Be A Good Fellow For the Poor Children Of Quincy At Christmas Time
An appeal urges readers to join the Good Fellows charity in Quincy this Christmas. It asks adults to donate toys, candies, mitts, garbments, or small gifts for needy local children, with The Whig providing names and ages to tailor selections. Members are invited to clip a coupon, submit details, and deliver gifts to brighten impoverished homes, rekindling the Santa Claus spirit.
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Quincy
Order of Good Fellows
Santa Claus
Rotary Ladies Night Dinner Sparks Festive Quincy Evening
The Quincy Rotary hosted its annual Ladies Night at the Country Club with about 170 attendees. J Barlow served as master of ceremonies while Arthur Dunn of United Cereal Mills and J Russell Williams shared speeches. Musical numbers by Ralph Snyder, a lively “what gets my goat” contest, and a moving picture feature from the Nassas City convention highlighted the program. Awards were given for the best guesses on attendance, and jokes and song filled the night as Rotarians and their guests enjoyed the event past posterity as a landmark gathering.
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Quincy Rotary
Country Club
Joseph Cl Barlow
Arthur Dunn
United Cereal Mills
Quincy
Rotary
J. Russell Williams
Artilery Officers School
Ralph Snyder
Turkey
Hubby
Will Fifer
Joe Barlow
Joe
Tom Black
Charles W. Leffingwell
Charles Nichols
Nassas
International Rotary
Quincy Hosts Chief Jacobs Guests and Local News
Quincy officials Perry C Ellis and John Myers met in Springfield with public utilities leaders to discuss city affairs. The issue list covers officers elected in fraternal lodges, fire department achievements, a police return to duty, influenza cases, draft registrations, a Masonic meeting, and a street accident involving Pearl Pryor.
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Jacobs
Perry C. Ellis
John Myers
Springfield
Public Utilities Commission
Fete
Patriotic melodrama at the Orpheum draws mixed crowd
Otis Oliver Players staged an intensely patriotic melodrama at the Orpheum Monday night with a German gardener villain and a spy plot. Dick Lee plays a naval officer in love with a German spy who uses his beloved to aid the Kaiser as the truth emerges. Bessie Dainty shines as the title heroine. Dudley Miller and Jack Reidy also praised. Henry Ford Weekly photoplay noted. Ralph Snyder absent but expected today. orchestra enhances the show.
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Otis Oliver Players
Taylor Bennet
Germany
Dick Lee
France
Red Cross
Bessie Dainty
Dudley Miller
Irene
Jack Reidy
Henry Ford
Daily Business
Ralph Snyder
Orpheum Orchestra
Clemenceau Praises Foch At Paris Embassy Ovation
London Dec 3 French premier Clemenceau closed a reception at the French embassy with a claim that without him Marshal Foch would have had no command. The event honored Marshal Foch who received another extraordinary ovation.
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Clevenceay
London
M. Clemenceau
Marshal Foch
Waas
Representative Mann Returns to House Leadership
Washington December 3 Representative Mann of Illinois resumes active floor leadership of the Republicans in the house after months away due to illness.
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Washington
Representative Mann
Uilnels Hag
House
Plans for Constitutional Convention Campaign
Attorney George H. Wilson and Julius Kespohl returned from Chicago after attending a constitutional campaign committee session. The telegram announced a 74 239 net majority for the convention proposition in the last election, and organizers outlined steps to convene the convention in Springfield with 102 delegates. Carter remains head of the ongoing campaign, which will design a delegate selection plan and ensure qualified representatives.
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George H. Wilson
Julius Kespohl
Chicago
Constitutional Campaign Committee
Secrrtary of State
Emmerson
Wilson
Kespoh
Adams
Springfield
Missouri Livestock Awarded Blue Ribbon
Fyvie Knight a Purdue entered junior yearling purebred Angus won the grand championship at the International Livestock Exposition Monday. Kansas Agricultural College claimed top honors with Victor Hessler and other named animals placed across Hereford and other breed events. University of Missouri and University of Minnesota entries also ranked in grades and crops categories.
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Chicago
Fyvie Knight
Purdue University
Mounday
Kansas Agricultural College
Victor Hessler
Far West
California Marvel
University of Calfornia
Purdue
Town State College
University of Missouri
Missouri
University of Minnesota
Pancy Rupert
Kansas AL
Town State
Lucy
Will Press Holland To Extradite Kaiser
Liverpool report states Sir Frederick IX Smith the attorney general told The Echo the British war cabinet with colonial representatives has unanimously decided to press Holland to extradite the former German emperor.
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Liverpool
Frederick IX. Smith
The
Echo
Holland
Labor convention in Bloomington weighs resolutions
Speeches and the presentation of scores of resolutions occupied the time of the Illinois American Federation of Labor convention Monday in Bloomington. Strong pleas were made for the publication of a national labor paper. The resolutions were referred to committees.
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Bloomington
Man Prefers Early Kicking Over Football Career
A quotation suggests it is better for a man to perform minor kicking acts than to grow into a full football player. The remark contrasts small athletic acts with a broader self-development path.
Thanksgiving visits and illness weave through Camp Point
In Camp Point and nearby towns families share Thanksgiving visits while the influenza epidemic casts a shadow. Numerous residents are ill with influenza or pneumonia, including Mrs. Orville Hunsaker and Mrs. Otto Zeiger, with care by nurses and doctors. Several parish and school activities are postponed, and locals such as Ruby Little and Anna Mabel Gay adjust plans as illness spreads.
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Hennick
Mempnhia
Tenn
Nell Hennick
Ollie Walling
Mary and
Martha
The
Christian Church
Bert Castle
Galesburg
Rankin Castle
Everett Miller
Clayton
Orville Hunsaker
Roy Bowers
Bernice
Bradford
Waller Ward
Fred Wright
Plymouth
Emerson Griswold
Alonzo Nations
Roy Reed
Henry Shultz
Tom Clark
Fowler
Rollo Castle
Frank Roberts
Julia Simmonds
Ella Slade
Yeargain
Otto Zeiger
Ruby Little
J. A. Dorsey’s
BE. Hendrickson
George W. Cyrus
Chicago
Joely W. Creekmur
Chas, Getts
Arthur Adams
Will Adams
Red Cross Society
Ray Adams
Camp Jackson
S.C
Isaac Cutter
AL Ob
A. M
Thr Grand
al Oal M
John Fleury
Paloma
Camp Balint
Everett
Points
William Adams
Jefferson Erry
Terry
Anna Mabel Gay
Gretchen Hoke
Local Officials Reappoint Janitor and Aide Sheriff
Sheriff Joan A. Davis re appoints William Perry as janitor of the courthouse and county heating plant and to act as deputy sheriff. Miss Maud Brenner has been ill with influenza but is improving. Sun Island Levee and Drainage district commissioners conduct business in the city. Eighty care packages prepared for expeditionary forces. Mrs Charles T Scanland to entertain Ladies Aid. Rev A J Flannigan to hold quarterly conference. Karl Kern to marry Pearl Thomas at her parents home with Rev J C Brown officiating. Kern to Navy hydroplane division. Pearl a Wike County Democrat staffer. Roy Beauman visiting from Wesleyan Univ. Miss Genevra Thomas at Illinois College visiting. Mirtelen Hassett joins Pike County Democrat composing room. Churches plan elaborate Christmas programs.
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Joan A. Davis
William Perry
Perry
R. A. Shive
Maud Brenner
Sun Island
Red Cross Committee
Court House
Charles T. Scanland
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
A. 3
Flannigan
Quincy
Karl Kern
Misa Pearl Thomas
James
Flo
Fred Kern
Newburg Township
Navy
Washington, D.C
Wike County Democrat
Roy Beauman
Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Red Beauman
Genevra Thomas
Ilinois College
Jacksonville
J. 8. Thomas
Mir Telen Hassett
Pike County Democrat
Illnesses and troubles hit Griggsville residents
Mrs Nelle Morris cared for Edward Johnson fighting pneumonia as flu spreads. Miss Fisie Courtney visits Villa Park. Driscoll at Wabash ill with influenza threatening pneumonia. A Quincy nurse arrives to help. Ed T e s ler works second shift while third shift waits for a replacement. Ross, third shift operator, out with flu. Mona Phillips called to Cornel Hafls for work loss due to eldest child’s influenza death. Mrs Irene Riley bedbound after chair accident.
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Nelle Morris
Yerry
Edward Johnson
Fisie Courtney
Villa Park
Portmeaster
A. P. Ferseuson
Driscoll
The
Wabash
Pneu- Meng
Quincy
MB Bread
Ed Tes Ler Fe
Ross
Mona Phillips
Corneil Hlaffs
Harry Weems
Weems Ras
Leah Phillips
Irene Riley
Jina
Seventeen Year Gap Marks Guthrie Visitor Reunion
Mrs. C. C. Johnson of Guthrie Okla visits her sisters Mrs. Irvin Love and Mrs. Joseph Dyer. Mrs. Green Kneeland and daughter Vivian Jeanette of Astoria visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wheeler. Glenn now works as ticket agent at the new Astoria passenger depot. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Biledge of Chanute Kan visit L. B. Elledge and family briefly.
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C. C. Johnson
Guthrie, Okio
Irvin Love
Joesph Dyer
Green Kneeland
Vivian Jeanette
Astoria
Jacob Wheeler
Glenn
Clayton Biledge
Chanute
Kan
L. B. Elledge
Plane Crash Kills Brauback Injures Sohn in Ohio
Daeton Dec 3. J. A. Brauback of Kansas City was instantly killed and Lieut. J. Sohn of Washington state injured when their airplane fell at 2:30 PM in West Springfield, Ohio. They had departed from Wilbur Wright aviation field near the city.
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Orio
Daeton
Zdeut
J. A. Brauback
Kansas City
J. Sohn
Washington State
West Springfield
Ohio
Wilbur Wright Aviation Field
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Camp Point
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