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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1915
Page
8
Four reel drama adapted by George A. Lessey from Filles des Marbres follows an ancient sculptor and a modern artist entangled in tragedy caused by a captivating coquette. The French play’s adaptation gained popularity on English and American stages. shown today at the Family Theater.
St James Missouri resident R R Wentworth writes that a severe lung cold two months earlier improved after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He asserts the product cured his cough and lung pains and notes many mothers report it helps children with croup hay fever and asthma providing quick relief.
Manila Sept 8 Francis Burton Harrison governor general of the Philippines said in reply to Taft's criticisms of Philippine administration that he attached no importance to the ex president's remarks. Harrison defended policy and stressed cooperation with both Congress and officials to advance reforms. He declined to dwell on taft's San Francisco remarks and urged unity.
Four miners were entombed by a rock fall in the Dunmore vein of the Archbold Coal company near Scranton. Authorities and gangs of men labored in relays to blast a hole and determine whether any survivors remain.
London dispatch reports the Norwegian bark Storesand, sailing from Iquique on April 30 bound for Liverpool, has been sunk. The crew were saved. The vessel measured 1,639 tons.
The instructions outline assembling a belt with upper edge at a back perforation, closing sleeves, sewing armholes, attaching a pleated front edge to an underbody, and joining back and side seams with notches. It specifies gathering at perforations, finishing edges, hemming, and sizes 8 to 15 years with velvet trim.
Progress on preparations for the fall celebration after the armory dedication is reported. The Chamber of Commerce directors discuss house uses, the armory dedication program with Governor Dunne and military officers, a grand ball, and public inspection days. A fall celebration to follow the dedication is being organized with merchant support and a two day program.
A reader drafts a terse notice seeking a lost item and instructions to telegraph a notice to The Whig. The fragment implies a missing object such as a watch or parasol and requests publication of a lost advertisement.
A patent remedy claims to relieve catarrhal deafness and head noises by a constitutional treatment using Parmint in hot water with sugar. The formula, said to reduce inflammation of the eustachian tubes, is recommended as inexpensive and easy to prepare at home, with directions to take a tablespoonful four times daily.
Gem City Business College opened the new school year with unusually strong enrollments from across the Midwest and beyond, including Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Cuba, Tennessee, Nebraska, Kansas, Kentucky, New Mexico, South Dakota, Colorado, Montana, Wisconsin and other states. Enrollment was about 25 percent higher than the opening day average, pleasing college management amid unsettled industrial conditions.
Dr C A Wells of this city is the chief beneficiary and executor of the Nellie M Moore estate filed in county court. The will, dated June 11 1914, leaves 100 to Woodland Cemetery Association for the family plot, 500 to Sally E Turner of Auburndale MA, 100 to Henry and Jack Jones each, and the remainder of real and personal estate to Dr C A Wells. Executors named are F M McCann E P Allen and T B Pape.
The readable names include Arthur Vollrath 19 Quincy Bessie Hamilton 18 Homer Adams 46 Nellie Adams 33 Roy Dunlap 29 Springfield Sarah Baldwin 29 Mendon. The text shows a scattered list of individuals with ages and places, indicating a damaged personal or public notice with incomplete context.
MACOMB September 8 In the county the finest herd of cattle yet found infected with foot and mouth disease belongs to James Lewis. Fifty head of cattle and seven hogs will be killed. This marks the third Lewis farm infected. Harlen Roberts of Good Hope is the first local to report stock infection with one cow and a few calves. Dispatches from Chicago say Governor Dunne will not call out the militia to enforce quarantine. Critics urge a more thorough, quiet investigation to improve measures and stamp out the disease.
Dr and Mrs Stan nus returned from a two month Pacific coast tour starting July first by the Santa Fe route. He studied a month at San Francisco Polyclinic hospital while she visited her mother in Los Angeles. They toured expositions in San Francisco and proceeded to Portland Seattle and Yellowstone by stage coach passing Salt Lake Denver and Colorado Springs before returning home.
Earl Hull was identified yesterday morning in a preliminary hearing at Justice Bonney's court on a venue change from police court. Leo Middendorf and W. Barry testified Hull stood in front of the bank with a bicycle the night of the robbery. Tom Coulson said Hull did not appear at Weiss Paper Mill work until 11 pm. Hull was held on $2000 bond awaiting grand jury action.
Mrs. Nellie Baldwin also known as Nellie Obert died yesterday at 5 PM at her Warren Missouri home. She was the daughter of the late John W. Obert a former Quincy resident. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning from her Warren residence.
Complaint alleges widespread use of profane language in the city in violation of the city code Section 563. It cites that such language is forbidden and subject to a fine of not less than three dollars.
Chicago tomorrow representatives of the O and Wabash railroads and the Quincy Freight Bureau will confer on a price for industrial switching. The agreed rate will be presented to the state public utilities commission soon. LB. Boswell, commissioner of the bureau, will attend.
A vast treasure, valued at over 80 million dollars in gold and securities, arrived in New York aboard a Halifax originated shipment guarded by forty armed men. The cargo, transported on a special train, crossed the border late last night under the escort of the British cruiser Argyle and is described as the largest shipment to New York in a month.
Springfield IL Sept 7 report to county clerk Charles Byers notes 39 automobiles but only four watches in Pawnee township Sangamon county. Three watches are owned by one man. Pawnee population estimated at 1500 souls.
Capt. R. C. Markee of Quincy has been appointed commandant of the Oregon Soldiers Home at Roseburg with duties starting October 1. The change follows state governors nationwide due to complaints about the prior management. Markee, a Union veteran who marched with Sherman to the sea and voted for Lincoln, lives at 618 Prescott Street and runs a jewelry business on the East Side. He has more than 30 years in the Grand Army of the Republic and has prior ties to the Quincy Soldiers Home.
Palmyra Missouri September fair opens with clear weather after rain dust is settled. Marion county school children admitted free and crowd gathers for a day focused on student exhibits. Miss Frankie Connell and I F Gilmor organize floral hall and ring events.
Seven Belgian civilians were killed and two injured by Allied aviators who dropped bombs on a village north of Roulers yesterday, the war office reported. A French aeroplane was shot down near Saikt Avold in Lorraine, its occupants killed.
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