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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1917
Page
8
A reader column invites letters on clothing expenses and time spent dressing. It cites varied yearly spends from $160 to $600 plus a seamstress rate for time, and shares rules such as diversifying garments, interlining coats, avoiding wardrobe waste, and keeping rain gear handy. Letters may be anonymous.
The article endorses slipover head Pajamas for girls suitable for indoor and outdoor wear, with laced ankles and contrasting lingerie ribbons. It recommends crepe de chine or washable silks, notes fabric needs of four and a half yards, and suggests adding slipover full length silk kimono as a new boudoir note.
The Standard Bearers and Young Women's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church Quincy district hold their annual rally Friday in Griggsville. Mrs. George H. Fison of Quincy presides. The program includes morning meditations, talks, musicales, plays, a Chinese scene, solos, and a noon picnic lunch with toasts.
A Reuters dispatch from Ymuiden dated July 16 reports uncertainty over whether a British attack on four German steamers occurred inside Dutch territorial waters. Eyewitnesses say the ships were attacked at least four miles from shore. Dutch authorities investigate. Amsterdam handlesblad charges British destroyers violated territorial waters, triggering a protest. An Bergen aan Zee hotel manager witnessed ships firing and shells landing nearby without injuries. Telegrams describe the German ships as trim, serviceable, crewed by nine to eighteen men, carrying valuables.
A flurry of meetings and social events fill the week from the Cathedral Guilds card party for Red Cross funds to W C T U papers, primary class picnics, and club teas. Guests include Mrs Alfred Ellis, Miss Laura Hirth, Mrs E Wolfs, Mrs Bessie Barry, and many local societies across town.
Dispatch from Amsterdam notes cargoes of coal coke and provisions aboard steamers shuttling between Rotterdam and Hamburg. An unconfirmed report names the Great Eastern railway steamer Brussels with captain Fryatt as executed by Germans after capture last June. Provisions and German coal travel Rhine to Rotterdam and then to Hamburg to ease German rail congestion.
Petrograd July 18 Soldiers invaded the printing office of the Novoe Vremya and announced the publication should be stopped. They urged the compositors to issue a proclamation calling on people to take to the streets with arms to overthrow the provisional government and seize factories and land. The workers and soldiers' organ denounces the movement as a threat to the revolution.
Washington reports speculation after acting president Feng Kwo Chang becomes China's president following Li Yuan Hung stepping down. Feng, a military figure with prior imperial roles, influenced monarchist fortunes during recent crises. The article notes the megasine rifle dates to the Franco Prussian era.
Miss Ora Ryan of 1033 Ohio street will marry Roy Kuthmann of Hannibal this evening at 8 in her parents home with Rev Paul Langhorst officiating. Attendants include William Ryan and Esther Reinecke. Out of town guests Herman Kuhlmann of Kinderhook will attend. couple to depart for Hannibal afterward.
Miss Flora Specht and William H. Kill were married Tuesday evening at 8:30 in the Bethel Methodist parsonage by Rev. Emil Goets. The couple, unaccompanied, will reside at Seventh and Elm streets. Specht is the daughter of Theodora and another Specht family. Kill is the son of Louis and his wife.
James John Downing married Tha Conway in a Tuesday morning ceremony conducted by Justice Bonney. Downing hails from San Francisco while Conway comes from Carthage.
July 18 Philadelphia reports the torpedo boat destroyer Stockton, newest US Navy addition, was launched with Miss Ellen Emile De Martelley, 8, sponsor and descendant of Civil War Commodore Stockton. The lighthearted line contrasts drinking habits.
Cap tain Zoller's unit held its first drill at the armory Tuesday night with sixty men in line. Officers praised the veterans, while women pressed enlistments in the business district, boosting prospects for the 150 member company.
The Young People's Society of Salem Evangelical church will host a hay rack party early in August in the school hall Tuesday evening. Carl Becker George Busch and Lawrence Mester were appointed to arrange details. A lawn social is planned in August with time and place to be decided. Attendees at the meeting were large and after business a social time with refreshments followed.
Shawnee Oklahoma July 18 five hundred machinists helpers and car men in the local shops of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad voted to strike Wednesday morning unless their demands for higher wages are met.
Montreal July 18 W J Hanna dominion food controller warned that compulsion and price fixing may be needed to conserve food for home use and for export to the entente allies. He cited allied needs at 1 105 billion bushels with Europe producing 645 million leaving 460 million for North America and estimated the United States and Canada could export 300 million with 160 million to be made up. He said beef short supplies threaten the allied cause if not remedied.
Washington July 18 Coal operators from four eastern states told government officials at a conference they would meet all government coal requirements and supply the quantities allotted by any agency named. Prices were not discussed, while Secretary Daniels urged patriotism analogous to service in France. Government coal需求 for the next year was set at just over 5,000,000 tons.
On July 18 Presbyterian and Jewish leaders met with Herbert Hoover and Dr. Lyman Wilbur to pledge close cooperation with the government food program. Rev. Dr. William C. Covert of Chicago will direct conservation work among Presbyterian churches and Rev. Dr. Joseph Krauskohl of Philadelphia was named by Hoover to chair a committee to work with Jewish organizations.
Gov. R. Williams of Oklahoma will meet the Belgian mission during its Tulsa visit in his "six dollar palm beach suit." The Tulsa reception committee has decided to skip formal dress for the governor, who would wear summer clothes in the 100 degree heat if present.
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