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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1917
Page
8
A reader reflects on an old mother forgetting a name and the pity due to aging. The piece argues youth often lack empathy for slower minds, urging patience as mind and body age. It extols the chivalry of people toward the elderly as a sign of civilization.
Describes an early fall dress for a student, with plain linen or chambray fabric trimmed in plaid. Recommends serge tricot or gabardine for early fall, wool or satin for late. Details include navy serge with white crepe de chine vestee, possible picot edges on silk, wide box pleats, center front fasten, plaid pockets, and waist tabs. Materials and belt styling notes included.
The National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools adopted a resolution on Friday urging an investigation into the East St. Louis race riot to determine constitutional or legal violations and to propose needed legislation to prevent similar outrages in Illinois and other states. J. S. Clark of Baton Rouge was elected president and Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, chosen as the 1918 convention city.
Social notes detail Irma Gerdes hosting a Friday garden party for 28 friends at 336 South Twenty fourth Street with lawn games, cards, and luncheon. Guests include Wanda Tapp, Ruth Michelman, and visitors from Williamsport Indiana, with several residents traveling to Hannibal and Detroit for visits. Additional items cover Red Cross branch organization, sewing and reading parties, dinners, and college friends visiting Macomb and nearby towns.
Miss Ethel Jackson of Macon Missouri and Sergeant Hugh Henning of the Fifth regiment machine gun company wed Thursday at the bride’s parents home. Rev George B Smith of Macon Methodist church officiated. The bride wore white Georgette crepe. The couple will divide time between Quincy Illinois and Macon Missouri as Henning is with his company.
Mrs Gustav Klamer led a Friday canning demonstration at Cheerful Home with donated beans to be stored for the day nursery. Volunteers will hold weekly sessions as long as interest remains. Children from the Cheerful Home playgrounds visited the Soldiers Home, guided by Miss Mary Alexander and Miss Winifred Irwin, and the day nursery received jelly gifts from Ellington Presbyterian Sunday school.
The Junior society of the YWCA met Friday morning and shipped material for the Red Cross hospital supply committee.
United States District Attorney Edward C. Knotts announced that title to a 12,000 acre tract north of Rock Island has been secured to serve as a proving ground for testing ammunition and guns. Knotts returned from Rock Island to approve abstracts affecting the land transfer.
The 1919 biennial convention of the Loyal Order of Moose will be held in St Louis. The announcement, dated July 28, designates St Louis Friday as the meeting location for the gathering of Moose members from Pittsburgh and elsewhere.
Pears are prepared by peeling and cutting then cooking with lemon rind and sugar to form pear honey. Sweet pickled pears use Duchess pears with syrup, vinegar, spices and a slow boil, then jar and seal. Pear chips combine firm pears with sugar ginger and lemon, cook until tender and seal. Canned prats require a light syrup, sterilized jars, and cold pack method with hot syrup. Bartlett pears are recommended and cold pack details included.
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