A Mother's Quiet Decoration of Daily Courage
A doctor calls a mother's care for her two delicate daughters a decoration not of material prize but of heart. The widow raised healthy, well married daughters, assisted by her long support system and a devoted doctor who praised her unwavering care. A washerwoman shares her own decorated moment when a child's cure proved doubt wrong. A twelve year old earns a heroism medal for keeping her family from peril after her father's death, surprising even herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.C
Ruth
Sport Dress Trends in Striped and White Flannel
The article outlines sport dress and coat styles for women highlighting striped and white flannel fabrics. It notes popularity of plain wool and wool mixtures for utility suits, with two material combos and contrasts favored. Linen crash, khaki, Georgette crepe, and cotton voile sport lines are discussed, plus an example chic frock in white and striped flannel with satin trims.
Social gatherings and guest visits in Quincy society notes
Society notes describe entertaining at 221 South Sixteenth Street for Mrs. Raymond Padberg of St. Louis and visits by Mrs. C. F. McParland and family, the Thales returning from Chicago, and trips by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Simmonds. Also covered are a miscellaneous shower for Miss Maude Boots, guests Eleanor Mueller and Marian Nieh, and engagements and travel plans of local residents amid spring social activity.
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RS. W. J. Binkert
South Sixteenth Street
Raymond Padberg
St. Louis
Quincy
Dorothy Perkins
Former Quincy Woman Moves From Mexico to New York
Cames, once a Quincy resident, has moved from Mexico to New York with her children and plans to relocate to Quincy soon. Mr. Wilson remains in Mexico for the foreseeable future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cames
Quincy
Burton Wilson
J. M. Irwin
New York
Mexico
Mr. Wilson
Lawless and Pine Betrothal Reported in Springfield
Mrs W B Wilson of 1522 North Fifth Street learned Tuesday of the upcoming wedding of her son J E Lawless to Miss Mary Pine in Springfield on June 15. Lawless plans to join a Terra Haute Indiana home and has accepted a state department post in Springfield previously. Boots Meyer and Maude Boots wed Fred Meyer at St Peters Evangelical Church with Rev Paul Langhurst officiating. bride wore white marquisette and carried American Beauty rose bouquet, followed by dinner for relatives and a small reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildegarde Germann
Maine Street
Marian Nieh
Syracuse University
China
Nelle Beggs
Mary Stone
Lawless-Pine
W. B. Wilson
North Ffith Street
J. E Lawless
Mary Pine
Springfield
Boots Meyer
Maude Boots
C. F. Boots
Fred Meyer
William Meyer
Paul Langhurst
St. Peter’s Evangelical Church
Fulton-Louder Nuptials in Fort Madison Office
Miss Daisy Fullon daughter of Mrs Edith Bunyan Fort Madison and John J Louder of East St Louis wed in the Fulbner office Wednesday at 10 the ceremony officiated by Judge P W Reardon The bride’s mother was the sole attendant The couple will reside in Hannibal
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Fulton-Louder
Daisy Fullon
Edith Bunyan
Fort Madison
John J. Louder
East St. Louis
Fulbner Insurance Office
P. W. Reardon
Seattle man sails to Russia to aid war supply movement
Samuel Hill of Seattle, son in law of the late J. J. Hill and a railroad executive, has gone to Vladivostok for the Russian government to facilitate the movement of war supplies, per a Seattle newspaper report dated June 29.
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Russia
Seattle
Wash
Samuel Hill
J. J. Hill
Vladivostok
Refugees Leave Vera Cruz for United States
Two steamers sailed on Wednesday from Vera Cruz carrying about 600 passenger refugees. The group included Americans and Mexicans, with Spaniards comprising the majority. Some 800 Americans remain in Vera Cruz awaiting transport to the United States.
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Vera Cruz
United States
Argentine guns sold to Carranza government
El Paso reports Argentina has sold 180 machine guns to the Carranza government. The information, received Wednesday by a local agent in El Paso from a Mexico City source, indicates continued arms shipments amid the Mexican political situation.
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EL Paso
Texas
Carranza
Mexico City
Transcontinental plane race canceled over Mexican situation
New York June 23 Preparations for the transcontinental aeroplane race set for September from the Atlantic coast have been discontinued due to the Mexican situation. The chronic borrower has one redeeming feature at least he never strikes a man that is down. The worst man is sometimes capable of giving the best advice.
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New York
Atlantic
Earlier reports on Parker killings proved false
Miliary authorities said reports that six Mexicans, believed murderers of William Parker and his wife on a ranch near Hachita, had been captured and killed were erroneous. Twenty-three Villistas already captured by Gen Pershing were moved closer to the border for safekeeping. The Parkers were buried at Hachita cemetery where mourners were mainly women.
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Columbus
N. M
William Parker
Hachita
Parkers
Prevent Demonstrations in Berlin on Liebknecht Support
Berlin reports several spasmodic attempts to organize demonstrations for Dr. Liebknecht on Wednesday June 20. Crowds invaded Unter Den Linden and the northern working quarters while police kept the crowds moving or dispersed them. Numerous arrests were made with no serious trouble reported anywhere in Germany.
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Berlin
Dr. Liebknecht
Unter den Linden
Germany
Congress Approves Rural Credits and Good Roads Bills
Congress on June 29 approved conference reports on the rural credits bill and the good roads bill and sent both measures to President Wilson for signature. The rural credits bill creates a chain of farm loan banks while the good roads bill allocates 85 million dollars to assist state road construction.
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Congress
Washington
Wilson
Leave for Peace Meeting in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE June 29 David Starr Jordan, named by the American Union Against Militarism, will depart this afternoon for the east for peace conferences. Two Mexican conferees are en route to New York and the third is due here today to accompany Dr Jordan.
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Albuquerque
N. M
David Starr Jordan
American Union
East
New York
Dr. Jordan
Guard conditions satisfactory in central department
Chicago June 20 Guard conditions in the central department are satisfactory Captain Roger S Fitch acting depart adjutant said after word from Springfield that the First Illinois infantry entrained for San Antonio Texas. He added the Second Illinois would leave today followed by troops from Missouri Kansas and Illinois with Wisconsin next. By July 1 contingents from these states should reach the border. Red tape is being cut to the limit on every hand.
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Chicago
National Guard
Central Department
Roger S. Fitch
Springfield
Illinois
San Antonio
Tex
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
Fitch
Machine Guns Ready for Delivery to Europe
The War Department has secured 250 Lewis machine guns for immediate delivery through the British government. American cartridges are incompatible, so 6,000,000 cartridges have been ordered from the U S Cartridge Company for use with the weapons.
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New York
War Department
Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Company
Europe
U. S. Cartridge Company
Gome s Burial Rites Near Carrizal Battle Leader Interred in Gomez Farias
Mexico City June 29. The body of Felix Gomez who led Mexican forces at Carrizal was accorded honors in Saltillo with public expressions of regret. The interment took place in his birthplace Gomez Farias.
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Gomes
Mexico City
Felix Gomez
Carrizal
Saltillo
Gomez Farias
McCumber Leads in Primary for U.S. Senate Nomination
Fargo dispatch reports early returns showing U. S. Senator P J McCumber leading Gov L B Hanna for the Republican senatorial nomination in Wednesday's primary election. Democratic vote returns were slow.
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McCumber
Fargo
N. D
U. S
P. J. McCumber
L. B. Hanna
Refuse to Leave Tampico
About 2000 Americans have refused to leave Tampico where the transport Sumner, acting as a refugee ship, is due.
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Tampico
Washington
Sumner
From Trenches to London in One Day
British officers began making rapid day trips from the French trenches to London and back. One officer crossed the Channel by airplane and reached a London Turkish bath within four hours of leaving the battlefield. Another sped even faster, bathing in London three and a half hours after departing the trenches, then returning to France that same evening.
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London
France
English Channel
Organization of Central Aviation Reserve Formed
Chicago June 29 organizers report the Central Aviation Reserve began with a first squadron of three companies elected captains by Aero Club of Illinois officers. Albert Bond Lambert, head of the U S aviation reserve and vice president of the Aero Club of America, aided the creation.
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Chicago
United States Central Aviation Reserve
Aero Club of Illinois
Albert Bond Lambert
U.S. Aviation Reserve
Aero Club of America
English Adviser to Japan Arrives as Legal Adviser
Dr Thomas Baty an English authority on international law arrives in Tokyo to become legal adviser to the foreign office succeeding H W Denison. He says the Anglo Japanese alliance will yield more good in the future and is as firm as Gibraltar. He foresees the west east synthesis shaping civilization next century with the alliance as a chief factor.
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Japan
Tokio
Thomas Baty
Foreign Office
H. W. Denison
Captain Morey Wounded in Carrizal Clash Heads to Fort Bliss
Capt. Lewis S. Morey of the Tenth Cavalry arrives in Columbus New Mexico en route to Fort Bliss Army Hospital El Paso Texas for treatment after being wounded in the left arm in the Carrizal clash on June 21. He will depart today.
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Morey
Columbus
N. M
Lewis S. Morey
Tenth Cavalry
Carrizal
Army
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas
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C. F. McParland
Jeanelies
Harry Garrett
McFarland
W. M. Woodell
Ford Scholz
Nora Wells
Frank Thale
Mr. Thale
Ohio Street
W. A. Simmonds
Mr. Simmonds
Helen
Hortense Wachlin
Boots
Mabel Urban
David Wilcox
Boston
Emil Reinkendorff
Edward Moeller
Joseph Hildebrand
Albert Swink
Michael
Captain
Marguerite Clark
Famous Players-Paramount
Famous Players
Paramount Pictures
Central Aviation Reserve
Royal Society
Rosalie
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