Social and Fashions in Quincy Society News
Quincy school and social notes highlight Miss Lorena Reeder’s first recital at Quincy College of Music with Frances Hodgen Burnett’s The Dawn of a Tomorrow. The column covers dances, weddings, visitors, engagements, and local address changes, including plans of Mrs. Dean Richardson and family and Easter celebrations.
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George Hartung
Quincy College of Music
Lorena Reeders
Dean Richardson
Adelaide Richardson
Chicago
Thomas Austin
Galesburg
Marshall Fitzgerald
Edison Dean
Harry Frazier
Quincy
John Frazier
Fitzhugh Richardson
Addie Cantrall
S. Wilcox
Carl Yeargin
Lawrence Gunn
Everett White
Bill Bates
Coatsbury
Milton Bross
Even as you and I in the schoolyard reflections
A reflective piece on children learning generosity and selfishness shows a boy reluctant to part with his whistle and a collection of bottle stoppers. It contrasts childish naivete with adult pretensions, recalling a biblical view that worldly hopes fade like snow.
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Bruce
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Summer frock styling for daily wear and elegant evenings
The article describes a versatile summer frock easy to reproduce in spring fabrics such as dotted swiss and chiffon. It suggests options from morning rock to dinner wear, with a loose fall blouse waist, decorative revers and collar, dotted or embroidered trims, and simple sleeves. It notes fabric choices, trims like footing and net, and the practicality of a ribbon or sash accessory.
Cure for a Fearful Child by a Clever Mother
A mother recalls helping her four year old overcome a terror of the dark by turning fear into play. They invented "blind seek" hiding five toys in a dim room, guiding the child to confront darkness with curiosity. The technique transformed fear into fascination and the child became fearless. Also noted are two steamer movements on the Illinois river with vessels Steel City and Orion passing Quincy.
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TP O
Billie
Steel City
Hhinois
Keokuk
Orion
Burlington
Quincy
Onion
la Creest
Wis
Quincey
Safe and Sure Home Remedy Endorsed by User in California
P A Efird of Conejo California writes that Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is the best cough medicine for his family and himself. He cites that it cures severe colds and chest soreness without opiates and protects against bronchitis pleurisy and pneumonia. He notes its soothing effect on inflamed surfaces and relief for croup whooping cough and la grippe coughs. Tiller Arthur Drug Co. carries the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Efird
Conejo
Calif
Foley
Woman Avoids Operation After Pinkham's Potion
Astoria resident Mrs. John A. Koente credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving her health after two years of illness and avoiding surgery. She describes persistent chills, back pain, and fatigue, and says she recovered enough to eat and sit with her husband within two weeks of starting the remedy. The letter encourages others to seek Pinkham guidance rather than undergo surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
John A. Koente
Flushing Avenue
Pinkham Laboratory
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Lydia KE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Iconfidential
Lynn
Rass
Local school groups plan events and meetings this week
The Dewey school PTA met to organize a home cooking sale at the gas office this Saturday. Shakespeare and card clubs held meetings with noted attendees. plans include May 6 and two-week follow ups at several homes. The YWCA MWB club to present Miss Fearless and Company Thursday night at Webster school. Modern Novel club hosts husbands at Mr. and Mrs. Mohrenstecher home with Wayside Inn guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher's Association
Dewey School
M.C. Wittman
E. P. Wolf
M. W. B. Club
Miss Fearless and Company
Webster School
Association Rooms
Modern Novel Club
Otto Mohrenstecher
Ernest Wood
Wayside Inn
State Survey of Camp Point Soil
State university undertakes a multi year survey across Illinois with Camp Point serving as a temporary headquarters for three researchers Harves Richie and Washer. Each ten acre plot is analyzed to determine soil composition profitable crops and possible improvements with charts prepared for farmers.
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State Survey OF
Camp Point
The
State University
Ilinois
Harves
Richie
Washer
Afr
Harvey
Betty
Will
Mr. Washer
John
East Freemont Street
Danville
Isaac Cutter
Jeff
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Quincy Society
Ruth Brown
LaBelle
George Washburn
Argus Club
Arcade Hall
J. H. Landwehr
Baby
St. Louis
J. H. Bredenbeck
Mrs. Landwehr
Mary B. Hyde
Ottumwa
Miss Hyde
A. O. Lindsay
Sixteenth
York Streets
Lawrence Best
William Sinnock
John Schlinkmann
Colombia
W. S. Schlinkmann
Mascoutah
Til
Reinard Schlinkmann
Julia Dralle
Payson Avenue
Wiss Grace Dodge
J. M. Irwin
Grove Avenue
W. A. Barbour
Anna
Piedmont
Virginia
Emery Lancaster
Blessing Hospital
Frank Weems
M. K. Weems
Helen Leonard
Florence Hering
Arthur Wilson
William Hayworth
Silas Ilayworth
Knights of Columbus
John McFaddon
Tacoma
William McFadden
Thomas Dorman
Montclaire
N. J
George Tielme
Springfield
George Ricker
Margaret Lyford
Edith Wilson Pollack
Helen Arrowsmith
Louis Bybee
Cathedral of St. John
W. C. Cone
James Arrowsmith
Dickerson McAfee
Bybee
Oak Street
Otis Elevator Co
Chester Wilcox
Yeats
Diedre
Synge
Atlantis
Emma Beckmann
Emma Pohrmann
John Crawe
la Grange
Grand Lodge of
Cutter
Bloomington
Grand Lodge
Charles N. Fletcher
Carter
Fowler
Fletcher
Clayton
Golff
Rock Island
Golf
State Utility Board
Cam
Western
Sinois
Wolf
R. B. Wall
Jacksonville
Charles Allen
Ruth Liggett
Illinois University
William Liggett
Jack Akers
Taylor Road
Cicero Whitaker Road
Quincy-Taylor Road
BY Ruth Cameron
Mrs Homemaker
Tller & Arthur Drug CO
Shakespeare Club
W. T. Eddy
Shrew
J. A. Martin
Alfred Maggart
C. Connelly
Don Hoover
Roy Adair
Gunther
Rna
Watts
Halbach Schroeder
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