Funeral Today for Rowe McClure of Carthage
The body of Rowe McClure, nearly 81 and longtime county resident, arrives from New Mexico to Carthage. Services set at his mother's home today at 2:30 p.m. with Dr. D. E. Johnstone officiating. Burial at Moss Ridge. His widow Georgia West McClure survived. Also noted are the Woolf family obit and community items including a college concert and church events.
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Carthage
Lil
Rowe McClure
Nara
Visa
New Mexico
E. McClure
West Wabash Avenue
D. E. Johnstone
St. Cyprian’s Church
Moss Ridge
Denver
Elzie McClure
McClure
Colorado Springs
Arizona
California
Albuquerque
Georgia West
Nara Visa
Colchester
West
AfcClure
Leonard McClure
Rowe
Crateces E. Woolf
Miss.Woolf
Newark
Ohio
Jonn E
Eliza (Young) Woolf
New Jersey
Frances
William Lf
Woolf
Miss Woolf
Bright
Miss Eliza
Shell
O’harra
Eliza
Monmouth
China
Augusta Swan
Toledo
Wool Sisters
Ward I. Boyd
Presbyterian Church
Moss Ridge Cemetery
Feeling Bad Tonight Feel Good Tomorrow Patent Remedy Ad
An old fashioned advertisement for Foley Cathartic Tablets promises quick relief from upset stomachs and headaches. It claims to cleanse the stomach and bowels, improve digestion, and act as a tonic while guaranteeing Foley & Co. products from Chicago. Miller Arthur Drug Co. distributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Chicago
Miller & Arthur Drug
Inside bath craze urged as health reform
Advert says drink hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to flush stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Claims internal cleansing cures headaches bilious attacks foul breath stomach trouble and impure blood. Promotes internal sanitation as superior to external bathing and sells limestone phosphate at drug stores.
Catholics Plan Federation of Local Catholic Charities
Adams county branch of the American Federation of Catholic Societies meets in Knights of Columbus hall to discuss forming a federation of all local Catholic charity groups. A January 7 meeting will include talks by Elizabeth Kuhlman and Linnemeyer on visiting nurses and plans to hire one in Quincy. Many Catholic organizations are urged to send representatives.
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Catholic Associated Charities Federation
Charity League
Adams County
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Knights of Columbus
Elizabeth Kuhlman
Linnemeyer
Quincy
Bazar at St Mary's Academy Three Days
A bazar is held at St Marys Academy during the first three days of this week with hours 9 am to noon and 2 pm to late afternoon. Wednesday features a Christmas program with instrumental pieces by Misses Pfeiffer Ernest Kinney Powers Palmer Liggett Dick Moller Meyer Winking Michael and more.
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St. Mary's Academy
Academy
Ida Pfeiffer
Margaret Ernest
Glenna Kinney
Elizabeth Powers
Dorothy Palmer
Lorene Liggett
Frances Dick
Gertrude Moller
Gertrude Meyer
Cornelia Winking
Pauline Michael
Elas Hold Services In Memory Of Dead
Memorial services of Quincy lodge No. 100 of the order of Elas were held Sunday afternoon in lodge rooms, annual tribute to six dead: S. C. Hunsaker, G. W. VandenBoom, Dr. S. T. Rice, C. H. Williamson, C. E. Brockman and Ben G. Vaser. About 200 attended as rostrum and music featured Mrs. David Shontze, Miss Grace Perry, Mrs. Clyde Sears. Rexdale of Rock Island delivered the memorial talk. Wall gave the eulogy. Absent members addressed by J. W. Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Lodge No. 100
Order of Elas
Quincy
S. C. Hunsaker
G. W. VandenBoom
S. T. Rice
C. H. Williamson
C. E. Brockman
Ben G. Vaser
David Sho
Robert Rexdale
Rock Island
J. Will Wall
Rexdale
Israel
Plato
Abdallah
Bethlehem
Christ
Calvary
J. W. Wall
Roin
Many Kinds of Craft Winter In Quincy Bay
A bustling Quincy Bay scene shows boats piling along both shores as winter storage and decay mix. Skiffs, houseboats, wreckage, and cargo vessels crowd the banks while the Gordie Eastman Frontenac and a large barge anchor upstream. The Somers torpedo boat and steel hulled government steamers Muscatine and Nauvoo are wintering further in the river.
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Quincy Bay
Government House
Gordie Eastman
Frontenac
Wisherd
Somers
Muscatine
Nauvoo
Farlow Quits for Live Stock Board Appointment
Friends of W O Farlow of Augusta urge his appointment by Governor Lowden to the state live stock commission. Farlow helped during the foot and mouth scare, pushed shipping openings, and lobbied against Kiernan’s critics before a U S Senate sub committee. A pioneer Adams county figure now in Hancock Maine, he is a longtime Republican with wide livestock support.
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W. O. Farlow
Augusta
Gouvernor Eiect Lowden
Live Stock Commissioners
Farlow
United States Senate
Chicago
Kiernan
Adams County
Hancock
Illinois
Road oil for Adams county highways and lessons from Kansas
A reader argues for oiling roads as the best, cheapest way to improve public highways. He cites travel in Kansas and Sedalia experiences, describing oiling, grading, and drainage as key, warns about failed macadam and mudholes, and promotes oiled dirt and gravel roads as superior while noting frost resistance and moisture control.
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Adams County
Kansan Han
Kansgasg
Humboldt
Kansas
Sedalia
Imits
Inaradain
St. Louis
Kansas City
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Relief From Rheumatic Pains
An old time blood tonic, Hood's Sarsaparilla, is advertised as effective for rheumatism by purifying the blood and improving digestion. The ad claims severe pains disappear as the blood is cleansed and the digestive defect corrected. It urges readers not to suffer and to obtain Hood's today.
Rain Effect on Oiled Roads Stirs Local Comment
John B Flatzen of Clayton reports on December 4 that a long slow rain three weeks earlier left oiled roads unusually dry the next day while other roads remained muddy. He recalls striking a match at 10 AM to light mail box area as sun struggled through haze.
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John B
Flatzen
Reply to J. 8 in Wriday's case in The Whig
A letter from NLU. BL of Quincy dated December 4 defends union labor at the Quincy barber shops. It argues J. 8S. misled the public, calls him a victim of circumstances, and claims union men earn more than ten dollars per week. The writer asserts December 1 wage standards and urges fair wages for barbers.
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Wriday
Tsae
Congress
Quincy
Christenings Reported for Steinbeck Cochrane Herndon Family
Marion Laura Steinbeck daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Steinbeck 620 South Fourteenth christened Sunday at 2 pm by Rev I W Bingaman Hazel Katherine Cochrane daughter of Mr and Mrs Tim Cochrane 537 North Sixth christened Saturday at St Peter Church by Rev Father Driscoll Sponsors were Mr and Mrs Jack Herndon
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Marion Laura
Arthur Steinbeck
South Fourteenth Street
I. W. Bingaman
Hazel Katherine
Tim Cochrane
North Sixth Street
St. Peter Church
Father Driscoll
Jack Herndon
High School Seniors To Stage Three One Act Plays
A senior class committee including Francis Enright Estella Landwehr and Justin Carpenter appointed by class president Merle Johnson will select two one act plays to be presented by the class. The plan calls for three plays in one night with at least one original work. Clarence Lineberger, the dramatics director, will oversee the entertainment. An early Christmas performance was hoped but unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Enright
Estella Landwehr
Justin Carpenter
Merle Johnson
Clarence Lineberger
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Rowe M'Clure
Francis Woolf
Miss Frances Woolf
Warsaw
Wm. H. Woolf
Miss Frances
Wm. H
Ull
Christian Church
Z. W. Gibson
C. W. Blom
Lawten
EK. M. Smith
Knight
Rowena Califf
Nettie Wright
Ethel Lovitt
Gibson
GC. W. Blm
Shish
Alma Horney
Y.L. M
Mary Booz
Triangle Circle
S. M. Parr
E M. Robbins
Adams Hancock County Dental Society
Adams-Hancock and McDonough-Fulton Dental Society of Iminers
Macomb
Pace Hotel
Amlisses
Edna
Ola Trustan
O. W. Slusten
Burlington
Olga
Centerville
Iowa
Lile Meaux
Upland
Penn
Philadelphia
Dennis Meaux
Seaboard Casting Co
Public
United States
Boy Scouts of America
Catholics Plan Blo Charitable Order
ELAS
Quincy National
Bank
Fed Reserve Bank—Un
Clayton
NLU
Western Union
THE
Western Union Telegraph CO
Salko
Reed’s Drug Store
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