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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1915
Page
5
An old advert touts Waw-Waw sauce as a tasty, pure condiment without spices or coloring. It claims digestion benefits and compares flavor to Worcestershire, selling a bottle for 50 cents through local grocers.
Griggsville area residents report weekly travels and visits to relatives in Columbia Missouri Indiana and Timewell Ill Ada Moore prepares to wed Tom Wilson of Buhl Idaho Miss Bertha Gray plans wedding and departure to the west Ann Walker returns from Quincy with millinery purchases Charles Kennedy infant ill Louise Phillips marries McKenney heads to Illinois orchard H S Hunter family plans Quincy and St Paul trip plus various visits and errands across the region
Mrs. Mary Johns rents rooms from Mrs. Daniels while plans for winter are decided. Families travel between Perry Griggsville Ursa Quincy and Denver for visits with relatives. Names include Florence Hume Mary Fifield Opal Holeman Annette Whittaker V. C. Peckenpaugh and Clyde Huddleson among others.
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatic symptoms in men and women. It also regulates bladder issues in children. One bottle provides two months of treatment and is offered by mail for $1.00 with testimonials available. Dr WW Hall 2926 Olive Street Saint Louis Missouri. Sold by druggists.
Prof Crafton visits next week while Mrs Harrington and daughter Mamie of Griggsville spend Wednesday with W H Wilson family. J H Hardy enjoys a new Crow car. The Presbyterian picnic in Watkins Grove attracts over a hundred, led by Sunday school superintendent C M Bradbury. Attendees include out of town visitors from Altus Pittsfield Quin cy Mt Sterling Blue Island and others. Charlie Walker and Arthur Grieve own new autos. Andrew Buchanan tours the west to expositions and three brothers in Washington. Mrs Charles Leeh i called to Griggsville by illness of daughter Mrs J W Rust.
An advertisement urges use of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for ordinary injuries and infections from small cuts and scratches. It claims antiseptic healing, infection prevention, and benefits for skin blemishes, pimples, and eczema, advising readers to obtain an original 2 ounce bottle from a druggist.
A string of visitors and travelers are noted in Kirksville and nearby towns. Mrs G V Lehr and son Ralph from Kirksville joined relatives in the city. Hon W C Irwin from Jefferson City visited his mother en route from Milan. Carl Magee of Kirksville spent part of Sunday and Monday at home. George T Payne travels to Kansas City to visit his brother Pharis in a hospital. Dr McCutcheon of Huntley Mont visited his father in law Wiliam Taylor and other relatives. Mrs Foster Dorsey and daughter of Kirksville also visited old acquaintances early this week. Miss Mary Anderson, once in Hancock Hi, returned home. Homer Fear of Kansas City visited his parents briefly. Guy Oatman and wife of St Joseph visited Homer Birdsong and wife. Sam Lewis of Cincinnati, Ta, visited Melvin Osborne and wife. Herman Martin and Emmett Davis left town for a sight seeing trip to Derniver Cal. Next week marks the tenth annual Green City Fair with preparations complete for a record year and many events planned for visitors.
Noted Catholic prelates scholars editors and laymen from across the United States gather in Toledo for the fourteenth annual American Federation of Catholic Societies convention. A pontifical mass in St Francis de Sales Cathedral opens the event tomorrow morning, followed by a procession by a field band of thirty pieces from the Mission Church of Boston. A mass meeting at the Coliseum will feature addresses by national figures.
Details from a secret Duma session in Petrograd disclosed on August 10 that an inquiry has been opened to determine responsibility for the deficiency in war supplies.
After discovering a loss, readers are urged to telegraph their lost item to The Whig for public notice. The notice emphasizes swift contact to recover a missing watch or other item.
John J. Meints as administrator of Cabus Franzen deceased filed July 27 1915 a petition in Adams County Court seeking authority to sell real estate in Adams County Illinois northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 33 township 2 north range 5 west to pay debts. Defendants Harm Franzen Margaret Block Catherine Miller Ida Ostendorf Cobus Martens Bertha Martens John Martens Harm Martens residents of Illinois are summoned to appear at the September term in Quincy to answer or demur to the petition.
Harry S. Mull is named as executor of the estate of Heary Mulligan in a probate notice. The filing lists Govert & partners as attorneys for the executors.
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