This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
7
Clark GI soared from defeat after being nominated, signaling a comeback in the contest. The report highlights the nomination and suggests future action by supporters.
Special from Bowling Green Missouri describes preparations for the June 30 wedding of Genevieve Champ Clark to James Mellhany Thompson of New Orleans. The town stages a gala eve with Honey Shuck, decorations, and a large local guest list. Hosts Speaker Champ Clark and family invite Missourians to attend, with Aunt Caroline overseeing wedding prep and lawns set for a simple outdoor ceremony if weather allows.
Thousands of American women sacrifice their lives to duty at home amid the toil of housekeeping and child care. The ad proclaims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a century-old remedy for weakness, displacement, and silent suffering, urging readers to try it.
Frank Kiley, wanted for a fake magazine gag in Adams County, was arrested yesterday morning at Golden and brought here last night by Marshak. County officials had been seeking Kiley for several days. He faces a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses.
Quincy's Pulse reports house inmates Perkins and Sandebal escaped Saturday night using a clothes line to reach ground from an attic window. They were serving sentences, Perkins being newly sent down. The escape was discovered around 6 o'clock Sunday morning.
The Sun day's issue of the Whig correctly notes that F. G. Stolze was not involved in an assault Saturday night. Stolze was out motoring after 10 o'clock and was in the city Sunday, proving the earlier report a mistaken name.
Saint Peter's Catholic Church plans Saint's Day celebration next Sunday July 4 as a regular holiday falls on Tuesday this week. The late Father Kerr left ten thousand dollars now in church funds accruing interest making the observance more notable for parishioners.
Ernest Wood leaves Sunday for Rochester Minnesota to undergo an operation at the Mayo Brothers hospital. The local architect will be treated there with hopes for permanent relief. Mrs Wood and Dr Montgomery accompany Mr Wood to Rochester.
Billy Evers and Cliff and Bert Padgett traveled to Hannibal on Sunday to secure dock room for the Quincy Power Boat Club official launch at the power boat races starting July 4. They found a suitable location and will leave again Monday morning with about twenty Quincy boats for the Bluff City regatta, as Hannibal prepares to entertain hundreds of visitors.
North End residents Joseph Ostermueller and Miss Nita Broeker will wed at St Francis church at 8:30 this morning, with Rev Didacus officiating. A large crowd attends, afterward a breakfast at the bride’s home and a daylong informal reception as the couple prepare to set up housekeeping.
Mrs Harold Moore of Bluffs reports that a son was born at 5 a.m. yesterday to Mr and Mrs Albert Zoller in Syracuse New York. The Zollers, eastern representative of the Electric Wheel Company, are longtime friends of the Meehan family and this is the first grandchild for both the Meehan and Zoller families.
A St Marys academy alumnae committee met to plan inviting alumnae to join the General Esthetic circle, granting access to Dr W W Lawler lectures and classes starting September. The drive, led by Mrs Q F Schullian, aims to interview members and hold a progress meeting July 6, inviting all city residents to join.
Miss Beulah Prante of Fourteenth and Kentucky hosted about 75 young people at the Arcade hall for a dancing party honoring Miss Louise Chandler of Peoria Illinois. Decorations of flowers and refreshments of iced frappe and ice cream preceded greetings by Mrs George Prante Miss A Burman and Mr and Mrs John F Wise. Returns to Chicago Miss Alma Zoller to resume nursing studies after visiting her parents Naomi Schmidt hosted a farewell for Zoller with Alma and Millie Meyer Edna Bock Clara Hapke Helen and Edna Heidbreder and Mabel Simon. Selling Chautauqua Tickets The city wide ticket canvass for the annual Chautauqua begins with Miss Elizabeth Schrieber Miss Matilda Altheide Miss Mildred Wall and Miss Teresa Heckle coordinating south and north city routes.
About thirty friends gathered at John E Burns home for a birthday celebration with croquet baseball and a picnic supper. Miss Marguerite Freiburg returned from St Louis after attending St Elizabeth academy events. Regular Grace Whipple chapter meeting at Masonic temple marked last until September. Numerous locals plan travels to California Yellowstone Estes Park Chicago San Francisco Santa Barbara and Indianapolis while others attend summer programs and visits near Nauvoo and Chicago.
Dr J H Rice hosted his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Sellers of Decatur. The Sellers are en route to Colorado for the summer. Mrs Robert Halbach entertained a small bridge club yesterday with members V G Musselman and Mrs W Lancaster winning prizes.
Mrs. Julia Bacon of 218 South Eighteenth Street is visiting in Chicago at the home of her son, Robert Bacon.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.