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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
2
Francis G. Blair will deliver the principal address at the dedication of the Charles M. Seymour Memorial High School in Payson. The ceremony favors the donors’ memory and notes the building cost over 40,000 dollars with six classrooms, a large auditorium, a manual training room and a domestic science room.
Louis Meier declared insane in county court on Tuesday for believing he was a millionaire chicken and horse buyer with many contracts. A search party found him Monday and he was sent to Jackson ville for state hospital treatment. Meier, from Coatsburg, is unmarried.
Private Albert S. Streigel of the quartermaster corps was shot and killed by a border sentry in Columbus New Mexico on Tuesday. Streigel, confined in the stockade for disorderly conduct, was being taken to his tent for blankets when the shooting occurred after the sentry said he attempted to escape.
Sloan's Liniment is promoted as a quick penetrating relief for bumps bruises and sprains in children and outdoors workers. The ad claims faster relief than mossy plasters and offers use for rheumatic aches neuralgia and post cold soreness with a bottle at all druggists priced at 25 cents.
Gerhard Henry Bartelt of 1104 Adams street died at 10 o clock Monday night at his home from infirmities of advanced age. Born April 3, 1843 in Osnabruck Germany, he came to Quincy over 50 years ago and worked in the coopering business. Survived by widow, four sons Gerhard Edward John Frederick, four daughters Mary Ruemler Elizabeth W L Peters Ida Minnie, 15 grandchildren two great grandchildren and one brother Frederick of Kansas City. Funeral details not listed.
Funeral services for Marie Linden Bauer will be conducted at 1 30 this afternoon at the home Fourteenth and Bell Echo with private rites, and at 2 o'clock in the United Brethren church. Burial follows in Woodland Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend the church service.
Funeral services for C. H. Doht will be conducted at 2:30 this afternoon at the August Undertaking establishment on State Street. Burial will follow in Graceland cemetery. Friends are invited to attend.
Funeral services for Klamor Hecker Mann who died in the state hospital in Jacksonville will be held at 2 PM Thursday in the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Spilker 727 South Tenth Street Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery The body arrived Tuesday evening.
Funeral services for Wilford E Fuller will be held at 8:30 Friday morning at the residence 1120 Jersey Street and at 9 o'clock at St Peter's Catholic Church. Burial follows in St Peter's Cemetery.
Miss Viola Allen's funeral was conducted at 2 30 PM Tuesday in Bethel A M E Church Ninth and Oak by Rev George T Shaw. Burial followed in Greenmount Cemetery.
The remark suggests that unforeseen events could alter routine as time moves forward, with emphasis on the fragile balance between normalcy and surprise. It hints at a broader question about how communities adapt when surprise disrupts daily patterns.
Mr and Mrs Miles Nicholson of cottage 20 celebrated their gold wedding anniversary on Christmas Day marking 50 years of marriage. Their four sons, 14 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren were recognized with gifts and a party setup in yellow and white.
The public library received seventeen gifted books this month from donors J. C Frank Milton Luther Miss Fanny Piggott Rev. Father Gabriel and Scott Nearing. The librarian noted 89 additions that month with 72 purchases and 17 gifts, plus 4,299 visitors.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to stop coughing with Dr Kings New Discovery. It claims pine balsams soothe irritated membranes while antiseptic and laxative ingredients kill germs and break up the cold. Available at druggists for 50 cents with Adv. tag.
Elijah Eyman is seriously ill with no hopes of recovery. Werron and Tom Atchley attended a Springfield meeting of the public utilities commission and returned home on Thursday. The church Christmas program drew a large crowd and was well performed. Miss Berurada Myers of Bushnell visited relatives here. Mrs. Ed Carlin underwent surgery at St. Francis hospital in Macomb and is recovering. A schoolhouse program by the primary room featured "An Interview With Santa Claus" and drew a large audience. Flo Coats shows improvement and can be up part of the time.
Berlin dispatch says 5000 more prisoners were captured in Romania by the Teutonic allies. The raid on Filipetchti along the Buzeu Braila line followed a bayonet assault on entrenched Russian positions flanking the village.
British war office details a daylight raid north of Arras on the Franco Belgian front, reporting successful entry of enemy trenches near Hobart and bombardment of dugouts with prisoners taken. Further particulars say the Arras raid was more successful than initially reported.
Francisco Madero father of Mexico’s late president had New York taxable assets around 24000 dollars with a net estate of 22629 dollars after inheritance tax. He died here in September without a will. The widow eight sons three daughters and three grandchildren share the estate.
A Reuters report from Amsterdam says German newspapers claim the Somme battle is finished and that German positions are stronger than on July 1 with more than a dozen strong defense lines behind the front.
Hollon Richardson, an 81 year old former brigadier of the Seventh Wilsoncra brigade in the Civil War, died Sunday at his Keyport home near Seattle. He participated in General Meade's war council the night before Gettysburg and was present at Appomattox when General Lee surrendered to General Grant. He left a long life of service and memories.
Illinois faces a potential half billion dollar bill to eliminate 17100 grade crossings. Public utilities costs would fall on taxpayers as rail and highway upgrades raise rail revenues. Automobile speed and driver inattention blamed for most crashes. tests show many drivers fail to look both ways before crossing. Stop look both ways and listen urged to prevent grade crossing accidents.
A fragmented legal notices snippet lists individuals including Agnes Eagles and Leora M. Brown in Quincy, Dora H. Easum of Clayton, Herschall D. Mitchell of Bowen, Florence May Finchum of Plainville, Lewis Robert Amis of Meeker Oklahoma, and Dora H. Easum with scattered dates and town references. The short item appears to catalog names and places with partial dates.
Reverend H J Leemhuis notes natural beauty along a bluff north of Quincy where a spring-water flow has frozen into three ice curtains. The grotto-like formation features icicle pillars and hanging sections resembling giant ice minas on the cliff face.
Clay Jarvis and his son died Saturday in an automobile accident near Chicago. The father survived a short time after his two brothers Henry and Leslie from here went there. Other items note Christmas visits, travels, a birth of twins, and a local quip about gold brick layers.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh relief. It promises quick opening of clogged nostrils, clearing air passages, and easing headaches with a fragrant antiseptic application. Consumers are urged to ask their druggist for a small bottle to apply in the nostrils for instant relief.
An old-time liniment claims to ease rheumatic pain without internal treatment. Rub on St Jacobs Oil at tender spots and within moments pain, stiffness, sciatica, backache, and neuraglia allegedly fade. a small trial bottle from any drug store is urged to end suffering.
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