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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1916
Page
5
John K Tener proposes raising the player limit to 25 to help pennant winners in the World's Series. Other magnates seek ticket cuts, revenue shares, and new schedules including two-season formats and revised rounds, signaling major renovations for the 1917 baseball season.
Bill O'Hara former Toronto International League left fielder and New York NL scout is recommended for the military cross for bravery and skill in hurling bombs for the British army on the Somme front. He serves as a lieutenant in a Canadian regiment and was known for strong accurate throwing in his IL days.
The Chicago Daily News via Sherman S. Ely cites Knox College as an excellent foundation for law study and notes Harvard as a large university option. The News bureau advised Knox for college training or Harvard for a broad university route. The phrase about church choir is a separate simile about attracting youth.
The piece extols beer as a popular, healthful, temperate drink enjoyed with meals. It highlights its appealing appearance, digestive benefits, and sanitary brewing. It promotes Ruff's Noxall or Jaeger-Brau as exquisite, zestful, and soothing after work, advising readers to order a case for home use.
The article draws a parallel between baseball’s vast following and trapshooting’s Grand American Handicap. It notes 619 entrants from across the U.S. and Canada, costs near 619,000, purses over 15,000, and 227,250 targets plus shells. Trapshooting is rising fast, with 560,000 practitioners predicted in five years. It’s pitched as a spectator sport that turns competitors into enthusiasts.
Charles E Hughes, the Republican nominee, spent Monday in Montclair New Jersey. He walked in the forenoon and rode in an automobile in the afternoon. He also found time to work on speeches for the next two weeks.
There is one remedy that for many years has given relief from coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough. It is probably the best known family cough medicine in the world and because it contains no opiates is strongly recommended for children as well as adults. Mrs. Chas. Rietz of Allen Mills, Pa., says she has used Foley's Honey and Tar for eleven years and would not be without it. It relieves hoarseness, tickling throat, bronchial coughs, inflamed membranes and helps sleep. Miller & Arthur Drug Co. Adv.
W. Hi. Spencer, a civilian from the Mound City Rifle club in St. Louis, outshot 929 competitors to win the individual rifle title. He scored 274 points from 300 in 200 yards rapid fire and 600 and 1,000 yards slow fire, besting First Sergeant F. L. Mann who took second with 271 and Sergeant Raymond Lecuyer of the U. S. Marine Corps who was third with 270.
The section lists acts and films including G oheum and Bijou vaudeville programs, Belasco and William Fox presenting The Unwelcome Mother, Quincy Ben Wilson in The Broken Spur, Mary Fuller in Love's Masquerade, Pamily Cessie Barriscale in The Mating, Princess Wallace Reid with Cleo Ridgley in The House of the Golden Windows, Star The Girl of Lost Lake, Savoy Mae Marsh and Robert Herron in Little Liar, and Gem The Girl and the Mummy.
Henry F Scarborough Payson supervisor farmer backs bond plan after initial opposition. In a Payson Times statement he explains voting for bonds to fund county roads, outlining costs on his 176 acre farm and arguing state and county contributions justify the tax. He notes plans to vote for the bond issue and stresses roads vital for Produce and autos year round.
Friction between the Decatur Fifth Regiment captain and two lieutenants prompts regimental officers to consider action for military efficiency. Decatur’s recruited strength lagged until first lieutenant recruited to 65, praised in summer maneuvers. Regimental Col. Frank Wood resisted resignations, implying possible transfer to another city as surrounding posts seek units.
Sloan's liniment is pitched as a universal pain remedy for neuralgia and muscle aches. It claims fast penetration without rubbing, relief from stiffness and strains, and protects skin without staining, urging readers to buy at a drugstore for 25 cents.
The Orpheum resumes vaudeville with Imhof Conn and Coreene in In the Pest House, praised as cleverly written and performed. Bob Hall delivers extroverted verses though politics and evangelists divide opinion. Fairfax and Paulo close the show with clever clumsiness, while Mahoney and Nopers tease with baseball fans and light dancing and jokes.
Pea Ridge German Lutheran Church marks its fiftieth anniversary with afternoon and all-day services led by Pastor J C Daughtenham. A Dem rally in the city features Senator J Houlton Lewis as principal speaker, with Mrs Antonette Funk and Mrs Bass also slated to speak. Brown County Fair Association stockholders meet to settle affairs and burn the mortgage after paying debts.
Portland millers announced a twenty cent rise in flour prices this week pushing patents to 7.69 per barrel, a new high. A wry remark notes no one gives up trying to live without labor.
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