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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
2
Experts predict young women will be best judges of stock at the Farmers Institute in Guiden as girls compete with boys in the judging events.
The lecture series features Mann explaining soil fertility, humus sources, and clover as a top method to restore nutrients. He notes phosphorus at $25 a ton and that plowing under corn stalks boosts humus. Winter covers corn selection. Mrs. MacMurray extends a family lecture tour. several girls attend school demonstrations.
In John L Wood estate county court appraisers approved a $500 widow’s allowance for the first year after death. The heirship proof lists widow Helen Wood of Greenville, Ethel Wood Lindsey of Prescott Arizona, and Charles Wood of St. Joseph Missouri. Judge McCarl signed a decree of adoption for Roy S. Boyer by Mr. and Mrs. W. T. S. McGovern of this city.
Liberty mourned Sow Richardson as Masons presided at the funeral held Wednesday in Liberty cemetery. The service drew a large crowd, reflecting the deceased’s ties to the Masonic order. Money talks as a closing remark capped the report.
Mrs J H McMurray promotes living on seven dollars weekly for a family of six. She presents detailed menus with exact item costs, shows economy through nonmeat meals, home canning, planing, and a fireless cooker, and notes weekly supplies and meal plans.
The Tri State Master Harness Makers association may name Quincy as host for next year’s convention after a Wednesday session in Hotel Quincey. Attendees from Illinois, Missouri and Iowa viewed exhibits by jobbers and salesmen and discussed trade questions amid optimism for better times and higher output.
A Toledo Ohio advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages through blood action. It offers $100 for any case it fails to cure and urges readers to send for testimonials while noting the product sells for 75 cents through druggists.
Federal authorities arrest Ralph Blackburn alias C A Brown in Chattanooga Tennessee after a nationwide chase by top sleuths. He faced forgery charges for passing checks as a naval officer name Capt W E Stone U S N and had links to Quincy through his mother and holiday visits. He was indicted by a federal grand jury at Peoria and likely to be moved there for trial.
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