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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1917
Page
8
A writer recalls how a hat frames identity and memory, noting hats as intimate markers of personality. A sunset visit reveals a friend's old straw hat still vivid with the wearer’s presence, echoing through rooms and triggering grief at a mother's forgotten wardrobe item.
Sketch depicts a twin or double train gown in filmy fabrics like chiffon or Georgette with a three tier silver lace skirt. Black velvet bodice with silver sequins, off colored chiffon trains with silver tassels, and rose chiffon drapes. designed for mid season exhibition, adaptable in fabric and color.
Charles E. Jansen, once a Quincy post office clerk, rises in Los Angeles as a real estate businessman. He led Commonwealth Home Builders sales, organized the real estate department, served as director and vice president, with a notable $150 000 deal and years of market leadership.
Mrs. W. I. McKee hosted her bridge club Monday afternoon. Mrs. Frank Ernst of 136 North Ninth street entertained three tables of bridge Thursday afternoon with a lunch eon served afterward. A New Year s dance drew 150 dancers at Arcade hall Thursday night by the Daisy club. Mrs. John Lush and Mrs. Milton O to Canton planned a Canton house party Friday and would be joined by their husbands and Oscar Mueller Saturday.
Michael Dreleer acquired for 150000 the painting Christ Appearing to Mary by Roger Vander Widen dated 1400 1406. The work was once in the possession of Queen Isabella of Spain during her alliance with Columbus.
Berlin dispatch notes Cardinal Von Hartmann traveled to occupied French regions and performed pontifical functions with the express permission of the pope. The report cites the Koelnische Volkzeitung. The piece emphasizes authorization from Rome for the Vatican’s envoy.
RS Padberg of St. Louis attended a luncheon and 5 pm tea hosted by her mother Mrs J H Lubbe at 1223 Park Place. Seventeen guests shared pink rose centerpieces. Grace Fargo of Springfield attended the tea. Mrs Padberg and her daughters plan to stay in Quincy about a week longer. Other gatherings included Miss Rosalphia Payne hosting a luncheon and theater honor for Miss Helen Wall of St Louis, and Florence Hastings preparing to travel to St Louis and Dallas for the winter.
St Agnes branch of the Western Catholic Union No 192 in St Boniface club house outlines year work. An entertainment whip for Jan 9 at Knights of Columbus hall with eight prizes is planned. A new sick committee is named and Holy Communion services are set for Jan 21. Next meeting is the first Monday in February.
Six hundred tenants in Bronx apartment houses were served with dispossess notices after refusing rent increases. Members of the Bronx Tenants League pledged to accept eviction rather than yield to landlords. Cases to be heard in court today.
LITTLE ROCK Ark Jan 5 Gov George W Hays leaving office next Tuesday pardoned 44 state convicts bringing total pardons since Dec 1 to 112. The Thursday list includes 19 men convicted of murder.
CHICAGO Jan 5 E H Sothern the actor confined to his bed in a local hotel suffering with a kidney stone is reported resting easier as doctors monitor his condition in the city.
Deeds recorded show Charles Hufendick and others transferring lots 19 and 20 in block 127 John Wood addition Quincy to Olive Witt for 1400 dollars. The records reflect a transfer of property interest and the involved parties. The document evidences the real estate transaction and the identified location within the city subdivision.
In Oakland on January 6 a man named Mortimer, who would sell himself for $200 to settle debt, received a $1,000 marriage offer from a Half Moon Bay wealthy widow. He replied he would marry here at once if she proceeds, and thanked Miss Caroline Pebenik for her offer to share savings. A San Francisco sender offered prayers, with no money.
New York Jan 5 Reports say a German commerce raider stalked the Atlantic when the French liner Espagne altered course in the Bay of Biscay after sighting an unidentified ship. Lights went out as the pursuer closed, the liner zigzagged and finally escaped. Lifeboat notices included passenger seat diagrams and capacity charts.
Virginia Minnesota January 5 fifty three woodsmen arraigned in municipal court here Thursday were discharged. They were charged with coercion it being alleged that they were members of the I W W accused of having driven working lumberjacks from their camps.
Secretary Baker released a letter from an officer of F Company, Third Ohio National Guard infantry, stating that charges of mistreatment of Ohio troops on the border are unfounded.
London Jan 5 The Daily Mail learns that Mrs William Cornwallis West who was censured by a court of inquiry on army affairs has decided to retire from every kind of public work.
Quincy women plan an educative civic department under the Women's Forum to keep informed on political matters and invite city and county candidates to speak. They also launch a sidewalk etiquette campaign against public expectoration, with fines from two to twenty dollars. A committee will coordinate with the police chief and street railway superintendent.
A nine one day conferences series promotes social and religious work among men in Presbyterian churches across the state from January 7 to 19. The Quincy district conference will be in Augusta on January 15 with Rev. R. H. Hartley and other delegates. An afternoon Round Table led by Rev. William F. Weir starts at 2 30, followed at 4 30 by the Tlinsis plan for action by Rev. Floyd W. Barr. A 6 30 fellowship supper precedes an 8 o'clock men’s rally with Dr. Weir.
Two former Gem City Business College students, Blanche Maddocks of Kinderhook and S H Buck Jr of Berlin Neb, wed after two years of courtship. Buck secured the license in Quincy after arriving from Berlin, and the couple plan to reside in Buck's hometown.
Serious consideration of social service work among Quincy Catholics drives plans for a mass meeting at the Knights of Columbus hall Sunday night. Several federation women will read papers on the subject and plans for aiding the needy will be discussed in material and educational terms. The federation includes representatives from all Catholic church groups.
Frederick H. Monroe of Chicago, a lifelong single tax advocate, arrived in Quincy to launch a statewide campaign for Henry George doctrine. As president of the Henry George Lecture association, he has toured the U S and Canada 20 times seeking followers. He argues land taxes raise production costs and burden consumers.
In New York City the movement is unusually strong with business leaders backing single tax theories. The city now raises a larger share of revenues from land values than any other city, signaling heightened support for reform. A farmers’ organization in New York state has emerged, recognizing that current taxes burdens farmers and that the price gap between producer and consumer largely funds urban rents for city operations.
A petition filed with the Minnesota public utilities commission by the Chicago and North Western Railway seeks permission to issue capital stock of 15,250,900 dollars, divided into 162,509 shares of 312 dollars each, to fund reimbursements for expenses incurred in the last five years for improvements not secured by bonds notes or other issues.
Probate court notes show a balance on hand and a list of expenditures for the estate of Manas Co filed Thursday in probate court.
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