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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1917
Page
8
A writer ponders interruptions in daily life from telephone calls to visiting friends. The piece argues interruptions reveal selfishness, disrupt concentration, and exhaust working women and busy people, noting how noise from children and calls hinders productivity and patience.
Daily Fashion Hints highlights revived lingerie frocks for summer wear in 1917 using fine fabrics like batiste voile and net. Describes sheer gowns with drapery, white as classic and color in nets, machine stitching as a decorative feature, and delicate trims such as ruffles and hemstitched tucks.
Miss Fannie Fern Fischer a South India return missionary will speak at Vermont Street Methodist Sunday morning with the Women’s Foreign Missionary society leading a bank offering service. She has over twenty years of work in southern India and will discuss the people’s needs amid an India Methodist child population noted at 0,000. Grace Mauck and Ida Hopke will sing at morning and evening services respectively.
The civic section of the Cheerful Home Women’s club met to finish a social survey of the city. A large map marks saloons, schools, pool rooms, theaters, churches, and other centers to aid social service work and guide the upcoming campaign to protect vulnerable infants.
An anti tuberculosis league plans to share gathered information with young mothers and midwives to spread awareness and improve wellness practices.
Payson March 24. Mrs Katherine Blauser past worthy matron of Payson chapter O. E. S. received a ceremonial emblem from lodge members in the chapter rooms. Mrs E B Maher presented the emblem in the name of the society. Frank J Brown spoke brief tribute. About 30 members attended and shared a lunch. The Easter Star chapter is among Adams counties largest lodges outside Quincy.
D. L. Musselman, president of Gem City Business College, spoke Friday to Berrian School upper grades on courtesy as essential to success. He urged practice of courteous manners and noted studies’ practical value in shaping business life. The informal talk emphasized first impressions and meeting people with ease.
Miss Florence Manigold married Lawrence H. Chapman Friday morning in Police Magistrate P. W. Reardon’s city hall office. Attendants were David M. Chapman, father of the bridegroom, and Mrs. M. E. Crawford.
Frank A. Landee, state senator from the third district since 1906, died in Metropolitan Friday after arriving from Springfield to visit his son. A telegraph operator in Chicago during the 1871 fire, he installed the first fifty telephones in the city.
The Christian Endeavor society of the Congregational church elected officers for six months during a meeting at Rev. F. J. Brown's home. Officers named include President Lucy Groves, Vice President Hut Spencer, Secretary Luther Dibbard, Treasurer Veling Lawrence, Organist Thelen Trennebuch, and Assistant Organist Yelimia Lawrence. Committee chairmen were selected for the various groups. The day also featured Easter preparations, a Methodist Ladies Aid Easter supper, and several local social events and visits.
The home of H. Rankin in Florida will host a March 30 meeting at 1 30 pm led by C. T. Rankin as president and T. C. Cupp as secretary of the association.
Clifton Carter of Famerson and Mr Anling Watler of Philadelphia wed by Rev J T Bloom at Palmyra parish. They reside with Ida Clark near Emerson. Sunday School meetings near Warren Church discuss devotional periods and speakers. Button factory resumes full operation after disputes settled. Attorney Ben Glahn in Hannibal on legal matters. Basketball game Friday cancelled due to Shelving team no show. Local reports cover farming, dairy talks, and fishing trip highlights.
Bargain sale advertises Ingram Carpet items in floral patterns and blue hues, priced to clear. Extra heavy wool and cotton chain carpets offered in red and white floral designs, with special reduced rates around 49¢ to 65¢ per yard, highlighting exceptional value.
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