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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1917
Page
16
Social items note weddings and visits among Lidy Cruttenden DeCrow and Moriarty families. Miss Rudy to wed H P Kritene in Oshkosh. Attendees travel to Madison and Sheridan. Bettys and Bock Storck trips planned. Mission societies picnic in South Park. Numerous departures to Burlington Iowa Chicago Des Moines and Peoria for family visits and visits to relatives. Households arranging teas dinners and golf trips with friends and church groups in Quincy.
Miss Ruth McKelwain of Normal Illinois reports facial pimples covering her forehead and face for nearly three months. The eruptions burned and itched, waking her at night, until she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, then fully healed in a week. Free samples by mail offer Cuticura details.
Engagements announced for Miss Helen Prante to LeRoy Zimmerman at a garden party at 133 Selma St. They plan to marry Aug. 22 at the Prante home with Rev. Hamm officiating. Attendees included Edna Tomi michels and Bertha Bock with prizes won. guests from Chicago and La Grange. Also announced: Frances Ruth Anderson to Carl Shaw of Meade, Kas., with a fall wedding planned. Other brief items mention travel, lunch parties, and local licenses.
A luncheon at Hotel Newcomb will initiate a plan to create a permanent central advisory committee. W A Jackson will be temporary chair, P L Dickhut temporary secretary, inviting many clubs and organizations to send delegates to support city welfare and cooperate with the city council on improvements.
Walter Christian Mewes and Miss Helen DeWitt of Tinswell were married at 5 o clock Friday by Rev W D Endres in the parsonage of the First Christian church. The couple will begin housekeeping at once on their farm near Timewell.
Miss Mary VandenBoom daughter of Mr and Mrs H A VandenBoom 1236 Spring Street married Saturday in Chicago to George Camnes also of Chicago. Miss VandenBoom had lived in Chicago for a number of years.
Miss Lethia During of Mt. Sterling and Orval N. Hurdle of Augusta were married Saturday afternoon in the parsonage of the Vermont Street Methodist church by Rev. G. F. Oliver.
Mr and Mrs P H Kickhoefer of 627 13 Maine street left Quincy at 3 am Thursday in their car for a Wolf Ridge fish fry. They traveled Camp Point, attended the picnic, and met many old acquaintances. They returned Friday at 10:30 am after visiting Clayton Bow en Golden and Loraine. Kickhoefer said he met friends not seen in 17 years.
Nogales Ariz Aug 5 P Elias Calles governor of Sonora Mexico has resigned and his resignation has been accepted by the legislature elected recently Adolfo De Lehuerta former governor of Sonora said here while en route to Mexico City via Laredo Texas
Mrs Mary J Lamb of 1116 Columbia Ave Chicago declares in a letter that the war is Gods laundry and that she has sent three sons to the marine corps while her fourth son is too young. She says there are no slackers and she supports exemption boards and urges no mothers to seek exemptions.
Austria-Hungary banks hold a very strong position says the Vienna correspondent of the Amsterdam Handelsblad. Deposits reserves and profits are higher than ever and in 1916 dividends rose. Banks invested in shipping, estates, cafes, theaters and stores, fueling a broad consolidation and profits across industry and commerce.
A testimonial claims Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy cured eight years of diabetes and helped a Dayton, Ohio resident return to work. The ad asserts a 40 year tested formula made from herbs and beneficial ingredients, sold by druggists with samples available for ten cents.
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