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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1916
Page
18
A Governor's special train or convoy will reach Quincy at 7:45 PM next Saturday. The visit includes an Empire event with speeches and official remarks. Local officials prepare security and crowd control for the appearance.
Quincy and Adams county Republicans plan a special arrival from Macomb next Saturday at 7 45 PM for a state candidates’ can vass. The Empire Hippodrome will host a rally with Illinois State band. Notables include Frank C Lowden Medill McCormick John G Oglesby Len Small and William L Abbot among others. The five car train will tour Wabash territory with stops toward Hull and Carthage and a possible Sunday stay in Quincy.
Governor's edeeel will arrive in Quincy on October 14 and arrangements are underway for a suitable reception. The governor will remain over Sunday.
Webster Davis was chosen as principal speaker for Republican day at the Adams county fair Old Settler's Day. The address recalled his 1896 Camp Point performance praised for oratorical skill and aimed at old soldiers rather than politics. Davis, once in McKinley’s interior cabinet, still impresses locals with his speaking ability.
Democratic candidates for state and county offices meet with the Democratic central county committee to outline a five day speaking tour beginning Tuesday October 17 in Adams county. They will be accompanied by a quartet of singers and press representatives.
Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as the people's medicine for blood purification and tratamento of common diseases. It claims forty years of testing and relief from acrofula catarrh rheumatism dyspepsia loss of appetite tired feeling and general debility.
Informal meeting of the county central committee opens at 10:30 AM in the Republican club rooms with Webster Davis Edward J. King and Col Edward Yates as planned speakers for the Quincy event set to start at 2 PM in Washington park. Additional speakers B M Chiperfield and a yet unnamed woman speaker are pledged later.
A list of Democratic candidates including Edward P. Allen Rolland M Wagner E T Strubbinger and others will address major meetings across towns from October 17 to October 21. Named judges and attorneys will also attend. The schedule covers Marblehead Fall Creek Payson Plainville Kingston Beverly Kellerville Liberty Richfield Newtown Burton Fowler Paloma Coatsburg Columbus Bloomfield Ursa Marcelline Lima Loraine Mendon Chatten La Prairie Camp Point Clayton Golden with times from 9:30 to 7:30 each day.
Dr. R. H. Anderson reports the southern party of the Canadian Arctic expedition found petty pilfering and other dishonesty growing among Steffansson's white Esquimaux after a visit to civilization. He cautions the rise may reflect limited contact with whites and uncertain causation.
Catholic publisher Benziger Brothers announces the introduction of America's leading Illustrated Catholic Family Monthly with high commissions for agents. Also notices a stove polisher position at C. Wurst Co located at Lth and State.
Quincy B. M. Chiperfield arrives in Adams County to address voters during the week of October 23 as part of a campaign for the United States Senate. The visit underscores his appeal to local residents and outlines key policy topics ahead of the race.
Dr Moulton argued the word prophet means mouthpiece for God and outlined three points: meaning, application, and the distinction between earlier prophets as men of action and later prophets as men of letters. He described progressive versus eternal literature and the enduring nature of the later prophets' works.
The Whig earned praise Saturday for its World Series coverage as an announcer phoned plays to the crowd and a large scoreboard tracked hits and errors. Fans filled Fourth Street after the game and were urged to return Monday for another afternoon broadcast at 1 o'clock.
Prof Moulton outlines that biblical prophecy unfolds in two parts the future golden age and the purging judgment and that rhapsody in the Bible functions as a spiritual drama with the universe as its scene. He argues the Bible is literature and stresses the prophets as keys to meaning, drawing on Joel and Isaiah. Nearly two hundred attended and questioned him afterward.
Mrs. W. A. Devereaux and John Voorhis were injured when a porch railing gave way under weight, causing a six foot fall. The incident occurred at their residence and prompted medical attention. Investigators will inspect the railing for safety.
Mrs W A Devereaux and John B Voorhis were thrown from a porch railing at Fifth Street and Maiden Lane Saturday night. The railing collapsed as Voorhis sat on it causing them to fall six feet to the pavement. Both were taken to Blessing hospital with bruises and possible serious injuries due to their weight. Devereaux weighed over 200 pounds and Voorhis about 250. Their condition could not be immediately determined. They were visiting Al Wendling with friends to spend the night near Quin cy bottom lands and gather nuts today.
The Wexther area expects fair conditions on Sunday, cooler Monday with northern portions turning cooler by Sunday night. Missouri sees fair weather Sunday and likely Monday with cooler conditions, especially in the north on Sunday afternoon. Iowa anticipated partly cloudy Sunday, cooler in west and central areas, with cooler conditions overnight in the east. Monday likely fair and cooler in the east. River forecasts indicate the stretch from below Warsaw to Louisiana will fall very slowly over the next 36 hours.
The Civic Improvement league decries a dangerous six year old wooden awning at the northeast corner of Front and Hampshire Streets. Despite city law and appeals to current and former owners, the unsafe structure remains, posing a risk to hundreds of passersby and marking the area as an unsightly advertisement to strangers.
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