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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1919
Page
4
The Sunday school will present The New-born King on Christmas Eve with recitations choir solos and declamations. Gifts will be given to Sunday school children. Christmas services are at 10 39 am with a special sermon by Rev J G Kaiser. Sunday services Dec 28 at 10 30 am.
A three reel college comedy titled Waviland Wicks delighted Congregational Sunday school scholars at the annual Christmas party Monday night. The movie was shown beginning at 7 30 o clock in the evening to a large audience.
The auditorium hosted two short films titled Great Americans and Birds of the Sands that both educated and amused attendees of all ages. Afterward adults and youths gathered in the parlors for Christmas games and stunts, followed by refreshments served by a ladies committee and a final circle of singing old Christmas tunes.
Grace M E church plans a White Christmas program at 7 45 PM with a skit by Miss Lillie Dennison’s Sunday school class and a short address by Rev G T Losh. The schedule includes hymns stories and recitations with gift presentations to various church departments and performances by the junior and senior departments.
The Sunday school of St Peter Evangelical church presents The Royal Quest on Christmas Eve. Rehearsals progress with songs, exercises, and readings led by students including Carl Kiegen Stouber and Russell Eller Meier. A sequence of Christmas pageant acts and gift distribution concludes with We’ve Found The King of Kings.
Christmas services at the Congregational Church were held Sunday night with notable attendance and a reverent program. The service featured carols, readings, and a brief sermon reflecting on the season's meaning.
The cantata The Story of Christmas by H Alexander Matthews was presented by top city musicians with former Quincy residents Mrs Irma Lusk and Mrs Irma Winters assisting. Bethel A M E Sunday School plans Miss Christmas cantata Wednesday night with older children and Bed Time Dri by beginners, under Lucia Robinson. A Christmas tree with Santa Claus will distribute gifts as the public is invited.
General John J. Pershing received a continuous ovation in St. Louis on his first home-state visit since before World War I. A mass meeting at the Coliseum drew thousands. he urged universal military training and condemned red flag radicals. He decorated Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Michael Booths and laid a cornerstone for a school named in his honor. His ten year old son Warren accompanied him as he reviewed troops at Jefferson Barracks and led a parade.
Hewe Pictures presents 25 years of travel photos in an Empire Theater replacement program at the Orpheum after a fire. The augmented score and trap acts accompany scenes from across the world including Canadian climbers, Maine summer camp aquatic girls, a steel mill life, and excerpts of movie stars at home, with humor and trick pictures interwoven.
Paris Dec 22 Gabriele D Annunzio is reported to have abandoned command at Fiume and the poet-soldier is said to be on the high seas. Rome dispatch adds that Italy has friendly consent from France and Great Britain on the Fiume question. Premier Nitti announced Allied accord and said the plebiscite result favored the national council. He noted that parliament would alone declare war and that civil power must govern military action.
Chicago market notes show egg prices easing by 12 cents despite a boycott rumor. Report cites no lasting effect from the boycott and indicates stable supplies and ongoing trade activity.
A letter to Major A A Sprague head of the fair price committee reports eggs have fallen 12 cents a dozen in three days from 77 to 65 cents. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes the drop and says there is no further rise expected shortly.
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