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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1917

Page

8

Miss Prante to Wed L Zimmerman in Simple Ceremony

Miss Helen Prante of 641 Madison street will marry LeRoy Zimmerman of south Sev enteenth street today at noon. Rev. G. D. Hamm of St. Jacobi church will officiate. The couple plans a week or ten days abroad before living at 641 Madison. A miscellaneous shower honored Miss Prante, with Miss Ernestine Lusk hosting twelve guests. Walter Prante and Rose Schell are among attendees, and several locals were noted at social events in town.

Helen Prante Fred W. Prante Madison Street LeRoy Zimmerman Dan Zimmerman South Seventeenth Street Cora Sullke Freeport Gilbert Prante G. D. Hamm St. Jacobi Church Miss Prante Prante Ernestine Lusk

Fashions for Americans Awaits Hawaiian Dress Style

An American designer debuts a simple satin and chiffon frock named the lawaiian dress. The straight line silhouette dominates this season with a vivid red satin base, smoke chiffon overdress, and intricate satin embroidery at the neckline and waist.

Hannibal Quincy T tournament延期至九月

Hannibal Quincy Tournaments at Hannibal Country Club scheduled for Thursday have been postponed to September. Community news notes many local residents traveling, visiting or returning from trips to Chicago, St. Louis and the Ozarks while others attend meetings and lectures.

Hannibal Quincy

Social News Recap From Burlington Community Scene

RS Gerry Vandenboom to visit mother Mrs 4 former Miss Helen Thuman returns home after marriage. Adelaide Thuman to return with Mr James Blomfield, landscape gardener, who spoke on riverfront improvements before Burlington chamber group. Women’s Forum set September plans. Mrs H Cody hosted dinner for visiting Mrs Fred Davis of Los Angeles. Card party at Mrs Finley Carrott’s home features prize knitting yarn. guests include Miss Konena Urban and multiple local names. Roland Boswell back from St Louis via Carrollton and Springfield Il. several residents plan Chicago trip. Oak Camp R N A social club bids farewell to Eva Adams with silver hat brush.

Gerry Vandenboom VandenBoom Helen Thuman Adelaide Thuman James Blomfield Women’s Forum Chamber of Commerce Blomfield Burlington Forum Helen Beatty North Twelfth Street James Beatty Effie Bruenjus St. Louis Hermann Bruenjus Roy Ost P. J. Burgoyne Ida Bruenius Jessie Ost The Oak Camp Eva Adams Springfield E. Flowers

Churches Unite to Plan Celebration in Salem Area

Committees were appointed by United Men’s League of Salem St Paul and St Peter churches to report on plans for the four hundredth anniversary of the Reformation and the centennial of the Evangelical Synod founding. Services will be held all day Sunday Sept 16 at South Park with a Sunday school march, morning and afternoon sermons, and a large chorus from the United Glee Club. Rev In C Mauck speaks on Guiilic Indifference to Religion at East End church services. Women’s Guild hosts a trolley party to fundraise and sunflower day at Sunday school with pupils wearing sunflowers and smiles.

United Glee Club St. Peter’s Hall In C. Mauck Guilic East End Women's Guild

Duker and Meyer Wedding At St Rose Of Lima

Miss Edith Marie Duker and Robert H. Meyer wed at 6 30 in St. Rose of Lima church with Rev. Father Brennan officiating. Attendants Miss Irene Jackson and Roy Husemann. Bride daughter of Mrs Anna Duker. groom a machinist at Otis Elevator. They honeymoon several weeks and will stay with her mother this winter.

Duker-Meyer Edith Marie Duker Robert H. Meyer St. Rose of Lima Father Brennan Irene Jackson Roy Husemann Anna Duker South Tenth Street Mr. Meyer al Meyer Otis Elevator Company

Y W C A Notes On Summer Club Activities

The Summer club met at the YWCA Tuesday with knitting lessons taught by Miss Edna Pearce. Next week they meet at YWCA rooms then walk to Madison Park for tennis and a picnic supper. The MWB club gathers Thursday evening at Highland Park for swimming and a picnic dinner.

YY. W. Cc Edna Pearce Madison Park Highland Park

Marriage Licenses Issued in Quincy for Zimmerman and Prante

Henry Daniel Le Roy Zimmerman and Quincy Helen Caroline Prante obtained marriage licenses in Quincy. The record notes two names and the ages 21 and 19 respectively. Local clerk filed the civil record reflecting the union.

Henry Daniel le Roy Zimmerman Quincy Helen Caroline Prante

Little Rock Editor Jailed for Draft Law Article

Curtis Ackerman editor and proprietor of a German language paper in Little Rock Arkansas has been interned in the county jail by order of the United States Attorney General. Ackerman was charged with publishing an article that directly encouraged violation of the draft act.

Little Rock Ark Curtis Ackerman United States Gregory Ackerman

The Beautiful Friendship of Father and Son

A reflective piece on a father and his two sons enjoying a trolley ride and a future picnic. The writer notes how fathers often miss such adventures and how strong bonds with children form through simple, shared moments. It extols the value of father child friendship before formality and restraint grow.

Local Dinners and Travel Near Deer Ridge Attendances

Ernest Tobin and family Mark Gregory and family and Mrs Kate Allen of Williamstown were dinner guests of T L Allen and family Friday. E H Roberts and family plus William Allen and Charles Allen went to Monticello for medical examination under the selective draft. Joseph Chambers and family visited relatives near Shelbyville. Charles Allen left for Rochester Minn called by the death of his sister. Jesse Chambers of Quincy visited with Emma and Rena Baltzell Ida Fuller and others. Mrs Harry Forbes of Los Angeles and Mrs Florence Sears of Kirksville arrived to visit Deer Ridge relatives. Sears remained for an extended visit. Sterling Thompson, recently in the U S Army, was promoted and will spend two days with his parents before reporting to a new post.

Ernest Tobin Mark Gregory Kate Allen Williamstown T. L. Allen E. H. Roberts William Charles Allen E. l. Hilbert Monticello William Allen Joseph Chambers Shelbyville Rochester Minn Jesse Chambers Quincy Emma Rena Baltzell Ida Fuller Harry Forbes Los Angeles Calif Florence Sears Kirksville Deer Ridge H. M. Brosins S&s Baltzell Austin Clapp Forbes Sears Sterling Thompson U. S. Army

Central Umpire Drafted in U S Army Call

Peoria Aug 22 H B Jensen the youngest member of the central league umpire staff has been drafted into the first United States army and plans to report home to Terre Haute this week for his physical examination.

Peoria Ill H. B. Jensen Terre Haute

Remedies for menstrual cramps praised by reader

Margavine Pennsylvania letter recounts twelve years of crippling cramps eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Endorses the remedy for irregular periods, backache and fainting spells and invites women to write for advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.

Margavine Lydia E. Pinkham George R. Naylor Marysville Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass

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L. Zimmerman Miss Rose Schell Miss Schell H. J. Uhlenbrock Joseph Brookfield, Mo Uhlenbrock RS. Blanche West Carlton Ketchum Ketchum P. H. Gardner M. Reynolds Chicago Willard Sanderson Winifred van Doorn Payson Mary Seymour J. J. Monarity Forrest Knipe Maywood Constance Ellis Maine Street Jeanette Burrows Carthage Thomas Unn Mary Edison E. K. Stone Bessie Dean Young Ladies’ Sodality St. Boniface Church St. Boniface Clara Menke Agnes Hartman Rose Kientzle Cornelia Reinert Rudolph Tenk Pauline Ozarks Frank Morris Miss. Margaret Evans P. J. Mulley Morris Norbert Markus Fort Sheridan Markus France Thomas E. Thompson Victor Winters J. M. Winters University of Chicago Pennsylvania Frankford Arsenal Philadelphia Robert Williams W. W. Williams Gertrude Tenk Mount Pleasant Georgian Smith J. H. Crafton Louise Perry E. G. Bredeweg Lucille A. W. D. Weis Miss Arlene Henry Estes Park Miss Weis Ogentz M. J. Kreimeyer Port Arthur Texas S. M. Humphrey Kreimeyer Virginia Cone Thomas A. Brown Wyaconda Springs Rosalthia Payne Ed Rogers Ida Monroe Women's Relief Corps Eagles Hall Catherine *’. Thomas Corps Monroe City Otto Mohrenstecher Ada Kespoh Carlene Mohrenstecher Hampshire ST Swift Mrs. H. Cody Fred Davis William Anck Mrs. E. B. Montgomery RS. M. Finley Carrott Konena Urban Eleanor Ellis Georgena Cottrell Dorothy Boswell Georgann Castle Margaret Wells Eleanor Neilson Winnie Irwin Marion Wall Marion Crane Roland Boswell Carrollton Lake Forest Academy Garrett Schueller Phoenix, Ariz James E. Adams Cuttcura Dept. 66 Boston Y. W. C. A. Notes Ruth Cameron Father Deer Ridge, MO Tewcemsiers Onyx Wayne Kor Pioneer Butter Pioneer Creamery Co Spring Street Quincy, Ill
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