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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1917
Page
2
Seven schools will meet in a district four interscholastic oratorical and extempore speaking contest Friday evening at the high school. Quincy is not represented though the event will feature high school chorus and orchestra with local judges and musicians.
A mother reports her child suffered months with itchy scalp and oozing eruptions. After using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills, the head healed following weeks of treatment. The letter promotes Cuticura products and offers free samples via Cuticura Department H Boston.
The program lists subjects and speakers with many schools represented in Quincy. Bede leads, Hartley Wall and Lineberger judge. Items include Mendelssohn selections, high school choir, extempore, glee club numbers, and student speakers from Galesburg Havana Rushville and other locales.
Navy recruiting officials announce urgent need for firemen and machinists mates. The drive targets trained personnel to meet wartime demands, with emphasis on rapid enlistment and cooperation from industrial leaders and patriotic groups to reach a 20 percent increase in these ratings.
Henry Konantz former Quincy grocer died at 11 15 am Tuesday at his home 1435 Hampshire street from heart disease linked to kidney trouble He was born October 10 1859 and lived in Quincy all his life He married Julia Luther twenty nine years ago He worked with Colburn Baker later bought the store and in recent years served as city salesman and collector for Pape Loos Milling He belonged to Good Shepherd church Modern Woodmen Bodley Lodge No 1 Mason and was active in the choir His widow one sister and several nieces and nephews survive Funeral arrangements have not been completed
Obituary notices Thomas Bxazer a 60 year old immigrant born in England died at his daughter Mrs Daniel O Neal home 618 North Sixth in Macon after a short illness. He had lived in Macon for five months and was an Odd Fellow for over 50 years. He leaves four daughters and grandchildren. Miss Julia Koch dies at 2 in the morning at 22 North Fifth street after two months illness. She was born in 1854 in Quincy and attended Vermont Street Methodist church. She leaves three sisters and two brothers. Miss Anna B Guelpen dies at 2:30 in the afternoon after brief heart illness. Born in Germany October 24 1845 she had lived in the United States about 24 years and leaves a brother in Germany.
Funeral services and burial details for Herman Jansen James E Roan Elizabeth Jones Joseph Meches Lewis Ebert and others are listed with times dates and locations. The text notes attendance flowers and family members plus multiple cemeteries including Calvary Greenmount and Woodland as well as churches St Peter’s Saint Franas and the August Stormer chapel.
The remains of Mrs. Catherine Adams who died in Canton Missouri will be conducted at 2 oclock Thursday in the name of her sister Mrs. Woelchert at 2018 Chestnut Trest. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery. A submarine kiss is mentioned in a stray line about a Chicago preacher.
Concluding arguments loom in Mina Slough versus Nicholas Kohl for 10000 dollars damages over a fall believed to have caused an ankle dislocation. The case, heard in circuit court, marks the main portion of Monday’s time, with Slough represented by Johnson and Babcock and Kohl by Walt and Peter. Earlier Monday the jury ruled for the railroad in an ejectment case against Christina Doerr at Bay Island boat house.
William J Schlottman of Quincy and Letitia M Bener of Quincy are listed in legal notices alongside August L Hickson and Stella Richards of Bowling Green Missouri. Other names include Elmer Ellermann of Burton Helen Chapman of Payson Fred A Bueter of Detroit and Irene M Bohne of Quincey. The fragment also notes multiple occurrences of sleeps lasting twenty years.
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