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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1916
Page
4
Delegates and local committees organize events for the Hughes women visiting Quincy Adams county. reception at Hotel Quincy and Orpheum theater address at 9 30 pm with many local women named to committees. Galesburg delegation to usher in the event arrives, and schoolchildren prepare to greet the visitors.
A list of women to be chosen by speakers at the morning mass meeting at 9:30. Mary Antin, Scarsdale City tutor and author of From Plotsk to On and The Promised Land. Helen Varick Boswell, New City Sociologist and lecturer. Charles Sumner Bird-Press of Welfare Workers association.
Ate Martin editor Cale Fluhart notes corn on th' is all right but beans on th' string h' limit. Time urges gentle treatment for some folks while others face no chances. A private family order with no children and no other boarders, good Ime cooking. 31 DR SALE Full blooded Barred Rock saakerels. Joe Wellman Route 4 Incy County 947-3 rings 31
Col Roosevelt addressed Hughes women campaigners in Denver praising their zeal and sacrifice. He commented on the train dispute, noting most women aboard are wage earners and lauding their courage and vision in defending what he called fair play in the nation. He shared his time with two Hughes supporters at the Auditorium.
A roster of prominent women associated with the Isthmus of Panama project for the United States government includes chairmen and editors from the General Federation of Women's clubs. Notables include Elizabeth Cutting On, Dr. Katherine J. Davis, and Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr among others, with roles spanning education, public health, reform, and municipal service in cities like New York, Albany, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
Bakera union No. 208 meets in Labor temple Travelers Protective Association meets in Hotel Quincy Brewers union No. 89 meets in Labor temple.
The Whig offers a limited supply of button hole G. O. P. elephant pins for men who call at the office. Under 21 cannot apply.
Campaign notes report Rev A J Carey of Chicago to speak at a Republican rally at Eighth and Elm Street Baptist church Monday evening. Carey, an appointee of Mayor Thompson to a Chicago administrative commission, is welcomed by city Republicans. Also noted: Taft passed through Quincy en route to Burlington on a C B and Q sleeper. Straw vote results show Wilson 36 Hughes 29. Congressman Ed King to speak at Camp Point Monday and at Clayton that evening. Young Men’s Republican club to meet Thursday Nov 2 at headquarters. Planville rally speakers include George H Wilson Judge Frank Garner and FE H Osborne.
Charles H. Adelpohl, manager, has arranged a formal reception for the Hughes special arriving this morning at the Hotel Quincy. An elevator is reserved for the party and the reception committee with attendants guiding guests to decorated rooms and a directors’ room opening into the reception parlor.
Dr George T Palmer of Springfield will headline a tuberculosis mass meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Monday night. He is president of the Illinois association for the prevention of tuberculosis and chairs the sanitarium campaigns. Palmer runs a Springfield sanitarium and is a leading state expert. He arrives Monday at 5 p m via the Wabash line. Walter D Thurber, acting secretary of the association, will visit Quincy next week to assist in the sanitarium campaign.
Illinois fair Saturday with warmer north area and unsettled Sunday likely rain. Missouri and Iowa fair Saturday with rain possible Saturday night or Sunday and colder conditions on Sunday.
River from below Warsaw to Hannibal will change little. From Hannibal to Louisiana it will rise slowly tonight.
Chester Poling led Team 3 to a strong finish in the Y M C A membership drive ending Friday night with 397 points, besting the second place team by a wide margin. Ten teams totaled 1656 points, equaling $1106, with final standings showing Captain Poling’s squad first and a string of other captains placing behind.
Henry Kuhlmann aged 89, of 729 South Ninth street, celebrated his birthday. He is the oldest voting member of St. Jacobi church. Immigrated from Westfalen, Germany in 1853, served in Company H of the 43rd Illinois during the Civil War. He later lived near Seehorn before returning to Quincy. Survived by seven children including Mrs. Julia Stemme of Gibson Colorado and six sons in Illinois Canada and Missouri. Hugo Lyceum tickets offered to 50 high school students. paving bids called for Market Square east of Ninth Street to ease downtown congestion.
Charles M. Gill superintendent of schools spoke at the semi monthly Trades and Labor Assembly meeting in Labor temple on high school students working half days in shops and factories. He urged practical knowledge without competing with labor unions and sought good will for the movement.
Mayor W K Abbott reports Thomas Wilkerson of Burlington was re elected president of the Mississippi River association and Winona Minnesota was chosen as the next convention city after the La Crosse gathering Friday.
Hughie Leahey of 1226 North Seventh street died at 10 45 Friday night aged 54 after five years of invalidism following an operation in March 1911 He was unmarried and lived with his mother Mrs Margaret Leahey and brother James Surviving are three sisters Mrs Arthur R Roy of Springfield Mrs William Hild and Mrs John Arnold of Edina Missouri and other relatives
Charles Krug 56 died at 11 p m Friday at 1319 Ohio street after a nine month illness from complications. Born September 18 1860 in St Louis he came to Quincy April 1 1883 and married Amelia Stratmann September 4 1883. A molder he worked for Channon Emery Store Co until his illness. He belonged to Iron Molders Union No 44 Gem City Camp No 219 Modern Woodmen of America and Luther Memorial church. He is survived by his widow three sons Oscar Walter and Arthur all of Quincy and one sister Mrs John Moore of Quincy. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Farnham Quebec October 28 the number of lives lost in the fire that destroyed St Elizabeths hospital here Wednesday night was reduced to 17 Friday. Two aged inmates once listed as missing were found. Four charred bodies were recovered from the ruins. Authorities blamed defective wiring after an investigation. Provincial detectives join local guards due to incendiary fires. Every building in Farnham is under armed guard as rifle carrying men patrol after midnight.
In circuit court Judge Akers heard multiple divorce cases as several women testified about desertion non support and cruelty. Notable testimony included Henrietta Hull linking her ex Earl Hull to a Broadway bank robbery and current reformatory imprisonment as grounds for divorce. Others described brief marriages desertion and domestic abuse.
A sharp column charges feminine finery as ruinous to men more than strong drink, arguing social fashions influence vice and moral decay. The piece links attire to temptations and moral decline, urging readers to question trends and uphold restraint.
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