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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
3
American minister to Belgium Whitlock, respected for helping Edith Cavell, returned to the U S worn and nervous. A Toledo committee sought his Democratic vice presidential nomination, but he offered no details on Cavell or the war and indicated no official facts were available.
Brooklyn Illinois reports the hotel back in operation under the skilled management of John Stark formerly of Augusta. The piece notes returning patrons and a generally hopeful tone about local recovery with Thanksgiving visits and community events mentioned alongside weather and travel details.
The community reports numerous visits and departures including James Ouinan and family leaving for Los Angeles after two months with Mrs Quinan's parents. Others visit relatives in Hadley township, farms improve levees on Hadley creek, and residents attend a poultry show in Quincy with prizes. John Harlow welcomes a baby girl as Mrs. Griffith notes extended visits.
Miss Eula Dimmitt traveled to Kansas City Sunday to visit her sister Miss Wallace Quisenberry. Hale sisters Nan and Effie visited their parents in Shelby Sunday. Dimmitt O Bryen left for Center Missouri for a new position. Several residents saw the Missouri-Kansas game in Columbia Thursday. Rena Carney visited Shelby Sunday. Maurine Springsteen and Lora Garrett visited relatives in Lakeview from Thursday to Sunday. Emmett God returned home from Kansas Monday. Mrs Mary Evans of Kansas City and Mrs E H Welker of Shelby visited the Gadwell family last week. Mr and Mrs J P Green and son Joe of Chattanooga attended the Carmichael Prye wedding and were guests of Mrs Greed’s sister Mrs Nathan Ainétroub until Sunday. Ore B Epperson of Shelby studied Thanksgiving holidays at home in Macphy. Rev J A Muimpower went to Palmyra Monday to visit his daughter Mrs J M Losey. Mrs E E Carson and son Jack of Monroe City returned home Monday after a week with her parents. Marriage licenses issued last week include Ernest Glah and Lilian Harvey of Leonard, John Maupin of Lentner and Florence Churchwell of Shelbyville, Paul O’Daniel of Lakenam and Evalina Hawker of Hunnewell, William Weatherford of Lentner and Jewel Fisne of Duncan’s Bridges, Garson Carmichael of Bucklin and Mary Frye of Shelbyville, Homer Pope and Geraldine Calvert of Emden, Oliver C Valmier and Ettie J Baterrichter of Steffensville, George A Morris and Elva Adams of Shelbyville.
Mrs. Thos White of Atkins returned after visiting her mother. Gertrude Ehrgott’s eighth grade pupils surprised her on Tuesday for her birthday. Miss McNay of East St. Louis visited Mendon friends. Dr Johnstone is the new Zion church priest staying at Van Blair hotel. Mrs Ople of Quincy spent Thanksgiving with daughter Mrs Gay. J A club met at Mrs Geo Benson’s. Miss Harrison Nutt returned from Mt Pleasant due to her grandfather Dr Sigsbee’s illness. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Geo Rowbotham. a son born to Mr and Mrs John Mealiff last Sunday. Mrs Micnier, visiting Mendon friends, left for Indiana Wednesday.
Mrs. William Meierspoit of Meredosia hosted a midweek gathering as Luther Rice spent Monday in Jacksonville. Mrs. True Pond and children returned from New Berlin. Mrs. Plowmah visited her daughter Mrs. Strahen in Bluffs Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bolyard were also noted in the brief.
Mrs Wax and daughter visited in Jacksonville and Ray Pond and sister Iva returned Monday from Bluffs. Ed Dennis and Iva were in Springfield, Illinois, on Tuesday.
Speaker Clark invites Dr Anna Howard Shaw and other officers of the National American Woman Suffrage Association to occupy the speaker's gallery in the House on opening day as Mondell of Wyoming introduces the Susan B Anthony suffrage amendment. Senator Thomas, chair of the woman suffrage committee, agrees to grant a hearing on the amendment. December 15.
A fragmentary list from Marion County IA mentions M. Aker of Richmond Missouri, Leslie D. Rose of Palmyra, Ernest L. West and Jemmé R. Silver of Hannibal, Pearl Huester of Tialis, Claude B. Bowles and Leona Ly Me Pike, and Ada Williams on Hannibal, with Charles Dameins also named.
A fragment from The Whig mentions a lost watch parasol or similar item and instructs readers to telephone a Last ad to report the loss.
Edward P. Allen master in chancery will, by public vendue on December 28 1915 at 1 pm, sell the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 21 and excluded portions in Beverly Town Adams County Illinois for cash. The sale follows a 1915 Adams County Illinois circuit court decree in case No 3507 William W Robertson vs John W Robertson et al. Frank J. Penick solicitor for the complainant. The property lies in Township 3 south Range 5 west Fourth Principal Meridian.
Public notice from Adams County Illinois records announces claims against the estates of Lucinda Waddell and John B. Grawe deceased. Creditors must present demands for adjudication at County Court in Quincy on specified dates. debtors urged to pay without delay to executors Obadiah Frank Waddell and Bernard Grawe.
The advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as an emergency antiseptic that kills germs and neutralizes infection with a single application. It claims rapid pain relief and improved blood flow, urging constant keeping of the remedy on hand and offering 25c and 100 size bottles.
Marriage licenses issued in Marion County Missouri during the week include Ray Simms and Elsie Rontberg, Walter Pp Fowler and Nemiana M. Jode, Hannibal John C. Trotter and Dora Thrasher, A J Thompkins and Maud Perkins, Charles A. Manker and Edward A. Winant, George A Cary and Minnie L. Kizer, Ollie Maywood and Gertrude Gibson, and others from Pittsfield and Cuba locations.
Public notice in Adams County Illinois announces claims against Nellie M. Moore deceased to be presented for adjudication at the Adams County Court on the first Monday of December 1915. Executors and creditors are asked to settle or file claims promptly.
A brief notice describes a lost and found arrangement where the finder and the loser agree on a meeting place to recover or identify a missing item or person. The ad emphasizes coordinating a safe, neutral spot for pickup and verification.
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