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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1918
Page
8
A crowded notices page lists Christmas dinners hosted by MR and MRS A J NIEMEYER with a festive program, Liberty Lodge plans, and a Monte Carlo of church and club activities. Readers: Grace Whipple and Edward Fawcett chapters hold meetings. various families welcome holidays, and War Work drives solicit donations.
A Ruth Cameron column recalls a tale of a wealthy woman during a sugar famine who demanded special sugar allotments, revealing how privilege shapes notions of fairness. The piece argues money tends to selfishness and that true nobility lies with the disciplined middle class. It reflection on Proverbs and the idea that rich or poor complicate pursuit of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Mrs Chas T Fuller of Palmyra Michigan describes 1911 illness with dull and sharp pains back and head. She credits Cardus for rapid improvement lasting beyond 40 years and urges other women to try it. Advertisement notes availability at druggists HB-14.
Tuesday evening activities concluded with sewing after regular business. Hostesses offered a three course luncheon and a delightful evening. The next meeting will be hosted by Miss Florence Dix of 712 Washington Street on December 22 for a Christmas gathering.
The conservation and thrift committee and women's committee will usher at the Empire theater tonight for a talk by Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale. The English lecturer will discuss nations needing food, urge conservation now and during wartime, and explain Hoover's new food rules. A large audience is expected. admission is free.
Mrs. O. G. Mull will become county Red Cross chairman outside Quincy taking charge of the drive. Mrs. W. R. Gelston is relieved from the county roll call. John Steiner named director of speakers and C. F. A. Behrensmeyer succeeds Lawrence Best as Fourth ward manager. No spring drive will be held. membership drives will follow.
Calvin Irwin Covert of Quincy wed Emma Elizabeth Goeke of Bushnell at 4 PM Monday in the parsonage of the First Christian church. Rev. W D Endres performed the ceremony attended by Miss Marie Goeke and J A Kay. Mrs Lawrence Lougan, sister of the bride, was present. Covert is an agent for The Whig traveling out of Quincy. they will reside here.
Miss Velma Gordon of Centralia and Marion Campbell of Quincy were married at 11 o clock Tuesday morning by Rev. Robert Van Meigs of the Central Baptist Church. Miss Irma Canp-
Miss Carrie Williams of Colmar and Oscar Dan Omer of Augusta were married at 8 o clock Saturday morning in the First Christian church by Rev W D Endres. They were unattended and left for Augusta to establish a home in Quincy.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports securing an $8.9 million site at LaSalle and Jackson Boulevards opposite the Board of Trade. The property lies in the heart of Chicago’s financial district and will host a new federal reserve building.
In Atlantic City on December 11, bankers urged the early return of railroads to private control. The resolution calls for altered regulation to ensure sound railroad credit and an adequate transportation system.
Justice of the Peace George T. Kendrick returns from Cincinnati and other Ohio Indiana cities. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society plans to attend the district meeting in Quincy December 17 and 18. Jail remodel underway. cell house in poor condition. Sheriff Davis and family reside with Mrs Lucinda Hooper until jail ready. City letter carrier Earl Conrey ill. W. D. McBride acts as substitute. Influenza cases rise in city and vicinity, mostly mild. Frank Trenderson to sell personal property next Tuesday. Licenses issued to marry William Worley and Lucinda Capps. Amos Potter and Chine O Alsup. William Mumford and A. V. Wills in St Louis for legal matters. War savings stamps sales total 21,219 in November. county total over 693,090 to Oct 1. yearly quota 372,440. Master in Chancery Edward Doocy to sell part of Moses McFaddin land January 11 under decree. Daniel Dunham in Kansas City. may buy cattle for farm north of town. Ruth Heck returns from Texahoma to visit parents. Homer Camp discharged from army. visiting parents near New Hartford. stationed in Virginia. Mrs. Burr Swan and two children ill with influenza. nurses scarce. Mayor Smith coordinates nurses. Red Cross assists. Alma, 8, ill from infection. W. B. Cecil’s return from Wichita caring for Washburn Mills. Harrell Johnson, Wm Blair motor to Quincy. Dr Farewell a flu victim. Mrs Ed Walton nursing Parker girls with flu. Remains of George Wilhite brought from Kansas City and buried Bowen Cemetery. formerly lived here. married Mabel Stratton eight years ago. funeral at Jo oeinock at 3 p.m. Saturday November 30.
Bowen III reports two influenza deaths as the illness spreads through about 50 cases. Haymond Myers died after a brief illness, with Clyde Smith and Lonnie Stull families hit hardest by four afflicted in each. Cecil Parker, a farmer, died Sunday after pneumonia followed a cold. he leaves a wife and three children. Funeral held at the family farm. The community consoles the bereaved as doctors work around the clock.
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