Social Affairs Entertains for Mrs Hobert in Quincy
Mrs Elmer W King hosted forty young friends of Mrs Paul G Hobert of Chicago Tuesday afternoon. The party featured knitting and a luncheon with chicken and Pimento cheese sandwiches olives ice tea ice cream and cake. Flowers decorated the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrrs. Hobert
Ruth Appleton
Paul Hobert
Chicago
Elmer King
Alice Girton
Elizabeth Channon
Thelma Sloan
Newark
N. J
Arlene Weis
Carolyn Jennings
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
M. Elmer W. King
Grove Avenue
Paul G. Hobart
Garden party for Madison ninth graders at Ray Oakley lawn
The Madison school Parent-Teacher association plans a Thursday garden party for ninth grade pupils and graduating students, with the ninth graders invited. Mrs Leslie Hall was reelected president of the Washington PTA, with officers including Mrs Ray Lee and Mrs William Nickerson. Miss Emma Beckwith, principal, spoke on The Schools as Social Centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Madison School
Ray Oakley
Leslie Hall
Washington
Ray Lee
William Nickerson
James McKinnay
William Schermerhorn
Emma Beckwith
Gideons to Speak at Federation Churches This Weekend
Representatives of the Gideons will come Saturday to address churches belonging to the Federation of Churches with services Sunday morning or evening. They place Bibles in hotel rooms and raise a collection to buy Bibles. expenses are covered by the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideons
Federation of Churches
Pittsfield Notes From All Sides Of Town Life
Pittsfield residents and visitors are noted in a roundup of social visits, civic events, and local developments. Dr C L Kibler attended the Quincy Dental association outing near Hannibal. Roy Heauman visits from Illinois Wesleyan. several families traveled to Baylis and St Louis, while hotel manager M K Cummins upgraded the Pittsfield hotel with new awnings and paint. A Seattle sailor on leave, Red Cross drives, Children’s Day program, and new electric sign at Central Illinois Public Service mark community activity usual to the period. Hadley township joins war savings and Red Cross efforts with strong turnout and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kientzle
Quincy
C. L. Kibler
Snn Le’carte
Hannibal
Quincy Dental Association
Roy Hkeauman
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Fred Beauman
Bert Whitten
Baylis
Joseph Kane
St. Louis
Timothy Kane
Adolph Kastner
Kampsville
Calhoun County
George Kammerer
Champaign
Frank D. Frasier
M. K. Cummins
Pittsfield Hotel
Navy
N. L. Eddy
Red Cross Drive
Mark S. Bradburn
Detroit
D. W. Hyde
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
John Higging
William Kaeser
Central
Ilinois Public Service Company
H. F P. Hooper
Bentley Coughlan
Lee Capps
Red Cross
Hadley
Correction on eighth grade graduates at Columbus school
An omission in printing left out teacher Miss Elda Sittler of Kellerville who started the pupils. she resigned about three weeks before finals. Mrs Lilly Booth Meyer continued the class to final examinations and deserved credit for the good work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Elda Sittler
Kellerville
Lilly Booth Meyer
Adams County
Anna Held Wins Battle Amid Illness in New York
New York reports actress Anna Held, long critically ill, has won her battle and likely will live, but doctors warn a long difficult fight lies ahead. Bulletin from her physicians confirms her improvement while noting ongoing health challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anna Held
Loyalty pledge demanded of St Louis public school staff
In St Louis on June 12 a resolution requires about 3,500 public school employees to sign a loyalty pledge before resuming duties, with the action expected to take effect by September 4. The measure aims to ensure allegiance as schools reopen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Good Shepherd strawberry social aids Red Cross drive
Community brief with notes on local events and visits. Adelle Kemper heads to Macomb for a summer course. dancing at Highland tonight. Rev S M Duke on business trips. several local residents travel or host visitors. A Cheerful home settlement picnic, Y M C A meeting, and Odd Fellows initiation highlighted along with hotel manager Norman Gordon arriving in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Shepherd
Red Cross
Arrowsmith Farm
Adelle Kemper
Melrose
Macomb
Highland
S. M. Duke
Tours
Cairo
Stannus
Hampshire St
John Ullman
Chicago
J. J. Fisher
H. F. Lafler
State Bank Bidg
H. A. Ewing
Walter Busch
State Eagles
Busch
Julius Busch
Green
Occi
Frank Gruenewald
Dumas
Ark
Pendleton
Stern Bidg
G. E. Rottman
Denver
R. Rottman
Eagles
Lewis Shoe Store
Y. Building
Clarence Carey
Palmyra
Quincy
Bushnell
Mr. Carey
Lulu Walters
Edina
Harvey Swango
National War Garden Commission
Washington, D. C
Gem City Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Sig Levy
William Schlottman
Galesburg
Cora Dell
Davenport
Edward Kreinberg
North Fifth Street
Lieutenant Grattan Ince Honored for Bravery in Paris Defense
Lieut. E Grattan Ince, brother of Mrs Walter Bennett of Quincy, is acclaimed as an American hero defending Paris from the Hun. Decorated by France and promoted to captain, he led 182 American troops in a hand to hand battle against 500 German assault troops on April 14. Ince details 53 hours of shelling and fierce fighting, noting 29 German dead left behind as his unit held the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Grattan Ince
Walter Bennett
Quincy
Paris
U. S
Capt. Ince
E. Armstrong Ince
Lieut
Ince
Bennett
Mt. Sterling
Ill
Temperature Passes 100 Degree Mark in Quincy 1918
Temperature rises to 101 at 5 pm making Tuesday the hottest day of 1918 in Quincy. Thermometers across town show 96 to 99 degrees while public schools close at 2:30 pm due to heat. River gauges climb to 16.7 by midnight, echoing last year’s flood anniversary and levee break near Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Charles M. Gill
Fabius River
Auto Man Merrylees Released After Check Fraud Charge
A. Merrylees, an auto dealer at 98214 Maine Street, was detained in the county jail Monday night on a charge of issuing bad checks. He was released Tuesday morning in Judge Heckle's court after supplying the funds to cover the checks and having the charges withdrawn. Merrylees was arrested Monday evening by Deputy Sheriff Joe Lipps amid allegations he offered about $100 in checks to the C B and Q railroad for automobile freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Merrylees
Maine Street
August Ringwald and Ella Mae Wiggins Legal Notice
Quincy residents August Ringwald and Ella Mae Wiggins appear in a legal notice. The brief item notes their names in the filed legal matter and provides no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Ringwald
Quincy, Legal
Ella Mae Wiggins
Maywood News Briefs Include New Butcher Hire andJuly Plans
Maywood adds Dave Ewing a Kirksville butcher to its packing plant and he will relocate with family next week. Family visits include H H Hamm in Ewing and Mrs G W Lindsey traveling to Lewistown for her sister’s illness. Leach and Guinan recruit Elmer Wright of Quincy to staff the Famous Department Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maywood
Dave Ewing
Kirksville
Ewing
F. J. Lowe
J. & Quinn
Mitchellville
Iowa
Home Guards
Lewis County
H. H. Hamm
Bloomington, I
Mahoon
Willa Barr
Columbia
D. G Littard
Hebron
Leach
Guinan
Elmer Wright
Quincy
Wright
G. W. Lindsey
Lewistown
Jas, Glaves
Army doctors sought as annual AMA meeting signals drive
Rantoul Illinois June 12 to stimulate recruiting of 5 000 physicians for the annual airplane training field here will make a flight to Chicago. The annual meeting of the American Medical Association is being held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rantoul
Chicago
American Medical Association
Local soldiers reported visiting from camps and France
Shrapnel BS Erde Beatty received a letter Tuesday from F J Hendrickson of Quincy now at Camp Gordon describing the large camp and many soldiers quartered there. Miss Adelade Muelenfeld sent a postal card from her brother Arthur Muelenfeld in France with Co K 58th U S infantry. George Carl, enlisted here and recently at Jefferson Barracks, is on a ten day furlough to visit his mother and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Union
Katherine Sawyer
Robert
Amy
Lucy
Erde Beatty
F. J. Hendrickson
Quincy
Camp
Gordon
Bodley Lodge
Mr. Hendrickson
Adelade Muelenfeld
W. T. Duker
Arthur Muelenfeld
France
Co. K, 58Th U. S. Infantry
George Carl
Jefferson Barracks
W C T U Workers Deliver Flowers to Prisoners
A W C T U committee visited the house of correction on Tuesday and distributed flowers to inmates. Superintendent Wittman says the visitors praised conditions and the humane treatment of prisoners observed during the hand led process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
House of Correction
Wittman
King Endorsed by Colored Voters in Mass Meeting
A Tuesday meeting of colored voters endorsed Edward J. King for congress and Fred E. Sterling for state treasurer. The mass gathering occurred at 826 Lind Street with many attendees and Samuel J. Morton presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. King
Fred E. Sterling
Congress
Lind Street
Samuel J. Morton
Loraine Illinois Community Notes and Family Updates
Des Moines Miss Lillie Wartick arrived to visit relatives in this region. Her sisters Mrs Mary Marshall and Mrs Jose Rice reside here. Misses Ida Eddy Lota Poling Inez Anderson and Fairy Price left for Macomb to attend Western Illinois Normal summer term. Rev Kasiske visits after formerly pastoring the M E church here. Children's cantata planned by the Sunday school. Keene township convention set for next Sunday at Christian church. Roscoe Alers, former local boy now in U S Navy. Miss Alfaretta Curless quietly left to visit Paola Kan then married Floyd A Shriver, elder son of J A Shriver. Death conveyed by telegram: Mrs Kate Andrews of Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loraine
Ill
Lillie Wartick
Des Moines
Diinois
Loraine State Bank
Mary Marshall
Jose Rice
Ida Eddy
Lota Poling
Inez Anderson
Fairy Price
Macomb
Hlinvis State Normal
H. R. Kasiske
Kasiske
M. E
West Point
M. FE
Keene Township
Christian Church
Roscoe Alers
U. S. Navy
Alfaretta Curless
Curless and Ruffcorn's
Purse Judge Bonney Dates Court in Eagles Week
Justice of the Peace E J Bonney presided in police court Tuesday in Judge P W Reardon absence due to state Eagles convention. W P Growling acquitted on disorderly conduct charge. Roy and Edna Howlett fined and costs for peace disturbance. Walter Platt acquitted as onlooker. Library board terms ending July 1. three directors Ella Randall W H McMein Rolland M Wagner to be reappointed or replaced after annual reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonney
E. J. Bonney
P. W. Reardon
Eagles
W. P. Growling
Roy
Edna Howlett
Walter Platt
Howletts
Walnut Alley
Quincy Free Public Library
Ella Randall
W. H. McMein
Rolland M. Wagner
Townley and allies barred from Iowa picnic speech
LAVERN Minn June 12 A C Townley president of the nonpartisan league and two candidates were compelled to step over the Iowa state line to attend a scheduled picnic with speeches. Deputies ordered the crowd to move on per sheriff instructions.
Woman credits Pinkham compound to avoid operation
Black River Falls Wisconsin resident Mrs A W Binzer says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her from an abdominal operation after doctors in Eau Claire urged surgery. She suffered inflammatory conditions and backache and urged women with similar troubles to try the remedy and write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eau Claire
A. W. Binzer
Ms. Binzer
Ocean
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Beeler
Miss Grace Beeler
Quincy College of Music
Lulu Felt
Chaddock Aid Society
Chaddock Farm
Ruth Johnson
Mariella Fenstermacher
Freeport
Dorothy Boswell
Georgann Castle
Fenstermacher
Knox College
Helen Calkins
Miss Calvis
Uest
Miss Stayt
Collge
L. W. Stiers
Otumwa
Ossoola
M. C. Hufton
Ottumwa
R. M. Shirk
Shirk
Moving Picture
Campage
Stiers
Bichile
Nick Huffman
Geraldine Bennett F
St. Marycademy Alumnae
Cornelia Adrlene Wysong
Quincy Lege of Music
College Music Hall
Cesar Franchaccato
Tschaikowsky
Miss Felt
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Illinois Highway Improvement Association
William G. Edens
Anne Jarrett Wood
Mrs
Lawrence Best
Will Sinnock
Herman Brown
Charles Gay
F. T. Hill
J. A. S. Ehart
Pauline Glenny
Houston
Texas
C. W. Leffingwell
South Side
Mothers’ Club
Russell Williams
Paul G. Hobert
Card Club
James Beckwith
H. M. Harrison
John Mc Aeams
John Bunting
WH. Govech
Dick Home
Frank Dick
Ralph Springer
Tom Lowrey
Springfield
Frank
Aea
Alden Brown
Betty Ann
Eleanor Alexander
South Park
Louis Miller
Elizabeth Jochem
Mrs. Miller
Miss Mayme
St Mary Academy
Antigone
Academy
Margaret Baxter
Ismene
Vivian Fay
Polynices
Eteocles
Ruth Cameron
Church News
Pittsfield
Anna
Lieut. Grattan Ince
Auto Man
Maywood, MO
126Th St
Park Ave
Ely
King
Vinci
the Comfort Powder Co
Boston
Mass
Manhattan
Georgette Crepe
Alsa
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