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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
8
The piece contrasts a friend recovering from illness with a lingering fear of living easily. It argues a soft life weakens body mind and spirit, citing well dressed middle aged women and a cynic’s view of them. It ends urging strength over ease with Phillips Brooks’ warning to seek power for tasks.
A fashion note highlights a long circular cape with a Napoleon swing, black satin lining bright silk, and a front opening near the collar. Velvet broadcloth and plush options are discussed, with emphasis on finish and lining. dolman wraps and finger-tip straight cuts rise in evening wear for early fall.
Charles E. Fitzgerald, division deputy revenue collector, visits Johnny L. Jones carnival shows to collect state revenue but finds it already paid. Crowds pack the grounds as animals, freaks, Dixieland Minstrels, and the monkey motordrome draw praise for cleanliness and quality.
A photo layout in the Chicago Tribune highlighted Edith Marie Kiem, 11, feeding white swans in a city park. Her mother Mrs Lydia Muench and sister showed the paper to Edith during a Chicago visit, surprising her with the feature. Several local residents and visitors are noted in social notices and plans across Quincy.
Chicago August 17 Senator Thomas J Walsh head of the western campaign for the Democratic National Committee returned from Washington with Henry F Hollis and Congressman Scott Ferns to resume organizing the campaign efforts. He announced plans to stay in Chicago through the campaign and named Hollis as chief of the labor bureau and Ferns as chief of the bureau of organization.
Congressman Robert W Bulkley of Cleveland becomes chief of the foreign language bureau and the new officials will assume duties at once, signaling a rapid start to the expanded program.
Vacation travel disrupts digestion due to water and food changes. Foley Cathartic Tablets offer a reliable, gentle relief without griping or nausea, easing sick headache biliousness bloating sour stomach bad breath and other bowel congestion issues. Miller and Arthur Drug Co.
Mrs. Daniel Linehan announces the marriage of her daughter Lina to Rev. E. Nelson Allen on last Wednesday in Portland Oregon. They will reside after Sept. 15 at 1034 North Ardmore Avenue Los Angeles California. The bride, a Quincy High School graduate and noted singer, was a leading soloist in Christian churches and a former student at the Quincy Conservatory of Music then the Chicago Conservatory of Music. She was part of the Elks quartet with Katharyn Linehan and Edith and Blanche Cohen, now scattered.
Miss Silvia Nedrow and Arthur Weiss were married Wednesday evening at the bride’s parents home, 932 Kentucky street, with Rev. Leemhuis of Salem Evangelical church officiating. Attendants were Lydia Seeland and Arthur Lueninghoener. About twenty guests attended and a supper followed. The couple will reside at 308 South Tenth street after house keeping.
Miss Edna Minch of Maywood Missouri and Richard Harry Smith of Durham were married in the Grace Methodist church parsonage on a Wednesday afternoon at 3 o clock by Rev. J O Kirkpatrick. Attendants were the groom's sister Mrs Pearl Schaller and her young son. They will reside near Durham where Smith has a furnished farm house for his bride.
From The Hague via London Aug 17 a German war usury bureau reports vast food frauds. Smugglers moved hundreds of tons of wheat rye and barley flour from West Prussia to Berlin selling at up to three hundred percent profit. Flour was hidden from stock takers and shipped as potatoes or machinery on night trains. Ringleaders include several government officials charged with connivance in concealing flour under false descriptions.
A Payson good roads meeting drew about 200 residents to the town hall as Judge Lyman McCarl Mayor W I Abbott Jackson R Pearce and Highway Superintendent L L Boyer urged voters to approve a 1 800 000 bond issue to fund 300 miles of permanently improved county roads funded partly by state funds. The event followed a week of similar meetings with future sessions planned in Beverly Melrose Loraine and others despite bad weather.
Albert Niemeyer and Edgar Heidbreder have bought the Wolf drug store at Twelfth and State streets and will take up stock Monday. Niemeyer comes from Reed drug store, seven years’ experience, while Heidbreder has worked with the Heidbreder chain at 1707 Broadway. Joseph Wolf will move to Detroit to reside, and Mrs. Wolf remains in Detroit awaiting her husband.
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