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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1915
Page
4
A brief item notes the count of new leases reported and renewed activity in the section, highlighting ongoing commercial property activity and market momentum. The summary emphasizes the totals and the persistence of leasing and renewal. Public records indicate steady interest from tenants and landlords in the area.
Geological survey indicates oil presence near Schuyler County with renewed fever as Ohio Oil Company and local prospectors lease Ray Coleman farm south of Birmingham. Drill plans target section 23 on a fold surveyed by state geologists. initial bore reportedly showed promising results, prompting further development and expectations of a regional boom.
At 425 Locust Street yesterday morning a birth and a death occurred within a short time. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs David M Roberts and shortly after Arvilla Murray an aged nurse who lived with the Roberts died from heart trouble caused by the excitement. Mrs Murray aged 61 had been in poor health but appeared well before the strain. She had lived with the Roberts for two years. Her husband preceded her in death and burial will likely be in Stark Kansas beside him. One sister and one brother in Watseka Illinois survive.
The ad claims biliousness dizziness and listlessness stem from a clogged system and promises natural easy bowel movement without griping. It urges immediate treatment to avoid serious complications and offers 25¢ a bottle.
Taletta Reynolds six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Reynolds of 1023 North Fifth Street fell from the chutes at Washington school yesterday morning and broke her left arm near the shoulder. The fractured bone pierced the skin and she walked home a short distance from the school.
Overland notes include J A Hanna returning from a Chicago conference, hats on display at Weber's, Musselman returning from Chicago, a Str Keokuk concert, the Teamdrivers meeting at Labor temple, and Saturday hosiery specials by Meyer Wilms Co. Estate reports show gains and disbursements for Huck and Lock, Ed Urban plans a Green Bay vacation, a Blue Moose insurance launch at Hotel Quincy, and executor changes in Kraber and Turner cases. Local happenings mention frogs on display at Urban saloon, hospital nurses traveling, and a public reception at Invine Garage with music and dancing.
County supervisors adjourned after a busy session with total weekly expenditures of 27814.97. Treasurer Ed Petyer and aides Gart Zang and Joe Thomas processed payments, including 4800 to Sullivan Brothers for the county home heating system. The jail was inspected and deemed humane. Lydia Hokamp’s pension request was denied. State aid road funds of 9591 were accepted with a plan to bond for 750000 for hard roads and a 10000 levy. Road type remains open and will be debated at December meeting.
The elections committee of the board of supervisors reported the city polling locations at yesterday’s session. Precincts list Cedar street to State street and other streets including North Sixth North Fifth Vermont Jersey Delaware Payson Monroe Broadway North Tenth Vine and more with numbers 338 Cedar to 25511 South Eighth street.
Let Resinol make your skin well with ointment and soap. The first use often gives relief and clears eczema, ringworm, and rashes quickly at low cost. Physicians have prescribed Resinol ointment for over twenty years, and samples are available by writing to Resinol, Baltimore, Md.
A 1910 style health note discusses toilet soaps, warning many contain harsh alkali. It highlights Resinol soap as free of free alkali, infused with resinol medication to soothe, heal, and calm tender skin while helping keep hair healthy.
Students from Adams county depart for a short agricultural course at the state fair in Springfield. Marvin Bolt Joe Harness Harold Hoyt Harold Myers and Harry Moore will represent the county during the fair. They passed the Adams county examination and are expected to perform well.
Kenady reports Hull buzzes with business as apple crop rush fills cold storage. Ripe Grimes Golden and Jonathan varieties are loaded by three firms from Chicago and Quincy area, with coopers turning out barrels daily. Hand-picked, sorted apples are packed in two and a half bushel barrels, though some fruit quality lags behind.
There is strong probability that Rabbi J. H. Halprin of Newark New Jersey who has conducted services here this week may be brought to Quincy permanently. A meeting of the Jewish congregation is called for tomorrow morning at the Jewish temple to consider the matter after the eastern rabbi was heard at the Day of Atonement services last evening. Quincy has a sizable and growing Jewish population that warrants having a resident minister. Rabbi Halprin would be welcomed here by a large following.
Seagirt N J September 17 witnesses strong Marine team performance in the Sadier Trophy match. Marines posted 1651 to beat Union Military Association 1616 and New Jersey 1635. Cor Birch Piper and Sergeants J Lienhard and G S Kase led scoring with 49 each. Other events saw E Minervine win Wingate with 90, Chesley second at 89, Zetter Rifle club top Old Guard trophy 255 to 245, TL Ford of Marines taking Spencer match 71.
An application filed in the County Recorder office names James Buffington as involved, with JT J Dutton of La Prairie presenting details. Elm Grove Stock Farm is identified as the place connected to the filing.
The article recalls a recent airship raid over the London metropolitan district, noting minimal strategic damage. It describes random explosions damaging a pub, injuring a sleeping woman, and killing two children in a crowded workers' block, while arguing no public institution or power facility was harmed and questioning the raid’s wartime value.
R H Weihecht of Salt Lake City writes Citrolax is the best laxative he ever used. It relieves constipation sour stomach lazy liver and sluggish bowels and stops headaches almost at once. It provides a thorough flushing with no pain or nausea and leaves the system cleansed and wholesome. Miller and Arthur Drug Co. promotes the product citing positive remarks.
New York reports the Day of Atonement began at sunset and runs until the first stars appear tomorrow evening. It is the tenth day of Tishri ending the penitential period from Rosh Hashanah. Orthodox Jews fast for 24 hours, with exemptions for children the very aged ill health and nursing mothers.
A celebration of an expectant birth notes the joy of anticipated arrival and urges careful preparation for a happy event. Mother's Friend is touted as useful for easing birth, reducing agony and danger, aiding mother comfort, and promoting a strong, healthy baby with proven efficacy over years.
Testimony notes a Mexican detachment claimed only four men were present at the levee when American cavalry arrived. They said they did not shoot, while an American soldier was mortally wounded as he slept on the river bank. The other three hid behind the levee and reported no other Mexicans nearby.
SAN FRANCISCO Sept 17 The eighteenth annual American Mining Congress opens next Monday under Panama-Pacific Exposition auspices with hundreds of engineers and experts from across the nation to discuss conserving US mineral resources valued at about 2 000 000 000 annually amid vast extraction and waste. Committees finalized convention program and arrangements for delegates reception and entertainment.
Providence Sept 17 The Nar ragansett park one mile asphalt auto track opens tomorrow with a 100 mile feature contest. The material has never before been used in a race course in the country and experts will watch the results. Willie Haupt Peter Henderson Eddie O Don will race for a $10 000 purse in the inaugural event.
Financiers discussed a possible loan of half a billion to one and a half billion dollars and whether to include munitions. Some bankers said the decision must be made by Monday as the commission weighs exclusions. Amid the talks, foreign exchange strengthened with sterling at 4.73 and other currencies gaining.
Aly Howell, colored, charged with speeding on State street hard road, pleaded guilty before Justice Heckle. He was fined 25 and costs, paid promptly. He led the race for much of the time but finished behind and incurred the penalty.
Herbert Corey, a renowned war correspondent with the French army, reports that German forces have 42 centimeter guns planted near Nancy, capable of dropping shells that could destroy the city. He says the Germans fear French guns trained on a larger city, and Metz may be ready to fire when shells drop.
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