Former Quincyan To India Sails as YWCA Instructor
ISS Elizabeth Wilson sister of Mrs Nelson Funk, formerly of Quincy, sails for India to start YWCA training classes there. She has long served in YWCA work and has led national training in New York. Her family once lived on North Sixth Street near Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Iss Elizabeth Wilson
Nelson Funk
Quincy
Miss Wilson
Westerman
J. W. Westerman
Quincy Women’s Forum
Chamber of Commerce
Anne Jarrett Wood
Kirtley
James P. Pursell
Woman who won’t flinch earns high praise for restraint
Daily Chit Chat extols a wife who endures her husband’s infidelity without visible jealousy. The piece praises her quiet dignity, compares it with overt suffering, and wishes her courage a future reward if she seeks to win back love.
Luncheon Honors Mrs Botsford Hostess Vesta Hasson
Vesta Hasson entertained ten guests at a Tuesday luncheon in her home honoring Mrs Alfred Botsford of New York. The table centerpiece featured freesia and after lunch cards were played with guests including Mrs J W Gardner Mrs Ralph Gardner Mrs John Stillwell and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesson
Vesta Hasson
Alfred Botsford
New York
Freesia
J. W. Gardner
Ralph Gardner
John Stillwell
A. O. Lindsay
George Cottrell
J. A. S. Ehart
Archer Rogers
Paul Tibbetts
Helhake and Schutte Wedding at St John Church
Miss Laura Helen Schutte daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Schutte Riverside and Joseph H Helhake son of Mr and Mrs Frank Helhake North Twentieth street will marry at 6 30 this morning at St John Catholic church. Attendants Miss Ada Schutte and Rome Jansen. After a breakfast for 30 relatives they depart for a honeymoon to St Louis. Helhake works for Electric Wheel Co and they plan to live on Lind street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helhake-Schutte
Laura Helen Schutte
Herman Schutte
North Eighteenth Street
Riverside
Joseph H. Helhake
Frank Helhake
North Twentieth Street
St. John Catholic Church
Father Postner
Ada Schutte
Rome Jansen
Schutte
He- Sister
St. Louis
Helhake
The
Electric Wheel Company
Lind Street
Frese Niehaus Couple to Wed at St John Catholic Church
Miss Margaret Nienaus daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerhard Nieuhaus 1114 Elm Street and George Frese son of Mr and Mrs L H Frese 1117 Chestnut Street will marry at 8 o clock this morning in St John Catholic Church A wedding breakfast will follow at the bridegrooms parents home and the couple will depart for Los Angeles to establish their home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frese- Niehaus
Margaret Nienaus
Gerhard Nieuhaus
Elm Street
George Frese
L. H. Frese
Chestnut Street
St. John Catholic
Los Angeles
Germans Sent Munitions To Villa Claim
Major E Lowry Humes told a Senate committee that a German agent financed 380000 dollars worth of munitions for Francisco Villa in 1915 through the Mississippi Valley Trust in St Louis. Funds were credited via Guaranty Trust in New York to F A Somerfield, an enemy alien in custody. Munitions were made by Western Cartridge in El Paso Texas.
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Washington
Francisco Villa
Mississippi Valley Trust Company
St. Louis
Senate
E. Lowry Humes
Major Humes
F. A. Somerfield
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Western Cartridge Company
el Paso
Tex
Houston To Dayton Made In 878 Minutes
A trio of map making planes from Ellington Field Houston departed December 14 and arrived in Detroit January 8 after 187 miles of Gulf to Lakes air route mapping. Lieutenants Hill Jones Wagener and Henry piloted and observed with mapping personnel guiding future air service work.
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Detroit
Mich
Dayton
Ohio
Ellington Field
Houston
Texas
the Gulf
E. H. Hill
B. M. Jones
J. W. Wagener
Lawson Henry
Gulf
Lakes
Mary Horton Taken From Doctor Office To Station
Messrs. Horton of Holliday Missouri, taken by ambulance from a local doctor's office to Burlington station after an X ray. Daisy Walker Brooker will speak Thursday at Union Baptist church on colored missions. Various local updates on residents and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Horton
Holliday
Burlington
Green
Occidental
Daisy Walker Brooker
Union Baptist Church
Klean Koal
Quincy Coal Co
C. W. Leffin
Christian Science Church
E. F. Stannus
Hampshire Street
Marie Louise Adelpohl
A. W. Adelpohl
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
J. LeRoy Adair
Dewey
North Side Boat Club
Ed Kleemeyer
Camp Grant
William
France
Otis Trotter
San Antonio
Helen Bangert
Herman Mueller
South Twentieth Street
Louis Rempe
Galesburg
George Tobin
North Twentieth Street
Julius Kespohl
New York
Kespohl-Mohrenstecher Co
Alvera VandenBoom
South Sixteenth Street
al Koch
Thirtieth
Broadway
North Thirty-sixth Street
Lepper Brothers
Melrose Township
Frank Averkamp
1500
Spring Street
Frank Stolze
Chicago
Camp Gordon
Quincy
Stolze
T. E. Montgomery
Kahoka
Miss Olive
Steve Lawless
County Exemption Board
Liberty
John Schrage
Local notices and movements in Hull community
Ellen McNutt travels west to visit her sons in Colorado and Utah. A series of church events and personal updates follow, including a second M E church conference February 1 and preacher February 2, a baptism of illness and deaths, school and nursing notes, and numerous visits, injuries, illnesses, travel, and community gatherings in Hull and nearby towns.
Clayton community notes and family updates
Clayton residents share personal news including Veach family returns to Augusta and Florene Veach’s Chicago business course completion. Funeral of James W. Anderson and attendance by Gay Anderson, civil war veteran, noted. Local hopes rise as overseas troops expected home. trench mortar battalion likely to reach the state by mid January. Ice harvests begin as firms install ten inch ice. Reva Shank’s eighteenth birthday celebrated with friends who surprised her at her south Clayton home. Emery Gore recovers from influenza. Edward Parker dies of pneumonia in Colorado. body to be brought home for burial.
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Peoria
Hamil Veach
Bowen
Clyde Smith
H. Ramsey
Hamil
Clayton
Reva Shank
Emery Gore
Elmer Watson
Edward Parker
Colorado
Local Notes Include Births Deaths and Departures
John Myers discharged and home in Cam Taylor Kentucky. Ralph Doane returns from Texas with family. Mrs Doane well in new climate. Arthur Stauffer recovering from appendicitis after three weeks. Charles Orr dies of heart congestion near town aged about 30. served last May. Burials in city cemetery by Hoy Stratton. Margaret Yates Elsi Winn return to Milwaukee to teach. Miriam Stead returns to college in Ohio. Elizabeth Bashforth visiting Jessie In St Louis. Mike Fox visiting Bloomington relatives. Anna Driscoll returns from Pittsfield after flu care. Mr and Mrs H S Hunter back from Herring Newfoundland over holidays.
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John Myers
Cam
Taylor
Ralph Doane
Jennie
Texas
T. M. Orr
Hillgrew
Burta
Hoy. Stratton
Margaret Yates
Elsi Winn
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Miriam Stead
Miss Stead
Painsville
Ohio
Elizabeth Bashforth
Jessie
St. Louis
Mike Fox
Bloomington
Tom
Anna Driscoll
Pittsfield
John Jordan
H. S&s Hunter
Herring, NL
Local Notes From Pittsfield Ill Meet Chancellor Officials
County Judge Burr H. Swan is ill and unable to attend duties. Attorney A G Crawford of Pittsfield notified dismissal of William Altenheim of Adams County in federal court. Moses Morey of Barry named district deputy for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Illinois. Sun Island Levee Drainage commissioners H Koehler James Inman and James C Gay in Pittsfield. Funeral of George Wessel held in West cemetery with Rev W H Hopkins officiating. Hulda McQuitty died in Newburg township. funeral Thursday at Blue River cemetery. survived by many including John McQuitty.
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Pittsfield
Burr H. Swan
A. G. Crawford
WiLliam Altenheim
Adams County
Crawford
Moses Morey
Barry
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Illinois
Grand Lodge
Fike County
H. Koehler
New Canton
James Inman
Payson
James C. Gay
Rockport
Sun Island Levee
George Wassell
St. Paul, Minn
West Cemetery
W. H. Hopkins
Federated Church
Mary Hornback
Hulda McQuitty
William Ward
Newburg Township
Blue River Cemetery
Detroit
John McQuitty
Local social notes from New Salem and Jacksonville
Earl Snyder visited Jacksonville on Monday as a business caller. Charlie Seybold and family were Sunday guests of Ben Maloney. Roy and Mrs. Dunham hosted Mr. and Mrs. Dean Peterson for supper Monday. All flu patients are improving. Ramsey Andrew returned to school in Jacksonville after Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dunham visited James Wigon on Friday.
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New Salem
Ill
Earl Snyder
Jacksonville
Charlie Seybold
Ben Maloney
Roy Dunham
Dean Peterson
Ramsey Andrew
Andrew Dunham
James Wfigon
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Cheerful Home
Gay Braxton
Myrtle Huffman
Quincy College of Music
Miss Huffman
Rupp
Henry Rupp
Park Place
Ensign
Roger Kasper
Pelham
N. Y
Neal Terwische
Mrs. Mueller
Martin Mueller
Success Club
Mueller
Henry Whipple
Polly Sumner
Mae Treascher Brady
Chaddock
Chaddock Aid Society
Lulu Felt
Robert Halbach
H. H. Brown
William Douglas
Arthur Dunn
A. B. R. Club
Western Catholic Union
St. John School
William Wavering
John Wissman
A. Maas
Zollers
A. E. Zoller
Zoller
Thomas Meehan
Bernard
Bluffs
Philbert
Agnes Schwagmeyer
St. Paul, Ill
John Inghram
Jansen
Rosa Jansen
George Jansen
Payson Avenue
Atlantis
the Atlantis
Daniel Cover
Sir Gilbert Parker
Women’s Committee
Court House
Julia Sibley
Maria Sibley
Parker
Frederick Parker
W. T. Duker
George Fischer
Vermont Street
Mr. Kasper
Fischer
Kasper
Mrs. Kasper
Lawrence
Sol Harris
John Ellis
Edmond Crawford
Card Club
L. E. Lawrence
Ed Hermeling
Warren Pearce
Harris
Wenner
Rome Wennel
B. Branton
Portsmouth
William McPike
Edith Yeargain
Will Rottman
Albert Lee
Minn
W. F. Kirtley
Women's Committee
St Louis
Elsa Schwab
Loyola Halligan
Henrietta Schwab
K. of C
Earl Nolan
John Carroll
Dr. BE. F
Koetters
George Lisen
Rome Terweip
Cornelius Kleine
Tom Lenane
O'Farrell
Sy Ruth Cameron
Manner River
Women Teachers’ Club
Webster School
Home Bureau
Woods
Reuben Woods
Austria
Friends In Council
Snahpro Dia Club
Earl W. Smith
R. E. Hackman
Joplin
Julia Bacon
Villa
Hall, Ill
Ellen McNutt
West
Utah
Milby
P. T. Conour
Hannibal
Nichols
Juanita
Ringhausen
M. E. Church
A. S. Flannigan
Isdna Beck
Chicago Heights
Baptist Church
L. S. Corey
John Reddin
Bert Chandler
Otto Selgerist
Edna
Nazarene
John Smith
Miss Powell
Corey
Shank
Moller and Vanden- Boom Lumber Company
Hinll
Elwin T. Palmer
Garrett Biblical Institute
Martha Geisendorfer
Amelia Geisendorfer
Hull
G. C. Grisby
the Nazarene Church
Virginia, Ill
Merle Harshman
Moline
D. W. Bridge
M. E
F. N. Wells
Mamie Carr
Philip Smith
Dorothy Kuhlman
M. E. Sunday School
Harry Lewton
Everett Lawrence
Ruth Babb
John Hogan
Dorothy Williams
Florence Weir
Harvey Adkins
Watson
Christian Church
Olin Moore
L. G. Pottle
Griggsville, Ili
Betsy Ross
Kleen Maid
Hr. Korn Baking CO
W.t.duker
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