Local social items and club notices in central Illinois
Mrs. MzAdems hostesses and fourteen guests enjoy a table centerpiece of red carnations as several social clubs meet. Jefferson school marks conservation week with songs and drills led by J LeRoy Adair. Friendship class at First Christian hosts a social and missions drive with a promise of funds if a goal is reached. YWCA hostess house plans advance with donations sought for chairs rugs and stove. Two church sales planned by Unitarian and Central Baptist. Waffle supper hosted by Mrs Knittle. Mrs Edward Prince returns from Cheyenne. Golden Rule lodge staff hosted by Miss Mattie Schulte. Card club meets Monday with Julia Bacon. Emery Lancaster hosts Bide n-Wee club luncheon. Revue during play Seven Chances features songs by Mr Fifer and others. Conservation display at Scovill window with advice on saving fats and remodeling garments. Mrs J C McConnell to visit Chicago for holidays with grandson Bradford. Miss Liza Hane of University of Illinois to visit Monday. Fern McKenzie leaves for Galesburg. C W B M meets. St Mary academy benefit for French orphans. Miss Ella Rogers returns from New York.
Allied envoys press China to halt civil strife
In Peking on December 2, American, British, French, Italian and Japanese ministers met President Hsu Shih-Chang and conveyed a memorandum urging an end to the ongoing civil strife and inviting both sides to pursue reconciliation and peace efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Peking
Hsu Shih- Chang
Associated Gvernments
China
Daily Talk on Germs and Child Health in New England
An elderly grandmother denounces contemporary health measures for babies, while a reflective scene in a New England town recalls dead infants and past epidemics. The piece contrasts old skepticism with modern vaccination and sanitation, noting a 36 percent drop in child deaths from 1911 to 1921 based on life insurance data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Ettn
Ocean’s
Quincy News Briefs and Personal Notices
Quincy items report John W. Plowman in town for bankruptcy duties and other officials, influenza cases at St Mary hospital, hats on sale at Davidson Millinery, Red Cross activities, hospital transfers, and residents traveling or ill with flu with local social notes. A range of short notices covers appointments, exams, and church activities in Adams county.
Mrs Beatrice Hale to Speak on Food Conservation
Mrs Beatrice Forbes- Robertson Hale will speak on December 11 about the food administration’s year ahead. She has spent the past year lecturing nationwide and will discuss duties to starving European countries and the expected food shipments for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Forbes- Robertson Hale
Food Administration
Doings Of The Parent-Teacher Association Meeting
Mrs. M. Edward Fawcett spoke on the practical side of Parent-Teacher associations at Berrian school. Miss Helen Comstock, a conservation week speaker, discussed conservation of food and clothing. A social hour followed and attendance was good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Edward Fawcett
Berrian
Helen Comstock
Dewey School Piano Fund Social Planned by PTA
A PTA meeting at the Dewey school outlined a piano fund social set for the coming Tuesday in the school auditorium. Truman Pierson spoke on the Chamber of Commerce and Quincy questions, praising the Dewey organization's War Savings Stamp efforts and John E. Wall's leadership. Mrs. Pierson emphasized booster ideals and the need to instill loyalty and town pride in every child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Parent-Teacher Association
Truman Pierson
Chamber of Commerce
Quincy
Pierson
John E. Wall
Washington PTA Meeting Highlights Conservation Week
Washington School hosts a Friday PTA gathering with a popcorn sale and dress clothings sale run by district women. Mrs. L G Hall spoke on conservation as pupils staged readings and a fifth grade playlet Children of the Great War. The service flag will be dedicated at the Christmas play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington School
Washington Parent-Teacher Association
L. G. Hall
Dwight Carter
Clara Boeing Ryther
Helen Rothgeb
Frances Reeder
New Rates On Grain Sought By Commission Action
Washington Dec 7 carriers in central freight association territory asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to set new grain rates. Proposals include proportional or re shipping rates on grain and by products from Chicago Peoria and St Louis to Atlantic seaboard territory to restore rate equalization after recent general increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Freight Association
Chicago
Peoria
Illinois
St. Louis
Atlantic Seaboard
St Louis Prepares Aerial Mail Service
St Louis will begin an aerial mail service to Chicago Kansas City Oklahoma City and Memphis by mid January Mayor Kiel announced. The city will spend about $25000 on the project and details were described as proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Here
Chicago
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Memphis Tenn
Kiel
Fey
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Nicholas Stall
Mrs Nicholas Stall died at her home 925 South Sixth street after a week with pneumonia. Born in Quincy August 24, 1879 she was 39 years 3 months 12 days old. Survived by husband in ill health five children and extended Hoener Brant and Meyer families. Funeral notice to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Stall
South Sixth Street
Quincy
Henry Hoener
Edward
Benjamin
Richard
Albert Hoener
Charles Hoener
Camp Wheeler
Charles Brant
Chester Meyer, Jr
Chester Meyer
George
Mabel
Florence
Ruth Stalf
Hospital ship Comfort delays eased by navy update
Washington December 7 anxious over delayed Comfort with wounded Americans aboard eased by navy department report that the hospital ship last departed from Europe to evade a heavy threat, providing a clearer situation amid the transport delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comfort
Pittsfield Lodge Names Officers for 1918 Part I
Pittsfield Modern Woodmen of America lodge No. 642 to install officers in January Head Consul Talbot to attend and deliver address Banquet to follow. Newly chosen officers include Consul John B. Moore advisor Dan B Bircherd banker Claude F E Watters clerk Fred W Niebur escort Bentley Caughlan watchman Ernest Duff sent Albert Heck deputy Charles Dulaney trustee Paul Coley Also notes influenza delays teachers exam and numerous local residents traveling or ill with flu amid wartime material shortages and war-related restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Ill
Pittsfield Dam
Modern Woodmen of America
Talbot
John B. Moore
Dan
B. Bir¢cherd
Claude FE. Watters
Fred W. Niebur
Bentley
Laura Sutton
Roadhouse
H. Colvin
William KH. Green
Circuit Court
Freda Foster
David Foster
Laura Hough
John Hough
Raymond Binns
Terrfll Bradburn
Chicago
George Hiops
Minnie Scanland
St. Louis
Inlaw
Gus Scanland
James Kelley
Newburg Township
Claud Durrall
Pleasant Hill
Earl & Grigsby
F. M. Lewis, Jr
Woman's Relief Corps
Emily Burbridge
Milton
Bert A. Burbridge
Hugh Shive
Bliss Shive
Cleo Milligan
Atlanta
William H. Cannon
France
Local residents make short travel visits across towns
W H Tenny made a business trip to Brookfield Thursday. Mrs Henry Drescher of Shelbyville spent Thursday in Quincy. Mrs Earl Bates went to Tannibal Wednesday to visit Mrs Eph Vaught. John Miles, recently ill, was able to return to his workplace. Mrs Ellen Gosney visited her sister Mrs J L Gillaspy in Leonard. Miss Nell Combs spent Wednesday with Mrs N A Moss at Clarence. Mrs Tom Collins spent Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Grace
J.C. Blackburn
Kansas City
Mra. Geo. Townson
Fred Smith
Francie
Hannibal
Wordmaa
Mary Koff
Lee Sears
Lillian Vaughn
Paris
T. W. Lyell
H. Myers
J. W. Plowman
Madge Blackburn
Brookfield
Mary Weeden
Sallie Burke
Lakenan
Shelbina
Chas. Baynum
Monroe City
Penser
W.H. Tenny
Henry Drescher
Shelbyville
Earl Bates
Tannibal
Eph Vaught
John Miles
Ellen Gosney
Leonard
J. L. Gillaspy
Nell Combs
N. A. Moss
Clarence
Tom Collins
Old Paris Skating Rink Opens for Allied Soldiers
The Paris de Glace in Paris opens in October as a free amusement venue for American and Allied troops. It offers hot soup and food, two weekly boxing matches, vaudeville, and films. Directed by Dr. Thomas W. Graham and Miss Elizabeth Gilman with four assistants, the rink serves all uniforms in the allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Paris de Glace
Champs Elysees
Pollu
Tommy
Chicago
Frisco
France
Palais de Glace
Thomas W. Graham
Minneapolis
Indictment Issued Against Toy Makers in Treason Case
Federal grand jury returns treason indictments against Herman Wennels a German navy officer and Albert Paul Fricke of Mount Vernon NY American rep for a German toy firm. Both men have been jailed for months at Tombs Prison after denial of bail.
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New York
Herman Wennels
Albert Paul Fricke
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Tombg
Fakarsl
Gathered notes from Green City visitors and locals
In Green City Missouri T H Irwin visited Jefferson City to see brother Hon W C Irwin on business. Naomi Lias from Gem City Business College spent Thanksgiving at home. Phoebe Vaughn of Wirksville visited W C Green. Jemima Muncy is critically ill with pneumonia after influenza. The flu is easing but cases remain. Lorens Lohr is very ill and near death from old age disease. Maude Lohr from Sidney, Indiana visits grandmother. Mrs Geo Lehr and Mabel of Kirksville visit mother-in-law. Frank Brown of Kirksville visits relatives after recovering from a fall in Oklahoma City. Job Bailey and wife rush to Chillicothe as daughter reports husband dying of influenza. Tom Beatty goes to Kirksville to visit daughter. A Sherman Osborn child fell into a well. Vern Lehr rescued the child with a rope, minor injuries but bath‑cool.
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T. H. Irwin
Jefferson City
W. C. Irwin
Naomi Lias
Gem City Business College
As Boyce
Kansas City
Phoebe Vaughn
Wirksville
W. C. Green
Jemima Muncy
Lorens Lohr
Maude Lohr
Sidney
Geo. Lehr
Mabel
Kirksville
Frank Brown
Frank
Oklahoma City
Job Bailey
Chillicothe
Tom Beatty
Sherman Osborn
Vern Lehr
Western Canada backs farmers with huge finance push
Winnipeg reports that Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta will gain access to about 100 million dollars from mortgage companies and banks to support grain farming after soldiers return from overseas. Governments will extend aid, fund farm equipment, and promote long term rural credits as interprovincial talks consider transferring natural resource control to provincial governments with Estevan Sask noting coal deposits and factory plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Canada
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairies
Wester Canada
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Estevan
Sask
Industry and prosperity spellings differ in mame context
The fragment notes a spelling discrepancy between industry and prosperity and hints at confusion over the mame. It suggests a discussion of linguistic variation or typographical inconsistency without providing a clear event, date, or attribution. Further context would clarify the specific source and intended meaning.
Were You Ever a Poor Child Good Fellows Appeal
A Quincy newspaper urges readers to become Good Fellows for Christmas. It highlights aid to over 300 needy children through Miss Gay Baxton's Cheerful Home, and invites voluntary support without fixed pledges. A local businessman signs as a former poor kid, asking readers to sponsor ten children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Whig
Miss Gay Baxton
Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce
President Wilson Receives Churchill Dispatches Aboard Ship
President Wilson read Winston Churchill's renewal pledge of British naval supremacy via wireless to the press aboard the George Washington. He showed keen interest but made no comment yet. The voyage toward the Azores continues as Wilson conducts pending correspondence and prepares for France talks.
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U.S. S
George Washington
Associated Press
Wilson
Winston Spencer Churchill
France
Azores
Admiral Mayo
Pennsylvania
President commutes desertion sentences at Camp Shelby
Washington Dec 7 President Wilson commutes the death sentences of Privates Thomas T Barnes and George T Walker from a military court martial at Camp Shelby Mississippi. The war department reports the tax sentences were reduced to years imprisonment at hard labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wison
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Thomas T. Barnes
George T. Walker
War Department
Hurdabor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. MzAdems
George McAdans
Carrie Hoxey
J. W. Arnold
Lewistown
I . Crump
L. C. Mudd
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
The
Eagles
D. King
N. EB. Laughlin
E. Ervine
E. Mennel
E. Bardon
Mrs. Arnold
John T. Arnold
Edina
Arthur Roy
Jefferson School
J. LeRoy Adair
First Christian Church
William Jellison
American Missions
Jellison
Effie Adams
Second
Hampshire Streets
Board of Education
Unitarian Church
Miller and Arthur
Central Baptist Church Women's Society
Joseph Knittle
Newcomb Hotel
Erimeier Delicatessen
Mattie Schulte
Golden Rule Lodge
D. of R
Kentucky
Julia Bacon
Emery Lancaster
Biden-Wee Club
Will Sinnock
Guido Jones
A. Fifer
C. Arthur Fifer
Henry Snyder
Mr. Fifer
Mr. Pifer
Scovill
Halen Comstock
Genevieve Lusk
Home Bureau
Miss Comstock
Mirzi Lunk
J. C. McConnell
Fred Bradford
Alan
Bradford McDowell
Mrs. McConnell
New Rochelle
Miss Bane
Liza Hane
University of Illinois
Miss McKenzie
Fern McKenzie
Galesburg
Dorothy Dayton
Trene Seaton
the Empire
Ross Dickson
John Smarr
St. Mary Academy Hall
Ella Rogers
James Walker
Walker
Miss Rogers
Ruth Gameron
E. M. Miller Co
John W. Plowman
Missouri
J. H. Rice
Rice
St Mary Hospital
Crooks Bros
Freibank
Palmyra
Chris
Marvin McGinley
Davidson Millinery Co
I. W. Bingaman
Adams County
Red Cross
Frank Yockey
Beardstown
Davidson Millimery Co
Bert Wessels
Louis Musolino
Stella
St. Mary Hospital
Frank Warmker
Washington, D.C
C. Warmker
E. F. Bradford
Los Angeles
Louise Bradford
Joseph Hoffman
Post Office
John Heller
Horace Heller
Rockville
Ind
Henry Taylor
Taylor
George Rimson
Elmer Brinkman
Moorman Manufacturing Company
Brinkman
Hull
George Cawthorne
George Aschenbrenner
North Twelfth Street
Blessing Hospital
George Sullivan
Elgin Hospital
Smith
Qewists
Temple
Roy Bennett
Franklin
Harold Suman
Beatrice Forbesroertson Hale
Berrian School
Dewey School
Shelbina, MO
Old Paris
Yank Retreat
Green City, MO
Santa
Churchill
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