Mobilization Day Parade Plans In Quincy
Quincy unveils Mobilization Day events led by Mayor Thompson with a great mass meeting in Washington Park. A 700 man Camp Parker procession, 189 drafted men, two bands, G A R veterans, and a John Carroll address will close with schools and businesses observing a half day as citizens pack the streets for a show of patriotic support.
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Camp Parker
National Army
Washington Park
Thompson
Quincy
Wilson
Lowden
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Forum
Quincy Clearing House Association
Red Cross Chapter
Travelers’ Protective Association
Council of National Defense
Hohenzollerns
Illinois
Maine Street
National
John Carroll
Washington Square
Gettysburg
Pittsburg Landing
Antietam
Appomattox
John Wood Post
Whig
Post Hall
Arere
Frank S. Wood
143Rd U.S. Infantry
143Rd Regiment
Sixth
Vermont Streets
Vermont
Fifth Street
Eighth Street
Hampshire Street
Fourth Street
Fifth
Maine Streets
Park
McNutt
Quincy Mobilization Day Proclamation 1917
Mayor John A. Thompson calls Quincy residents to salute and support soldiers, urging a mass parade and patriotic meeting on Mobilization Day. Citizens from surrounding counties invited. requests no car parking along parade route, stores close, and streetcars paused downtown during the procession. Proclamation dated September 1, 1917.
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United States
Illinois
Quincy
John A. Thompson
National Army
Arrest owner of gambling house in raid location
John Fuelbier owner of the building at 122 North Fifth street was arrested Saturday on a warrant from Chief Melton charging him with permitting gambling at his property. He will be arraigned before Judge Reardon in police court Monday. Melton plans similar actions against other owners who let their buildings be used for gambling outside the segregated district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fuelbier
North Fifth Street
Edward Donahue
Roy C. Groves
Donahue
Melton
Fuelbier
Reardon
Griggs ville Chautauqua Opens With Wide Talent
Griggsville Community Chautauqua opens as Pike county’s largest annual event with a strong lineup. Mrs. Wilbur Starr Concert party, Hann’s Jubilee Singers, Andre Tridon, J. Franklin Caveny, Albert Edward Wiggam, Francesco Pallaria and Ruth Helene Dahly headline performances across four days from Wednesday to Sunday. Grummon leads in singles finals of the Y M C A horseshoe tourney, with Rockmeyer and Vogel winning the first doubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggsville
Pike County
Wilbur Starr
Lee Aube
Fallone Dips
Robert Parker Miles
Hann
Jubilee Singers
Mexico
Andre Tridon
Emerson Winters
Alice Stire Winters
J. Franklin Caveny
Albert Edward Wiggam
Grummon
Cranmer Thug
Rockmeyer
Vogel
Ward
Bradley Coach Wins Bradley Tennis Tourney Title
Bradley Institute football coach Walter B. Martin won the patriotic tennis tournament and the Peoria city title by defeating Don Grady 6-2 6-0 in Saturday action. The report notes the snow man melts but contrasts the ice man heart with a proverb-like line.
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Bradley
Peoria
Walter B. Martin
Bradley Institute
Don Grady
Nine Quincy soldiers chosen for new national army
Lewis C Mealey Charles S Ryan Lorenzo Bull Elmer Whitaker Paul E Wicking August F Wachter Carl Weisenburger Henry Bocke and Lester D Meyer are the first nine from Quincy ordered to report at 2 pm Tuesday. Two alternates Cornelius Sartori and Carl Schuefela named. War department will provide sustenance for the nine. alternates must provide for themselves. Plan to depart two per day Sept 5 through 9 to ease rail congestion. smaller cities may send five percent on Sept 6 instead. Orders issued a day early. Sunday not counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis C. Mealey
Charles S. Ryan
Lorenzo Bull
Elmer Whitaker
Paul E. Wicking
August F. Wachter
Carl Weisenburger
Henry Bocke
Lester D. Meyer
Quincy
New National Army
City Draft Board
Draft Board
Cornelius J. Sartori
Carl Schuefela
War Department
Crowder
Owever
Dickson
Illinois
Peoria
Springfield
Bridge repairs close one road to Payson
Repairs on the Beilstein bridge on the old State street road to Payson from Quincy have temporarily closed that route. Alternative paths include Quincy to Melrose town hall to Pape's mills to Joe Payson, or via Fall Creek and south bottom road. Dust and deep holes hinder travel. rains lessen dust north and east of Quincy. A temporary Fabius river bridge at Taylor and Palmyra road offer other options, though steep river banks make climbs hard for light vehicles.
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Beilstein
State Street
Payson
Quincy
Melrose Town Hall
Pape
Taylor
Palmyra
Shell Fire Disabled Sergt Jerry Hanley in France
Sergt Jerry Hanley of the Princess Pats spoke in the Eagle's hall Tuesday night. He was near a trench when a 1900 pound shell burst nearby in France. Splinters injured his spine and kidneys, yet he has tried to reenlist five times. Red Cross surgeons and nurses treated him after the wound and he praises their work in his lectures.
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Sergt
Jerry Hanley
Princess Pat
Eagle’s Hall
France
Sergt. Hanley
Red Cross
Lake couple wed in Cedar Rapids Aug 1
H F J Lake son of Mr and Mrs H H Lake of 1243 Vermont street surprised friends by arriving in Quincy with his bride Miss Ione Winsell daughter of Dr Winsell of Grinnell Iowa. They met at Coe College Cedar Rapids and married there on August 1. Honeymooned touring northern Illinois. Lake is secretary for Webb Chemical Co of St. Louis and Centralia Missouri. They planned to depart for Kansas City by car Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.F. J. Lake
H. H. Lake
Vermont Street
Quincy
Ione Winsell
Winsell
Grinnell
Iowa
Lake
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Illinois
Webb Chemical Company
St. Louis
Centralia
Kansas City
Even Up At End Of First Eighteen
The first 18 holes of the golf championship at the Country Club ended in an even score between Allan Aailyall and Georges M. Reeves. The final 18 holes will be played Labor Day with the finals in the other flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Aailyall
Georges M. Reeves
Labor Atay
Farm Association Plans to Aid Adams County Soldier Boys
Adams County Farm Improvement association outlines a plan to keep in touch with every local soldier after he goes to war. A war fund will be raised by subscription to support letters home, township news, and farming topics, plus aid to soldiers’ needs. A three-member committee, led by Clay Lawless, will implement the program with township representatives collecting funds and forwarding them to a treasurer.
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Adams County
Quincy
Adams County Farm Improvement Association
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Rusk
Farm Association
Clay Lawless
Paloma
H. Thompson
J. B. Thomas
Columbus
Hez G. Henry
Camp Point
Beverly William Funk
Barton
George C. Dean
Alex Thompson
Concord
Elmer Jefferson
Clayton
Enoch Selters
J. C. Gibbs
Fall Creek
John G. Thompson
Gilmer
Houston
W. A. Taylor
Honey Creek
D. E H. Meyers
Keene
L. I. Randall
Lima
Farmers Association
Stanbury 10 Lecture to Canadian Tailors
W. R. Stanbury of J. Stern & Sons, chairman of the practical work committee, International Custom Cutters of the World, leaves for Toronto to lecture before the Custom Cutters club. He has 25 years of tailoring experience in seven states and will observe fashions for Quincy patrons. He will attend the Toronto industrial exposition, with 250000 daily attendees, and visit his mother and brother, Lieut. Col. F. G. Stanbury, commander of the local regiment.
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W. R. Stanbury
J. Stern & Sons
International Custom Cutters of the World
Toronto
Canada
Custom Cutters’ Club
Stanbury
Quincy
Death by own action mars Quincy's early morning
Victor H. Parkins drank to intoxication then menaced fellow roomers at 115 South Eleventh street and threatened suicide. He was arrested by Motorcycle Policeman Akers and jailed at police headquarters and will be arraigned before Judge Reardon for disturbing the peace Monday morning. Elmer H. Born, intoxicated at the Franklin saloon, resisted arrest, attempted to whip the officer, and is jailed on disturbing the peace and resisting an officer charges. Mrs. William Tobin, badly beaten by her husband, fainted in police court, later dropped the case after a week, and paid costs of 2.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor H. Parkins
South Eleventh Street
Akers
Elmer H. Born
Franklin
Siegfried
William Tobin
Teachers Hear Mr Gill Outline War Time Work
Superintendent Charles M Gill addressed Quincy public school teachers at the High school meeting Friday urging service during the war and noting higher pay and broader duties. He named teachers in the service including Zeus L Smith Otto A Wurl Clarence Lineberger Roger Wells and Edward Schaefer and praised teachers for joining the national effort. No new teacher assignments will be made yet and existing schedules remain. attendance records will be reviewed.
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Charles M. Gill
Quincy
Mr. Gill
Zeus L. Smith
Otto A. Wurl
Clarence Lineberger
Roger Wells
Edward Schaefer
J. F. Wellemeyer
Gill
Wellemeyer
Board of Education
Local enlistments and repairs close YMCA gym this week
Arthur Link of 727 Ohio street has enlisted in the regular army after traveling to St. Louis. Clifford J. Hicks of Chicago enlisted here and was sent to Jefferson Barracks Missouri, with Ray Householder of Tioga, II. C Smalley of Dust Canada enlisted Saturday in Company D of the Illinois National Guard. The YMCA gym will be closed all week for repairs and schedule changes begin Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Link
Ohio Street
St. Louis
Clifford J. Hicks
Chicago
United States Army
Jefferson Barracks
Ray Householder
Tioga
Mr. Hicks
Mr. C. Smalley
Dust
Canada
Co. D
The
Illinois National Guards
Censored Letters From Quincy Naval Reservist Off England
Lt Waldrip Edwards of Quincy writes from England as the first known Quincy naval reservist stationed off Europe. His mailed letters, marked censored, describe a pleasant voyage, rough war-zone seas, cheap prices in England, and gifts home. He mentions Azores stops, sending linen fabrics and cuff links, and notes of lodge attendance and hope for parents’ health.
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Waldrip Edwards
E. T. Edwards
Jersey Street
Quincy
England
Dad
Europe
Camp Parker
Azores
Ponta Delgada
American Store Co Opens Saturday in Quincy
The American Store company opened Saturday one door east of the Ricker National bank on Hampshire street. It reported good business all day and into the night as the new store offered a line of ready-to-wear garments for men and women. Dave Harms is the local manager and notes all employees are Quincy people.
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American
Ricker National Bank
Hampshire Street
Dave Harms
Quincy
Weather Outlook for Illinois Missouri and Iowa
Illinois sees unsettled Sunday with cooler northeast Monday and partly cloudy skies. Missouri and Iowa expect partly cloudy conditions Sunday and Monday with little temperature change.
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Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
River Stage And Forecast From Warsaw To St Louis
Local river data shows stage readings at Davenport Keokuk Hannibal St Louis and St Paul with notable falls and rises. Forecast indicates the Mississippi River from below Warsaw Louisiana will drop about 0.1 foot in the next 24 hours.
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St. Paul
Davenport
Keokuk
Hannibal
St. Louis
Warsaw
Louisiana
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W. M. Nations
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