Entertaining and engagements mark Quincy social week
Helen Reucker and Virginia Cone hosted a reception for Eleanor Ellis ahead of her upcoming marriage to Harry Flachs. Guests included Dorothy Dayton Boswell and Wells, with Miss Ellis receiving a gift. Other notices mention engagements, card parties, dinners, and dances across Quincy as residents travel, host, and celebrate personal milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ellis
Helen Reucker
Virginia Cone
Eleanor Ellis
Harry Flachs
Dorothy Dayton
Dorothy Boswell
Lillian Pierson
Margaret Wells
Georgena Cottrell
Willis Blakeslee
Miss Ell
Edward Prince
Guy Noll
Dorothy McIntosh
Mobile
Robert Bacon
Alfred Ellis
Helen Reticker
Amusements for High School Boys and Girls
PTA meeting discusses how to guide youths amusements, urging parents to keep up with trends, offer safe alternatives, and practice proper chaperonage. Lessons on avoiding strict prohibitions, fostering understanding, and watching for dangers in dancing, automobiling, and fascing are emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
John T. Inghram
Inghram
Madison Junior High Declamatory Contest Names
Madison contest entrants include Franklin Green Warren Young and Wilma Schwindler who will represent the school at the High School auditorium January 30. First prize went to Franklin Green for Darius Green and His Flying Machine with Miss Schwindler second for Mark Anthony's Address to the Romans and Warren Young third for Lincoln's Gettysburg speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Franklin
Bennett
Wilma Schwindler
Warren Young
Madison School
Franklin Green
Darius Green
Flying Machine
Little Miss Schwindler
Mark Anthony
Victory Camp Initiates Large Class for Anniversary
Members of Victory Camp attended a meeting at Eagle's hall on Friday night January 30. Twelve candidates were initiated and plans were laid to adopt a large class in celebration of the twenty fifth anniversary of the Royal Neighbors of America founded in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Neighbors of America
Eagle's Hall
Order
Torna Doone Shown At Church Screen
The First Union Congregational church will show Richard Blackmore's Lorna Doone and a reel titled The Land of Lorna Doone this Sunday evening. The event aims to bring the outdoor adventure tale to life for students readers and nature lovers as part of a sermonette on The Price of Success with quartet music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ridd
Land of Lorna Doone
Doone Valley
Grace M. E. Revival Services Closed Due to Illness
Grace M. E. revival services were shut down because Rev. C. L. Losh is ill with a general breakdown and confined to bed. Rev. F. A. McCarty of Vermont Street Methodist delivered the last sermon titled Cowards and Heroes on Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Losh
Grace M. E
F. A. McCarty
Vermont Street Methodist Church
Social at St Francis Foresters Club
Foresters of the St Francis church held a social in the school hall with card games and prize awards to Mrs Anna Groeting Mrs Toney Bueter Miss Clara Siegel Mrs Carl Flair and Theodore Futterer Refreshments followed. The event was organized by Mrs Mary Bueter Miss Ursula Bueter Mrs Richard Bauer and Mrs Elizabeth Brunert. Senior Orphanage Women of the First Christian church spent an all day sewing for the Christian orphanage in St Louis at Mrs Mary Edwards home. Twenty women attended and made thirty five dresses and eight boys waists, followed by a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dayton
Chicago
Miss Comstock
Miss Rottman
Dudvina Rottman
Broadway
Robert Peters
Rottom
St. Francis Catholic
Wee Wee Club
Knights of Columbus
Rialto Jazz Orchestra
St. James
St James
Florida
Will McMein
Lucy Bagby
Quincy
John Heitz
North Sixth Street
Miss Bagby
F. R. Morgan
North Twenty-fourth Street
Tenk
Frank Tenk
Sheer
H. M. Sheer
James Beatty
Will Smythe
Smythe
J. A. Kurz
California
Cecelia VandenBoom
Myra VandenBoom
Gladys Tobin
Inez Boden
Lewis
George Cawthore
East Maine Street
Dudley Jackson
Washington, D. C
T. D. Lewis
Pleasant Hour Club
Will Fifer
Lottie Nesbitt
York Street
Helen Klepper
Rushville
Foresters
St. Francis Church
Anna Groeting
Toney Bueter
Clara Siegel
Carl Flair
Theodore Futterer
Mary Bueter
Ursula Bueter
Richard Bauer
Elizabeth Brunert
The
First Christian Church
Mary Edwards
Christian Orphanage
St. Louis
Mt. Sterling Now Calls For Nurses
Mt. Sterling appealed for nurses to handle influenza cases through Mrs. W. F. Kirtley requesting Quincy volunteers. Seven nurses were sent to Timewell and one more is needed. Cases in Timewell are improving though many are seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Sterling
W. F. Kirtley
Quincy
Timewell
Clough and McNeall Wed in Bowen Home
Warren Clough, vice-president of Clough-Reihm Co., married Tina McNeall in Bowen at the bride’s home with few relatives present. They plan a Chicago honeymoon at the automobile show and will reside on East Broadway after returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clough-McNeall
Warren Claugh
Clough-Reihm Company
Bowen
Tina McNeall
Chicago
Broadway
Talent Shines At Quincy Music College Recital
Advanced students from the Quincy College of Music presented an enjoyable recital Friday at the Unitarian church parlors. A large audience heard 25 selections, beautifully performed, including dances, concert pieces, and songs by students such as Mildred Lange Jane Weaver Virginia Harding Margaret Wiedner and many others. Two more recitals by intermediate and primary departments are scheduled for this afternoon at the same location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy College of Music
Unitarian Church
Poldini
Valse
Karganoff
June Cook
Shadow Dance
MacDowell
Louise Stern
Beccuse
Joslyn
Mildred Lange
Silver Spray
Sforner
Jane Weaver
Virginia Harding
Viasta
Fortier
Marshal-Loephe
Florence Adams
Old Hickory
Joe Thompson
Margaret Wiedner
Treharm
Case
Margaret Kuchmann
Spindler
Geraldine Gunther
Eilenberg
Hilda Simons
Bendal
Ahna Anderson
En Bateau
de Bussy
Onalee de Jean
Mandelssohn
Valeria Geschwinder
Vergas
Irene Preece
Echerveria
Elsie Steinbach
Blanchet
Mabel McConnell
Gounod
Roxanna McNeall
Miantowna
Christine Chadwell
Romance
Sibelious
Thelma McDole
Tessa
Puccini
Lorine Meyer
Pearl King
Interemdiate
Lowden Plans Presidential Tour Through South Dakota
Governor Frank O. Lowden will campaign in South Dakota February 18 19 and 20 delivering about twelve speeches. Cities to be visited include Sioux Falls Pierre and Deadwood according to his campaign headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Will Iake
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Pierre
Deadwood
South Carolina Senate Passes Tobacco Bill
The South Carolina Senate approved a bill banning smoking during meal hours in public eating houses. Violators would face fines of 10 to 20 dollars or 10 to 30 days in jail. The measure now moves to the state House for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
D. C
Senate of the
South Carolina General Assembly
House of Representatives
Oil Fire Destroys Atlante Refining Warehouse in Pittsburg
A fire of unknown origin broke out in a warehouse of the Atlante Refining company in Pittsburg on January 24 destroying hundreds of barrels of oil and the two block building, with damage estimated at $500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
Atlante Refining Company
Grocery Ad Highlights Bargains on Canned Goods and Produce
A fragment from a late edition ad lists prices for vegetables and canned goods. Items include Northern potatoes at 4.20, Jersey cream corn, baked beans, sauer kraut, tomatoes, sweet potatoes and salmon. Also notes on dried fruits and choice coffees priced around 30 to 40 cents per pound.
The Contagion of Nerves and Other Personalities
A reflection on how contact with different people alters mood and behavior. The piece notes nervous contagion from neurotic hosts, the energizing effect of well poised individuals, and even influence felt in absence through conversations, letters, and imagined admirations. It stresses that personality plus others shapes expression and thought.
Bolsheviks Enforce 12-Hour Working Day in Russia
A Helsingfors dispatch reports the Bolsheviks order a compulsory 12 hour daily work schedule across Russia. All working classes are affected and enforcement is described as severe. The move aims to maximize labor output amid political upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Central News
Helsingfors
Russia
Trax
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Grace Leece
Joseph Barlow
W. H. Baker
W. I. McKee
Ed Cameron
A. O. Lindsay
Charles Bartlett
J. A. S. Ehart
Lawrence Bonfoey
Charles Gay
Walter Stevenson
Lawrence Wells
Chester Poling
Edgar Musselman
Rudolph Riggs
Archer Rogers
Timothy Casile
Charles Cottrell
Guido Jones
Edward Hasson
Miss Ells
Miss Wand
Frances Wand
Mrs. Car' Buckle
Miss Rakers
Dorothy Rakers
Ellen Cunnane
A. Sabatine
Bakers
Hugh Roney
Kansas City
Harry Walker
Cincinnati
Anton Padovic
Mr. Walker
Boston
Mary Bull
Sloan's
Sloan
Federal
Sixth Avenue
Maine
Hampshire Streets
Art Weisenberger
Mar
Torna Doone
ST. Francis Foresters
Lowden
South Carolina
Senate
EEDEE
Beedee Company
St. James Pl
J. H. Wahle
Washington
Pkg
Raisins
E. C
Good Hope
Swift
C. Ce
Choice Prunes
Enterprise
Wera
Ps Be
Talis Tals
Ruth Cameron
Heidbreders
N. 6Th St
Ty Price
Ing Florist
Quincy’s
Heckenkamp
N. Sixth St
Prompt Delivery Service
Willner’s
Willners
the Pork Shop
Hampshire
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