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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1919
Page
13
An old style advertisement touts Stoan's Liniment as penetrating and non staining for sciatica lumbago neuralgia over-exerted muscles stiff joints and other pains. It claims 38 years of usage with strong success and lists price options for pharmacists 35c Toc 140.
The Illinois State Teachers Association plans a December 29 to 31 meeting in Springfield with Governor Lowden delivering the welcome and state spelling contest honors awarded in the morning. President Cyrus Stover Grove will speak, along with officials like Francis Blair and J R Bordman. Music by D M Swarthout of Millikin. Two Quincy and Lima teachers named to the honor roll. memorial service for deceased teacher soldiers on December 30.
The funeral for John H. Leanard was held in cottage 22 at 1 o'clock Monday, with a large attendance and a crowded assembly room. Floral tributes included a wreath from cottage members and a spray from the Shepherd Relief Corps, and a wife with two children attended. Henry Rule died at 5:30 a.m. in cottage 11, aged 71, a former member of Co. G. 144th TL Inn. Additional notes cover menu, passes, readmissions, and furlough returns among residents and staff.
Miss Esther Buss of Golden shopped in Quincey Saturday. William and Chester Locke attended their brother’s funeral in Keokuk on Monday. Leta Lites of 625 Cherry street is a St Mary’s hospital patient who expects to return home soon. George Stripp grocer at Sixth and Adams street mourns a lost watch, a gift from his father, after a fall in Hannibal last week.
Joseph Maddox, longtime Palmyra grade school janitor, failed to appear for work and was found dead in his locked home. Coroner ruled heart trouble as cause after an inquest was deemed unnecessary. He lived in Palmyra nearly his whole life, leaves wife and daughter Mrs Ollie White, with funeral services held Saturday.
Bids opened at city hall show the Illinois State Bank paying 70 000 dollars plus 1652 80 accrued interest and 1097 20 premium for city bonds to fund motorized fire equipment and a central fire station. Ricker National Bank matched the bid with 70 000 and 1652 77 interest but only a 100 premium. Nine firms bid, including two Quincy banks and seven outside firms in Chicago St Louis and Springfield. Delivery is set for Saturday. Proceeds allocate nearly 50 000 for equipment and the rest for part of the new station.
Quincy bakers raise bread prices amid higher flour costs. Local shops cite dry commodities and rising inputs driving the change. The move affects daily staples as consumers face steeper costs at checkout.
Mary Pickford stars in Daddy Long Legs at Belasco Theater while Tom Mix headlines The Feud at the Orpheum. Constance Talmadge shows The Mental Wife with vaudeville acts, and Slim Summerfield with bathing beauties appears at the Savoy. Elsie Ferguson performs Under the Green Wood Tree at Princess, and Frank Mayo features The Brute Breaker with Burton Holmes shorts. Quincy hosts Art Acord and Magda Lane in The Wild Western and Snub Pollard in Giv- segments.
Reading fragment notes a nature picture titled Mount Hood featured in New Screen Magazine. The entry mentions Finley and the Bride Away as related or credited elements within the issue. The readable text is sparse and offers limited context about the work or publication details.
Roy Keller over 21 of Quincy and Miss Ruth Brinkoetter over 18 of Quincy appear in a notice with Herbert F. Oblander 22 of Quincy referenced, indicating a social or legal action among residents.
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