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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
8
An meditation on pity and sympathy contrasts their effects and asks whether pity, patronizing and enervating, harms rather than helps. It argues sympathy should accompany effort and shared struggle, not be the stance of condescension, urging readers to replace pity with genuine, active care.
A suspender frock for little girls is praised as smart and economical, with shoulder straps echoing paternal suspenders. The design allows easy outfit changes and pairs with dainty guimpes to keep dresses clean. Fabrics suggested include velvet, velveteen, plaid worsted, gingham, and poplin, with bright colors expected this spring.
The Senate discussed Walsh water power legislation and interstate commerce hearings on railroad bills. Winthrop M. Daniels was confirmed for another term as interstate commerce commissioner. Public hearings were paused for an "leak investigation" after the morning session.
Society page notes Arnold couple honeymooning in Missouri will visit Lewistown and Quincy to meet his parents and Mrs. Arnold's mother Mrs. Carrie Hoxsey. Miss Olive Hoxsey becomes Mrs. Arnold. Carthage guests Laura Baer Ardath Mischler arrive Friday for Greeman family weekend events. Alma Stratberg to wed Homer Greeman. Cards and refreshments hosted by Mrs. Snedeker and Mrs. Reinkendorff. Oliver Williams to host dinner. F W Simmonds and daughter Johanna return from Ottumwa. Ewing hosts Gardner Governor works staff, then luncheon. Will Richardson Rut Marjorie and Mrs. Blasland to Sapulpa after holidays. Lewis Pringle to marry Martha Silver February 3 in Lake Avenue home. Pringle linked to Lucy T. Pringle and J. L. Tapp. alumni ties to Quincy High, University of Wisconsin, Rolla School of Mines.
The Shakespeare club met with Mrs. George Gabriel to finish Henry V and plan a review for the next meeting after an hour of current events and refreshments. The group will meet next with Mrs. Alice Osborn Hedges.
A Y. W. C. A. board meeting is set for 2 o'clock this afternoon. The advanced first aid class will shift to Friday evenings from Tuesday, starting Friday January 19.
Miss Anna G Thiemann and Joseph Stallman of St Louis wed at St Johns Catholic church in a 6 am ceremony. Attendants were Elizabeth Thiemann and Joseph Schutte. They plan visits then return to farm near Leslie Mo to start married life.
Mrs May C Lowe of San Luis Obispo Cal and Louis Earl Frank of Ockport were married Tuesday noon at the bride's cousin Mrs Edwin Tyron home. Rev W D Endres officiated with Miss Edith Whitney and Mrs Tyron as attendants. The bride wore a pearl gray gown and the couple plan to live in Rockport with the bride's father Pastor T J Teller before heading to California in the spring.
Miss Florence C Bringer of LaGrange County and John C Johnson of Galland Iowa wed Wednesday afternoon at the hands of Judge Bonney. After the ceremony they returned to Iowa.
About 400 people attended the open installation of officers for Alpha chapter No. 109 of the Order of the Eastern Star at the Masonic temple on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Annie Tuffle presided as installing officer with Miss Edyth Winter as installing marshal and Mrs. Mary Farwell as installing chaplain. The ceremony featured star rays represented by girls, and floral escorts Erma Wortman and Lawrence Wolf. Following the installation, dancing and refreshments were arranged by chairwoman Mrs. Margaret Brinkotte and assistants. Officers installed included Doris Fischer as worthy matron and TM. 5 S. Tuffle as worthy patron, with a full slate of associate matron, secretary, treasurer, conductress, chaplain, marshal, organist, Adah, Ruth, Esther, Martha, Electa, warder, and sentinel addressing various posts.
Philadelphia January 11 police maintain belief that Bernard W. Lewis of Pittsburgh killed art model Maizie Colbert in her apartment on December 29. Lewis later died by his own hand in Atlantic City days after the body was found. Detectives say new informants offered help but did not break the circumstantial case against him.
Judge J A P Campbell, said to be the last of 49 delegates who signed the Confederate Constitution, died at his Jackson home Wednesday night aged 87. He had served as a colonel in the Confederate Army.
BELOIT Wis Jan 1 William Maveus 33 swallowed chewing tobacco by accident Wednesday night. It lodged in his windpipe and a coughing fit ruptured a blood vessel causing his death within hours.
Church groups held luncheons and business sessions across multiple denominations. Presbyterian, Unitarian, Congregational, Methodist and United Brethren circles arranged talks, officer elections, and sewing for Woodland home children, with social events planned and new members added.
Distribution of handbills in the federal building reveals a newly formed association named the Federal Employees' union. The group plans its first Chicago meeting tonight and seeks to advance laws for higher wages and better hours for government workers.
Stillwell residents Bert Howard Edward Tanner and Harvey Crear visited Canton Missouri for a bankrupt sale but did not purchase. Bert Howard owns a W117 Ford and traveled with family to Carthage Tuesday. Several residents plan moves including Frank Jepson moving to the Robert Carleton farm and Frank Smith to the James Tanner farm.
An old promotion urges readers to send five cents to Foley & Co for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The offer circulated via Miller and Arthur Drug Co in Chicago Illinois with a request to include name and address.
Cedar Rapids Iowa January 11 1924 Quaker Oats mill the world’s largest cereal mill shut down by a strike over wage demands. More than 700 workers walked out and hundreds more lost work as the plant closed. Strikers formed a union under local AFL leadership seeking raises of one to one and a half cents per hour or about 155 dollars daily in wage gains and 2 10 per day for a ten hour shift.
Report notes of wage adjustments where workers previously paid two dollars per hour now at two dollars ten cents, while girls earning four to six cents per hundred for wrapping packages seek six to eight cents.
In Chicago on January 11, the University of Chicago’s plan for a major medical research school nears certainty with a $1,000,000 gift from the Billing family led by C. K. G. Billings. The hospital will accompany the school, with total project cost at $5,300,000 and all but $550,000 now pledged.
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