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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1917
Page
6
A council finds a 50000 dollar fund not kept intact but expects an audit to show whether money paid out supported city obligations or went to legitimate channels. Growing cities need more funds. an honest audit could prove prudent finances or expose mis expenditures.
The piece argues wealth rests on labor and tools, not capital, and war expenditures relied on current production. It says bells of industry survived, explains a rebound after peace is not ruin, and notes Alsace Lorraine politics and questions about Christmas four percent stocks.
Local report says Captain Andy Anderson Leutnant Ex Brigham and Fatty Bellowes captured a German spy staying at Genevieve Hicks' home. The scout group plans a brick fort imprisonment at school grounds and intends sunrise action. Genevieve suspects guilt from stolen paints and posters. Bol Haynes complains of a Spanish war pension link.
In Thornton W. Burgess animal story Flitter the Bat explains how her babies ride on her fur as she hunts. Peter Rabbit wonders how young creatures travel, and Mrs Flitter shows tiny hats and hanging practice as the family adjusts to parenthood under dusk skies.
Davenport Indiana reports the first seasonal precipitation with light snow and hail starting at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. The temperature at onset was 43 degrees.
Five interned enemy aliens, four Austrians and a German, escaped Fort McIntosh internment by a guardhouse key. Hans Frolich’s decomposed body was found in the Rio Grande. Three of the escapees were captured on the Mexican side. the fifth is missing and feared drowned.
Ottawa announces the initial call under the selective conscription act will occur December 1, with October 10 listed as the reference date for the schedule. The measure specifies the first increment of men to be drafted into service.
Minneapolis flour prices fell on Tuesday with fancy patents down fifty cents per barrel to $10.50 and first clears to $6.75, while other grades remained unchanged.
Quincy friends learned of the death of Alexander H Clark of Mt Sterling who died Monday night at 5 15 in his Mt Sterling home after a long illness paralytic since 38 years. A Brown county stockman and farmer once active in agriculture, he lived in a wheelchair and was bedfast the last two years. Born 1848 in Brown county, he left a legacy as a local farmer and prominent figure. survived by a widow, his first wife, and deceased son and daughter. Rev Abner Clark and cousin Thomas J Clark are named relatives. Funeral at 2 pm in the Mt Sterling Christian church with local attendance expected.
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