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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1915
Page
7
The Quincy Whig announces editorial and newsroom contact information for the Quincy Illinois office. It lists the business telephone numbers and postal procedures for morning delivery orders and reporting delivery irregularities, noting mail classifications and carrier restrictions.
The report tracks barometer changes with forecasts of fair conditions in parts of Whittow, unsettled areas likely to see rain, and cooler spells. Missouri and Iowa show increasing clouds with rain likely overnight or Saturday, colder by Saturday, and specific yesterday readings from 7 a.m. to midnight.
River bulletin notes the river from below Warsaw to Louisiane will fall slowly for several days as water levels ease gradually.
The industrial parade drew a huge audience as floats dazzled spectators. City officials noted the long serpentine line winding through streets, with the tail still arriving as the front reached the start. Readers praised the display and the city’s strong commercial spirit as the parade emerged the festival’s biggest feature.
A number of sincere Americans launched an appeal for Christmas relief for the starving people of Belgium. The appeal was made on the basis of urgent need and demand for aid during the holiday season.
The article describes a American fund named Dollar Christmas that mobilized donations from rich and poor alike to ship food and clothing to Belgian victims of war. It notes over three million Belgians are destitute as winter nears, many formerly wealthy people joining the bread line, and outlines plans to spend raised money on shoes and clothing as a continued Christmas message of goodwill.
The St Louis Post Dispatch notes Calhoun county Illinois will gain a railroad from Pearl in Pike county to its center. The piece mocks fears but reflects a hoped renaissance as geography kept rails away and now will bring strangers, shops, and civic changes to the 256 square mile county with 8,000 residents.
Henry D. Estabrook warned at a Mid-west conference on preparedness that America must defend its democratic heritage. He argued kings seek power and warned against lust and greed, stressing every dollar and red blood cell pledge to the cause and no kingly foot trampling the western world. He posed whether the oath to safeguard the nation can be kept.
The wheat crop nationwide is estimated at about 1.0 billion bushels, a figure that would fill around 1,000,000 freight cars weighing 60,000 pounds each. At 150 cars per mile, the train would stretch roughly 6,666 miles, longer than a cross continent run Maine to the Pacific. Even with two locomotives per hundred cars, about 20,000 engines would be needed, adding roughly 200 miles to the train’s length.
The writer notes Canton Missouri wins the first prize in a local doll parade, contrasting it with Quincy and Illinois. The piece playfully laments Missouri's rising pride and suggests Illinois lags in refinement, predicting further conflicts should civility be debated. The tone is sardonic and national in scope.
The piece condemns Europe’s war as a family feud among kings and argues the conflict has little immediate risk of drawing the United States into armed action. It expresses protest against aggressions and reparations while lamenting America’s departure from traditional royal ideals and global moral language.
One hundred years ago today events include New Jersey abolishing spindle tax in cotton factories and Napoleon nearing St Helena. Seventy five years ago today Napoleon remains moved to France, while Louis Philippe assassination attempt and a German Evangelical Synod formation occurred near St Louis. Fifty years ago Philadelphia hosted a Fenian convention, and Irish republic was proclaimed. Twenty five years ago Baltimore marked Carmelite order centennial. New Orleans police chief Hennessy assassinated. Locomotive Engineers union formed in Pittsburgh. One year ago today in war, Hawke sunk, Canadian troops landed at Plymouth, and North Sea fronts shifted as Yarmouth sank Markomannia. Also noted are births of Michael E Burke, Arthur J Roberts, John L Sullivan, and other locals.
A concise reflection on Franklin’s maxim that sloth complicates tasks while industrious effort makes them simple, urging steady work habits and personal discipline.
Prince Carol heir to King Ferdinand of Roumania born at Sinaia royal chateau twenty two years ago. Helen Ware actress born in Sant Francisco thirty eight years ago today. Phyllis Neilson Terry actress born in London twenty three years ago today. Dr William W Guth president Goucher College born Nashville Tennessee forty four years ago today. George Foote Moore Harvard professor of history of religion noted.
A series of testimonial letters from young women in New Orleans and St. Clair Pa claim Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved illness, backache, headaches, pimples, and fatigue. The ads invite others to write for confidential advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
The post office department estimates rise slightly above 299 million dollars for the year due to automatic carrier and clerk promotions, higher railway transportation pay in the middle states, and new weighing stations. Ocean mail funding remains the same, aiming to resume normal peace conditions. interior department spends less than 219 million minus Alaska railroad construction. agriculture figures not finalized but near current levels.
Bulgaria declares war on Serbia as British submarines operate in the Baltic. The report notes British action against German ore carriers, with ten steamers sunk and ore trade disrupted between Sweden and Germany. Sweden expresses dissatisfaction over alleged sinkings in territorial waters while Britain claims adherence to international law.
Senator Cummins opposes a British German dominance race and calls for immediate steps to strengthen naval power. He warns against compulsory military training outside schools and favors enlarging the regular army with cautious reserve expansion, suggesting national guard or federal militia as an option.
Miss Alice French of Davenport known as Octave Thanet was the sole woman speaker at the conference. She said American women are becoming converted to preparedness as they learn that home protection requires defense against aggression and that the country has enough young men with experience to form an army of any desired strength.
Carthage Illinois October 14 The Hancock county circuit court opens Monday October 18 with Judge Harry M Waggoner on the bench promising a lively term Several new cases are listed including the Anderson case likely to be tried again on this term Major dockets include civil actions such as Dye vs B Q Ry Co Ayers vs B Q Ry Co Peabody receiver vs Austin Transfer Co and many others along with numerous divorce suits and pending continued cases The docket features City of Carthage versus Robertson and Shultz and other actions across Hancock County with ongoing litigation and scheduled trials.
In Syracuse on October 14, counsel for William Barnes filed in the Onondaga county clerk’s office an order signed by Justice William Andrews denying their insistence for a new trial in the libel action against Col. Roosevelt. The judgment in favor of Col. Roosevelt has not yet been filed.
The following marriage licenses have been issued in Marion County during the present week. Walter J. Smith and Amanda Kantemeyar. James E. Robertson and Maude Lorway. Eugene L. Hollyman and Rose M. Hartley. Carlyle Wermont and Minnie Heck. Harry D. Jaynes and Litha Hoskins. John T. Hudnut and Rose B. Nau ber. Ray O. Heck and Anna D. Dixon. Lawrence A. Dealyard and Lena Thompson. Ora Wells and Eva Lyn Reynolds. Frank Lamont and Edna Libbee. Joseph R. Starkey and Evaly Riley. Frank Brinkman and Elsie Haskins. Henry W. Willett and Grace L. Abbott. William C. Bressler and Helen S. Stohr. Kilcinfall and Ruth Corkill. Walter E. Rulla and Nellie Kenzie.
Springfield Ill Oct 14 Acting on the pardons board recommendation Gay Dunne commuted the sentence of Benjamin Dagenhardt to expire Oct 18 1915. Dagenhardt was sentenced from Jackson County Sept 1909 to fourteen years in Chester penitentiary for murdering his employer Fred Zerbst a carpenter. The record shows Dagenhardt struck his employer while defending himself.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Dr. W A Evans and another investigator warning that daily coffee consumption for years harms body and mind. They compare fatigue to a red light, argue caffeine masks signals and depletes reserve forces, and note rising Postum use as coffee harms become clearer.
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