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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1916
Page
5
Second Annual Banquet of the Academy and college meetings in Carthage highlight elections. Emily Pennock becomes Alumni Association president. Chas Tressier re-elected trustee. Board approves salaries, renovations plans, and a $2,500 fund gift from Henry Denhart. Dr. Hoover addresses Augusta graduates. many local residents host and visit during commencement week.
The Republican national committee chairman Charles D. Hilles will open the convention on June 7 in Chicago. The scene depicts the columned hall with seating and galleries being prepared for delegates and their supporters as the party braces for the event.
In Palmyra on June 3 the Christian church ladies hosted a banquet for fifty men from the congregation. Ben F. Glahn spoke calling the gathering a get-together to boost the church’s work and spirit. Pastor J. T. Bloom outlined plans for an every member canvass on June 18 and a 20 plus person committee will be formed. Anna Moore gave two well received readings. Deputy Sheriff Harry Burgdorf later took the Laneford Boys, one sentenced to a term, to institutions.
Social items report visits by Mr and Mrs Will Hall of Naples to Mrs Rebecca Jester for Decoration Day services. Raymond Doane of Tempest travels to visit Mrs Rodway, while Mrs Margaret Petty and her daughter remain with Mr and Mrs J W Mercer. H L Bartholomew learns of his mother's death in Bowen. H F Hiene transports him there after ten pm. Mrs Frank O Pyle and her small son visit Kansas City relatives, and Mrs Fannie Ballard of Chicago stays with her daughter Mrs O C Wise. Professor J H Crafton of Quincy visits, attending graveside flowers. Cal Stewart show draws a large crowd with strong laughter. Home grown strawberries sell for 10 cents a box. Mrs Henry Kientzle and baby of Pittsfield visit her parents.
Operator released Saturday with market quotas via Western Union and long distance calls to Quincy Bennett office. Caldwell works in Danville. Miss Sue Long to teach in Barry next winter and attend Macomb normal school this summer. Mrs Mae Cannon and daughter Mildred return to Barry for summer with Mrs Ella Stauffer. Cannon re employed as music and art teacher in Greenville with a raise. Ward brothers from Miller's convention in St Louis visit Ward home over Sunday. Anna Ward of Evanston and sons Tom and John join. Elizabeth Hull lunched in Jacksonville. Hassett returns home for summer from meat work. Frazier couple visit grandfather James Owen at Vandalia. Owen is 92. Edith Crawford hosts Twentieth Century Club on West Jefferson with games and music. luncheon served. Edina Wendall, millinery trimmer, returns to Litchfield. spends summer in St Louis. Prof John Shastid of Hannibal visits mother Louisa Shastid. Worthington villa, Col Ed Glenn at Pittsfield business. Bridget O Donnell of Calvert visits brother Wal Jordan. Clelia Cadwell to stay at Mrs Mabel Gray’s home during norma school. Wesley Hazelrigg moves rock crusher outfit to city lots for street filling. Frank Crowder and wife spend week with son James at Pittsfield House. Sydney Hirsheimer visits Chicago then returns to Evansville.
Master in Chancery Edward Doocy presided at a public land sale in Pittsfield with multiple parcels auctioned. Purchases included J. W. White winning a Pleasant Hill tract for 558.69 dollars and Mrs. Robert Saylor taking a west Pittsfield house and lot for 1590 dollars. Other sales covered 120 acres in Pleasant Vale, 40 acres near Greenpond, and 20 acres in Perry township, with totals ranging from 535 to 3750 dollars.
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