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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1916
Page
6
Matthew Woll leads a committee that met at the Newcomb hotel and says results will not be published yet. Many resolutions cover topics from occupational disease data and compensation to Sunday closing laws, wage equity, free textbooks, and workplace health and safety.
International Editor Frey of Indianapolis will attend the Tran Molders gathering at the Labor temple this evening. Visiting delegates from molders unions are invited. The Brewery Workers executive board meets at Magleg hall Maine and Sixth streets, tonight, with cartoons of President Walker and Secretary-Treasurer Olander decorating the platform. Union speakers and comments on envelopes and badges are noted, Bloomington delegates display a banner, women delegates tolerate smoke, and attendance cards will be checked at the door as two bowling teams plan for after sessions. Resolutions are set for Wednesday morning.
Delegates at a labor convention press for documents by 5 PM. Meckemeyer of the Switchmen’s Union cites three schoolgoing children and a ten foot high pile of worn textbooks slated for reuse. R B E Woodmansee of Springfield aids as secretary as unions discuss resolutions and potential AFL affiliation. Bricklayers’ talks proceed with Gompers’ staff amid a large dues base in the U S and Canada.
George Lawson of Minnesota press federation criticizes Illinois workers compensation law as unworthy while praising Ohio, urges public action to curb injury profits. He forecasts Minnesota awaiting an anti injunction law to curb strikes, saying injunctions are effective to stop labor action.
The tenth annual Illinois Branch Bartenders convention met in Quincy with an all day Sunday session and a Monday morning close. President Walker and Secretary Olander spoke, resolutions favored affiliating with the Trades Union Liberty League, liquor interests urged bartenders to help keep wet areas, and Edward Flore arrived to visit. Host Quincy Bartenders hosted a Sunday night party at Hotel Newcomb with music and remarks for about 100 attendees. Officers elected include John P. McGrath as President, John M. Irish first VP, J E Hicks second VP, C L Dodgson third VP, John W Hitfrink fifth, Wm Brown sixth, and Joseph W Rizzio as secretary-treasurer.
Sheriff John Coens and Deputy Frank McNay raided the UW Saloon Sunday night about seven. George Brandt and two other men were taken to the courthouse and released after giving their Milines. A warrant charging Brandt with violating Sunday closing law has been issued.
Francis J. Clark of the boot and shoe workers union urged labor convention attendees to scrutinize products for the union label. He argued women control most family spending, called for cooperative action, and claimed union made goods cost no more. Clark touted union solidarity and broad participation in the campaign.
John Zenor, a member of the Soldiers' Home, was found dead in his bed at 3 o'clock Monday morning. The coroner was notified and an inquest led by Judge Bonney concluded death from natural causes or apoplexy. Bonney oversaw the proceedings due to Coroner Haley's illness. Zenor served as a private in Company B of the 47th Illinois Infantry.
Taul Hack visited his mother Mrs O P L Waek at 1401 Maine on Sunday. Thomas Scherer returns from Joliet today on business. George and James Nethery came back from Chicago on a business trip. Students and a Columbia Phonograph representative led Monday’s program. Principal Smith announced routine notices. There will be no school Friday due to a teachers’ meeting at Macomb.
Mr and Mrs Jack Alfred welcomed a nine-pound baby boy in Keokuk on Saturday. The infant’s father is manager of the Bijou show. Mrs Alfred plans to travel to Quincy about a week from Monday.
In Clayton on October 17 more than five hundred people gathered to hear Frank O. Lowden. He delivered his platform address from a passing train, drawing a large crowd and upbeat reaction.
Palmyra Oct 17. For the first time in five years four members of the Melody Four from the Man or City Minstries gathered in Palmyra. Leger Smoot Murray Bates Russell Markell and Harold Heinze sang in homes and church. Markell played cornet at First Baptist. The Flower City Minstrels, once a famed local group, may reunite for the 1919 Palmyra Centennial with other former members Thad Rogers and Frank Heinze in business and entertainment roles.
A vintage advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a long trusted cough medicine. It highlights absence of opiates and suitability for children and adults, with a customer testimonial from Mrs. Chas. Rietz praising eleven years of use and relief from hoarseness and bronchial symptoms. Miller & Arthur Drug Co. promotes the product.
Oliver Berghofer, a highly regarded Palmyra musician, died in Chicago and was brought home for burial on May 7. A cornet soloist in the 1908 company program, he became a leading young cornetist, touring as first cornet with Bohumir Kryl’s band and also performing with the Quincy band.
About 18 members of Co. F I N G will depart Saturday night for Spring field to shoot the regular army course on Camp Lincoln range. Participants include Capt. E. L. Wingerter and list of names such as Marks Alexander Arthur Shumate K. A. Elmore Harry Meader Frank Balzer Ray Sinnock Henry Moellering Eldridge Long Victor Goerner L. A. Cline Leonard Ross Thomas Hill Walter Smith Arthur Pfeiffer Roy Weed and Curtis Hughes.
Republicans of the Sixth ward meet tonight in the Clough Reihm garage at Eighteenth and Broadway. Arizona man Paul Sargent, sought in Bisbee for wife and child abandonment, was arrested in the Wood hotel by Chief Koch and Detectives Bumster and Schharn horst. Mack McClain, heat waiter at Hotel Quincy, fined 25 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace after an attack with a water bottle. Max Green fined 25 dollars for vagrancy and pilfering after admitting stealing 78 pounds of copper from Baldwin park, copper returned. The Printers beat the Molders two games to one at Labor temple alleys, Otten totaling 224 in the second game.
The steamer Dubuque, delayed by heavy fog off the Louisiana coast, did not reach Quincy until noon Monday, though it was scheduled to arrive at 9 PM Saturday. Two thousand passengers were affected by the postponement.
Representatives of the Curtis Publishing company will meet in Quincy today at a focal hotel to receive instructions. An estimated 50 to 100 people are expected. H. Abbott, wire chief for the Rock Island, visited from Rock Island and reports rough road conditions for automobiles.
Mrs Frank P Wood of Merrill Maine testifies that Foley Kidney Pills bring swift relief from backache and nervous headaches. The ad claims the pills strengthen weak kidneys, improve function, and help sleep and nerves, urging readers to obtain genuine Foley Kidney Pills from Miller and Arthur Drug Co.
Advert for Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer a non dye scalp and hair product promising to turn gray hair into a dark uniform shade with no gray showing. Use daily for a week then three times weekly. Sold by Brown & Mays Drug Store Quincy Til for 50c a bottle. mail order available.
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