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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
10
A son was born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Alden Wade south of Perry. Several residents illness and recoveries noted. Instructors and visitors from Chicago and Clayton attended events. Death of Dorothy Sommer. funeral held with four daughters and one son surviving. Various locals visited relatives or traveled to nearby towns. sports score: Hell defeated Oakwood 13 to W.
Baylis and Myrtle Huffman visited Mrs Anna Hagey in Atlas last week. L J Owings and daughter Helen travel to Mexico Missouri to visit relatives. Mina Hill of Pittsfield spent Sunday with her mother Elizabeth Hill. Maude Grammer shopped in Quincy. G Lanson learned of Frank Lanson’s death at Trumbull Nebraska. Mrs John Miller left for McPherson Kansas for a several weeks visit. Leta Hill Myrtle Hill Hy McIntire shopped in Pittsfield Friday. Whitney of Perry spent the week with her daughter Sam Hannitt. Anna Hagey, called home by Elijah Slade’s death, returned to Aurora Nebraska. Frank McIntire and Cecil spent Sunday in Quincy with friends. Moore, Seaborn and J McConnell visited in Chicago. George Jeffers and son Sherman visiting relatives in Kansas. Pearson and Roy Nicol shopped in Barry Saturday. Raymond Peacock visited Dr S B Peacock at Pittsfield Friday.
In Ursa Illinois scarce news as harvest occupies time. Frank Laughlin spent Monday with aunt Mrs J C Van Dyke and family. Van Dyke relatives attended the Carey play in Quincy. Wheat cutting dominates the scene. Town Hall ice cream social raised over sixteen dollars. Fourth of July preparations and church attendance amid rain. Funeral of Mrs Calvin Smith held Saturday at the family home with interment at Denson Cemetery. Sympathy extended to the family.
Goon household advice urges prompt care for cuts and injuries no matter how small. Blood poison and infection can follow pinpricks or scratches, so Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is recommended for antiseptic protection healing and preventing complications, sold in a 2 ounce 25 cent box by druggists.
Fragmentary items record Joseph Lean and wife of Quincy attending Dr Sperry funeral. Ottie Lowe visiting Hannibal Miss Strohecker from Barry. Pittsfield-related purchases noted in the vicinity last week.
R. H. Weihecht of Salt Lake City Utah reports Citrolax as the best laxative ever used. He notes it cleanses without pain or nausea and does not gripe or cause unpleasant after effects. Miller and Arthur Drug Co. distributes the product in the ad copy.
Notice to bidders from Adams County with committee of the board of supervisors inviting sealed bids by June 9, 1915, 10 a.m. for general county printing, tax and revenue printing, and binding of 1914 tax books. Bids must be itemized, accompanied by $100 certified check, and awarded to best and lowest bid. County attorney John T. Inghram overseeing scheme and specs.
Public notice of a master in chancery sale in Quincy Adams County Illinois arising from a 1915 decree. It details the life interest of Kittie Mitchell Jr in Lot 8 Block 4 and adjacent street frontages, to be sold July 12, 1915 for cash at the courthouse south front door.
Notice in the District Court of the Southern District of Illinois indicates Clarence A Dickhut of Camp Point Adams County has been declared bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors will be held at the Bankruptcy Court Room 226 South Sixth Street Springfield Illinois on July 7 1915 at 10 oclock in the forenoon.
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