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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1915
Page
5
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Unclear report notes unsettled conditions and barometer changes as a front approaches. Mentions possible shifts in temperature and wind with ambiguous forecast details.
Fragmentary note discusses five lasting impressions on naturalization, questions about qualifications, and efforts to ensure applicants understand and embody the nation’s laws. It criticizes clerks for corruption and urges cleaner conduct and thorough inquiry by officials.
The discourse centers on replacing gate fees with legislative funding of about 75000 dollars to cover fair costs. Proponents say free entry risks broad acceptance while critics warn taxpayers statewide would bear the burden and distant residents get no benefit. The decline in attendance is linked to cattle exhibit quarantines and officials urge careful study before any change.
A broad review shows a general upward trend in business affairs as lower temperatures boost distribution of apparel and goods. Industrial sectors including iron and steel stay active with rising wages and consumer purchasing power. Savings deposits rebound, foreign credit talks advance, and optimism grows in agricultural and manufacturing regions driven by strong cotton prices and east coast expansion.
Figures received by the Bureau of Foreign trade show how war impacts commerce and industry, signaling shifts in imports exports and production across sectors. The early data point to tighter supply chains and altered demand patterns as markets adjust to wartime conditions.
Data from the German Central Union shows 2,300,298 members as of April 1, 1914 with 958 247 (4.7 percent) enlisted by April 30, 1915. Metal workers builders and transportation employees led enlistments. butchers 84.2 percent and tobacco workers 21.6 percent show wide variation. Also notes on American wartime fundraising, local school youth pledges against dating, Quincy aging news and a stray anecdote about the Mayes brothers.
The Grand Army in Washington faces its final years as aging veterans fade from the ranks. Parades since 1865 dwindle. reunions shrink and camps consolidate across the nation. In twenty to thirty years no tenants remain for Soldiers and Sailors Homes, while the nation contemplates defense when heroes are gone.
A compact recap of past anniversaries with dated events at Brussels Baltimore and Brownsville. It notes marriages among royalty in 1815, Webster’s Baltimore welcome in 1840, Sheridan forces along the Rio Grande in 1865, and a 1890 presidential action.
Mrs P W Llanseng of Allyn Washington describes severe monthly pain and backache. After one bottle she felt better and continued with three more. The ad promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills and invites letters for confidential advice from the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
The report lists contemporaneous 1914 war notes including Emperor William of Germany visiting Austria in Vienna, William J. Northen elected Georgia governor a year ago, battles near Antwerp and Albert, German naval actions around Tsingtao, the capture of ten German steamers by a British cruiser in Kamerun, Turkish capitulations abrogated, and the thirty eighth German casualty list, with a Hesiod quote on moral restraint.
A birthday roundup notes prominent figures born on this date. Michael Logue, cardinal and Roman Catholic primate, born in Carrigart Ireland. Addison Harris born in Wayne Indiana. David R. Francis born in Richmond Kentucky. N H De Young born in St Louis Missouri. Joseph C E Blackburn born in Woodford Kentucky. William N R French born in Exeter New Hampshire. James N Hamilton born in Annapolis Illinois. A J Drexel Biddle born in Philadelphia.
Autumn decorations and flowers highlighted a successful Kaffee event hosted yesterday by the Luther Memorial church Ladies Social Union. Proceeds from bakery and delicatessen sales supported the Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society. Also, St Rose Lima sewing circle formed at school hall to make items for church bazaars with officers elected: Mrs John F Menke president, Mrs C BOW ere vice president, Mrs Tony Krins secretary, Mrs J Comes treasurer.
Preparations for Rally Day services at the Presbyterian church include Sunday school at an announced hour with J M Dunlap as superintendent promising some surprising features. Gem City Business and college students receive special attention. J A Hanna leads a class of young men, Mary Hyde a class of young women, and J M Irwin oversees a new class.
Owing to a fall celebration scheduling, installation of officers of the Knute of Columbus may occur later than October 12. In city news, St Loita conducted stenographer and typewriter tests for Panama canal service, with only one applicant. Certificates of publication for wills filed in the county clerk’s office include those of Margaret Ryan Emma Dunlap Levi Davis and Samuel Baughman with executors and executrix named.
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