Rest of Cos A And B Return Home From War
Soldiers of the 123d Machine Gun battalion 33d division return to Quincy after Luxemburg to Illinois service. Private Ernst Z Wible wears a wound stripe. Charles Hendricks gassed but not striped. From Company A 20 returnees. Company B and Company D members also arrive. officers and relations greet the crowd with cheers at Burlington station.
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Charles Leo Edwards
123D
Burlington
Quincy
124Th Machine Gun
Camp Grant
Luxemburg
Ilinois
Riverview Park
Chicago
33D Division
Ernst Z. Wible
Charles Hendricks
Company A
Ssemity
Quincey
Company LD
Hugh Dehner
Dubuque
Sam Isreal
Kirkville
Bennett Bartlett
124Th Machine Gun Battalion
Alvin Michel
Arthur Reese
Johny Pott
Chester White
W. J. Reese
Clay
Those That Returned Home Friday Night
Lists of service members returning home to Quincy area Friday night from the 123rd and 128th units with addresses in Carthage Ursa Camp Point and nearby towns. Several names from Companies A B and D plus machine gun units. two divisions described with additional stragglers arriving by Eli train near midnight.
Welcome Home Soldier Eddie Howell in Quincy
A crowd surged at the station as soldiers passed through an aisle kept clear for them. Mothers and sisters cheered as each man stepped forward, smiles never leaving Sergeant Eddie Howell from the 123d Machine Gun Battalion. Howell, headquar ters detachment, met by parents Mr and Mrs J W Howell of Loraine, is back from overseas service with the Sid division after training at Camp Parker and Camp Logan and currently in Loraine.
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Eddie Howell
123D Machine Gun Battalion
Quincy
J. W. Howell
Loraine
Sid
Camp Parker
Camp Logan
Gypsies Travel De Luxe In Automobiles
Police pursued traveling gypsies reported to be headed from Warsaw toward Quincy in two Ford cars. They were believed to have stolen $21 in Keokuk and were to be stopped or paid. Authorities later learned the money remained short by $21 after their release.
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Warsaw
Quincy
Keokuk
Ryan
Celebration Dates Tentatively Set for Quincy 33d Division
Quincy plans to honor the 33d division with a two day celebration on June fifth and sixth. A morning concert and reception in Washington Park precede a large afternoon parade. After speeches by Mayor Philip O'Brien Bishop Fawcett and Col. Frank Wood, soldiers will head to Camp Parker for a picnic and evening festivities including a Fifer's Minstrels show and a military ball. Some Camp B members may attend from Camp Grant and Chicago trains.
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Quincy
Camp Parker
Company B
Camp Grant
Chicago
Bishop Fawcett
Washington Park
Philip O'Brien
Frank Wood
Fifer
Empire
Kenneth Elmore
Band Concert In The Park Washington Park Program
A concert program for Washington Park lists works including The Star Spangled Banner Overture Raymond 22 Coppelia Sempre Giovine Maytime and other numbers with titles like Dance of the Demon Old Chestnuts in New Burrs and By the Swanee River The lineup features performers and pieces performed by the band in the evening setting.
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Washington Park
Raymond
Thomas
Tatermission
Bendix
Goodoo
Palmer
Hetter
Seeeeaes
Whitney
Best
Veveess
Lewis “Kilean
Stewart
Swanee River
Myddleton
School Records Required for Summer Work Certificates
The Board of Education directs principals to inform pupils seeking summer employment that a School Record is needed to obtain an Employment Certificate from the Superintendent of Schools. With school closing June 13, many students will be unable to secure records during summer. certificates cannot be issued without the School Record per state law and the Factory Inspector.
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Board of Education
Superintendent of Schools
Miingis
Minor Police Cases Involving Harry Meyers and Forgery Suspect
Harry Meyers arrested for vagrancy under the name Harry Moore and given a continuance to Saturday after arraignment in police court. He is on probation and reportedly idle. Police report Fred Aten alias Fred Symmonds and Darling and Sampson, jailed for forgery, was also sought in Peoria on forgery charges.
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Harry Meyers
Harry Moore
Meyers
Ryan
Fred Aten
Fred Symmonds
Darling
Sampson
Peoria
Deaths and Funerals George J Jost
Funeral services for George J Jost were held from the home on Bon South Sixteenth Street at 8 30 and at 9 o clock from St Boniface church with interment in St Boniface Cemetery Solemn requiem mass was offered with Rev H Degenhardt celebrant Rev A Zurbensen deacon and Rev A Kunsch subdeacon Toy bearers were Maurice Vasen John Meyer Arthur J Kolle Jank Nolte J B Carrigan Johe Sohm Lawrence Weisenborn and B W Seckenkamp
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George J. Jost
Bon South Sixteenth Street
St. Boniface’ Church
St. Boniface Cemetery
H. Degenhardt
Jank Nolte
J.B. Carrigan
Johe Sohm
Lawrence Weisenborn
B. W. Seckenkamp
Big Electrical Storm Brings Heavy Damage to City
After a sweltering Memorial Day, Quincy and residents faced a severe electrical storm with lightning strikes and a three quarter hour downpour recording 2.25 inches at the city observatory. Trees were toppled, a car crushed, streets flooded, catch basins aided drainage, and power outages affected the Whig office and local transformers. Excursion boats ferried crowds as rain began, while a horse was killed by lightning in the eastern part of town.
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Quincy
U. S
Whig
Eleventh
Vine
O'Brien
Twenty-second
Washington
Sixteenth
Cherry
Julia Bele Swain
Hannibal
Melrose Chapel
Carl Fredericks
Twentyfourth
Harrison Street
Mr. Fredericks
Soldiers From Camp Travis Entertained In Quincy
Red Cross canteen workers hosted 26 Camp Travis soldiers Friday afternoon in Quincy en route to Camp Grant to be mustered out. Most homes are Chicago. they have not seen overseas service. After a YMCA pool swim and refreshments, they left for Camp Grant at 8 40 p m.
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Red Cross
Camp Travis
Quincy
Camp Grant
Texas
Chicago
Camp Point Woman Released On Bond
Clara Dean of Camp Point, arrested with Charles Fierge for complicity in the theft of corn valued at $2 from Charles Hoke, was released on bond of $200 furnished by her brother-in-law John Webster. Fierge remains in jail. Probation Officer Tom Nolan brought the two younger children to Quincy and they are in the Detention Home while the decency petition is resolved. The older girl, who had accompanied Dean to Quincy, will be brought back to Quincy.
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Clara Dean
Camp Point
Charles Fierge
Charles Hoke
John Webster
Fierge
Tom Nola
O I¢Rge
Ethel
Walter
Quincyhursday
Nolan
Quincy
Quincy Boys Placed on Honor Roll by Gen Bell
The 123d Machine Gun battalion of the 33d division lists 14 men from Company A and 13 from Company B on the honor roll, certificates signed by Major General George Bell crediting gallantry and duty. Names include Lieuts Ballentine Cunnane Reese and captains and sergeants from both companies with among them W D Grimes, Wallace Johnson, and Harry M Salyer, among others.
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George Bell
65Th
Prairie Division
F. D. Ballentine
George F. Cunnane
France
Arthur A. Reese
Kirby L. Hill
Robert J. Hartley
Lafayette F. Snapp
Fred T. Thompson
Hugh F. Dehner
Samuel Israel
Ernest Nelson
Herman F. Jensen
W. D. Grimes
Wallace Johnson
William A H. Hashbarger
Lawrence Smith
Col. Center
108Th Military Police
Donald Best
Albert O. Merkel
Paul E. Briggs
Gilbert Cooper
Herman 8
Woman Says She Didn’t Intend To Desert Baby
Myrtle Mecum told deputies she did not abandon the 18 month old child left two weeks ago with Mrs. Joe Thorp at 611 York street. She planned to return to Quincy to care for the baby. The Mecums face county court arraignment on a child abandonment warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Mecum
Mecum
Meekem
Connery
Joe Thorp
York Street
Quincy
Myrtle Mecum
Cars Crash Together On Culvert Near Ursa
A Friday afternoon collision on a culvert near Ursa involved Robert Hood and Opal Cory. Mrs Cory and her young son suffered non serious cuts from broken glass while Hood escaped unharmed. Detectives assisted, injuries dressed in Quincy by Dr Millen.
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Ursa
Robert Hood
North Sixth
Maine
Hampshire
Opal Cory
D. B. Miller
Oak Street
Cory
Harvey and
Rosendale
Quincy
W. A. Millen
North Fifth Street
Wabash Freight Workers Awarded Higher Pay
An hour wage rise of 2 12 cents for all Wabash freight handlers was announced through Hale Holden regional director of railroads. The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks secured the new scale with plans to delay clerks’ Wabash agreement until a national pact with Director General Walter D. Hines is settled, covering all US railway clerks with 20 cents extra per hour eight hour day and overtime pay.
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Hale Holden
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Walter D. Hines
Washington
United States
Soldier Shrapnel Forest Wiley Returns To Quincy
Shrapnel Forest E. Wiley arrived in Quincy Friday morning to his mother Rosa Kidd at 404 Vermont Street. He served thirteen months with Company F, 330th Infantry, SSth Division and was prepared to sail for France when the armistice was signed.
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Forest E. Wiley
Quincy
Rosa Kidd
Vermont Street
Ssth
France
Quincy’s Pulse Buys Burton Farm in Burton Township
The report states William Hille Brenner of Adams purchased the Henry Glaseer farm in Burton Township. The 125 acre property brought $16,500, with the deal finalized Friday.
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Burton
William Hillebrenner
Adams
Henry Glaseer
Burton Township
Birth to Weinand family in Blessing hospital
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Weinand at Blessing hospital Thursday evening. The note adds a lighthearted line about the girl's father possibly acting as fireman, with a playful aside about wobbling men.
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J. A. Weinand
North Fifth Street
Blessing Hospital
Gome
Memorial Day Observed By Veterans in Parade
Veterans from blue and khaki joined a modest parade and cemetery services in Quincy honoring Civil War and World War I dead. Major Otto Wurf led returning service members, with Boy Scouts, Chaddock students, police, and G A R posts forming a long procession to Woodland cemetery where schools decorated 440 Civil War graves and 12 WWI graves. The day featured the Quincy Bugle and Drum Corps, speeches by Rev. Leemhuis and John Wood post members, and a large crowd saluting fallen heroes.
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America
Woodland Cemetery
France
Otto Wurf
John Woods
Dream Corps
Quincy
Chaddock Boys’ School
Chaddock Boys
Quincy Boy Scouts
Clare Irwin
Major Warl
John Wood Post
Quincy Bugle and
Carl Hiland
Howard Kunkel
A. F. Keller
Guy Andrews
Adiat Pfirman
Jersey Street
Armory
Eighth Street
Hampshire
Fourth
Maine
Eighth
Woodland
Hl. J. Leemhuis
Manuel Schwarte
Buegler
Adamsey Memorial Et A
Memorial Day Observance Recalls Valor in Quincy
Memorial day observances took place at the Soldiers' Home with exercises Friday morning and afternoon. Committees decorated graves in Graceland and the nearby cemetery, ensuring every warrior resting near Quincy received flowers and flags.
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Graceland
Quincy
Destroyer Hale Named for Maine Senator Hale
Bath Maine May 31 The destroyer Hale named for the late Senator Eugene Hale of Maine has been launched at the Bath Iron Works.
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Hale
Bath
Eugene Hale
Maine
Bath Iron Works
Weather forecast for Illinois Missouri and town areas
Illinois experiences partly cloudy and unsettled conditions with showers possible Saturday into Sunday and cooler temperatures on Sunday. Missouri shows unsettled weather with showers mainly Saturday night and Sunday, followed by cooler conditions Sunday. Town expects showers Saturday and Sunday, cooler in western and central areas Saturday and much cooler Sunday.
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Missouri
Town
Local Temperature and River Conditions Report
Local temperatures recorded yesterday show a range with a high around 70. River stage at Line of River measured 7.6 feet, down 3 feet from prior. Rainfall occurred in about 40 minutes totaling 2.2 inches.
Wanted Site Car for Harley Davidson Motorbike
Francis McPike a seeks a site car for Harley Davidson motorbike. Call 23212. South Jed 81.
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Harley David Son Moteretele
Call
South Jed
Francis McPike
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