Social Affairs Dinner At Quincy College Of Music
Members of the faculty alumni and the graduation class of the Quincy College of Music enjoyed a Tuesday evening dinner at the school Ninth and Broadway with red garden roses decorating. Lectures readings were given by Miss Grace Beeler Miss Carmelia Wysong and Miss Lydia Varnhorst. Additional events include piano recitals by Miss Hitch and Miss Varnhorst graduate recital, a cooking sale, and Miss Viasco Fortier’s first violin recital. Graduation exercises are set for June 14 at the Orpheum.
Wealth and sanity clash in a critic’s tirade
A reader argues that the lure of a million dollars can corrupt virtue and sanity. The piece cites Henry Ford and Krupp references, contrasting extreme wealth with moral restraint. It questions how society should treat those driven to madness by greed and war profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vorwaerts
Krupps
Germany
Krupp
France
Frederick Krupp
Bertha Krupp
Y W C A Notes and Canton Excursion Report
Y W C A Notes Company W of the Rockies will not meet Thursday but will meet Friday instead this week. An excursion on Sidney sent several hundred youths to Canton Missouri for a few hours of dancing and enjoyment aboard the steamer Sidney. Returning passengers passed The Whig office near 2 am looking tired but happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
Sidney
Canton
Whig
Chaddock Seniors Present Class Play and Luncheon
Haddock Society hosted a 64 guest luncheon in the school hall with Mrs. Warren Pearce and Mrs. Roscoe Townsend in charge and strawberries from the Chaddock farm. The seniors performed The Man Without a Country coached by Mrs. Eunice Ralph Hartung, with James Fritz absent at high school. Cast included Lieut Nolan Ray Gordon and others, with patriotic demonstrations by younger students. An afternoon program featured band numbers, solos, choruses, and a diploma presentation, followed by the dedication of the new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddock Aid Society
Warren Pearce
Roscoe Townsend
Chaddock Farm
Eunice Ralph Hartung
James Fritz
Beadles Hall
Ruth Groves
Russell Harris
Philip Nolan
Ray Gordon
Aaron Burr
Earl Walker
General Morgan
James Fitz
Howard McPherson
Yates Conkey
John Copeland
Robert Hartwig
Cynthia Nola
Robert Hazard
Florence Morgan
Fred Bickley
John Hoag
Chester Gaston
Albertes Thomas
Albert Stanton
Commodore Porter
Fort Massac
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Levant
Windward
Naples
Carrs
France
England
Italy
Belgium
America
Cornet
James Fitz Cornet
Lillian Ray Frank Walter
M. N. English
D. D
Harriet Payne Grove
Lawrence Stas
Harriet Pyne Grove
Proldhaugen
Cece Cece Ewes
Grieg
Johnstone
Eldred
WEDDINGS Steinks o Specht and Steinkamp to wed at St Boniface
Miss Clara Specht and George Steinkamp will marry this morning at 6 30 in St Boniface church. Rev Father Degenhardt will officiate and attendants are Miss Rose Menke and Charles Steinkamp. After a wedding breakfast at Mrs Mary G Konoses, they will depart for Chicago for ten days. Mr Steinkamp is a cabinet maker at Huck showcase works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Specht
South Twelfth Street
George Steinkamp
St. Boniface
Father Degenhardt
Rose Menke
Charles Steinkamp
Mary G. Konoses
Chicago
York Street
Mr. Steinkamp
Huck Showcase
Siepker Joor union to be held at Siepker home
Miss Ella Mae Joor of New Orleans and Ray Siepker of Ellington will marry at noon in the Siepker home. After the ceremony they will travel to Barry to begin their life together at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siepker-Joor
Ella Mae Joor
New Orleans
Ray Siepker
Ellington
Siepker
Barry
Marriage at St Rose Catholic Church in Parsonage
Heite McIntire and Ford Heine wed Tuesday evening in the St Rose Catholic church parsonage with Miss Teresa McIntire and Charles Heine as attendants. The bridegroom works at Nichols garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heite McIntire
Iva McIntire
Ford Heine
St. Rose Catholic Church
Father Brennan
Teresa McIntire
Charles Heine
Nichols Garage
LubbertLubbert Schnelle Married at Quincy Home
Schnelle Lubbert Miss Minnie Lubbert of Quincy and Charles Schnelle were married Tuesday evening in the Lubbert home 2238 Madison street by Rev G D Hamm of St Jacobi church. A wedding dinner followed for relatives. They will relocate to Ursa to reside on the groom's farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Joseph
Cedar Street
Quincy
Joseph
Burlington Railway
Baptist Church
St. Louis
Harry
Davenport
Mr. Joseph
Henry A. Friederich
State Street
Charles Joseph
Kansas City
Schnelle Lubbert
Minnie Lubbert
Charles Schnelle
Lubbert
Madison Street
G. D. Hamm
St. Jacobi Church
Ursa
Taft urges U S send armies to both Western Front and Russia
Former President William Howard Taft spoke in Cedar Rapids Iowa on June 5 urging the United States to deploy armies to the western front and to Russia. He argued Germany aims to conquer and use Russia's resources, and that allied nations must pursue victory with a peace dictated by the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
United States
William Howard Taft
Russia
All Cs
Ship Production In May Sets Record For Output
Washington reports May production of new ships reached 263,571 tons, the highest monthly total in U S history. Through May, five month output stands at 808,600 tons, with January through May deliveries rising from 88,507 to 160,288 tons in April. UK figures for January-April total 659,420 tons. May data pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Atlantic
Shipping Board
United Kingdom
Federal Judge Humphrey Stricken After Stroke in Illinois
Springfield June 5 United States Judge J Otis Humphrey of the southern district of Illinois suffered a paralytic stroke in a hospital here Monday night after an operation two weeks ago His condition is said to be critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
United States
J. Otis Humphrey
Southern Federal District of Illinois
Arrest Dr Roberts in Milwaukee Murder Case
Milwaukee authorities arrest Dr David Roberts on charges of illicit relations with his wife's killer. The case centers on Grace Lusk's murder, for which a May 29 verdict of guilt was returned in Waukesha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Roberts
Milwaukee
David Roberts
Grace Lusk
Waukesha
British Destroyer Sunk In Collision
LONDON June 5 a British destroyer was sunk in a collision Friday. The admiralty announced there were no casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
St Michael WCU and other society notes brief meeting
Short Tuesday meetings of the St Michael branch of the Western Catholic Union and St Peter's branch at local school halls. multiple community notices include visits, job starts, travel, and local civic affairs. Several residents, including Mrs S Hickman and A Van Blair, are mentioned with travel and office changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael
Western Catholic Union
St. Francis School
St. Peter's
St. Boniface
S. Hickman
Broadway
St. Louis
Webster Grove
A. van Blair
Quincy Lodge I. O. O. F
J. C. Grote
Grand
J. L. Penny
Charles Eisent
Elizabeth
Belle Schindel
North Sixth Avenue
George Schindel
St Louis
Newark Shoe Company
Roy Denny
Newark
Donald McCarl
Lyman McCarl
Perkins Engineering Company
Lombard College
Sapnulna
Okla
Warden Confiscates A Barrel Of Fish
Warden Charles E. Clark confiscated a barrel of fish at Wabash station on Tuesday billed to W J Brown of Moberly Missouri by dealer J W Venghaus of Broad way and Front street. The warden cited lack of wholesaler license and lack of licensed tackle and planned to seek a warrant against the dealer. Most fish were sent to St Marys hospital with a few under legal size kept as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Clark
Wabash Station
W. J. Brown
Moberly, Mo
J. W. Venghaus
Broadway
Front Street
Clark
Venghaus
St. Mary’s Hospital
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Katherine Sawyer
Quincy Union
G. C. Taylor
Minneapolis
Ella McDole
Taylor
Boston
Tillie Smith
Edna S. Tuxford
Wisherd
Sixth Street
Maine
Hampshire Streets
Dorsey
Jennie Dorsey
Niles
Ohio
Florence Hamilton
Luther Memorial Church
South Park
H. H. Hamilton
Ada Michelman
Mildred Grewe
Grace Weisenburger
Lilian Lohr
Sarah May Heidbreder
Marian Florence
Dorothy Platt
Gwendolyn Harvey
Henrietta Dickson
Jacksonville
Helen Calkins
Addison Calkins
H. D. Condron, Sr
Luther Memorial Sunday School
Housewives’ League
Red Cross
Pleasant Grove
Georganne Castle
Knox College
Margaret Erickson
Mariella Feustenbracher
Miss Jackson
Eaton-Channon
Joseph Robbins
the Atlantis
George Behrensmeyer
Real Maniacs
Ruth Cameron
Treaven
Hill
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Madras
Meyer-Wilms CO
Chaddock
Steinks o-Specht
Helen Boedige
Charles Mumme
St. Boniface Church
Edith Duker
Bernard Ebbing
San Pedro
Cal
Henry Boedige
TAFE
Otis Humphrey
Pa Po Ks
Lawrence Amen
Decatur
Illinois Association of Coroners
Ben Heckle
H. B. Givens
E. F. Crane
Alworth
Sterling
State Savings, Loan and Trust Company
F. W. Crane
E. W. Rusk
W. P. Flint
Camp Point
A. L. Grossmeyer
H. Hagenbaumer
Jackson Street
John Steiner
I. Q O. O. F. Orphan’s Home
John A. Thompson
Harvey
Winfred Martin
Rey
Martin
Twenty-fifth
South Seventh Street
House Wives League
Maine Street
E. McDole
Leroy P. Smith
Edna Tuxford
Lloyd Kirtley
W. F. Kirtley
Marshall
E. W. King
Grove Avenue
Cuticura
Tenter
Boy
Alice Harrin
Scott Ave
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