Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Quincy Whig in Quincy, Illinois

We have 16,533,978 pages in Illinois

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1916

Page

9

Circus Arrives in Quincy for Week of Shows and Parade

The Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows descend on Quincy for Sunday arrival and a Monday morning parade. Tickets go on sale at Brown & Mays Drug Store at 9 am Monday with all seats same prices as grounds today. Baldwin Park hosts a large tented display with a visitors’ day Sunday. The grand parade features three miles of floats, animals, horses, bands, and a Cinderella spectacle for Monday matinee and night performances.

Quincy Ringling Brothers Iney Baldwin'’s Park Macomb Broadway Front St Show Grounds Hampshire Main Brown & Mays Drug Store Cor Hampshire Stts Baldwin Park Baldwin Fair Grounds Daniel Lion Ringlingville

Stephen H. Cummins seeks GOP nomination for congressman at large

A political ad presents Stephen H. Cummins of Springfield New Jersey as a farmer lawyer with a clear platform for farmers. It emphasizes full suffrage rural credit tariff preparedness farm loan rural credits and opposition to pork-barrel spending. It highlights his farming background legal career and long service to the Republican party and asks voters to support him in the September 18 primaries.

Stephen H. Cumming Springfield Cummins Repubblican National Platform Threty Mr. Cummins Mr. Cumming Sangamon Nelehborn Republicantam Republican Party Stephen H. Cummins Victore Lawrence Y. Sherman Senate Sherman Cummings Chicago Stephen H. Caromina

Dream feature ends with two hour show at circus

The account describes a two hour show followed by a two hour arena carnival featuring more than 400 circus artists, with about 90 percent making first U.S. appearances this season. Before the main tent, spectators may tour Ringling Brothers’ 1000-animal menagerie including 41 elephants led by “Big Bingo,” billed as the biggest brute that treathes.

America Ringling Brothers

Pioneer Lawyer Webber Dies in Urbana

Bloomington NL Sept 9 William B Webber a veteran Urbana lawyer and longtime county citizen died suddenly at his Urbana home Tuesday from heart trouble leaving a place in local legal circles vacant and prompting tributes from colleagues and friends.

Bloomington William B. Webber Urbana

Sloan's Liniment for Pain Relief Ad

Forget your aches with Sloan's Liniment the universal remedy for rheumatism gout lumbago neuralgia and sore muscles. Easy to apply penetrates without rubbing and soothes tender flesh keeping it on hand for emergencies at your druggist 25c.

Sloan

Sentence Commuted in Axe Murder Case

Gov Dunne commuted George Krupka's death sentence for the axe murder of his wife to life imprisonment on Saturday, after he had been sentenced to hang. The Chicago case was decided after the governor's intervention.

Chicago George Krupka

Also Mentioned on This Page

Dalight Front ‘Street Baldwin Steffren H. Cummins Mr. Te Vot Medill Ringling Washington, D. C Department of Agriculture Secretary of Agriculture Kaiser Balkan London William Bulgaria Turtukai Exchange Telegraph Amsterdam Vwells & Freiburg III State Bank McDougall Ware-Wayland Co North Fourth Street
Search Courier

Search the Quincy Whig Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Quincy Whig?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication