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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
8
The author argues the hardest day is the day after Christmas, when anticlimax and fatigue set in. Crowds fade, gifts disappoint, and the social mood dulls. rest is urged, followed by planned activities to restore spirit and purpose. A long walk or theater outing is recommended as the best cure.
Nerida and Paris approve gilet or vest use in sport suits for southern resort wear. Silk brocade and pompadour fabrics union with pongee, faille, and plain silks create varied textures. A natural color pongee suit with a rose faille vest shows two box pleats and a Norse model coat.
A Tuesday evening dance at Knights of Columbus hall hosted by St John guild drew many local and visiting youths from colleges and schools. Decorations emphasized simplicity with green garlands red bows and holly trees. Carpenter's Orchestra provided the music while Mrs. George R. Cottrell and others led the organizing committee.
Irene Seaton, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenner Seaton, leaves at noon for Seattle to begin as a freshman at the state university with her mother accompanying to St Paul. Miss Mary Bryant of Clayton, Northwestern student, visits Seaton. school resumes January 2 in Seattle. Mrs Joel Benton hosts a luncheon for visiting young women. Beulah Todd, roommate of Dorothy Dayton, returns to Minneapolis for Christmas. Mr and Mrs C Lawrence Wells host a dinner for Dayton visitors. Edward Wells to return home. Mrs Bess Minckemeyer and daughters Ruth and Elizabeth visit Quincy. Helen Lee, Illinois College student in Jacksonville, visits with her mother and Mrs Hattie Lee. Hattie Brooks of Colorado Springs also visiting.
Mr and Mrs Timmerman hosted a Christmas Eve family reunion at 1409 Spring Street with their children and spouses including Henry Linne man Jr Mrs George Ullman Mrs George Brommelmeyer Emma Linneman Otto Linneman and Mrs Ralph Albright Frank Linneman of Kansas City could not attend. Grandchildren Marie Paul Ullman and Doloras Albright also present. F H Heine joined from Milwaukee to stay with his wife and baby through Thanksgiving and will return Sunday. The Lam mers family hosted and several others including Mr and Mrs Jack Lammers Mrs B AAlbers and Mrs Ed Dittmeyer planned gatherings throughout the week with Sunday family reunion at the Lammers home.
The Christmas cantata A Christmas Dream will again be presented Sunday evening due to large audience turnout, with the service moved to accommodate all. George Grimmer’s name was omitted from the Luther Memorial soloists list at Monday’s event. The Presbyterian Missionary Society meets this afternoon at Mrs. F. W. Crane’s home on 1651 Tersey Street.
Veterans in Soldiers Home were entertained Monday with a motion picture show after a day of feasting. A noon Christmas dinner served abundant delicacies to old soldiers and the wives and widows of veterans. Green and red decorations brightened wards, nurses created a Santa scene, and 42 widows joined the celebration. The home houses 300 women and the chapel, led by Father Lee, appeared festive with evergreens.
Cartoonist Alton Packard, famed for drawing live cartoons, will appear at the Empire theater on Thursday evening January 4 as the third number in Quincy Young People's Lyceum course. He brings an immense easel, many papers and crayons, and will perform cartoons plus original songs with piano accompaniment. The program includes "Vanity Pair" and other acts. Packard has toured widely in the United States and has over a decade of lyceum and chautauqua experience.
Gen Murguria reports Villa bands defeated at Guerrero and Santa Rosalia with heavy losses in men and materiel. Torreon garrison deemed sufficient for protection and Villa’s current whereabouts are unknown. Eyewitnesses confirm Howard Gray Weeks death and deny Hoemuller claim. Ricquet looted then paid 25000 peso ransom from Parral to Jimenez. Refugees say a Carranza soldier’s wife shot Villa supporters, and Villa ordered execution of about 60 Carranza camp followers.
In SCRANTON Pa 15000 of 22000 public school pupils did not attend classes Tuesday in response to the school board’s denial of a one week Christmas vacation. The mass absence marks a coordinated protest by students against the decision.
Mr and Mrs William T O Bryant of 2020 Grove Avenue marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Tuesday in a quiet family gathering. Nearest relatives joined with the couple as gifts included a Victrola and records. They wed December 26 1866 in Unionville Missouri when he was a Unionville editor and later a long time mail clerk with a Quincy run. They moved to Quincy in 1887 and have resided at 2020 Crewe Avenue for twenty years. Their large extended family includes daughters Edith Brockman Virginia Beverly Bonfoey and sons N RR O Bryant Charles Augustus O Bryant and many grandchildren nephews and a niece living nearby or visiting.
Des Moines Mayor John MacVicar served notice on local coal dealers after a tense meeting about a worsening fuel shortage. He recalled seizing coal cars last week to aid the poor, but dealers allegedly refused to supply the destitute through the Associated Charities, risking more drastic actions if supply remained cut. Wholesale coal price cited at 1.90 to 2.40 per ton, with retail around 4.50 to 5 dollars.
Miss Leora Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs S W Brown of 929 Broadway will wed Lewis R K Amis of Meeker Oklahoma this morning at 9 30 o clock in their home. Rev Thomas Stephenson of the Baptist church will perform the ceremony.
Miss Agnes Engels daughter of Mr and Mrs William Engels of 1208 North Ninth street and Orion Bowles foreman at the Pape and Loos mill were married Tuesday at 6 00 am in St Johns Catholic church by Rev Fr Augustus Uohl The bride wore a traveling brown dress and coat with matching hat The couple received a wedding breakfast at the bride’s home and left for Harrisburg Illinois then Kentucky to visit family They will return Monday and begin housekeeping at Ninth and Cherry streets
Miss Grace Allen and Joseph Wolfe were married at St. Joseph’s church in Edina at 7 am Tuesday. The bride, daughter of Knox County Sheriff Charles Allen, wore white and carried roses. her sister Irma Allen attended as bridesmaid. The bridegroom, son of Jacob and Mrs. Wolfe of Joliet, Illinois, works in his father-in-law’s restaurant.
Paris dispatch reports Alexander M. Thackara consul general announces Eleanor Sherman Thackara will wed Frederick Cauldwell of Washington, D. C. The ceremony is planned for late January in Boston.
EL PASO TX Dec 27 Gen Francisco Murguia ordered Gen Gonzales south with his command after reports a band of Villa troops appeared south of Chihuahua City. The movement signals intensified border region tensions and possible clashes with Villa forces.
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