Busy social season fills Presbyter ian church and town clubs
The Women's Guild of the Presbyterian church enjoyed a pleasant Wednesday meeting with Christmas songs and a talk by superintendent Eva K. Frields. Numerous society events follow including Ladies' Night at the Quincy Rotary dinner, a First Christian church bazaar, and multiple teas, bridge clubs, and club meetings.
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Women's Guild
The
Presbyterian Church
Chaddock School
Eva K. Frields
City Supervisors Await Spring Return of Legislation
The board is expected to pause action and defer pending bills until the spring session. Officials indicated no immediate votes or schedules, signaling a temporary halt in current legislative business.
Winter wheat and road fixes dominate county board session
The board of supervisors adjourned with most work done and only reports left. They cleared the claim desk and road questions, while pension petitions and winter committees loom. County Home visitors policy passed, and bridge aid allocations were approved for Columbus, Richfield, Honey Creek and Liberty townships as the session nears its end.
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Board of Supervisors
Oscar Arntzen
Judiciary Committee
County Home Committee
John Schwank
Columbus
Township
Richfield
Honey Creek
Liberty
Weather a Year Ago Today Fair Temperatures Reported
Weather note recalls a year ago with a fair day and high of 54 and low of 45 degrees. A branded medical elixir is promoted, claiming a cold cure in one day. The snippet ends with a signature line reading E. W. GROVE, 25e.
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E. W. Grove
Stork Feathers Found in Quincy Report on Local Finds
The notice mentions George Smith of the Knittel Show Case company planning to leave today for Columbus Georgia to join his family and stay through the holidays. It notes Mrs Smith has been in Columbus for weeks and a son was born there, one reason for Mr Smith to travel. Mr and Mrs George Koeman at 1427 North Sixteenth Street are also noted as parents of a recently born son.
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George Smith
Knittel Show Case Company
Colummbus
Smith
Columbus
Bor
George—Koeman
North
Sixteenth Street
Funeral services for Miss Matilda Hoerner held at St. Paul’s Evangelical
The funeral of the late Miss Matilda Hoerner was held yesterday afternoon starting at 2:00 from 601 Adams street and 2:30 at St. Paul’s Evangelical Church, with Rev. A W Fruechte officiating. Burial followed in Woodland Cemetery. Attendees demonstrated the high esteem in which she was held and floral tributes were widespread.
Give Those Worn Nerves a Rest
A Quincy woman reports relief from dull backaches and rheumatic pains after using Deans Kidney Pills. She states her kidneys became regular and she regained strength, noting no backache since. The ad urges seeking relief for tired nerves and kidney irregularities to avoid dropsy gravel or Brights disease.
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Dean
Bright
Quincy
I. S
Nations
S. 14Th
Brown County Farmers Institute Sets Three Sessions
Three Brown County Farmers Institute sessions will be at the Christian church in Timewell today with speakers W B Mills D P McCracken and Dr A T Peters lecturing on corn culture roads livestock diseases. Two Versailles sessions yesterday included the listed speakers except Peters. Tomorrow the institute moves to Mt Sterling for three sessions in the Murphy Opera House with additional talks by Prof E G Cooley on Vocational Education and Mrs H A McKeene on Domestic Science.
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Brown County
Citrolax Described as Fast Laxative by Utah User
A Salt Lake City reader praises Citrolax for constipation sour stomach lazy liver and sluggish bowels. He notes it stops headaches quickly and provides a thorough cleansing without pain or nausea. Miller & Arthur Drug Co endorses the product citing no griping or after-effects.
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R. .H. Weihecht
Salt Lake City
Utah
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Foley Kidney Pills Restore Health in Green Bay Reader Claim
A Green Bay reader writes that Foley Kidney Pills relieved back pain after long kidney trouble. He claims the pills “completely relieved me of all soreness and pain” and left him strong again, urging others to use the remedy to improve kidney function and eliminate waste. Miller Arthur Drug Co. advertises.
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Fred Smith
Main St
Green Bay
Wia
State road plans call for water bound macadam expansion
Supervisors yesterday approved extending the state aid road east of State street by about three miles using water bound macadam. The county will spend 9591 to cover half the cost with the state funding the other half. The project, 18 feet wide, aims to start next spring once weather permits and will involve replacing last fall’s completed section into the new length.
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State Street
Enoch’ Selters
Prominent Educator Visits Quincy Schools
George A. Brown editor of the School and Education section from Bloomington Illinois is in the city and will spend several hours this morning visiting the Quincy schools focusing on junior high work. The S L W Sewing club elected Miss Winifred Steinbeck president and Miss Ruth Anderson vice president and secretary at their Monday gathering at Miss Leylah Black’s home. The next meeting will be at Miss Agnes Hilgenbrink’s home on Maine street January 3. The First Christian church men hold their annual supper tonight at 6 30 in the church parlors with a welcome to all men of the church.
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Quincy
George A. Brown
Bloomington
Brown
S. L. W. Sewing Club
Leylah Black
Washington Street
Winifred Steinbeck
Ruth Anderson
Agnes Hilgenbrink
Maine Street
First Christian ‘Church
Hancock County Couple Wed In Vermont Street Church
Frank W. Graham of Hamilton and Nora Banks of Warsaw wed at 11 yesterday in the parsonage of the Vermont Street M E church with Rev N M Rigg officiating. Graham works for Mississippi Valley Public Utilities in Keokuk. They will spend several days here before returning to Hamilton. Preston P Shreve, formerly of this city, died of typhoid fever in Union City Pa Hospital. He is survived by his wife formerly Miss Carrie Almendinger, plus his parents two sisters and four brothers. He was a member of Modern Woodmen of America and the Protective Home Circle.
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Hancock County
Frank “W. Graham
Hamilton
Nora
Banks
Warsaw
Vermont Street
M/E
N. M. Rigg
Graham
Mississippi Valley Public Utilities Company
Keokuk
Congregational Hospital
Union City
Preston P. Shreve
Carrie Almendinger
Decedent
Modern Woodmen of America
Protected Home Circle
Two Chimney Fires Reported By City Fire Crews
Fire department responded to two chimney blazes yesterday. The first occurred at 1:30 when an overheated flue at Ambrose Zehnle’s home, 813 North Sixteenth Street, ignited the ceiling but caused only slight damage after crews from stations 2, 6, 7 and 8 suppressed it. The second fire at John J. Clough’s home at Twenty and Broadway drew crews from stations 2, 6 and 8. no damage was reported.
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Ambrose Zehnle
North Sixteenth Street
John
J. Clough
Twentig
Broadway
Whig at Exposition Illinois visitors read Whig in San Francisco
Visitors at the Panama Pacific exposition in San Francisco looked over The Quincy Whig files in the Whig building. Many wrote to the paper expressing pleasure at finding a home paper on the grounds and former residents renewed acquaintances with old friends despite miles apart.
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Exposition
Illinois
San Francisco
Quincey Whig
Whig
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Park Place
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Parthenia Cooke
George Reynolds
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Don Hoover
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J. W. Bitter
Lyceum Company
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Arthur Bitter
University of Missouri
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C. W Leffingwell
Tueday
St. John’s
Ruth Brown
Enid Ireland
Roy Noll
Brookfield
Mrs. Noil
Misses McFall
South Twelfth Street
Charles Rosenheim
Bridge Club
I. A. Goldsmith
Ted Averkamp
John Wall
Louise
Eleanor Alexander
Eleanor
National Kindergarten College
Capt
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William V. Martin
Santa Claus
Capt. Brown
Samuel Eldred
Polly
E F. Bradford
J. E. Dorsey
Shakespeare Club
Anthony and Cleopatra
Allen Ayers
Katherine Miller
Pueblo
Bernice Bowling
Clifford Perssinger
Henry
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New York City
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Edward Peple
George “ Reeves
Calendear Guild
Moving Picture
Roland Wagner
Hartley
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Geo. Primrose
Minstrels
Jesse Hayward
Karl
Wizard of the One String
Dunn
Dean Doxace
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LaDanz Duello
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Bonnie Gray
Fay McKinahan
Gunther Hardware CO
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