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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1917
Page
2
Fresh Florida strawberries arrive in Quincy with high quality and expected bumper crop if frost avoids harm. Prices list fruit and vegetable assortments including oranges, apples, pineapples, figs, dates, grapes, and the noted 45 cent a quart for strawberries.
Schuyler Hugh Buck Sr of Berlin Nebraska and Blanche Leah Maddox of Kinderhook Illinois filed for marriage licenses. The unions reflect a midwestern to midcontinent pairing with intent to wed in the near future.
Melrose township child Harvey Rockaird aged ten died at home after months of illness. He was born April 6, 1906, and leaves parents, four brothers, and one sister. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Roberta Pierce sister of Mrs Linton died at home near Newark Missouri, age unknown, after living with her brother Sidner Pierce. Born in Virginia, daughter of Mero and Mrs Michael Pierce. both parents are deceased. A widow, Mrs Georsie Ro Bal throped in Edina Maine is noted as a relative or associated figure.
Paul, infant son of Mr and Mrs Gustav Wallet of 152 North Twenty fourth Street, died Wednesday after birth at Blessing Hospital. The child was born in the hospital last Saturday.
Sallie Waneb aged seven and a half died at her home in Jannibe Wednesday morning after a three week illness from pneumonia. The service details are given for burial in Woodland cemetery, with the funeral at Calvary cemetery and local church ceremonies noted.
Funeral services for Mere Catherine Menke will be held at 2 PM in the family residence at 901 South Ninth Street and privately at St Tacobi Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at Woodhound Cemetery.
Meetings will be held in Labor Temple Ninth and State next week with unions scheduled daily including Electrical Workers No 67 Carpenters No 1368 Tailors No 180 Monday and more through Saturday with Bakers No 203 on Saturday.
St John’s Catholic School will stage Rosalind and Irmengard a four act drama Sunday with other tableaux and choruses. The program lists numerous named cast members and church figures alongside scenes of infant Jesus and the Virgin Mary, with the Sheldon School of Chicago mentioned for a salesmanship course and a Friday night event at the Vineyard room of the Hotel Qin featuring Ilinton White.
Receipts of the Quincy Railway company for 1916, announced Thursday, total 216,604.00 with SHESGLOS to the city. The year shows higher overall income than 1915, with baseball months delivering the heaviest receipts aside from winter. Monthly figures reveal the pattern, though some months are incomplete in the record.
Born to Mr and Mrs Harry Eyck meyer of 337 South Seventh Street a son in the Sunday morning birth their third child A large class of candidates is to be received at the Eagles lodge during the January 18 meeting It is believed the hall will be in its new building by February 15
Mrs. W. OH. Thompson of cottage 22 at the Soldiers' Home was surprised Thursday evening when her Virginia uncle S. Culver visited after forty years apart. He had last seen her as a child. now both are elderly with white hair. Culver, visiting for eight years, praised changes at the home. Work began on a new run from cottage 4 to the hall to aid residents in wheelchairs and funerals, with an entertainment planned at the hall tonight. A joint W R C meeting in Lippincott Hall installed new officers for Col. Shepherd posts, led by Ida Newman.
Installing officers for post No. 628 of the G A R were D Senniff. New officers include Commander F A Hotch kiss, senior vice D Senniff, junior vice H R Walgamott, surgeon J E Gandy, chaplain A B Campbell, quartermaster H D Sturdevant, adjutant Thomas Dawson, officer of the day A F Rexroad, officer of the guard B F Trimble, sergeant major Thomas J Gaddis, quarter sergeant W Swart wood. Mrs Fanesworth ill. Mr King and Mr Robison improved. L M Songer left for Decatur on business and pleasure. Sam Baldwin elected chaplain at Temperance league. Miss Mary Slortensteine dies in Rosewell NM. Gifts received by Mr and Mrs Lease. Culp returns with daughter from Springfield. Hi M Love recovering. George Friend receives oranges from Phoenix Antoona. Hospital ward improvements noted. Andrew returns from Springfield and Danville. Seargeant Myers notes cottage 13 improvements by Lula Moss and Annie Larris. B Curry at Soldiers home inventories radiators.
Inactivity and lack of exercise are blamed for constipation and sluggish energy. The ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a mild laxative that clears congested intestines and yields a full easy morning movement with a dose at night.
Portia clergyman Rev W O Shank has accepted the call to serve the Baptist church of Quincy. He is expected Tuesday night to organize the church and is slated to officiate at Sunday services. Morning worship will be at the Vermont Street building and the evening service at the Fourth Street church. Shank is well known, a former Clayton resident, and has preached here before.
The Quincy Federation of Churches outlines a week of prayer from Monday to Saturday at various churches. Topics cover church unity missions and families, with nightly services at 7 30 pm. Epiphany observances occur at St John s Lutheran along with society meetings at Bethel and Luther Memorial churches.
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