Grandfather of the Somme speaker Fate of a WWI veteran at Turner hall
Corporal F. K. Wishart of the 102nd battalion and Red Cross audiences recounted vivid French and Belgian battlefield experiences. He described tanks in action, brutal Somme conditions, and French gratitude for Allied soldiers, praising British regulars and Belgian efforts while recalling personal tales from the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. K. Wishart
102Nd
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Red Cross
Turner Hail
Fighting Men's Committee
C. D. Center
Turner Hall
Government Wants Vacancies Filled In Civil Service
Under the civil service commission of the United States a number of vacancies must be filled within a short time. There are vacancies for inspector of textile fabrics physicist assistant inspector of engineering material inspector of small arms gauge checker assistant metallurgical chemist radio inspector and clerks. For additional information call at the Quincy post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission of the
United States
Quincy
Chamber of Commerce Glee Club Performs at Vermont Street Church
The Chamber of Commerce Glee Club directed by Charles W. Weiler will sing at Vermont Street Methodist Church at 7 30 p m Sunday. The 30 member group, renowned among Quincy music lovers, presents a special program featuring Mr Weiler as director organist and a mix of sacred and classical pieces including Nocturne in E flat and Hallelujah Chorus with announcements and hymns interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Street Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce
Charles W. Weiler
Quincy
G. Guilmant
Mr. Weiler
Kruezer— Glee Club
Glee Club
Mozart
Greeters of Illinois to Meet in Parkside Park
George T. Thompson, manager of Hotel Quincy, has received notice that the Greeters of Illinois will meet at the Parkside hotel in Kewanee on December 29 and 30. The secretary is Harry Walker, former assistant manager of Hotel Quincy. Thompson serves as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
George T. Thompson
Quincy
Parkside
Kewanee
Harry Walker
Mr. Thompson
Robbers Loot Jefferson School Desks After Hours
Thieves broke into Jefferson school Thursday night and ransacked desks likely seeking money from student Liberty Loan bonds. They netted only a few pennies left in desks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson School
Liberty
T. L. A. Bowls Past Metal Polisher Team Victory
The T. L. A. defeated the Metal Polishers three straight games at Labor Temple alleys on Friday night. William Lehbrink scored 212 for high, while Charles Spilker averaged 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metal Polishers
Labor Temple
William Lehbrink
Charles Spilker
Galesburg Hosts Teachers Convention and Bonds Plan
Quincy schools superintendent C M Gill was elected to the western Illinois Teachers Association executive committee as Galesburg hosts the spring meeting. The body approved using 800 in surplus to buy Liberty bonds and set next year s meeting in Galesburg with a closing address by J A Burns of the Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Gill
Quincy
Illinois Teachers’ Association
Galesburg
Association
Armory
J. A. Burns
Burns of
Mountain
Williams Delays in Naming Administrator for Quincy
Secretary Pierson of the Chamber of Commerce reported the fuel situation in Quincy to State Fuel Administrator J. E. Williams and awaits his decision. Williams reportedly has three Quincy men under consideration as fuel inspector, a move expected to aid dealers and customers in securing more coal as stock is limited for a week of severe weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierson
Chamber of Commerce
J. E. Williams
Quincy
Williams
Quincey
Miss Langhanke Delights At High School Library Benefit
Miss Lucile Langhanke daughter of Mr and Mrs Otto L Langhanke gave a fine program at the high school Friday evening for the library fund. The recital featured Riley poems Our Hired Girl The Raggedy Man A Country Pathway and two love lyrics Nothin to Say and An Old Sweetheart of Mine with orchestra piano and cello solos and a violin piece. The high school orchestra assisted and special music was by Letha Butler Frank Malambri and Casper Schwab. A rustic fruit basket and flowers were presented to Miss Langhanke and the net income was about thirty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Langhanke
Otto L. Langhanke
Raggedy Man
Baines
Miles
Casper Schwab
Wagner
Frank Malambri
Letha Butler
Quincy Auto Club to Send Delegates to Illinois Convention
The Quincy Auto Club executive committee arranged sending delegates Thomas M. Beatty Lawrence C. Cox and L A Morest to the sixth annual Illinois Highway Improvement Association convention in Bloomington on Oct 24. Adams county supervisors James B. Cook Oscar Arntzen Robert McIntyre and L L Boyer will be represented. The Chamber of Commerce may send a delegate and city council consideration is pending. The statewide bond campaign for 60 million dollars for good roads will be launched with speakers including Governor Lowden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Robert McIntyre
L. L. Boyer
Chamber of Commerce
Bloomington
Illinois
Lowden
Adams County
Carpenter Cass-Charles Carpenter arraigned on child neglect charge
Continue Carpenter Cass Charles Carpenter of Clayton was arraigned in county court Friday afternoon charged with neglecting his five children. He was not ready for trial and the case was continued to Tuesday Oct 23. Probation Officer Nolan arranged to place three of the Carpenter children in good homes. Guegel on Rhode Island Edward Guegel reported for duty Friday on the battleship Rhode Island enlisted here Sept 24 and sent to Great Lakes naval training station. From there he went to Norfolk Va where transferred to the battleship. Nine Co E Men Discharged Nine members of Company E received honorable discharges Thursday from Adjutant General Dickson along with about eighty members of the Tenth and Eleventh regiments because they were under legal age. The nine soldiers of Company E are Private Bernard Zoller Fred L Wilde Guy W Kesler Lyle Jarvis Erle F Forde George F Flohre Amond Daugherty Harvey Bucklew and Robert P Ames. Most have returned to Quincy and the remainder are expected home today or Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter Cass
Charles Carpenter
Clayton
Nolan
Carpenter
Co. E
Dickson
Company E
Bernard Zoller
Fred L. Wilde
Guy W. Kesler
Lyle Jarvis
Erle F. Forde
George F. Flohre
Amond Daugherty
Harvey Bucklew
Robert P. Ames
Quincy
Wishart
Canada
United States
Liberty Loan
Camp Grant
Rockford
Exemption Board Meets in Federal Building Today
A Quincy exemption board will meet this morning in the federal building to pass on affidavits for exemptions filed since Monday by those who passed the physical examination and were held for service. The board has transferred Harry W. Inger’s case to Rock Island. He was examined by the local board but lives in Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Federal
Harry W. Ingersoll
Rock Island
Car stolen from Halbach garage on Main Street
R R Halbach reports his five passenger Dodge touring car owned by Robert W Halbach was stolen from the garage at 2221 Main Street Thursday night. Police suspect a professional automobile thief as no trace remains. Several cars borrowed by youths have been recovered. The thief may already be far from Quincy. License number 222288.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RR. W. Halbach
Robert W. Halbach
Mainn Street
Quincy
Quincy Lodge Meets for Masons Degree Work
A Friday night meeting of the Quincy lodge of Masons occurred in the Masonic temple. Members conducted degree work and carried out pending rituals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Lodge
Quincy Lodge of the Masons
Masonic Temple
Germans Crumbling Away Says Canadian War Hero Wishart
Corporal F. K. Wishart of the 102nd battalion Canadian Expeditionary Forces, one of the last survivors, declares Germany is broken in spirit and that conditions for a victorious peace are favorable. He recounted battles around Ypres Somme and Vimy Ridge, praised U S troops training for Europe, and urged another Liberty Loan. He suffered trench feet and wounds, and spent months in trenches with limited clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. K. Wishart
102Nd
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Hotel Newcomb
Wishart
France
Corporal Wishart
United States
Somme
Courcelette
Regina Trench
Vimy Ridge
Regina
Germany
Europe
How to Buy Liberty Bonds Second loan guide
Details on purchasing Liberty bonds explain pricing from $80 to $100000 at par, where face value is 100. Applications are filed via banks, bond dealers, brokers, federal reserve banks, or the treasury. Subscriptions accept 2 percent on application and remaining payments in installments through Nov 1917 to Jan 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury Department
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Liberty Loan Committee
Liberty Bonds
Interesting Meeting at Jefferson School on Liberty Bond Support
Sixty six mothers and several fathers attended at Jefferson school to hear Judge McCarl on why to buy a Liberty Bond and Rev R H Hartley on a parent's obligation to schools. The program began with a pupil song and ended with light refreshments in Domestic Science rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson School
Judge McCarl
R. H. Hartley
Mr. Hartley
Hiram Ellis
Seld
Cobb
Miss Fitzgerald
Dorothy Dunn
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Marguerite Gabriel
Olga Sanders
Mothers Hostesses at Jackson PTA Meeting
The Jackson school Parent Teachers' Association meeting Friday afternoon featured hostesses, with Mrs. C. W. Leffingwell of the C. N. D. speaking on Registration. An eighth grade male quartet sang We're Going Over, followed by readings by Mrs. A. L. Stiller and Mrs. W. C. Bradley, a piano solo by Mrs. J. Tuxford, and a solo by Mrs. C. W. Gilman. Light refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers of the
Jackson School Parent Teachers’ Association
C. W. Leffingwell
A. L. Stiller
W. C. Bradley
J. Tuxford
C. W. Gilman
Marriage Licenses for Robbins and Thompson
Alva Wicks Robbins of LaPrairie Illinois and Ellen Thompson of LaPrairie Illinois were issued a marriage license on May 26. The notice lists the couple with ages and hometowns as recorded in the county clerk records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Wicks Robbins
LaPrairie, Ill
Ellen Thompson
LaPrairie
Wanted Errand Boy Position for Local Edition
A circulation position open for a boy or young man to run errands and collect items. Earn five dollars per week to start. Must own a bicycle. Apply at the Circulation Department Whig Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whig Office
Harold Lewis Starts Service With American Ambulance Corps
Harold Lewis, released from the French volunteer army, has joined the American Ambulance corps. His February service ended, with a planned furlough home. he instead discharged in France and enlisted in the U S forces. His pay rises to 36 dollars monthly and about eleven Harvard men in his company also returned home to re enlist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lewis
Aimerican Ambulance Corps
Rev
Lee Lewis
United States
Uncle Sam
France
Harvard
Boat Clubs Plan Big Fall Events
Five new members joined the North Side Boat club at a well attended Friday night meeting. Roof repairs were planned for next week and Wednesday night dances will continue. A 13 cent masquerade is set for December 13 with Swamp Angel Band providing music. A South Side Boat club committee was formed to organize a hay seed hop at the clubhouse in late November or early December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side Boat Club
Swamp Angel
South Side Boat Club
Arraignment Planned for Kersey-Arthur Kersey Today
The man arrested for failing to appear before the Quincy exemption board for examination when drafted will be arraigned later today before United States Commissioner W. P. Martindale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kersey
Arthur Kersey
Quincy
United States
W. P. Martindale
Workers Report Successful Sale for First Day
Quincys liberty loan bond workers made good progress on Friday in the first day of the personal drive for bond sales. Reports of their work will be compiled and released next Monday night at Chamber of Commerce meetings of captains and committees. Friday volunteers called on many Quincyans and secured many small bonds, indicating broad laborer support. County meetings in Clayton Mendon and Liberty featured speakers I F J Picker John E Wall Judge O A Nubbard Mendon with WJ Singleton and George Hi Wison and H G Riggs and Charles Bartlett. Tonight Paloma and Payson host similar meetings. Quincy office of the Standard Oil company was ordered to purchase 10 000 worth of bonds and employees added 2500. Analydia Hall, a Jefferson school 13 year old, boosted her sales from 10 9 to 15 050, leading the school children campaign. Boy Scouts are aiding. Lincoln school faculty all purchased bonds of the second issue and one third hold bonds bought last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Liberty Loan
Chamber of Commerce
Clayton
I. F. J. Picker
John E Wall
O. A. Nubbard
Mendon
WJ. Singleton
George Hi. Wison
Liberty
H. G. Riggs
Charles Bartlett
Paloma
Payson
Standard Oil Company
Annalydia Hall
Jefferson
Lincoln School
Liberty Bond Fires To Burn On Oct 23 Across City
Liberty bond fires will be lit at each city school and at rural schools on Tuesday evening October 23 as a symbol of the liberty loan. The Liberty Loan committee asks that fires be set in schools, at crossroads, and country houses to rally support. President Wilson offers a baronet’s nomination to the top bond seller among Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls in the state. Parochial schools were visited by women led by Miss Irma Bastert to promote the campaign. The Newcomb hotel office remains open for bond information as the drive continues. Fires are to honor St John traditions, with county and city participation urged by Mrs. W. F. Kirtley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Cross Roads and Country School
Liberty Loan Committee
Liberty Loan
Wilson
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire
Scouts
Irma Bastert
Women
Newcomb Hotel
St. John
Europe
W. F. Kirt
Charles Moore Safe in England on Way to France
Charles Moore son of Mr and Mrs FP A Moore formerly of Quincy now in Madison Wisconsin has reached England safely and heads to France to join the aviation service He is finishing aviation training in Oxford He attended the Officers Training camp at Fort Sheridan then moved to Urbana ground school graduating in September and was sent to Fort Wood New York before being shipped to England where he writes patriotic letters to his parents F A Moore formerly managed the Mississippi Valley Blank Book company in Quincy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Moore
FP. A. Moore
Quincy
Madison
Wis
England
France
Aviation Service
Oxford
Moore
Ft. Sheridan
United States
Urbana
Fort Wood
N. Y
F. A. Moore
Mississippi Valley Blank Book Company
Weather outlook for Illinois and Missouri Saturday to Sunday
Illinois expects increasing cloudiness and warmer Saturday followed by rain at night, with Sunday rain and colder conditions. Missouri also sees increasing cloudiness with rain possible Saturday night, and Sunday turning colder with more rain chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Missouri
Rise Tall River Forecast Signals Slow Rise
Forecast indicates the river will rise slowly over the next two to three days. Officials urge monitoring for water levels and potential local impacts along affected shores.
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Hears Corp
Wishart Tell of
R. I H. Hartley
Yukon
Alaska
la Belle France
Belgium
Pompei
Marne
No Man's Land
Courtelette
Abe Martin
Kamrand
Mercy Kamrand
Jock
Pat
Dublin
Mike
Sandy
Kittie
Kiltie
America
Gottschalk— Glee Club
Flagler
Weiler
E. J. Parker
Hauff
Adair
Ferdinand Haff
Quincy Tent and Awning Company
Bonney
O'Farrell
O'Farrell Brothers’ Orchestra
Ertel’s
Hannial
A. W. Fruechte
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Monroe Street
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
Treasury
W. E. Houston
C. B. Smith
Rushville
Lou M. Harris
W. F. Boyes
Knoxcom
G. G. Lafferty
Knoxville
J. G. Knight
Camp Point
Fred A. White
Galva
B. E. Decker
Macomb
O. C. Hostetter
Brown County
Louis H. Uhe
W. L. Mangon
C. L. Gregory
Mercer County
Fred Bourn
Fulton County
Carthage
R. V. Cordell
Farmington
F. A. White
R. H. Malecomson
L. L. Galdwell
Library Fund
Auto Club
U. S
Ypres
U.S
Liberty Bond
Puthe
Rene
St. Paul
Davenport
Keokuk Aescee
Hannibal Weenre
St. Louis Veces
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