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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1917

Page

6

Adams County Board Notes 1917 Bridge and Road Actions

Adams County Board discussed and approved payments for several bridges in Liberty Riverside and Melrose towns, including vouchers for Fred Weaver and Strickler & Gerrish. The board referred several town highway appropriation petitions and considered District lighting and Detention Home site proposals, with action on Ricker property purchase pending.

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The Spirit of the Service in the National Army

A military education piece outlines democracy in the army, its team spirit, and the duty of citizens to support the war effort. It describes promotion, discipline, national unity, and the burden shared by all Americans, including workers and soldiers, to back the war until victory.

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Brown County’s Second Quota Mobilization List

Brown county exemption board received the district list of the second group to be mobilized on Sept. 19. The roster includes John Campbell Mt. Sterling Everett Meservey Versailles George McCoy Versailles Daniel Williams Clayton Paul Hoover Mt. Sterling Charles Hendricks Mt. Sterling Frank Drew Mt. Sterling Fred Bunfill Cooperstown Leslie Patton Mt. Sterling Angus Armel Cooperstown Enos Hoover Mt. Sterling Raymond Parks Mt. Sterling Frank Carpenter Siloam Merle Vincent Mt. Sterling Raymond Ransome Versailles John Forsythe Mt. Sterling Percy Shinnebarger Siloam George Long Mt. Sterling George Elbus Mt. Sterling Carl Logsdon Mt. Sterling Eldon Kennedy Hersman Fred Simmons Versailles Charles Hilsabeck Mt. Sterling Albert Clark Mt. Sterling Harvey Phillips Griggsville Fred Claassen Clayton Also listed are 28 alternates and a note that a third group of 38 names may form a later mobilization, with many from Mt. Sterling Timewell Versailles and surrounding towns slated for Camp Dodge.

MT. Sterling Ill Brown County Exemption Board District Board John William Campbell Everett O. Meservey Versailles George Oral McCoy Daniel Williams Clayton Paul Hoover Charles J. Hendricks Frank E. Drew Fred D. Bunfill Cooperstown Leslie C. Patton Angus Armel Enos Hoover Raymond Parks Frank G. Carpenter Siloam Merle A. Vincent Raymond J. Ransome John Forsythe Percy Shinnebarger Hubert Logsden James H. Perry Alfred Hicks Paul $8 Cleek Leo Henrecks Camp Dodge Walter &. Mewes Timewell Hortive A. Cady Hip H. Ennen Lozelle Gordley Mt Sterling Otha E. Blair

Frost Avoids Rebuilding Loss as Local News Bloom

Frost caused no damage locally though Cora would be ruined by a hard frost now. Mrs Henry Duden’s mother of Burlington, Ta, visits. Shoppers Quincy-bound include Mrs Mate Simpson and Verna, Mrs Ethel Simms. Dr and Mrs Fred Ross visited Quincy. Mrs Ross went to Macomb. Many small town updates follow including school progress with Miss Hart as new intermediate teacher. Walter Herron and Frank Moot bought cars. more visits, society meetings, and a corny note on a tiger in India and a large number of people mentioned in passing.

Cora Henry Duden Burelington Mate Simpson Verna Ethel Simms Quincy Fred Ross Ross Macomb John Greenewald Miss Annie Blessing Hospital the Woods William Baker Bill Baker Laura Ippensen Milton McVay Miss Hart Walter Herron Frank Moot John Alexander Eat Covert Augusta Women's Foreign Missionary Society Hannah Duden Mate Rose Luther Lester Quincey Loraine Mr. Kellar Rom Stotler Morten Hill Milassouri John Tenhoeff Ed Corm

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