Quincy Social Scene Notes From Local Guests
Quincy society circles record visits from Miss Margaret Harnest of Carthage Illinois and four Downer sisters from Milwaukee plus a St. Louis friend arriving for a week of host events. Several card parties are planned and a Friday picnic is set, with other residents hosting gatherings. Mrs. Frank Jenkins returns from Chicago and ISS Cami Snyder hosts a dinner at Mrs. Frank Wood’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Harnest
Carthage
Ill
Marian Wall
Miss Wall
Milwaukee Downer
St. Louis
Sydney Sayre
Flushing
Mich
Beulah Plante
Dorothy Aillard
Frank Jenkins
Chicago
William Jenkins
Iss Cami Snyder
Frank Wood
North Twelfth Street
Wood
Snyder
Roy D. Johnson
Ford Giesing
James W. Madison
Marion Wall
Nora Moriarity
Forrest Knipe
Oklahoma City
Okla
Georgian Smith
Mt. Pleasant
Rudolph Tenk
Maine Street
Gertrude
Pauline Tenk
Miss Smith
Tenk
Herron
Mildred Turner
William Hollenstine
Margaret
Joseph Averkamp
Frank Herron
Joseph Barghorst
Henry Kreager
Marie Mueller
Margaret Phares
Gladys Herron
Augusta Behrensmeyer
Washington Street
Quincy
David Rosenbleet
Charles Behrensmeyer
Selma
Grace
Charles Jr
George Behrensmeyer
Edward
Diedrich
Lina Behrensmeyer
Charles Acelpohl
Augusta Adelpohl
William Niewoehner
Selma Achelpohl
An anxious mother seeks advice on boys influence
A letter from a mother with two sons, 12 and 14, argues that companions influence boys more than parents. She describes a home where father and mother are companions, the sons' friends visiting after school, music and games, and a belief that a pleasant home keeps them off the streets. The piece ends noting her hopeful share of lessons for other mothers.
Harry Githens to Speak at Hancock C E Convention
Quincy Christian Endeavorer and Adams County C E president Harry Githens will address the Hancock County C E convention in Plymouth on August 4 and 5. The program includes registrations, devotions, addresses by E P Gates and Miss Nellie Felgar, musical items, a stereopticon lecture, junior sessions, and a closing consecration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock County
C. E
Plymouth
Harry Githens
Quincy Christian
Christian Endeavor
Plymouth Christian Endeavor Chorus
the World
E. P. Gates
Solo
Valeria Carr
Canton
Nellie Felgar
West Point
Edith Copin
Carthage
Helen Sweeney
Sodality
St. Francis Church
School Yard
Quincy
Social and Fashions Evening Crowd Attends Event
Social and Fashions notes describe a large crowd at an evening gathering. Rev J O Kirkpatrick traveled to Pleasant Hill for a Quincy district Methodist ministers meeting led by Rev A S Flanigan. Others include Will Bardens visiting from Warsaw and Mrs George Wall preparing to travel to Berwyn Ill with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Kirkpatrick
Grace Methodist Church
Quincy
Pleasant Hill
A. S. Flanigan
George Wall
Berwyn, Ill
Frank Collins
Wilson
Corset Trends for Fall and Winter 1916 17 Fashion
Daily Fashion Hints discusses the shift to a curved waist silhouette for fall and winter corsets, noting harmony with outer garments. It compares Paris and American figures, describes ideal waist and back curves, top heights, and skirt length, and highlights debutante styles for young women and the popularity of pink fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Linen Sale Promises Biggest Values Yet This Year
Sale of household linens runs for a week starting today with greatly reduced prices and a history of yearly improvements. The promotion touts previous successes and invites shoppers to enjoy better values and more items than ever before.
Mrs Lawrence Herron Celebrates Twenty-First Birthday
Mrs Lawrence Herron of T11 North Tenth Street entertained a large company of relatives and friends Thursday afternoon in celebration of her twenty-first birthday. Guests arrived with baskets filled with good things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Herron
T11
North Tenth Street
Foley Kidney Pills Help Tired Women Relieve Pain
Mrs. Frank P. Wood of Morrill Maine reports fast relief from back ache headaches and fatigue after starting Foley Kidney Pills. The ad touts kidney strengthening action improved nerve calm sleep and toxin elimination claiming genuine Foley kidneys contain standard medicinal ingredients. Miller Arthur Drug Co. distributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Wood
Morrill
Maine
Friday Only Bleach Sale at Be a Yard
Special Friday sale at Be a Yard offers extra heavy bleach for towels with neat red borders. Limit of 20 yards per customer. Sale lasts all day Friday.
Towels Sale Promises Yearlong Stock at Low Prices
Opportunity offers towels at 84c each or 48c per half dozen large Huck towels. Linen finish back towels priced 114c each or 65c per half dozen. Odd bath towels grouped in five lots at 10c 12c 15c 19c and 25c.
Toweling sale offers heavy crash and bleached toweling
Crashes reduced towels available in heavy unbleached towel with colored borders at 10c a yard. Fine quality bleached toweling with neat borders, soft and absorbent, also marked down to 10c a yard.
Damasks Sale Offers Fine Table Linen Deals
A newspaper ad touts premium damask at deep discounts for a limited sale. It highlights mercerized table damask at 39c per yard, 70 and 71 inch Superior Latin damask bleached down from 90c to 2c, and 72 inch all linen Latin damask with about thirty patterns now $1.10 per yard.
Pattern Cloths for Quick Sale in Various Sizes
Pattern Cloths offered at reduced prices with higher quality and more beautiful designs. One lot of odd pattern cloths mussed from handling includes sizes 6-4, 8-10, 8-12, 10-10, 9-9 with marked prices from $2.89 to $9.50. Also a set of two yard by two yard pattern cloths with round designs marked down to $4.98 from $7.50.
Linen Sale Free Sew- Qn-O-Gram Embroidered Initial
A special offer accompanies every linen pattern cloth purchased during the sale. Customers receive absolutely free one Sew- Qn-O-Gram Embroidered Initial ready to attach. The promotion highlights value with a personalized embellishment for each purchase.
Linen Shortages Drive High Prices Warn Linen Sale
A leading trade journal notes scarce linen imports and slow overseas shipments, with buyers facing high prices and bonds. The piece highlights the challenges faced by Mr. Hel hake, the linen buyer, and presents a sale as a rare chance to save on household linens.
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Helhake
Sale on Pure Linen Napkins at Special Prices
An advertising notice offers 22 inch pure linen napkins at 2.98 per dozen and 20 inch napkins at 2.50 per dozen. Full bleached all linen napkins in five patterns are 99 cents for a half dozen.
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Quincy Society
Genevieve Lusk
Elizabeth Menke
South Twenty-fourth Street
Springfield
Paul Kienzie
Menke
Leslie Hainline
Jessie Martin
Macomb
Florence Duker
Margaret Westrow
Baldwin Park
Ruth Brinkcetter
Margaret Baker
Louis
Harriet
Helen Brinkcetter
Misses Brinkcetter
Quincy Girls
Miss Baker
Woodriver
Otto A. Seifert
New York
East
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Mr. Seifert
J. A. Bunting
Kentucky Street
Albert Carl Fischer
Marian
Ada Hopke
Fischer
Grace Spoonmore
Locust Street
J. F. Walker
Ruth
Kansas City
Colorado
Dr. Walker
W. L. Milroy
North Sixth Street
Robert Levy
Chautauqua
Wallace
Ferris
John Hedgecock
Cleo Richardson
Rev. Thompson
Warsaw
Miss Lemon
Augusta
Fannie Working
Lawn
Yemm
Til
Adams County C. E. Union
Will Bardens
Carlene Mohrenstecher
Country Club
G. D. Hamm
Illinois
Missouri
Malambri
Hampshire ST
W. T. Duker CO
Quincy's Linen House
W. T. Duker
Quincy’s Linen House
WEE Duieir CO
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