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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1915
Page
9
Washington dispatch reports generally fair conditions for Illinois and Missouri on Sunday and Monday with slight warming in the north. Minnesota expects rain Sunday and partly cloudy Monday, while northern towns stay unsettled Sunday and turn fair Monday. Local temps yesterday ranged from 58 at 7 am to 66 at 8 pm and 65 at midnight.
River bulletin notes stage of water at 7 PM yesterday with readings from multiple stations including Quincy Hannibal St Louis Memphis New Orleans and Warsaw to Tunisian regions. Forecast indicates river levels will remain stationary or fall very slowly over the next 48 hours.
A London sourced flare questions British censorship of war news. Critics accuse censors of withholding facts to shield military and civilian leaders, while U.S. papers often publish fuller accounts. The piece notes delays and missteps in reporting air raids and criticizes the censor’s broad control.
The text notes how German publicity is organized with a Kaiser's press bureau akin to its military structure and a lack of Berlin reports. It argues the public rarely receives full facts, while Britain faces public revolt against censorship and the censoring institution.
In Quincy Illinois The Whig backs Leaton Irwin for the Hall of Fame citing his aggressive business campaign and heavy use of newspaper advertising. The New York World notes his success and links farm prosperity to motor cars, while references to New Jersey presidential topics frame his broader political reach.
Illinois reports a robust treasury with over eleven million dollars, boosted by wartime indemnities paid to farmers after livestock losses from hoof and mouth disease. Officials note prior years’ efforts to bolster funds and warn critics of potential hard winters ahead despite the ample balance.
The president has decided to return to duties after a stated pause. Officials say the move reflects a planned course of action resuming leadership and oversight across key policy areas.
Advertisement claims humors in the blood cause internal derangements and eruptions. It asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla has offered forty years of superior effectiveness in expelling humors and removing their inward and outward effects, asserting no other medicine acts like it.
Unclear OCR text mentions hospital repair and morgue burial. Reads as a brief death notice with funeral wording and burial reference, lacking specific names, dates, or locations.
A weekly wrap features Edison predicting machine warfare, editors debating Sunday evangelism funding, a flirt with Mrs. Future First Lady, Villa held while Carranza governs Mexico, Wilsons summer move to Shadow Lawn, and Mother Jones in Chicago over Colorado strikes.
Senator Sherman at Monmouth cites Wilson treasury deficit, Underwood tariff impact, and revenue shifts. He notes $82,010,000 balance on July 1, 1915, then $41,000,000 by Sept 27, 1915, warns of need for more money and potential sugar and wool duty restorations as revenue measures. Republicans critique Democratic fiscal policy and imports.
A compact chronicle of anniversaries and events: Napoleon at St Helena and Longwood, poet Emanuel Geibel born in Lubeck, and notable 19th century milestones. Also lists birthdays of notable figures including Robert Lansing and Thaddeus Caraway with brief notes on their roles and origins.
Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy, former middleweight boxing star, born in Rush County Indiana, with the date cited as today marking his birth anniversary.
Manhattan Kan Oct 16 Sixteen bodies were recovered from the wrecked Kansas rail car with six more believed trapped in a submerged smoking compartment. Motorman O M Warner survived the plunge and summoned aid as officials reported ten dead and six more in the car likely among traveling salesmen.
William B Huey of Chicago announces retirement after winning the three cushion billiard world title. He returns the Brunswick championship emblem to donors and says he will not answer Alfredo De Oro's challenge. The report also notes Serbian forces and movements toward Troumitza.
Heavy cannonading is reported around Saloniki in October via Paris dispatches. The brief note notes intensified bombardment in the area as forces exchange artillery fire, with no immediate details on casualties or exact locations.
Washington Oct 16 The navy department will award bids next Monday for 16 coast defense submarines and six destroyers authorized by the last session of Congress.
A severe earthquake shock was felt across the Kauai peninsula at 8 10 last night lasting ten seconds. No damage was reported. In Seward the tremor produced a roar like a massive explosion as buildings shook and people rushed into the streets.
A Berlin telegram says no engagement between German warships and a British submarine off Moen island is known. It notes a German torpedo boat was reported sunk but suggests a mine explosion likely caused the claim.
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