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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1915
Page
10
News briefs from Griggsville IL report E C Anderson canceling a livestock sale due to insufficient buyers. A horse sold privately to L J Gibbs, and a bus line transferred to J W Buck Mercer. Local social notes mention visitors, a rain‑shortened county convention at Maysville, and community events. A cistern accident spared a child, and multiple residents are recorded with visits, outings, and illnesses.
Mo and Mrs Josh McRae Hull spend Sunday with son Cliff and wife Hunter celebrated her birthday Saturday. Several friends in town spent the day with her. Ninis Call with Loren spent Sunday at John Heine’s near Richfield. Misses Buin House Mae Monroe attended Children’s day exercises at Richfield Tuesday night. Win Fusselman and wife and Andrew Flick with wife and son and Roy Cunningham of Richfield attended the Epworth league social. Mrs Auld and daughter with Miss Florence Crim were callers at E B Monroe’s Sunday afternoon. Mrs W B Smiley of Quincy visiting a few days. C A Wagy and family were Quincy visitors Sunday. Miss Hazel Wagy of Quincy visiting Henry Wagy. Mr and Mrs M W Bowker were in Hannibal Wednesday. Mrs Sadie Klecke and son Robert of Payson calling Friday evening. Everett Whitcomb recovering from hip injury with slow improvement. Mesdames Ella Lile and Caroline Wagg visiting Aunt Julia Jolly Saturday. Miss Mabel Waters of Hull visited uncle Frank Waters Thursday. Clyde Seelye of Quincy spent several days with home folks this week. Born Sunday June 27 to Loren Freeman and wife a son, first born. Mrs Freeman formerly Miss Mabel Wagg. Wm Tyler and wife of Richfield motored to Plainville Saturday to fetch Mrs Effie Glascock who has been at
An ad touts Dr James Headache Powder promising rapid relief from headaches and neuralgia for a nickel or dime a package. It urges readers not to suffer and presents the product as the quickest, surest headache remedy in the world.
Jerome D. Travers, not highly favored by many experts to win the open golf championship at Baltusrol club links in Short Hills, New Jersey, is regarded as one of the nation’s great players whose game has improved with age and whom some predict will become the country’s greatest golfer.
Blessing hospital stay noted for several weeks. Mr and Mrs Lease hosted relatives from Colchester. Mrs Joshua Farmer and granddaughter Hazel Cunningham of Barry visited Mrs Thompson Maud and Mrs McCumber. Epworth League district convention in Clayton attended by Mrs Lon Collins and others. Property bought by Lizzie Wood for Plainville residency. G C Leck Kinderhook visited, Allan Leck of Plymouth accompanied him.
A terse lost item notice appears in The Whig inviting owners to identify a missing item described as a watch or parasol and to contact the paper for recovery. The ad captures the immediate moment of realizing a loss and seeking a rightful finder.
State Department to investigate claims that Dr Alfred Meyer, a German privy council member and arms buyer, posed as a Red Cross lecturer in the United States while acting as a German military agent seeking to gauge American sentiment on the Lusitania sinking. The embassy allegedly arranged safe passage for him via promises from warring nations. Meyer Gerhard was reported to have reached Norway.
An easy pleasant native movement cure promoted as a laxative by all druggists in original packages priced at 25 cents. The ad urges readers to get a bottle today and enjoy a simple relief.
Public notice of a master in chancery sale in Adams County Illinois under a 1915 circuit court decree. The life interest of Kittie Mitchell in Lot 8 Block 4 in Quincy is to be sold at public vendue for cash on July 12 1915 at two o'clock in the afternoon at the south front door of the courthouse.
A well known health authority claims regular meat eaters risk sluggish kidneys from uric acid buildup. Dietary steps advised include stopping meat and taking four ounces of Jad Salts in water before breakfast to flush kidneys and prevent bladder irritation, promoting a clean, active blood supply.
In the Southern District of Illinois a bankruptcy case seeks creditors of Clarence A Dickhut of Camp Point Adams County. On June 23 1985 he was adjudicated bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors is set for July 15 1915 at 10 o’clock in Springfield Illinois with the trustee presiding.
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