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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1917
Page
8
A reader recalls social encounters where listeners ignore speakers and blank stares reveal disinterest. The piece cites a neighbor’s critique and a tale of a woman absorbed by her own chatter, contrasting a blunt interruption with polite, vacant attention.
Daily Fashion Hints describe satin bloomers with large pouch pockets at the waist and knee, easy donning with drawstrings or buttons, and decorative satin panels stitched to create wet pockets. The article notes satin bloomers as popular undergarments this season alongside chemise styles.
Boulder Colo March 27 A coroner's jury concluded that William Nelson killed his three children then ended his own life with final intent. Testimony showed the wife suffered fits of despondency. The funeral for all four is planned with burial in a single grave.
Miss Irma Bastert arrives from Chicago due to her mother's illness while Mrs. William McFadon and Mrs. A B Rogers host bridge gatherings. Church and charity events, dances, and tennis parties fill weekly programs as residents travel between Chicago and Quincy.
Christening services were conducted Sunday at Salem church and Luther Memorial church. Infant Margery Julia Zoller and infant John Joseph Holtman plus Dorothy Augusta Schlipman were christened in Salem with Rev I J Leemhbuis presiding. Earl Charles Henry Drebes was christened at Luther Memorial with Henry Breuer and Charles Drebes as sponsors. Virginia Mary Knut and Carl Haxel infants were christened Sunday afternoon with Rev Father Francis officiating.
Miss Opal Amy Collins of Griggsville and Jesse Howard Lemons of Pittsfield married in the county courthouse parlors by Judge McCarl on Monday. They returned to their Pittsfield home after the ceremony.
Church notices from Decatur detail executive meetings of United Brethren Women, confirmands at Good Shepherd Church with Bishop Fawcett, rabbit party at Luther Memorial, Dorcas Guild hosting, talks by Rev. Bingaman in Bloomington, and multiple society gatherings across East End Christian, Presbyterian, First Christian and St. John Lutheran churches. Also noted are a cantata at Easter by the First Christian choir and Father Didacus returning from Highland after forty hours devotion. Roumania’s grain exports and oil wells are mentioned in a separate item.
Vienna reports a resilient opera season with new works and a rise in light operas and musical sketches. Despite wartime shortages, Richard Strauss Ariadne at Naxos succeeds after edits while Lehar’s Stargazer struggles. A forthcoming Kammeroper aims to present compact, high quality pieces with an international lineup of composers.
Government action to acquire unsold opium stock in Shanghai on March 31 and pay with treasury bonds sparks protests across China. Indignant meetings condemn the purchase as a setback to ten years of anti opium efforts. Key figures Feng Kuochang, Premier Tuan Chijui, and President Liu Yuan hung figure in the controversy. The opium combine reportedly holds about twenty one hundred chests of the drug.
Pioneer households relied on grandmothers botanic recipes for disease treatment using herbs such as thoroughwort camomile sage pennyreval wormwood rue. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound grew from such home brews and now uses over 250000 pounds of roots and herbs annually.
The text notes a potential government takeover of the opium trade in China with proposals to control and sell opium products for profit. It mentions a large monetary value, and Vice President Feng Kuo-chang backing state management. The opium monopoly expires March 31, with a ban on sales at Chinese ports unless government action changes legality.
Melbourne March 27 The fourth and latest commonwealth war loan of 90 million dollars with 4.5 percent interest and due in 1925 was oversubscribed by at least 1.2 million. Treasurer A Poynton said figures were incomplete with more subscriptions likely and final totals may reach about 100 million. The loan was supported by banks insurance companies and individuals aided by newspaper publicity.
Peking March 27 China urges restoration to China of the strip of ground at Tien tsin seized by the French after the Boxer uprising. Dr Wu Ting-fang, Chinese foreign affairs minister, discusses settlement terms with M Conty the French minister. Entente powers show more sympathy toward China after endorsement of the American protest against the German submarine campaign.
Scientists suggest that Mesopo os tamia could be transformed through modern agriculture into a new Garden of Eden. This vision hinges on agricultural advances to unlock richer yields and sustainable cultivation for the region.
Two year old Lillian Romaine Fisher of Harrisburg Pennsylvania recovered from a severe cold and chest infection after her parents used Vicks VapoRub Salve on her chest and throat at night. The note from Mr. Fisher praises the externally applied remedy and its inhaled vapor, listing sizes of 25c 50c and 1.00.
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