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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1915
Page
5
Dorothy Alexander notes a quiet 6 am wedding at St Boniface where Ada Freiburg and Rudolph Weltin wed. Rev Degenhart officiated, with close relatives present and a breakfast at 1225 Maine Street. The couple will honeymoon visiting Burlington and Chicago before returning for a family reunion.
Prof Lewis B Allyn of Westfield leads the Pure Food Town inquiry on butter purity. Farmers supply fresh unsalted butter. testing foaming and whiteness is discussed as indicators of lard absence, with notes on winter butter behaving unusually and high grade butter foaming when heated. The Q&A includes cautions on cider sterilization and storage without additives.
A reader questions why sulphur dioxide is used to bleach molasses and protests the labeling. The grocer says the sulfur smell is due to manufacturing but can supply unsulphured molasses if insisted. A self addressed envelope will yield names of several makers who provide unsulphured product.
A reader raises concerns about the use of benzoic acid in cider and asks for clarification on whether the practice is necessary, referencing a Thursday column ghosted by the department. The message expresses strong interest in understanding the odor and safety implications of this additive.
A reader asks if evaporated milk labeled 7.8 percent butter fat and 25.5 percent solids has the same food value as unlabeled milk. The Food Inspection Decision No. 158 states condensed evaporated concentrated milk must contain at least 25.5 percent total solids and 7.8 percent milk fat. The article notes labeled milk appears to meet standards, dealers may err, and nutritionally condensed milk, when properly diluted, has about the same food value as whole milk.
Mrs. C Beckes entertained a company of friends at her 1435 State Street home with a sumptuous 6 o'clock supper and roses adorning the table for ten. Miss Florence Lyons departed for Grand Junction to join Mrs. Emma Lyons while Mrs W E Williamson hosted guests including Mr Off from Bulgaria and Mrs from Spain. Mrs A Hee Stewart of Nashville is visiting Mrs Katherine Lubbe in Park Place.
Mrs Charles H Williamson travels to St Louis to be with her husband at St Luke's hospital. He remains confined to bed but is steadily improving after receiving care in the city.
Mrs Louis Deprez of St. Louis is a guest of Mr and Mrs B A Lubbe of Fourteenth and Kentucky streets Mrs Deprez is the mother of Mrs Lubbe Al We De Weis and daughter Arlene arrived home from Chicago where Arlene studied at Ogontz school in Philadelphia Miss Weis returned for the summer greeted by her father John H Bowen of Montrose Iowa a Keokuk High School graduate and class orator Mr and Mrs M R Lehman and daughter Leila Sullivan came back from an eastern trip with Leila visiting Baltimore and Notre Dame college Miss Sullivan also visited Miss Gertrude Tenk Miss Tenk attends Notre Dame college in Baltimore Mrs Lawrence Bonfoey and Mr and Mrs Archer Rogers returned from Columbia Mo where they attended the Missouri alumni reunion Mrs J M Meador and her parents left for a western trip including a stop at the Panama-Pacific Exposition Jane Brandt of Bushnell is reported among Brest of Mrs Burr Irwin.
Washington June 2 The interstate commerce commission held cedar shingle rates from Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana to Iowa unjust, noting charges fleeced customers traveling to Chicago and St Louis.
In Mexico City the president urged restoring peage among factions. Villa envoy Enrique Llorente signaled willingness to cooperate with opposing sides, while Carranza’s camp remained silent and hinted at a rapid campaign to assert control. Exiled Mexicans supported the plan but doubted unity among Villa Carranza and Zapata factions.
Washington reports J N Bennett, an American, shot and killed by a Villa trooper south of Panuco while aboard a launch carrying Carranistas. The State Department says it is investigating. Bennett's identity is unconfirmed but believed tied to Panuco oil work. No details on others killed.
Gen Victoria cites Wilson note and A Z Ratner offices at 61 Broadway to condemn foreign support for Mexican factions. He argues Mexicans reject any government inspired or aided by foreigners, insisting national sovereignty and unity over outside mediation or humanitarian pretexts.
Teriber to Barron arrived in New Orleans with a statement for Gen. Carranza. President Wilson called the statement very unfortunate. Barron warned it could worsen the Mexican situation by aiding reactionaries and delay peace restoration. Jesus Acuna, governor of Coahuila, traveling to Vera Cruz, criticized foreign interference in Mexico’s internal affairs.
Unofficial dispatches from the Villa agency say Gen Villa routed the Carranza forces under Gen Obregon near Silaa and Obregon began falling back toward Penjamo. No further details were provided.
Report from Nogales says I B Bowers and his wife, Americans, were besieged at their ranch in Noria Sonora by ten bandits. Bandits plunder the area between Noria and Querovabi where many Americans live. Last night at Querovabi railroad station, five Villa soldiers and one Carrancista were killed. Three railroad bridges in the bandit territory have been destroyed.
Six persons were killed and more than a score wounded in a Warsaw moving picture theater by a bomb thrown by a German aviator. Dispatches say most victims were women and children.
NEW YORK June 2 The Missouri Pacific directors announce a one year extension plan for the companys six percent 86,000,000 note is operative The time for further deposits of notes has been extended to June 7
An advertisement touts a remedy for kidney and bladder irregularities affecting men and women and claims it cures diabetes, rheumatism, weak and lame figures. Priced at £1 for one bottle, with testimonials from other states and a doctor listed at 4 Negative Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
The city’s leading grocers publicly back the Pure Food Movement by displaying a color transparency at their shops stating they endorse Westfield Massachusetts standards of purity and encourage sale of wholesale foods meeting that standard. A list of participating firms includes Abbott W C, Adams John H, Anck Bros, Arends Herman, Beeler M, Bernbrock W E, Behrensmeyer C D & Son, Brackensick W L, Bushmeyer A E, Connery R J, Fields W, Pres Mrs M, Gray W H, Geers I B, Gehring Wm C, Gehring Wm C, Heideman, Heinecke Mrs, Herman Geo L, Hopkins E R, Hokamp Herman, Lind St, Jensen Henry, Kelly G T, Kiem A E, Kiem Bros, Long J M Mrs, Meiners & Jochem, Meyer J H, Menke A B, Metzger A O, Mersiman Geo L, Moenning Geo B, Morrison R, Nesbitt L B, O'Brien Julia, Peak Geo W, Rapp Ax, Sanderer E D, Scholz J & Son, Scheinman M, Schwab John, Slough J G, Smythe Wd, Strathman F D, State Street Grocery Co, Tansman Be, Terwelp R F, Thuman M E, Thompson J Ay, Vahle J H, Vosse John, Vernham Henry, Winters Otto, Wood GW, Zoller Geo.
General Bennett IL Young of Louisville Kentucky was re elected commander in chief of the United States Confederate Veterans at the Richmond reunion. Birmingham Alabama was chosen as the 191 reunion city. Gen Youngs opponent was Gen Helix Anderson of Crawford Texas. The veterans adopted a resolution greeting Woodrow Wilson and praising a neutral stance in world affairs. The reading drew tumultuous applause from the assembly.
Max Behr, twice champion, of New Jersey, posted the low score of the day in the Metropolitan tournament qualifying at Apawamis. He shot 76. Four players tied for second with 78: Perey Platt of Ridgewood, James Carrish Jr of Shinnecock Hills, Ferry Travers a four time national champion, and Roy Webb of Englewood.
An old advertisement urges immediate treatment for kidney and bladder issues to avoid disease. It claims Foley Kidney Pills restore kidneys to healthy, strong function, with good results from the first dose, endorsed by Miller and Arthur Drug Co.
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