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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1918
Page
10
The YWCA hostess house opened for girls workers with a noon gathering for seventeen. They shared coffee or soup, some bringing lunches, and plan continued daily use with small fees. Hosts included Mrs. Harry Bray, Miss Susan Hill, Mrs. Warren Pearce, and Miss Gertru Frame. Effie Adams was ill.
A reflective piece argues men often talk more than they listen, noting three wives discuss why men avoid church. It cites proverb wisdom on silence, highlighting listening enriches, avoids ignorance, and pleases others. The author recalls the old owl proverb and Solomon to prove steadier restraint.
Several musical numbers were added to the program at Vermont Street Methodist Church for this evening along with the patriotic missionary pageant Here and Over There. The pageant features more than 50 cast members under Miss Esther Reeder with Miss Juanita Nichols at the piano. Harp solo by Miss Dorothy Ruth Miller and a song by Miss Vanesse Faucette are planned. Mrs Lockwood travels to Cleveland for Christmas. Mrs W R Lockwood left for Cleveland Ohio to spend the holidays with her nephew William Steinwedell. Mrs Stone and her daughter arrived for Christmas with Mr Stone in Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs Charles Stone of Welland Canada will visit for the holidays.
Red Cross solicitors will canvass every home and business to renew memberships expiring in December. Volunteers will distribute service flags, a 1919 button, and ten Christmas seals. Mrs. W R Gelston chairs the drive, with reports to be submitted to the Chamber of Commerce. Enrollment costs one dollar plus an extra dollar for subscribing members.
Rev E F Schueler, formerly of St Louis, installed as pastor of St John Lutheran Church with Rev Theodore Walz assisting. Old congregation glad to have him. welcoming reception by new members. Also notes visits from Rev Dana and daughter Miss Mabel Dana of Exeter NH, and farewell for Rev G A Buttrick bound for Vermont. Ember days and church activities listed.
B Vaniman leads Adams county Farm Bureau membership drive aiming to sign 500 members before the county campaign ends. He meets with township chairmen in Farmer Rusk's office and with the bureau’s executive committee to plan an intensive effort. The drive, aided by Farmer Rusk, promotes the Bureau booklet on practical farm benefits and price-advantage in seeds and livestock purchases.
Rev Nelson pastor preached in Barry Methodist church with Rev J C Brown ill for days. Miss Clyde Roads seriously ill, Leila Orr of Hannibal caring for her. Charles Johnson injured at King Milling elevator and to undergo Chicago exam. Enos Morgan sold 55 acre farm north of town to John A Ducey for 115 per acre. Henry Tush agency handled. Harry Shriver ill with influenza. Dr Samuel L Peacock to move office to Hesley block. Rumor of Wabash division double tracking from Moberly to Decatur. John Carroll, rural mail carrier from Rockport, visited home south of town after civil service appointment. Alva Tippetts returned from Wesleyan University training corps. Mrs Clark Armentrout to host Woman's Home Missionary Society next Saturday.
Washington December 17 return of about 100000 binoculars sextants and other navigation instruments to their owners who loaned them to the navy during the war has begun under instructions of Assistant Secretary Roosevelt Each instrument will be accompanied by an engraved certificate for the owner.
A snapshot of brief notices and small ads from Hudson and nearby towns. Highlights include Miss Bertha Michel's vacation leave from the United States employment office, shop items at Halbach-Schroeder Co, a car accident at Morris Adler-Moller Co, infections and illnesses among residents, and community updates from Quincy Council and local families. Includes travel mentions to Edwardsville and Denver, and a veteran’s discharge from Camp Zachary Taylor.
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