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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1919
Page
8
RS. DEAN RICKETTS heads to Emporia, Kan next week. Twenty friends hosted a kitchen shower at the Bennett home with sweet peas calla lilies and a bright tulip centerpiece. A luncheon followed with salad sandwiches wine chips sherbet and fresh straw fries.
A columnist recalls a chaotic chess teaching scene where two instructors try to onboard a learner with mismatched rules and vague goals. The piece praises patient, clear instruction as essential to true learning and laments haphazard methods.
Miss Lilian Clarke and Charles Albert Dumont, a musical act from San Francisco, were married Friday at 10 in the Vermont Street Methodist parsonage by Rev. F. A. Mc. Carty. The couple, after attending to engagements in St. Louis, plan to settle in San Francisco with Mrs. Dumont remaining with relatives in Omaha.
Miss Anna Carrie Meyer and Lewis Victor Bailey were married Tuesday morning in the St Peter Catholic church by Rev J J Driscoll. Both are from Fall Creek. A dinner followed at the bride's home and a large reception was held that evening. They will reside with the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs George Moyer for the present.
Irving school events included T. Edgar Musselman addressing the Parent-Teacher Association about a new building. A report from the United Parent-Teacher association endorsed the building need. Readings, choruses, and a piano solo featured a strong program by students. The service flag, crafted by Everett Kincaid and Harry Niemeyer under Miss Edith Kordsiemon, bears 142 stars. A carnival will raise funds for the campaign, with the PTA selling refreshments.
The Baptist churches of Muscatine and Central compete for membership and attendance with points for punctual arrivals. Muscatine leads by forty points after starting a week earlier than the Quincy school.
Miss Cyntha Denning was elected chief scout of the Dewey School Girl Reserves at a Thursday afternoon meeting. The extension meeting of the association met in the hostess house Friday afternoon.
Rio Janeiro March 7 The Brazilian pro allied league filed a petition with the president asking that concessions in Southern Brazil be canceled especially the Hansa colonization concession in the region.
Local columns report a dance event and public notices alongside a flood of shopping offers. Items include Mrs Edward Long recovering from a fracture, new voiles laces ribbons and gloves at Meyer Wilms Co, talking machines at Giles Bros, and various visits and travels across Quincy Camp Point Augusta Mendon and St Louis.
The South Side Boat Club and Ladies' Aid society announce a March 18 joint meeting featuring whist and four prizes. Future joint events will include luncheons cards and dancing with families invited. Three new members joined and four candidate applications were received. Letters from Joe Waldhaus and Rudy Braum in France were read urging relief for Quincy Heer before July 1.
Nicholas Dietrich, long time Adams County resident from Melrose Township, died at 7:30 p.m. Friday after a four year illness. Born January 1, 1844 in Hilbersheim Germany, he was 75. Survived by wife, eight children, one brother, one sister, and twenty five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending.
Fred Rhodes 34, formerly of Quincy and a Wabash brakeman, died at the Wabash hospital in Springfield on Wednesday. Funeral from Wheeler Undertaking, 1103 Maine Street, Sunday at 2 pm, burial in Graceland cemetery. Survived by his wife, a former Quincy girl, and their child. he lived on South Fifth Street in Quincy. Previously transferred to Springfield two years ago after years in Quincy.
At the North Side Boat club meeting E. C. Moritz was chosen delegate to the Central States Amateur Rowing Association replacing Walter Grimner who resigned. The group plans a stag party and a family dance on March 23. Quincy is favored to host the regatta with Peoria a competitor. Edward Woerman of the 123rd machine gun battalion attended as a guest and spoke of battles with the Suns.
A suspected prowler, described by Henry Jarchow, fled on foot after a late night chase along Eighth Street between Broadway and Spring. Sergt. Ernst and patrolmen pursued from Eighth and Broadway but the suspect escaped as he darted across Eighth and Oak streets.
Report Friday night from leaders of the metal polishers stove mounters and machinist molders unions and the I foundry of Quincy says no change in the strike. Most stove foundries are closed besides Excelsior open shop. Gem City foundry halted work Friday night. Meetings fell silent as employers favor a shutdown for weeks or months due to high material costs and backlog.
Deputy Sheriff John A. Connery brought Fred Lymenstull back from Chicago with custody to answer a charge of child abandonment. Lymenstull, formerly with the street railway, allegedly left his family. He was taken to the county jail and will be arraigned this morning. His home is near Fourteenth and Jersey streets.
Quincy friends announce the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Martin Driscoll Jr The baby arrived Thursday at Our Savior's hospital in Jacksonville Mrs Olive Brewer of 834 Broadway formerly Miss Olive Brewer is the mother of the new child Mr Driscoll works as a Wabash operator in Meredosia Illinois and is receiving congratulations today
Mr and Mrs J A Platt of North Fifth Street announce the birth of a daughter Friday morning. The couple now has four daughters and five children in all.
Albert Dumont and Miss Lillian Clarke in San Francisco are listed as a legal marriage license pair. James M. Jenkins and Miss Maude Graham are registered in Quincy, with both parties noted as legal.
Paris March 7 A member of the Italian peace mission said the Jugo-Slav frontier would likely be defined Monday allowing immediate revictualling of Serbia Montenegro and Albania Negotiations between Serbia and Italy aim to settle the dispute that caused the clash at Laibach and the suspension of railway service Washington reports February private building contracts in the Ohio River north of the Missouri rose by 70 million dollars from January signaling continued construction activity nationwide
In London on March, the Daily Mail reports the allied powers agreed to divide surrendered German warships. The United States and Britain clash over whether to sink their respective shares.
Paris reports most iron mines in the Briey coal basin are in good condition and can be worked again once men are employed, per a commission's inspection findings.
In London the house of Lords discussed the central European food shortage. Marquis Lansdowne warned of a looming catastrophe if the blockade remains. Baron Marmoor and Earl Crawford cited the Paris supreme economic council and inadequate Allied tonnage as factors in the crisis.
Treasury to award medals made from captured German cannons to Liberty Loan workers who actively participate in the Victory Liberty Loan campaign. Local loan committee members can earn the commemorative medal, about the size of a half dollar, bearing the Treasury building image and a participation certificate.
Washington reports Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss will return to England to work with British forces on removing the North Sea barrage. The barrage was largely laid by American mine layers and mined in the United States. Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack will become chief of the Bureau of Naval Intelligence on arrival. Secretary Daniels confirms Rear Admiral Harry S. Knapp will take over as commander of overseas naval forces when Admiral Sims returns in April.
Paris paper notes the Journal Des Debats claims Senator Lodge’s League of Nations arguments echo those used to oppose U S entry in 1917. It cites President Wilson and William H Taft at the Metropolitan Opera House as context for American debate in 1919.
CHICAGO March William Man non Grissom former cashier of the Bank of Commerce and Savings booked on a charge of forgery. He was arrested in Seattle and returned in connection with irregularities totaling about 300000. He expressed readiness to go on trial soon and spoke of his son in the marines in the Argonne forest region.
Detroit sailor Samuel B. Moscovitz known as Moss died last Saturday after plunging from an eight story window at a building housing the naval intelligence bureau in Detroit. His family through lawyers Marcus Pullasky and Fred Bernstein demanded an inquest in Chicago, disputing the naval hearing findings of personal crisis.
Pure tonic value in Peptiron iron tonic sold as chocolate-coated pills for easy taking. It claims rapid absorption, improved digestion, appetite increase, and stronger resistance to illness with two pills after each meal.
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