Women and Events Highlight Social Forum Reports
Reports from the civic section of the Women s Forum detail visits to the detention home and police matron with appeals to aid girls returning from reform schools. A vaccination fee issue prompts a committee to meet the Board of Health. Various social events, club meetings, guest visits, and upcoming dances and teas fill the week, with travel plans and wedding preparations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Forum
George Wall
Carl Hofmeister
J. W. Westerman
Board of Health
Thomas Crooks
Ray Oakley
Eugenia Dudley
Gay Braxton
More Sporting To Have The Courage To Stop
A narrator recalls a couple who hike hard and endure fatigue for sport. The piece contrasts their vigor with coworkers who push beyond tiredness to count endurance as virtue. It argues overexercising is as harmful as indulgence and that true sport is knowing when to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. R
Nuxated Iron Endorsed By Generals For Soldiers Camp Use
Dr James Francis Sullivan and several high ranking officers praise organic iron Nuxated Iron as a powerful tonic and blood builder. They claim it restores strength endurance and buoyancy, with cases cited from General Gibson Gordon Clem and others. Instructions urge two five grain tablets three times daily after meals for two weeks and promise refunds if not satisfactory. Distributed by multiple city druggists including Miller and Arthur and Kiefer's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
James Francis Sullivan
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Westchester County Hospital
Horatio Gates Gibson
Beatt
Mexico
David Stuart Gorton
Gettysburg
Gordon
John Lincoln Clem
U. S. Army
U. S Army
Clem
Jaodge
Samuel 8
Yoder
Army
Oynion Vet
Mib Ltrtme
Sullivan
Generala Gibson
Miller and
Arthur
Kiefer
Brown and Mays Drug Co
J. B. Bernbreck
War garden talk and PTA programs in Madison and Franklin
C W Garman speaks on war gardens at the Madison school Friday afternoon during the Parent-Teacher Association meeting. Mrs Constance Ellis talks on playgrounds as eighth and ninth graders sing. Franklin school hosts C M Gill and Lyman McCart for a PTA meeting at 7 25 PM. A Jackson PTA musical program features Mrs E F Black and Miss Mabel Ahern on playgrounds. Mrs J E Adams and Mrs James Riggs told Lincoln school women about war relief sewing, joining weekly community meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Garman
War Gardens
Madison
Parent-Teacher Association
Constance Ellis
C. M. Gill
Lyman McCart
Franklin
Parent- Teacher Association
The
Jackson
E. F. Black
Housewives’ League
Mabel Ahern
J. E. Adams
James Riggs
Lincoln School
Y W C A NOTES
The Business Women's club will hold a meeting this evening after supper. The new French class will meet tonight and can accept a few more members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea King
Business Women's Club
Utilities Board Must Pay For Transcripts
Springfield Hil April 18 The supreme court ruled transcripts of evidence covering costs of the public utilities commission filed in court contest cases must be paid for by the commission The decision arose from a rate dispute in Sanga mon county circuit court involving De Kalb County Telephone Co seeking higher rates The ruling will cost the utilities commission thousands of dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Hil
Public Utilities Commission
Commission
Supreme Court
Sangamon County
de Kalb County Telephone Company
The
Utilities Commission
Mississippi Storm Kills U S Soldier at Camp Shelby
A tornado struck Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg Mississippi on Wednesday killing Private Vaughn Deekman of Marion Indiana and injuring about a score of soldiers and civilian workers. The twister tore a seventy foot wide path through the camp leveling small buildings and causing property damage in the thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
Apri
Vaughn Deekman
Marion
Ind
Camp Shelby
Here
Housewives League to Open Local Store Saturday
The Housewives League will open a women’s exchange store on Maine Street between Sixth and Seventh Saturday morning. Members, led by Mrs. E F Black, will accept handwork or cooking items for sale on a commission basis to aid families affected by men at war. Dues are minimal. no membership dues for those selling items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housewives League
E F. Black
Maine Street
Chamber of Commerce
Jessie Caldwell
Housewives Leagues
Quincy
Housewives of
America
High School Notes Spotlight Liberty Drive and School Teams
Subscriptions totaling 32100 have been turned in as students assist Mr McKinnay and Mr Jackson with posters banners and literature for the third liberty drive Mrs Maida Lee Fosgate will address the students and a stronger campaign may follow Patriotic music will open the morning program Basketball team finished undefeated in regular season with Harold Bush as captain Four students Elmer Wilson Milton Lubber Mack Smith and others are serving at Jefferson Barracks and four new stars adorn the school service flag Emma Holmer leaves for New York to marry Leroy L Little with Ida May Rush to replace her in the English department
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinnay
Jackson
Maida Lee Fosgate
Welsh
Bush
van Steel
Lummis
Steinbach
Farnsworth
Timmerwilke
Moellering
Garner
Farrar
Hokamp
Harold Bush
Jefferson Barracks
Emma Holmer
New York City
Leroy L. Little
Ida May Rush
Hannibal
Elmer Wilson
Milton Lubber
St. Louis
General Engineering Corps
Mack Smith
Coast Military Division
Mehrman Boltgrafe Wedding at St James Church
Holggrafe and Fred J Mehrman wed at noon Wednesday in St James parsonage with Rev. Hamm officiating. Quincy natives plan to reside after a visit to Denta Illinois, where Mehrman is partner in Mehrman and Holtman. Cramsey and Gochl wedding follows at St Joseph Catholic Church with reception for forty and planned farm life near Mendon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehrman-Boltgrafe
Guss
Holggrafe
Fred J. Mehrman
G. D. Hamm
St. James Church
Quincy
Denta
Mehrman
Mehrman and Holtman
Cramsey
Oehl
Anna Gochl
Joseph Gochl
George Cramsey
Mendon
St. Joseph's Catholic
Father Reinfels
Jewel Goehl
Minstrel Show Benefits Red Cross at Camp Point
April 18 at Bailey opera house Camp Point M E church party presented an old fashioned minstrel show to aid the Red Cross. The program featured five Negro ushers and a mix of songs, readings, and a play The Belles in the Kitchen. The event ended with patriotic numbers. The Phil athea class expects to raise over thirty five dollars for the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Point
M. E
Bailey Opera House
Red Cross
Opera House
Essie McWilliams
Ysa Meatheringham
Fay Cossart
Ray Miller
Charles Huber
Kentucky
Gal
Dixie
Chesapeake Bay
Clifford Huber
Maud Curry
Tamborine
The
Hotels and Saloons To Receive Ice After Hospitals
Chicago ice dealers set an order limiting ice supply to hospitals and private homes before hotels and saloons. A 50 cent per hundred pounds cap applies to hospitals and private consumers, with higher charges possible for hotels or saloons during a severe ice famine. Secretary John P. Boyle notes over 70 percent of plants shut down due to an 80,000 ton ammonia shortage. government seeks relief by building unit ammonia plants, but first plants not ready before August 1 and will hardly ease this year's shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John P. Boyle
National Association of Ice Industries
Boyle
Erie Canal to be operated by railroad administration
Director-General McAdoo ordered the Erie canal taken over by the railroad administration to relieve freight traffic. G A Tomlinson of Duluth will direct barge construction and operation. This marks the first inland waterway under the railroad administration with more canals likely to follow. Barges to be built in two to three months for intensive use in late summer and fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McAdoo
Erie Canal
Railroad Administration
G. A. Tomlinson
Duluth
Minn
Committee On Inland Waterways of the
Sedition Bill Sent to Conference by House
Washington April 18 the senate added stringent amendments to the sedition bill and it was sent to conference by the house Wednesday with partisan debate continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron Remedy Ad
An advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla with Peptiron as a spring tonic. It claims relief for rheumatism, improved appetite, healthier complexion, and renewed energy, noting iron content and stomach toning benefits. Hood's Pills are suggested as a cathartic addition for constipation and liver ills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Personal and local notes from Quincy area
Carl Lege returns from Chicago after surgery at Augustana Hospital and plans rapid recovery with Scudders Gale Grocer. Elks meet with several candidates to be initiated May 1. Dr Chapman on vaccination discussed. Postmaster Lummis celebrates birthday while nursing a cold. Birth announced for Arthur Schelp’s son at Blessing Hospital. Ladies' Aid bazar set for April 18 at Ninth and York Street church. County Clerk Smith’s son Hunter sends a high explosive shell souvenir. Wabash hospital transfers and local hospital visits noted. Safety First club meets. election clerks to receive checks. United Men's League reports on July 4 South Park picnic to aid soldiers. Lectures by Charles Ohrenstein at First Church of Christ Scientist. Moose hall whist for Quincy soldier boys in France. Local arrivals, departures, and steamer traffic at Keokuk and Quincy ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lege
Chicago
Augustana Hospital
Quincy
Scudders Gale Grocer Company
Wiskirchen
the Elks
Dr. Chapman
Elmer Lummis
Sarah Lummis
Paloma
Arthur Schelp
Payson Avenue
Blessing Hospital
John Bowman
St. Mary's Hospital
Soldiers’ Home Hospital
Ladies’ Aid Social and Bazar
Ninth
York Street
W. J. Smith
Hunter
Motor Department
United States Army
United States
George Bradney
Timewell
Wabash
Stannus
Hampshire St
H. N. Bryant
North Fifth Street
Salinas Valley
Cal
Bryant
Louis Stebbe
State Street
Lyman McCarl
Leroy Frazer
Sylvester Dwyer
Chapman
Henry Ultman
Fred J. Mehrman
Legal
Gussie Holzgrafe
D. H. Simmons
Jim Simmons
van Buren Street
Theresa Harrison
Mendon
W. D. Bowen
Anna S. Bowen
Vermont Street
L. Vance
North Seventh Street
Hot Springs
Ark
Safety First Club
William Schild
South Twelfth Street
Henry Wenning
United Men's League
St. Peter Church Hall
South Park
League
Charles L. Ohrenstein
First Church of Christ Scientist
Boston
Globe
Maccabees
Moose Hall
Quincy Soldier Boys
France
W. A. Fowler
Gem City Business College
Gillian
C. L. Martin
Hannibal
Kentucky Street
North
Eighteenth Street
Advance
Keokuk
Kansas City
Missouri River Navigation Company
Keokuk Dry Docks
Burlington
Alabama
Hampshire Street
St. Louis
I W W Defendant Is Bolshevik General
Chicago April 18 twelve men forming the first panel of veniremen to be examined in the I W W espionage trial were turned over to the defense. Judge Landis adjourned as the defense prepared to question the second man. The prosecution retains challenges over the panel. A letter revealed William Kormak, earlier indicted with the I W W, was serving as a Bolshevik general in Russia. A veteran note remarks on housework in past eras.
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Chicago
George F. Vanderveer
Landis
William Kormak
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Mildred Carley
Luella Howe
Payson
J. H. Thompson
Pittsfield
Mass
E. Hewitt
S. Johnson
North Sixth Street
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Royal Engineers
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Essex
London
California
E. F. Bradford
Los Angeles
J. L. Tapp
Louise Keith
Mooseheart Legion
Curtis Anspaugh
William Schlagenhaus
Jefferson Street
Shakespeare Club
Alice Osborn Hedges
Emil Krietemeyer
L. G. Ost
John Koeneman
Emma Gardner
George Riedinger
Snahpro Dia
Snahpro Dia Club
Emmett Howard
Frank Wible
Maywood
H. D. Stillwell
F. G. Hopke
W. F. Gerdes
Clarence
South Twenty-fourth Street
Arcade Hall
Red Cross Treasury
J. R. Walker
W. F. Kirtley
Charles Carr
G. A. Bauman
P. S. Jones
Anna Deters
Katherine Deters
Hugh Renshaw
Miss Deters
Ruth Cameron
James Francia Sullivan
Westcheater County Hospital
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Utilities Board
U. S
Red
Dockstader
Chas. H. Fletcher
Pure Ice Company
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