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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1919

Page

16

Entertaining and community notices fill Quincy pages

Long column of local social events, club meetings, charity bazaars, receptions, and visits across Quincy. Mrs. Kiemme hosts an afternoon in honor of her sister before a Rockford move. St James Bazaar and various church activities advertise luncheons, candy stands, and programs. Miss Nana Morris improves in St Louis hospital. Dr Yarros speaks May 2 in Quincy. numerous gatherings at churches, Knox and St. Peter schools, and private homes feature cards, dinners, whist, and rummage sales.

Kiemmers Emmett Howard Card Club J. L. Kiemme Rockford Seake Kiemme Yarros R. Rachelle Yarros Quincy Blessing Hospital Elizabeth Ball Women’s Committee C. N. 10

Easter Birthday Party and Local Visits Highlight Quincy Notes

Wirpa McNeal hosted an Easter party for eight at 1636 Kentucky street with games, a candy egg basket favor, and a cake with eight pink candles. Laura Hirth returns home after Easter. guests include Hannibal visitors Jennie Hollenbeak and sons and Chicago and Washington arrivals. Visitors from Wichita and Chicago, plus a Quincy day visit by Dr and Mrs Henry, Mildred, and Mrs McKinney.

Wirpa McNeal Kentucky Street Hannibal Jennie Hollenbeak Henry Jack H. ©. Channon Quincy R. W. Alexander G. H. Henry Mildred Hens McKinney el Dara, Ii

Will Become Easter Bride This Morning at Salem Church

Miss Vera Scharnhorst of 113d Payson avenue will wed John Parton at 11 oclock in Salem Evangelical church. Parton recently returned from the army and has made Quincy his home after coming from Edina. A wedding dinner will be served to forty guests at the Scharnhorst home after the ceremony.

Vera Scharnhorst Payson Avenue O'Clork Salem Evangelical Church John Parton Parton Quincy Edina Pruests Scharnhorst

Wild teasel and its use in cloth dressing

The teasel, though little known today, is grown to raise nap on cloth. The wild variety grows in English hedges and copies and blooms a purple flower in July. Its cloth dressing function has been partly superseded by wire brushes.

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St. James Bazar Sewing Society St. James Church Pred Fuhr Will Puester Edward Weitsenberger Will Hokamp Miss Morris Nana Morris W. J. Morris St. John Hospital St. Louis Morris Edna Morris C. W. Leffingwell Moline F. M. Pendelton Washington National Congress Basar St. Peter Evangelical Church August Reckstock August Hoener Vink Colchester Gayla Thompson West Point Til M. L. Thompson Oak William Berry Griggaville John Allen Robert Merritt Allen Charles Nichols Maine Street Griggsville Eagles Hall Chicago Mrs G. H. Dashwood Eleanor Cordon Eleanor Gordon Hamilton Russia Miss Gordon Unitarian Church Chamber of Commerce Raymond Robins Russi Women’s Forum Rev Gordon Women's Forum Knox Lerol Turner Fowler Turner Miss Turner Enid Ireland Reena Urban Esther Dorothy Hokamp Frances Eldred M. Mildred Bastert Mary Hutchinson Meyer, Ill Miss Hutchinson City East Maine Street Helen Calkins Galesburg A. N. Calkins Red Cross Keokuk O. B. Wood Memphis, Tenn Col Frank S. Wood Calvin Mrs. Calvin Ft. Madison Gustave Goebel South Twelfth Street Bertha Goedel Miss Shallenberg Nona Shallenberg University of Missouri At Columbia William Colman Julius Klemme Liberty Lassies Suzanne Piggot East Broadway South Side Mission Vermont Street Methodist Church H. B. Dines Becker Kenneth Vernon Rock Island Knox College William Becker H. E. Becker 18Th A. O. Lindsay East Jersey Street Charles Bartlett East Jersey Street Bartlett Frank Whitney J. W. Gardner Walter Willamson Timothy Castle Charles Gay Alexander W. H. Alexander E. A. Hardt C. W. Wanless Springfield St. Martha's Guild of the Church of the Good Shepherd Louis Ost North Fifth Street Mooseheart Legion Moose Hall Helen Freiburg St. Elizabeth Academy J. B. C. Freiburg C. Lawrence Wells Grove Avenue Ladies of St. John Roman Catholic Church 10Th Cedar Streets St. John_ school hall Spruce Streets Oak Camp Bridge Club J. S. Bacon South Eighteenth Street Gertrude Frame Allards C. H. Allard W. E. White Miss Stiener Rubert Bacon May Stiener Montgomery Ala J. A. Stilwell K. C The Knights of Columbus Rachelle Yarros C. Arthur Fifer Montgomery Smith F. H. Weems Michigan Gladys Paul Catharine Lannan Story Club Catharne Lannan Fritzi Mohenstecher Webster Emerson Miller & Arthur Drug Nociein Miss Hirth Laura Hirth Lombard College Kansas City Ted Carr Charles Carr Walter R. Saxton Washington, D. C E. D. Fawcett Howard Mays Wichita Mr. May J. L. Mays Hampshire Street J. E. Halligan Mrs. Halligan Mrs. Rogers Lottie Davis McLean Warners Warner's Sale Remedice Co Rochester, N.Y Gale Giles Bros West Side Square Weilers WELTE GO By Mam Georgettes Serges Foulards
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