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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1919

Page

5

Social Affairs Event at Mildred Hale Home

Eighteenth Ave and Grove hosts a Wednesday afternoon gathering for Eloise Jones of St Louis visiting Miss Nellie Durant. Five hundred prizes went to Margaret Fick and Virginia Brockman. Jones receives guest prize. Nellie Durant to host a Belasco theater movie party for Jones. Jones departs Friday for St Louis.

Mildred Hale Ave Grove Avenue Eloise Jones St. Louis Nellie Durant Margaret Fick Virginia Brockman Miss Jones Katherine ‘Wurst Dorothy Dunlap Eleanor Best Annalydia Halli Misa Juanita Sweet Ruth Calkins Louise Genter Florence Broady Miss Brockman Fick Misa Jones Misa Nellle Durant Belasco Theater

New Year resolutions meet time of failure and resolve

The piece argues that New Year resolutions are beautiful aims facing a predictable time of failure. It urges readers not to abandon aims after a setback but to mend and carry on, maintaining effort and courage. It cautions against boasting that one has ceased making resolutions and champions perseverance.

Miss Vera Wessels and John Voovaart Wedding at Home

Miss Vera Wessels and John Voovaart married in the Wessels home at 3 p.m. Rev. H J Leemhuis officiated with Miss Marie Wessels and Carl Wessels as attendants. The bride wore taupe traveling suit, and a wedding dinner followed at 1 p.m. The couple, formerly with Webster Junior High and Utz Dunn Shoe, plan to reside in Rochester after trips to Chicago and New York.

Vera Wessels John Voovaart Fred J. Wessels State Street H. J. Leemhuis Salem Evangelical Church Marie Wessels Carl Wessels Wessels Webster Voovaart Heintz Shoe Store Utz & Dunn Shoe Company Rochester N.Y New York

Prince of Wales to Visit United States, Report

London dispatch reports King George and Queen Mary assured President Wilson the Prince of Wales would visit the United States during his coming trip through the British dominions according to a Paris dispatch to the Daily Mail.

London George Mary Wilson Prince of Wales United States British Dominions Paris Daily Mail

Lip Lines and the Character of Great Minds

Artist Alfred Houghton Clark argues the lips reveal character more than the eye line. He links mouths to Lincoln Roosevelt Lloyd George Keats Whittier Webster Wilson and Webster, noting varied lines signal power, idealism, secrecy, or tragedy in these figures.

Lavater Alfred Houghton Clark Colonel House Bonar Law Machiavelli Daniel Webster Laurence C. Hodgson Larry Ho St. Paul Larry Hodgson Lincoln Hodgson Roosevelt Lloyd George Grant Pershing Keats Whittier Antonious

Personal notices round up holiday happenings across town

Charles T. Rogers returns from St Louis. New Year entertainment held at Melrose school chapel led by Miss Ethel Gray. Theodora Ulbricht visits Montgomery. Miss Mary Harness returns from Minneapolis. Paul Stewart to Jacksonville after holidays. Arthur Volm family visit to Joseph Spohr. Walter White joins wife visiting Scharnhorsts. will meet World at Home Carnival troupe. Raymond Wiley, 7, treated for pneumonia. Local visitors Huff family from Kissing er. Medical notices and church services in St. Mary hospital. Stannus ENT practice listed. Haug family visiting Lincoln. Jesse Voth recovering from battle wounds Oct 22. Elizabeth Castle ill with influenza complications. New Year services at St John and St Peter churches. Kaiser of Concordia college presiding at St Jacobi.

Halbach-Schroeder Co Charles T. Rogers St. Louis Melrose School Ethel Gray Theodora Ulbricht Montgomery Mary Harness Minneapolis Raymond Wiley St. Mary Hospital Huff Kissinger H. N. Henderson L. W. Harris South Third Street E. F. Stannus Hampshire Street A. G. Haug Lincoln Neb Frans Haug North Eleventh Street Jesse Voth Elizabeth Castle B. F. Schueler St. John Lutheran Church St. Peter Evangelical August F. Warshow George H. Kaiser Concordia College St. F Louis St. Jacobi Lutheran Church

Mary Polly files for divorce in Pittsfield April term

Mrs Mary Polly of Barry files divorce from Robert Polly alleging desertion. The case will be heard at the April term of the circuit court. The report lists multiple local residents visiting, relocations, military service notes, and various travel and family updates in Pittsfield and nearby towns.

Amputate Arm After Troop Train Wreck

EDMUNDSTON N B Jan 2 The number of men killed when a Trans Continental troop train left the rails and plunged into Longlake two miles from Glendyne is uncertain with estimates from three to eight. Two men were seriously injured and 50 to 60 others were bruised or cut by glass. Private Olsen of Chicago had his left arm trapped and rescuers amputated it with an axe before transporting him to a local hospital where recovery is hoped.

Edmundston N. B Trans-Continental Railway Longlake Glendyne Olsen Chicago

Non-Stop Flight by Naval Aviator Carries Five Passengers

The Aero Club of America reports Lt Cmdr P N L Bellinger completed a 661 mile nonstop flight from Pensacola Florida on Tuesday carrying five passengers. The city of New York expects around 200000 visitors daily, not counting commuters.

New York The Aero Club of America P.N. L Bellinger Pensacola Fla New York City

Infants at Risk from Narcotic Noxious Remedies

A historical notice warns that infant mortality in civilized nations runs high with roughly 22 percent dying before one year and 7 percent before age five. It argues narcotic preparations in children’s remedies, including opium or morphine in drops and syrups, cause many deaths. It claims Castoria with Charles H. Fletcher’s signature contains no opiates and is safe.

Chas. H. Fletcher

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