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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
12
A complainant testifies that his wife Caroline Ripple Green was dissatisfied with farm life and spent time weeping during the brief two months they lived together, in a case heard before the court.
Mrs Erta Dorion of Ogdensburg Wisconsin suffered sharp stabbing pains and weakness before turning to Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. After six bottles she reports complete relief and urges other women with female troubles to try the remedy, noting physicians could not help and praising traditional roots and herbs. The ad invites readers to contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for free advice.
Judge Akers presides over Thursday docket with Paul Green seeking a divorce after a 1908 marriage lasting two months and five days. Other cases involve habitual drunkenness, cruelty, and adultery among couples in Keokuk Pekin Quincy and Arizona linked to multiple divorces and separations. The long list notes seventeen circuit court dockets and numerous pending or dismissed actions.
The record cites Oscar Killen accused by wife Priscilla of desertion and drunkenness with frequent fights. George Phillips faces drunkenness and abuse allegations from Rose Phillips. Ruth Polson describes husband Robert Polson's weekly drinking and bad conduct. Walter Siemens and a sister allegedly treated wife Hazel cruelly. A four year old child Marion is mentioned in the family.
The Iron Molders Union No 44 elected officers at the Labor Temple meeting. James Brice was named President with William Nickerson as Vice President and Edward Reuter Financial Secretary. Other posts went to Mat Leindecker, L Murphree, William Wachter, William Peters, Louis Aldag, and Robert Brice, with trustees Fred Husemann, George Fries, William Ellermann, Charles Heuer and Bert Grover. Attendance was large and the contest lively.
Joe Nauert presented furnishings for the lobby of the new Eagles hall. The social committee was directed to host a benefit ball for John Rottmann, a member of the aerue who has been ill for two years. Henry Geschwindner, Charles Ross and John Fuelbier were chosen to arrange a railroad excursion. Twenty candidates were initiated and a luncheon followed the meeting.
In police court Thursday Judge Reardon fined T. Kirk and Victor Winters $25 each for speeding. Dennis Ryan C. W. Homburg W. C. Abbott and Vincent Quattrocchi got $3 fines for driving without both headlights. H. Fuhrman was acquitted. Ed ward Buerkin case continued. Tony Henry Bousquet fined $3 and costs for riding a bicycle at night without lights. Ben Guernsey acquitted. Judge urged drivers to heed the law as experience teaches.
The Christian Endeavor society of Luther Memorial church hosted a hay rack party Thursday evening at Joseph Harvey’s farm five miles east of the city. About 200 attendees traveled by five hay racks and autos, enjoyed ice cream social, and raised a nice sum before returning home at a late hour.
Plans were approved at the Quincy W. C. U. executive board meeting to observe W. C. U. day in August at St Boniface school hall. The meeting also noted a year long study by the United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce on the mineral resources of the Far East.
The Standard Bearers of Grace Methodist church staged the pantomime O Zion Haste in the Metronc chapel during a jubilee luncheon. Ten youths performed under the direction of Mrs B H Menke with Rev G L leading the event.
Losh, pastor of the church, delivered an address connected with the play. The group made the journey in three cars.
In Waukesha Wisconsin on June 22 Grace Lusk a High school teacher shot and killed Mrs David Roberts wife of a former state veterinarian She then barricaded herself in Misses residence with the assault ending in a tense standoff as authorities moved to resolve the situation
Bianca Mills, at the scene of the shooting, defied police for half an hour before firing her weapon and wounding a man in the side. Mrs. Roberts accused Mills of overly friendly relations with her husband. Miss Lusk remains in hospital under guard.
Sam Crane a shortstop for the Washington Americans joins the local American Association club in Minneapolis the announcement states.
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