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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
8
Fall fashion hints highlight navy serge and plaid skirts dominating the season. Velvet skirts with bold checks, piping, and fur trims appear alongside pleated and tailored styles. fabric ranges include navy serge gabardine poplin and broadcloth with specific yardage for a plaid navy skirt and mentions of drapery avoidance.
Oscar Stollberg proprietor of the St James saloon reported a burglary attempt a back door hole near the lock found Monday morning the intruder fled without entering. A voice note confirmed no entry was made. Julia McCloskey will probate lists payments to Maggie Muldoon Kate McCloskey Thomas McCloskey St Rose of Lima and remaining to niece Maggie Muldoon executrix. R T Schafer returns from Chicago convention of the International Association Displayment Aug 7 to 10 with participants from across the country and Japan.
Two taxicabs collided at Sixth and Hampshire streets at 5 15 Sunday morning. The Snyder Taxi company vehicle suffered a broken wheel and wrecked top while the Coffey Taxi company car sustained a bent fender.
The steamer Dubuque reached the local port early Monday morning and departed about 9 o clock for the south with a good freightage. The steamer Keokuk sailed at 3 o'clock in the afternoon for Keokuk and Burlington.
A group of Quincy youths planned a Sunday supper on the river but due to rain they canceled and had a picnic at Miss Marie Stahl's home. The party included Mr and Mrs Williams Irma Bastert Georgine Cottrell Sarah Arnold Katherine Abels Jessie Weems Brady and others. several members planned travel and teaching appointments are noted.
An all day mission meeting is set by the Salem St Peter and St Paul churches in South Park for Sunday September 3. Trustees agreed to a union service with union Sunday school at the usual hour and missionary services at 10 o clock led by Rev John Balzer and Rev W Junk. Hugh Schessler will direct the music. Families should bring dinner as no meals will be served. A special collection will fund missionary work.
Taken suddenly ill Sunday evening Rev N M Rigg of Vermont Street Methodist church unable to lead services. Rev I W Bingaman of Luther Memorial church led the service. Rigg has since recovered. Salem church Young Peoples' society monthly meeting to be held this evening in the school hall.
Bertha Johnson field secretary for the leper mission died recently while presiding at a meeting in West Virginia. She was remembered for visiting Quincy last February and spending a week in the city and nearby towns.
The annual St Louis German Methodist Episcopal conference will meet in Peoria from September 5 to 10. Quincy delegates include Rev Emil Goetz Rev A H Hertzler Rev Frank Gruenewald Miss Cornelia Gruenewald and Rev William Schulze. Noted speakers include Bishop W A Quayle of St Paul and conference secretary Mrs F D Zimmer. Rev Hertaler will speak Sunday evening.
Miss Cornelia Gruenewald, missionary to India, spoke at the German Methodist church during the Sunday missionary program. Her address contrasted the bright and dark sides of work in India and detailed the current situation there.
Miss Heck, a Pittsfield native and graduate of Pittsfield High School and Macomb Normal School, has been engaged as a third grade teacher for Decatur schools.
Special music and talks accompanied a large collection aimed at missionary work. The Epworth League of the First German Methodist Church will stage a lawn social on 344 and 336 South Twenty Fourth Street Tuesday evening, with a Thursday rain date if necessary.
Reverend George Long of the Quincy diocese will oversee a large church pageant in October for the Protestant Episcopal convention in St Louis. More than 2,000 participants will perform a full history of the Episcopal church from its founding, produced by F J Mc Masters.
Gipson of Ardmore and Dean of Jacksonville wed Monday in a ceremony officiated by Judge Lyman McCarl. The couple, unescorted, will reside in Jacksonville after the nuptials.
Judge Lyman McCarl united James Ray McHargue and Lisa Ray Phillips in matrimony in Humphreys Missouri. The county court ceremony took place on Monday with both partners residents of Humphreys.
Semifinals secured in the Country club golf tournament with Weems Sinnock Stillwell and Frank Sinnock advancing in the championship flight. Switzer Wilms Pfeiffer defeated. First and second flights see survivors and one match remains to decide fourth entrant. Finals planned for early September with a week for remaining matches. Harvest Home Picnic set for Aug 24 in Putnam's woods North Thirty-sixth street with Freese band and lunch service.
A speaker urges simplifying life and home by clearing out bric-a-brac. The essay uses a bride's cluttered room as a metaphor for possessions, prejudices, conventions, and fears that hinder happiness and efficiency, arguing for dusting and decluttering both material and mental spaces.
Lure promises quick relief from a tired lifeless feeling through Dr King’s New Life Pills. Buy a box for 25c at druggists and take one or two tonight to wake with a clear, improved morning.
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