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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
6
The Minors State Central Committee for Increasing the Number of Tuberculosis Sanatoria outlines prevention through disinfection and case notification, argues for sanatorium care to relieve public burden, and discusses location construction and essential treatment. It emphasizes isolation, public funding, and education as keys to reducing infection.
The South Side Boat Club entertained its members and friends at a stag evening light refreshments were served. The night featured a few special stunts and dancing and concluded with humorous banter about fortune knocking at a door and proving an alibi.
The Toledo News-Bee urges parents to temper guardianship with warmth in hot weather. It argues that kids naturally seek cooling, such as baths or barefoot play, and that forbidding these raises risks and may contribute to summer fatalities. Promote safe, comfortable temp management and hydration.
A man can reach 15 000 feet by rail or on foot with little breathless ness and occasional nose bleed. Not every man or even seasoned flyer can endure jumping to 12 000 feet in half an hour. The relief is physical and depends on how a man is built to withstand sudden low pressure. Once it gets you it may recur, with possible outcomes from a minor headache to fainting and machine loss, yielding casualties of unknown cause.
An advertisement claims pimply complexions result from blood impurities. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a mild laxative to cleanse poisons from the system. A full morning bowel movement is promised after a dose the night before.
Morning sessions focus on proposed anti injunctive law as paramount issue. President John H Walker and officers urge earliest passage, arguing law would bar restraining orders in labor disputes and protect workers from being treated as commodities while defending equal access to the courts.
A telegram from A A Rovalo reports Governor Adolfo De La Huerta of Sonora has issued a decree creating the Labor Chamber of Sonora. The body, elected by workers, will study labor conditions, injuries, hygiene, and wage rules, enforce an eight hour day, and oversee worker protections with state salary funding and legal support for accident claims.
The Illinois State Federation of Labor will likely extend its session to Saturday as only four of 61 resolutions were acted on Wednesday morning. Several measures face lengthy debate including a seven day week rest proposal, Chicago saloon employment schemes, anti basement kitchen rules, and hours for mail clerks. A notable motion from the Women’s Trade Union League of Chicago urges international agreements to ensure equal pay regardless of sex, with enforcement within a definite timeframe.
An open meeting of the Women's Union Label League will be held at Labor Temple this evening. All women of the city are invited to attend.
For sale are twenty five shoots offered at the intersection of Tenth and Broadway. Inquiries are to be made at the local blacksmith shop on Tenth and Broadway.
Amusements Today lists multiple venues and features for the era. Orpheum presents Six Little Wives musical comedy. Bijou shows Pan-American Girls and other acts. Belasco screens Jaffery, while Jackie Saunders stars in The Grip of Evil at Quincy. Family offers Peg O the Ring episode 10 with Francis Ford and Grace Cunard, Hubert Henry in My Lady's Millions, and The Youngest in the Family comedic feature. Princess screens Hulda From Holland with Mary Pickford. Savoy presents Youth's Endearing Charm with Mary Miles Minter. Gem shows Seeing America First. Star-God's Country and the Woman appears as an eight-reel feature.
John C. Theilan of Camp Point leaves all assets to his widow Helena Theilan named executrix. The Roswell will of John Samuel Hart dated Dec 2, 1915 leaves entire estate to daughter Charlotte Virginia Hart with guardian and executrix Fred Hancock. Elizabeth Steinmetz files inventory for Henry J. Steinmetz estate detailing land in Quincy. Margaret L. McBratney estate shows cash 9.93, one year rent 258, and a bank loan 355.
The Orpheum announces the musical comedy Six Little Wives to run four days starting Thursday matinee. Hero Raymond Rogers Jr must marry to inherit, hires actors to pretend wives, producing comic complications with six immigrant girls and a stage villain.
LaSalle Grand Jury indicted R. A. Hummel assistant superintendent of German-American Cement and his bodyguard Charles Foster of Chicago for manslaughter in the death of Stany Wision during an August LaSalle strike riot. Bail set at $10,000 each.
An ad from Gainesville Georgia touts Foley Kidney Pills as a cure for nocturnal awakenings and various kidney and bladder related pains. Mr T Strange reports sleeping through the night after taking one bottle, highlighting ease of use and rapid relief. Miller and Arthur Drug Co. markets the product locally.
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