratic primary on September 13 1918.

Frank Jasper Quincy Whig Theodore C. Hecklie

Memorial service held in Griggsville Congregational Church

Griggsville holds its annual Memorial Day service at 11 o clock in the Congregational church with Rev. C E Pettit delivering the sermon. A second service will be held May 30 at 2 30 p m in the M E church, featuring a marching parade, band music, prayers, readings, Lincoln Gettysburg speech by Fred Davis, and a address by Hf D Van Devoort. Following the service, a parade to the cemetery decorates graves of fallen heroes. Personal notes tell of local visitors, relocations, and visits from Milwaukee to Decatur and Tulsa, plus teachers returning home and a visitor from Camden S C.

Griggsville Congregational C. E. Pettit M. FE McAllister M. J. Cameron Adjt J. A. Crawford Lucille Northup Lincoln Fred Davis D. van Devoort Clayton, Ill C. M. Simmons Fred Wilson Maud S. M. Stead Canada Ray Thackuray Stead Lois A. Brown Carbondale Ethel Cohenour Pittsfield B. C. Lawson Decatur Thos. Simpkins Kinderhook Frank Longnecker May Wellman Camden S. C Cora Calvert Tulsa Okla Benjamin Calvert Lulu Christ Mate Rachel

Local Social Notes Mention Hospital, Travel, and Farewells

Mrs. Crawford remains in a steady condition as friends hope for recovery. M D Skinner sells household goods and plans to move to Buhl Idaho. Eva Gray visits Miss Sleight, while Mrs. Dunham and Marguerite Wills travel to Champaign and beyond for summer plans. A 79‑member Pike county group heads to Hattiesburg Mississippi and other towns bid farewell as autos parade past the band stand.

Marguerite Wills Champaign Ross University Atchison Pittsfield Pike County Walter Reeves Thomas Manton Truman

Last Call Exhausts Class One in Knox

Edina May 29. Local draft board orders for 60 men could not be filled as only 6 remained in Chase One. The selected men left on the 9:17 train for Camp Dodie. A list of names follows. Edvin led in the Red Cross drive, exceeding the $11,000 receipts toward a $106,200 quota.

Edina Chase Camp

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