Engagement Announced In Quincy Society Notes
Engagement announced at a Friday afternoon party at Miss Emma Brietstad’s home on South Ninth street. Leila Sullivan and Donald Carley, both active in local circles, receive congratulations as plans for a forthcoming wedding remain undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Brietstad
South Ninth Street
Leila Sullivan
Donald Carley
Miss Sullivan
Mr. Carley
R Lehman
Marne Street
Quincy High School
George Carley
South Twenty-fourth Street
Kiefer Pharmacy
Girls Host Leap Year Dance at Newcomb Hotel
In Quincy the 1920 Leap Year Dance featured escorted male guests, stylish attire, and attentive care. The Hotel Newcomb ballroom glowed with red poinsettias and holiday streamers while the Rialto Jazz Orchestra provided music. Dainty refreshments complemented the festive evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Newcomb
Quincy
Rialto Jazz Orchestra
Keup Returns to Chicago After Visit with Appletons
Theodore Keup returned to Chicago Friday night after several days in the city as the guest of Captain and Mrs. C. H. Appleton at 2000 Jersey Street. Mrs. Elizabeth Steinmetz hosted a party of friends at cards at her home on 128 South Fourth Street Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrott
Dorothy Bacon
Macomb
M. F. Carrott
East Maine Street
Niehaus
H. HH. Niehaus
Jersey Street
Colege
Betty Wilson
Mildred Trish
Columbia
Miss Irish
Miss Wilson
Miss Vahle
Alice Vahle
August Vahle
Jackson Street
Joseph Pallardo
Elyria
Ohio
Vahle
Quincy
Central Union Telephone Company
Pallardy
Orpheum
Druzilla Gordon
Naomi Schultze
Helen Schultze
Theodore Derney
Clarence Miskell
Homer Angel
Albert Stone
East Jersey Street
Harry Henhoff
Joe Hartman
Chicago
Mildred
Cyril Bierblinger
Joe Deters
Seventh and
Deters
Nelen Sohn
Marie Herschel
Florence Bergmann
Viola Heinagen
Minnie
Annie Peiz
Harvey Behrenemeyer
al, Wolf
Bill Art
Milton Sohn
Howard Wayne
Ralph Jansen
Philip Sleeter
Hannibal
Harvey Sprick
Prairie Avenue
Kansas City
Joel Benton
Lawrence Wells
Wills Blakeslee
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
W. R. Blakeslee
East Kentucky Street
Alfred Grossmith
Minneapolis
Minn
Ed. Cameron
North Eighteenth Street
Champaign
Lorene Bredeweg
Carl Kollmeyer
Lincoln
Neb
Genevieve
Hortense Kohl
Maine Street
Ellen Cunnane
North Fifth Street
Emma Grott
Brookfield
I. J. Dunbar
Fred Meise
Joseph Pickard
Fonners
Mra
Paul Meise
Gladys Stubbs
Frank Dingerson
Joe Pickard
Leo Mennel
Theodore Keup
C. H. Appleton
Elizabeth Steinmetz
South Fourth — Street
H. E. Becker
South Eighteenth Street
Nellie Durant
William Becker
Russell Becker
Schubert
Parents Hear Value Of Kindergarten Work
Miss Eleanor Alexander spoke at the Ber rian school parents and teachers meeting about kindergarten work. She outlined home training links, use of simple materials, and how songs and stories aid early learning. An informal discussion followed with social hour and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Alexander
Berrian School
Miss Alexander
Revival Meeting At Central Baptist Church
A week of revival services begins at Central Baptist Church with four sermons daily the Baptist week of prayer. Out of town speakers include Dr E P Brand of Normal IL and Dr O Hopkins of Nennal IL. Luncheon will be served each noon by the Ladies Society. Colored members are invited to attend. Each evening features a short prayer meeting on themes from awakening to prayer power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
Ladies Society of
E. P. Brand of
Normal, DL
O. Hopkins
Nennal
Baptist Church
B. N. Murrell
Eighth and Elm Streets
The
Congregational church to hold annual meeting and supper
The Congregational church calls its annual meeting for next Monday evening with a 6:30 supper in the parlors. After the dinner, the annual reports from departments and committees will be presented as a family gathering. A Sunday showing of the Boomerang moving picture will precede a sermonette titled Life's Returns by the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Grace Evangelistic Services to Be Resumed
Grace M. E. church plans to resume evangelistic meetings led by Rev. G. L. Losh after a fuel shortage pause. In the recent session, the church added fifty men as new members and outlined renewal plans for the ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GRACE
Grace M. E
G. L. Losh
Miss Oden Named Supervisor of Women’s Service on Railways
Quincy friends of Miss Della Oden will be interested in her recent appointment as supervisor of Women’s Service for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Omaha and Kansas City railways. She began as a telegraph operator in Davenport Iowa and rose to chief clerk and assistant passenger and finally passenger agent at Rock Island becoming the first woman in the United States to hold that post. She was the first woman elected to the Association of Traveling Passenger Agents and later taught as one of three women instructors in a government school for women ticket clerks in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Della Oden
Chicago
Burlington, Quincy
Omaha
Kansas City
Miss Oden
Davenport
Rock Island
United States
Association of
Mss Oder
Woodland Home elects officers for executive committee
Mrs J W Gardner was reelected president of the executive committee of the board of lady managers of Woodland Home at Friday morning's meeting. New officers chosen include Mrs Harry Bray first vice president Mrs Alfred Castle second vice president Mrs Emery Lancaster recording secretary Mrs Dean Richardson corresponding secretary and Mrs D L Musselman treasurer. Mrs E K Stone who had served 20 years as treasurer declined re election but received a rising vote of thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gardner
Lady Managers of
Woodland Home
Harry Bray
Alfred Castle
Emery Lancaster
Dean Richardson
D. L. Musselman
E. K. Stone
Evelyn Thomas and Wayne Snyder wedding in Cooperstown
Miss Evelyn Thomas and Wayne Snyder wed Thursday evening at eight in the bride’s home with Rev. O D Hedges officiating. The couple, daughter and son of local families, plan to live on the groom’s farm near Cooperstown after a family dinner. J A Weinand left Quincy for a short business trip to Rock Island.
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Evelyn Thomas
Wayne Snyder
Cooperstown
Brown County
O. D. Hedges
Q. O. Thomas
Charles Snyder
J. A. Weinand
Quincy
Rock Island
Christmas Savings Club and Local Social Notes
The item lists residents visiting relatives in Quincy and urges joining the Christmas Savings Club at State Savings Loan and Trust Company with multiple branches. It notes social events, shoppings, visits by Mr. and Mrs. Lubbe, Miss Selma Merker entertaining, and others, plus brief mentions of local officials and a constitutional convention delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Lubbe
St. Louis
E. F. Stannus
Hampshire Street
Regina Hirsh
Trampshire Street
Isaac Goldman
State Street Bank and Trust Co
Selma Merker
South Sixteenth Street
State Savings Loan and Trust Company
Broadway
South Side
Christmas Savings Club
Quincy
George
S. F. Piper
Harry
Mary
Macomb
Stannus
Nelle
Edith Graham
Vermont Street
Loraine
Annie Hammond
Sandy Osborn
B. M. Murrell
Eighth and
Elm Streets
Federal Bread
North 6Th
Uth Side Branch
Adams County Medical Association
F. N. Voth
Melrose
C. L. Martin
Kentucky Street
Keokuk
John Steiner
Joe Whitefield
Lima
Parent- Teachers’ Association
William
Gray
Side Talks on The Fence Habit by Ruth Cameron
The essay explores how readers build fences around ideas and prejudices and treat articles as biased when they disagree. It argues that people often judge writers harshly rather than honestly evaluating ideas and notes self awareness about such habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ming
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Adverts 19th Century Claim
Frank J. Cheney declares as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Sworn December 6, 1636 before A. W. Gleason. Medicine taken internally and said to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Druggists sell for 75 cents. Testimonials available from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lakas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Ohio
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Ida Santfieben
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University of Wisconsin At
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Theodore Roosevelt
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