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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1920

Page

8

Miss Grimmer Surprised With Shower in Quincy Home

A miscellaneous shower honored Miss Isabelle Grimmer in the home of her aunt Mrs. William Landwehr on South Twelfth street. Guests included Mrs. Otto Holm and many others. a three course luncheon followed. The wedding date to Ernest Boge of Melrose was announced as February 28.

Robert Bacon East Maine Street Mobile Ala St. Louis Helen Wiener Lillian Pierson North Eighteenth Street Ling Edna Geiger Clayton Laura Linz Jersey Street Y. W

Dorothy Quincy D. A. R. to Host Washington Birthday Party

Dorothy Quincy chapter of the D. A. R. will host a Washington birthday party in the Historical Society building Saturday afternoon. Chairwoman Mrs. W Geffingwell will be assisted by a committee including Mrs. H J Eaton and others. The program features a Washington prayer, flag salute, piano solo, tribute to the flag, a solo, a poem Soul of a Violin, piano duet, and a playlette duet.

Washington Dorothy Quincy The Historical Society Ailding W. Geffingwell H, JT. Eaton Wm. Evers Mra WH. Alexander R. O. Gibbons J. A. Bunting I. A. Drury Mary Castle Wave Miller P. A. Brown George Govert T. PD. Woodreff Frances Mourn J, PD Arnold G. Gibbons Robert Alexander VF. F. Garrett Playlette Maude Wells Dickson Jon Foss

Coroner's Inquest Into Woman's Death Finds Heart Disease

Coroner Lawrence Amen presided over an inquest on Josephine Lewis at her home 2007 Apruce street. The jury ruled the cause of death was heart disease, a condition she had endured for a year.

Lawrence Amen Josephine Lewis Apruce Street

Miss Helen Levi To Become Bride Today

Miss Helen Levi of Quincy will wed Edward Wilks of Baton Rouge in Macon Missouri at noon. The couple traveled from Quincy with George Levi and Mildred Heintz. ceremony by Father Barrett at the Catholic church. They will then live in Baton Rouge after a stop in Chicago.

Helen Levi Quincy Macon Edward Wilks Baton Rouge Miss Levi Wilks Geo. D. Levi Mildred Heintz Father Barrett Levi George D. Levi Quincy High School Bloomington Normal Washington University St. Louis Washington, D. C Bureau of Markets Department of Agriculture Washington Naval Aviation Service France F. S. Wilks Vicksburg Miss Y, & M, V. Railroad Chicago

Six State Officers Of Rebekahs Visit Quincy

Six state officers of the Rebekahs visited Quincy for a school of instruction in the I O O F hall. The afternoon program featured instruction by all six officers and a musical evening with solos and readings. Local hosts Mrs Emma Weinhoener and committees organized the reception and entertainment with visitors from Iowa, Missouri and nearby towns.

Theebekahs Quincey I. O. O. F. Hall A. Otis Arnold N. H.slocum Quincy Ida E. G. Sherman Chicago Alice M. Treas Peoria Neille Thompson Kankakee Mary &. Crowell Rockford Emma Turner Grace A. Henry Sandwich Afton Emma Weinhoener Irma Lodge Rebekahs Rebekaohas Oold Fellows Quincy Conservatory of Music Orchestra Grace Miller Elma Crawford Loreine Meyer Suulus Maude Dunbar

Church News and Meetings Around Union Baptist and Local Churches

Revival led by Rev. A J Thompson of Franklin Kentucky at Union Baptist church lasts ten days with strong sermons inviting public attendance. Salemu offers Lenten services at 8 PM with male church quartet providing music. Grace M E names new officers at annual meeting with L E Carson as president and a slate including Mrs Hawkinson and Mrs Bowles. Luther Memorial invites women to home prayer at 2 30 PM with listed leaders. Palestine pictures by Rev E A Thompson shown at First Union Congregational next Wednesday during winter picnic hosted by Woman's Guild.

A. J. Thompson Franklin, Ky Union Baptist Church Thompson L. E. Carson Ladies’ Aid Society The A. Hawkinson Dora Bowles Eliza Carbaush Palestine E. A. Thompson First Union Congregational Church Woman's Guild of the Church

Lincoln Team Beats Jefferson in Audidum Shutdown

The Lincoln school basketball team defeated the Jefferson team in Lincoln auditorum Thursday night by a score of 26 to 1. This is Jefferson’s last game in the eighth grade public school series. Lincoln has two more games to play.

Lincoln Jefferson Lincoln Auditorum Tdncoln

Father and Son Night at the M E Revival Meeting

The Vermont Street M E church hosted Father and Son Night with the parable of the Prodigal Father read by R R Potter Y M C A general secretary. Evangelist E P Loose preached Quench Not the Spirit warning as fathers and sons attended along with prayers at multiple homes.

R . R. Potter Vermont Street M. E Bert Chatten F. G. Fischer E. P. Loose Jesus Christ Loose Gem City Business College J. L. Straub North Fifth Sarah Thrush North Eighth Street Alice Hedges North Sixth Street Leo Kobel Oak Street A. J. Monroe T. H. Nichols C. H. Allard Kentucky Street

Chaddock Tea Delights With Music and Talk

The Chaddock Aid society held a musicae tea at Mrs. Inghram’s East Hampshire home with flowers, a varied program of violin, vocal, and piano pieces, and an address on child mental hygiene by Dr. George Davis Bivin. Tea, decor, and coordinating staff supported the event, featuring many students and local performers.

Chaddock Aid Society John Inghram East Hampshire Street Inghram George Davis Bivin University of Chicago Bivin Edward Hassan Ira Calkins Emery Lancaster A. D. Weis Herman Brown Dorothy Bo Velma Lawrence Beulah Hopkins Alma’ Swope Dorothy Rehm Dorothy Watts Irl Hunsaker Elsa Hunsaker Elsa Hoskins Amanda Westhold Georgia Rust Edith Kiem Dorothy Dunlap Wilma Schwindeler Olga Sanders Fiva Fingerlin Edwin Davidson Vivian Garrett Lucille Freiburg

The Maccabees Plan Oyster Supper at March Meeting

Globe Tent No. 97 held its regular meeting at the Moose hall. One new candidate was initiated and two applications were received for action next meeting. An oyster supper is planned for March 4 with a committee chaired by G. M. Ullman and members J. Ro. McKeen J. F E. Storrs O. F. Moore and L. C. Meeks.

Globe Tent Maccabees Moose Hall G. M. Ullman J. Ro. McKeen J. F E. Storrs Oo. F. Moore L. C. Meeks

Bliss Native Hercates a Health Remedy

Bliss Native Her promotes a vegetable cure for a disordered stomach biliousness constipation impure blood rheumatism. Each box includes a GUARANTEE coupon sealed with a blue seal signed by Alonzo D Bliss. Sold by leading druggists in boxes of 800 doses for $1.00 and a smaller size for 25 cents. Made by A. O. Bliss Co. Washington, D. C.

BLISS Alonzo D A. O. Bliss .Co Washington, D. G

Personal notes from Quincy area residents and visitors

Mrs. Ethel Hatchett recovering after surgery at St Joseph hospital Bloomington. Louis Rempe gravely ill at daughter’s home in Quincy. Mrs. William Aleshire and Miss Ethel of Plymouth spent week in Quincy. Virginia Kohl ill at home. Maude Bennett of Clayton visited Quincy Thursday. Attorney John T Ingham in Chicago for Lima Lake Drainage meeting. Elizabeth Hennessey back from Chicago buying trip for W. T. Duker store. Robert Wolf seriously ill with scarlet fever. Mrs. Ben Heckle visiting Bushnell to see son-in-law daughter and grandson. Mrs. H S Churchill of Kinderhook ill with influenza. daughters Aldene and Bess also ill. J J McCale confined at home with grip. Marie Breen left for Macomb for Military Tract Normal School basketball tournament. Merle Williams visiting parents. George H Murray bought bungalow on Maine street. recently from Winchester. Clayton shoppers in Quincy include several residents. Irene Preece of North Eighth street returns to Y M C A duties. Mrs Bernard Briggs and daughter Madge visiting Quincy. Ruth Swan of Mt Sterling visiting Miss Katherine Marrett. Mrs S S Marrett and Mrs Floyd Wing of Clayton shopped in city.

W. R. Schermerhorn North Sixth Street Florence Trotter Otis Trotter Quincy San Antonio Ernest Walter Clegg Lukis Military Academy Miss Trotter Clegg Lucerne Europe Royal Flying Corps Lord Wellesley 65Th Royal Air Force Champaion de Crespigny France Belgium E. W. Smith Muskogee Okla St. Louis Jeanette Hoffman Clara Grimmer Dora Schultz Ninth Madison Genevieve Ackerman William Schnele Erma Charles ‘Schnelle Hazel August Schnele Ella Schnelle Ursa Fort Madison Werman Mueller South Twentieth Street Iowa Edward Esther Chicago C. H. Appleton Theodore J. Keup City William &. Berry San Francisco Cal W. W. Berry W. S. McKee W. H. Baker Joseph Barlow Timothy Castle Berry New York City Ethel Hatchett North Eighth Street St. Joseph Hospital Bloomington Louis Rempe George Tobin North Fifth Street William Aleshire Ethel Plymouth Virginia Kohl Gem City Business College Maude Bennett Clayton John T. Ingham Lima Lake Drainage District Commissioners Elizabeth Hennessey W. T. Duker Robert Wolf John Wolf South Seventeenth Street Ben Heckle Bushnell Harry Kirtley Robert Heckle H. S. Churchill Kinderhook Miss Aldene Bess J . J. McCale Marie Breen Macomb Military Tract Normal School Merle Williams J. C. Williams Maine Street George H. Murray South Fourteenth Street John Bernard Briggs Madge Mt. Sterling Ruth Swan Katherine Marrett Broadway S. S. Marrett Floyd Wing

Round Up of Communist Leaders in Rockford

Government and local officers rounded up sixteen more alleged members of the communist labor party, all but one aliens, with deportation awaiting if guilt is proven. The grand jury indicted fourteen citizens, three pled guilty to aid as witnesses, and Clarence S. Darrow and associate counsel plan to move to quash the indictments.

Rockford Communist Labor Party Clarence S. Darrow

Memorial Program for French Memorials Sunday in Quincy Armory

A memorial program and roll of honor for American servicemen who died in the line of duty will be held Sunday afternoon in the Quincy Armory starting at 3 o clock. John Wheelock chairs the joint committee with address by Justice Floyd Thompson and Bishop M Edward Fawcett. The 52 names on the roll are listed including Emery Perkins Rheinheimer and Vincent among others.

Armory John Wheelock Quincy Wheelock Justice Lloyd Thompson Lawrence Smith Henry Ro Stev B. N. Murrel Harrison Perkins M. Edward Fawcett Joseph W. Emery, Jr

Labor delegates kept out of strike centers

San Juan reports that unless cane sector conditions improve the AFL committee led by Peter J Brady and Anthony Mac Andrew will be barred from visiting strike centers. Acting Governor Benedicto and Governor Ynger ordered the move from his sick bed. One policeman was killed and two shot amid disorders. Twelve central organizations have signed a wage agreement with the federation.

San Juan American Federation of Labor Peter J. Brady Anthony Mac Andrew Benedicto Y ¥Nger

Schwank and Roberts Tie in Keer Township Nuptials

Henry Schwank a farmer of Keer township and Mrs Clara Roberts Quincy wed Thursday afternoon in a ceremony conducted by Justice of Peace E J Bonne.

Hartfield and Smyster Wed in Central Baptist Parsonage

Nellie Virgin Hartfield and Thomas W. Smyster were married Wednesday at 3 PM in the Central Baptist church parsonage. Rev. R. V. Meigs performed the ceremony. Attendants included Mrs. Smyster, Leona Hadfick, and Monroe Kin. The couple left for their home in Highland county immediately after the ceremony.

Directors Named for Housing Corporation in Quincy

The Quincy Real Estate Improvement Association housing corporation, formed to build homes in Quincy, met in the Chamber of Commerce building. It aims to lay houses by April 1 with a capitalization of $259,000. stockholders are leading bankers, manufacturers, and merchants. DT Genter announced directors would be notified by letter before publication.

Quincy Real Estate Improvement Association Quincey Quitor Cal ¢. DT. Genter The Vertion

Treaty Debate Lapses Again Without Senate Action

Washington February 20 The broader treaty debate lapsed again as neither side moved to bring up the subject for Senate consideration. The session saw no new proposals or votes on the matter.

Washington Senate

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