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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1918

Page

2

Morale at Home and Front Boosted by War Saving Spirit

By J E Wall a patriotic column argues home front morale powers soldiers in France. It endorses varied efforts like War Savings Stamps, Red Cross drives, and Knights of Columbus fundraising as essential, urging continuous saving and lending to sustain the fight and national pride. Old Glory will rise once the strain passes.

J. E. Wall Knights of Columbus Army Red Cross War Savings

Cardui testimonial from Kokomo woman on relief after use

Irritable nervous and weak with headaches backaches and nausea describes relief after six months taking Cardui before childbirth. She says the tonic made her feel grand and hardly sick at all during and after delivery. Many grateful letters praise Cardui and urge others to try it from local dealers.

Kokomo Ind H. Hankemeier Cardus

Monroe High to Graduate Twenty Four in Monro

Monroe City Me May 1 The Monroe City public school closes on May 10 with twenty four graduates the second largest class in the school’s history Commencement will be held Friday evening May 10 in the school auditorium State Superintendent Uel W Lamkin will deliver the address The baccalaureate sermon will be given Sunday May 5 in the auditorium by Rev J C Cook First Baptist church The graduates include Tilden Delaney Verna Yowell Christy Gentry Bernice Overly Dewey Johnson Cecil Swearingen Malcolm Moore Virginia Asbury Vivian Proctor Willie Mary Shearman Jessie Duer Robert Hord Corene Douglas Maude Scott Lucile Crandall Lelia McGee Mamie Lee Crawford Florence Baynum Vivian Lee Alberta Douglas Lucile Wright Cornelia Tuley Ruth Kern Oneta Foster.

Monroe City Uel W. Lamkin J. C. Cook First Baptist Church Tilden Delaney Verna Yowell Christy Gentry Bernice Overly Dewey Johnson Cecil Swearingen Malcolm Moore Virginia Asbury Vivian Proctor Willie Mary Shearman Jessie Duer Robert Hord Corene Douglas Maude Scott Lucile Crandall Lelia McGee Mamie Lee Crawford Florence Baynum Vivian Lee Alberta Douglas Lucile Wright Cornelia Tuley Ruth Kern Oneta Foster

Destruction of German Text Books at Amboy High

May 1 Amboy Illinois reporting a break in at Amboy High School. Entry appeared to target German language books and materials. Police investigating motive and scope of theft or vandalism.

Amboy Amboy High School

Centennial Pageant Delights Payson High School Audience

Payson Illinois May 1 Charles W Seymour High and Grade schools staged the Illinois Centennial Pageant in the high school auditorium. Beulah Ennis supervised with teachers drilling pupils into six plays reflecting state topics. Admission was free, funded by local businessmen, and several hundred spectators attended the postponed event amid weather delays. The program featured multiple classrooms and casts, including Shining Water, Afraid of Snakes, and The Underground Railroad, concluding with the 1870s era and the great Centennial Tree planted Saturday morning by the school grounds committee.

Payson Charles W. Seymour High Srade Hiigh Beulah Ennis Hgh Francis J. Blair Springfield Payson Park Hgh School Manis Lucy Grove Goldie Wolfe Helen Hollembeak Lelia Short Velma Lawrence Vlag Milton Brown Eloise Nesbitt L’arade Lois Brown Children of Illini Maud Lines Shining Water Rose Eliott Emily Seymour Rose Davis Hannah Hollembeak Wilmer Virgil McNutt Wendelin Peter Geo Hollembeak Robert Kay R. A. Dickinson Ruth Hood France Iva Crisp Fedward Robert Kay Lucie Helen Lines Gantier Roger Wharton Marie Elsie Davis Russell Short Russell Scott William Forgy Ruby Donelson Fiossie Blauset Miles Bennett Harold Reinebach Annamay Cooper Ernest Lawrence Richard Waack Johnnie Lenessey Gertrude Hampton Bertha Blauset Ray Larimore Inez Hampton Mary Seymour Helen Reinebach Miss Ruth Edna Dorothy Hibbard Nellla Beulah Hood Walter Omer Langan Mary Joy Mollenhauer Lucy Ruth Lines Elizabeth Maria Long Henry Loren Baugher Blanche Wheeler Mabel Chapman SUM David Rice Myra Rice Ccseeees Naom Hood Olan Morgan Ana ‘Lmao ‘Dunn Gradesmeyer Ralph Baker Martha Seehorn Cen- Bessio Wecesse Eccesene Ruth McCollum Martha Elizabeth Seymour L. K. Seymour AMNI Twilah Ruth Hibbara Mary Chapman Margaret Bradfield George Allis Kenneth Maher Charles W. Seymour High School A. A. Holmes Maud Sines Mary Groce Edith Robbins Ruth Iood Edith Hyer Edna Curran Mary Finchum Holmes Miss Ennis Miss Crisp Miss Lines Miss Wheeler

Colorado Slides Shown By Lecturer

A Bethel Methodist church audience at Twelfth and Jefferson streets viewed a stereopticon slide lecture on Tuesday evening. Rev. Wit Velte of Denver presented the show, delivering a delightful entertainment through projected images.

Bethel Methodist Church Twelfth Jefferson Streets Wit Velte Denver

H. S. Seniors Name Class Day Participants

The senior committee selected Edna Collins as class historian Virginia Fry as class poet Lettie Gay as class will Tillie Egan and Fred Garner as class prophecy The senior class plans a large elaborate day with morning assembly and certificates for farm workers Debates will be boosted The High school magazine Q due Friday May 3 with Malcolm Eddy acting as editor for May and editor in chief next year

Edna Collins Virginia Fry Lettie Gay Tillie Egan Fred Garner Malcolm Eddy Mr. Eddy

St. Mary Juniors Present Entertaining Academy Program

The St Mary Academy juniors offered a pleasing Tuesday program with patriotic selections and a closing Star Spangled Banner. The SMA orchestra performed several numbers and two clever sketches The Light Brigade and Our Flag showcased their talents.

St. Mary Academy Light Brigade

Joy of Motherhood in Ellensburg Woman’s Testimony

Mrs O. B. Johnson of Ellensburg Washington credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of illness and enabling her to have a child. The ad urges other women with functional disorders to try the medicine and write for advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.

Lydia E. Pinkham Ellensburg Wash Mrs. O Johnson R. No

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