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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1918

Page

5

Social Affairs Highlights New Year Parties Across City

Dorothy Dayton entertained 120 guests at a New Year dance in the Dayton home. Andrew Kurz hosted friends at a watch party on Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Heidbreder planned a family dinner Thursday. Helmer hosted a dozen guests at a watch party Monday. Robert Wall visits in the Boswell home. Euphemia Irwin hosted a knitting gathering with many young women. Barbour and McKennan hosted family and intimate parties New Year’s Day. Adelia Levy hosted ten young people at a watch party, attending a second show at the Orpheum before gathering at Levy’s home for midnight supper. Kaltenbach hosted a card club on New Year’s Eve. Clara Drusch left for Canton after visiting Lois Potter. Marie Schaller presented a music program at Quincy College of Music with several performers. WCTU open house featured Rev. G. F. Oliver and S. M. Spurgeon’s absence noted. Woodland home children staged a fairy tale play with costumed characters. Trene Wells portrayed Allen. young performers sang. A Brunswick Victrola Christmas gift supplemented the event. Friends visited the Robt. Bacon home New Year’s Day for greetings and refreshments.

Adelia Levy North Fifth Street O Rheum Levy Homie Pirates Red Riding Hood Woodland Trene Wells Allen Dickie Lola Brunswick

Why Won't They Try Simple Cold Remedies Now

In a scene of chatter and remedies, neighbors debate cold care while a woman resists pills and salt water gargles. The piece notes fewer than expected attempts at preventive care and urges quick action to reduce colds and their wider harm.

Married couple quietly wed on Diamond Hill

Loraine C Sultzman and Miss Gladys Strubinger married Sunday afternoon at the Christian parsonage on Diamond Hill in Barry. Rev S Joel Burgess officiated with Mendelssohn’s Consolation played by Mrs Burgess. The bride, daughter of J O Strubinger, and the groom, son of Nettie Saltzman, will reside in Peoria Mississippi after visiting Hannibal and Quincy.

J. O. Strubinger The State Bank Pike County Nettie Sultzman Hannibal Carl Leo Sultzman Lou Wendorff Albert Walters Barry Peoria Saltzman Armour & Co

Central Baptist church sets thrift stamp drive for building fund

Central Baptist Church building committee met at 4 pm with Walter H Bennett presiding and planned thrift stamp book distribution next Sunday at the Vermont street church to fund a new Central Baptist Liberty church. An annual business meeting was held at the Fourth and Jersey branch. space limits weekday worship, a deacons board decision led by W W Bourne to relocate services to the Sunday school room to conserve coal.

Central Baptist Church Walter H. Bennett Vermont Street Central Baptist Liberty Church The Jersey Street Board of Deacons W.W. Bourne Congregational Church

Best Sellers In Victrola Records Feature Brahms And Stars

A list of January Victrola best sellers highlights Brahms Hungarian Dances by the Philadelphia Orchestra and a suite of wartime and romantic songs. Maria Schumann-Heink Cáruso Lucien Muratore Lina Cavalieri Grace Hoffman and Margaret Woodrow Wilson appear among performers with selections from Pathe Columbia and New World Symphony.

Philadelphia Orchestra Schumann-Heink Danny Boy Harry Lauder Rubenstein Nero Caruso France Victor Machine Company Lucien Muratore Lina Cavalieri Pathe Record Company Grace Hoffman Pathe Company Russell Hunting U.S Pathe Margaret Woodrow Wilson Columbia Kentucky Columbia Records Columbia Symphony Orchestra Chopin

Marion County lodge installs officers in Palmyra

Marion County lodge No. 21 I O O F installed officers in Palmyra with Clarence J. Carey named noble grand and Fred T. Straton vice grand. District Deputy Grand Master J Z Bloom led ceremonies as staff from Odd Fellows lodge No. 228 assisted. Also notes a visiting member Zack Gupton, Sgt Howard Dickson’s return from Camp Funston, a New Year party at the Christian home, and county license tallies for 1916 and 1917 plus Red Cross activity reopening in the courthouse.

Marion County Lodge Clarence J. Carey Noble Grand Fred T. Straton Donald Losey T. J. Suter R. J. Winn C. J. Johnson J. Z. Bloom J. F. Anderson William Cox Joseph Retti James Reber Odd Fellows Zack Gupton Union Township Palmyra Howard Dickson Camp Funston Rufus Christian Hi. M. Field Gentry Cummings Ely Howard White St. Louis Louise Cummings Lucile White Audrey Christian Allen Smith Francis Nelson Earl Christian Marion County Red Cross Court House

Weddings Frame Heidbreder and Georgens Shank Pair

The wedding of Frieda Heidbreder and Benjamin Frame took place Tuesday afternoon at 3 in the bride’s home with a wedding dinner. The couple will reside in Bevier Missouri. Naomi Georgens married Harry Shank at 4 on New Year’s afternoon in the bride’s home. they had no attendants and a small wedding dinner. The Shanks plan to travel with Mr Shank employed by Hoffman Directory. Also noted is a collective estimate of Britain’s coal supply lasting 720 years and Germany’s 1800 years.

Frame Heidbreder Frieda Heidbreder August H. Heidbreder Benjamin Frame Bevier Mrs. Frame

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Dorothy Dayton Dayton Andrew Kurz Oak Street W. H. Heidbreder South Shirteenth Street A&family Snd Edward J. Helmer Spring Street Robert Wall Davenport Roland Boswell Madison Boswell Euphemia Irwin Edna Pearce Dorothy Tyrrell Helen Jarrett Lilian Egan Mabel van Steel Ruth Irene Flanigan Ruth Powell Florence Ruth Brown Emma Breitstadt Letha Jarrett Edith Gabriel Helen Virginia Reticker Virgil Kibler Helen Smith Miller 8. A. Barbour F. B. McKennan Mra Leslie Hall D. Lambert of Coatsburg Charles Kaltenbach Clara Drusch Culver-Stockton University Canton Lois Potter Marie Schaller Rome Arnold Lulu Felt Quincy College of Music Straus-Tauszig Miss Schaller la Tosca Buccini Mrs. Arnold Mazetta Fekeh Bey G. F. Oliver Robert Bacon Vameronw ISS Edith Martin Margaret Reed Norma Pieper Lillian Maas Helen Eaton Ethel Klocke Marguerite Behrensmeyer Dorothy Hokamp Helen Dittmeyer Beulah Sternbrock Maude Dunbar Frank Grainge Edmond Williams Laddonia H. E. Sellers E. Percy Brown Orpheum Lillian Mariam Wetzel Detroit John Inghram Jesse Wetzel Betty Castle Anna Whitney Constance Ellis Edith Hewitt Baker Jeanette Burrows George Startung W. H. Hartung Rena Chicago Homer Huggins North Twentieth Street St. Vincent Dorothy Rader Book Club C. H. Merkel North Seventh Street Louis Nebe Henry Merkel Princeton Quincy Princeton Club Arthur Dunn E.M. Botsford M. Finley Carrott W. M. Gamble Henry Carter John Wood W. R.C John Wood Post Eagles Hall Ruth Bywaters H. S. Wells Anna Bush Lucia Bywaters Pauline Huffman Catherine Palmer Clara Colman Agnes Gibbons Elizabeth Taylor Salina Michelman Edna Shank Fannie Chandler Reis Emma Goodapple Lena Arends Straub Mester Mary Nichols Amanda Steinkamp Henry C. Turner John Caddick J. C. Dickhut Adam Wild Michael Cashman Otis Wessels John Wessels William Strube William Nl. Gay C. Arthur Pfeiffer Loraine C. Sultzman Gladys Strubinger Church News Victrola Records Britain Germany Fifth St Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Co Ad. Ic
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