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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1919
Page
2
From nearby towns in Richfield Illinois and surrounding areas comes a roundup of visits and gatherings. Families including the Gallahers Brown Bartholomew and Rice clans share Sunday calls in Barry Hannibal and Quincy with updates on school repainting and sanitation efforts. Also noted are horse accident injuries and patients in Keokuk hospitals along with church attendance and clock changes.
Mr and Mrs Irrank Waters went to St Louis to buy goods for the store. Vance Stewart dislocated a wrist crossing a bridge with a stalk rake. Grandma Gamble nears 93 and is poorly at her daughter Mrs Rushs. Frank Wagg and family visited from Wainey. Lee Cunningham at Barry called at Phipp bats Sunday. Walter Hampshire and Rev Fletcher visited Barry Thursday afternoon. Ralph Tomiin lays the foundation for the realm at the M E parsonage. Ye Olden Time tea party by Missionary society well attended. Sunday school at Mo Om church 10 30 changed time 11 30 preaching. Born March 5th to Mr and Mrs Join Wasy Jr a daughter. Ralph Inman from St Madison spent Sunday with his wife. Mrs Rupert of Payson stayed with her daughter Mrs Wm Inman. Dillon Boren moved to the Testr property he bought. Mrs Ella and Miss Betty Lille visited Len Finchams Sunday. Home Improvement meeting at Payson drew a good crowd. Miss Idella Waters returned to her school at Evanston after a week away.
Mil lard residents Mr and Mrs Arnold Niederer spent Sunday with John Vradenbury. Bas co visitors Harry Hanetse and Anna Bawing joined by others called on Bas co and Quincy residents. Johnshipe, in service since March 1948, returned home with honorable discharge. Trev Murphy kept his Webster appointment Sunday morning.
Name mentions from Durham describe court attendance in Canton and many Sunday visits among local families. The report includes a church supper success, moves of O Hoskins and J R Briscoe travel, and a school event for teachers and pupils. A St Louis market note records hog prices at the Nation Stock Yards 24.85 per hundred, a yearly high.
An elderly advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a home remedy to darken gray hair. It claims natural look, easy sponge-in application, and gains in gloss and fullness after repeated use, with morning results and age-related aging noted.
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