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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1918

Page

8

Good Fellows Santa Gifts Spread Joy in Quincy

The Whig reports a Christmas charity drive by Good Fellows delivering toys baskets and dinners to eighty seven homes and two hundred forty children. Miss Gay Braxton of Cheerful Home commends the generosity and lists donor names and amounts, noting a total money contribution of 109.10 and expenditures of 107.14 with a remaining balance.

Dinother Miss Braxton Gay Braxton Good Fellows Club Santa Claus Santa Quincy Cheerful Spencer Johnson Neal Monroe John Stillwell Simon Dedert Elizabeth Adair Crouch Chas. Williamson Julia Bacon Geo. Cottrell Willis Seward R. W. Alexander Poole Judge Montgomery J. W. Wall Youmans Ethel Irwin Miss Carley Roy Lee McCreery William Rupp Knapheide Frank Dick The Whig Hanes Aptiaga Gay W. Braxton Good Fellow’s Club Cheerful Home Settlement

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for All Stages

A 100 dollar reward is offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. The ad promotes internal use to cleanse the blood and support constitution, claiming effectiveness against catarrh and urging readers to send for testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents.

Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo Ohio

Sisters of St. Vincent Home Thank Friends and Benefactors

The sisters express heartfelt thanks to all friends and benefactors of the visitation and especially the St. Vincent society officers for aiding the home. They note several benefactors called by Almighty God this year and say they will be remembered daily in prayers. They wish everyone a happy and prosperous New Year.

Sisters of St. Vincent Home St. Vincent Society St. Vincent Home 1919

Obituaries Notice From Quincy Area Deaths

Mrs Cora B McKinney died at Bleasing hospital after nine days pneumonia aged 0 years born December 23 1868 Novelty Missouri resided in city several months husband two sons Rolla B Kirksville Mo Albert Lee Quincy two daughters Goldie Mary siblings survive burial Novelty Samuel Lanza dies in St Mary hospital after two weeks pneumonia aged 23 years born Quincy June 22 1895 residence 911 Jersey street widow and one child survive with mother three brothers and three sisters funeral 624 Jersey street private viewing mass at St Peters church St Peter cemetery Elizabeth Dehner longtime city resident dies St Vincent Home George W Anson dies at home 194 North Third street aged 62 born Quincy two brothers and one sister survive funeral at home this afternoon

Cora B Quincy Goldie Mary Regina Idaho Lucien Okla Novelty Samuel Lanza St. Mary Hospital Mr. Lanza Jersey Street Carmela Lanza Bruno Vincent Joseph St. Peter's Church George W. Anson Mge Anson North Third Street Washington Lonzo Anson Katie North Third Stree

Peptiron touted as a blood and nerve tonic

An advertisement extols Peptiron as a combination of pepsin, nux, iron and celery that strengthens blood and nerves after influenza and grip. It claims to help anemia, paleness, nervous weakness and worry from war, benefiting invalids, convalescents, fast-growing boys and the aged, by putting iron into the blood.

Best Wishes For Abundant Prosperity In The New Year

A brief well wisher message sending blessings of prosperity for the coming year with optimism for unknown prospects and bright promise ahead.

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