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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1916
Page
10
A mother opposes forcing a five year old to attend church while the father supports churchgoing when he understands its meaning. The piece argues for Sunday school now and later church attendance, reflecting on child attention spans, memories, and the endurance test of ritual.
Quincy society notes reveal the wedding of Miss Marguerite Henriette Dunham to Leo Paul Sullivan occurred in St Paul on Thursday April 27. At home cards read after June 1 directing guests to Prospect Bluff Burlington Indiana.
This fashion note emphasizes economy and comfort in a sleeveless jacket dress with good lines. It suggests fabrics from serge to faille and sport silk, and shows how cuffs and separate waist or skirt options extend wear. The design favors adaptable, stylish dressing for indoor and outdoor occasions.
A university lecture on the cost of dietary intake notes an average daily 3000 calories costing 45 to 60 cents per person. A family of five could spend 350 to 750 dollars yearly, with food costs 25 percent of income for families earning two to three thousand dollars annually. Cheap staples include cereal foods, sugar, and molasses, though balance and preparation skills affect value.
Anna Hawn of Cedar Grove Missouri writes Foley Cathartic Tablets are the best liver pill. They do not nauseate or gripe but act freely on the liver. Recommended for indigestion constipation bloating sour stomach gas and irregular bowels. Miller Arthur Drug Co ad.
Robert Allen is in Peoria on business and expected to return later in the week. Mr and Mrs Robert Shott have returned from a trip to St Louis to visit relatives. Q A Alderson YMCA boys secretary went to Keokuk with the association volleyball team for a tournament with Burlington and Keokuk and viewed the Lake Cooper camping site for this summer.
Five hundred persons attended the Quincy Turn Verin minstrel in Turner hall Monday night. The show was a success both critically and financially with H. Dean Thomas Roy H Keller Willis E Dick Arthur Keller John H Holtman and Carl Buckle delivering top laughs. Guests Rolland M Wagner Samuel Robertson Edward E Hodgkin Lawrence D Smith Oscar F Mueller John H Pott Jr Clarence B Parks and Robert M Smith appeared in white suits and red ties delivering songs and dances.
The Methdist Old Folks Home board of trustees will hold a business meeting here Wednesday and Thursday with delegates from the Central Chicago Northwestern Northern German and West German conferences. Delegates include Rev J M Rhode Mascougah HL Rev J G Hildenstein Brghton Hl Rev W F Sipfle Edwardsville Ill Rev Mr Brandenburg LaCrosse Wiss F Finger Lafayette Ind Rev Mr Kiltenbach Kansas Rev F J Sternberg Decatur Rev W Gruenewald Rev A H F Hertzler Rev W C Schultze J H Fischer and W T Koelsch of Quincy.
The M W B club met in association rooms Monday night for a regular business session. The YWCA student council will meet this afternoon at four. Mr and Mrs George Peel of St Louis are here to attend the funeral of Mrs Peel's father A B Wilhelm.
The marriage of Miss Marie Hermsmeyer to Frank H Knuf was held at St Francis Church Monday at 7 30. Rev Father Didacus officiated. The bride wore a dark blue traveling suit with sweet pea corsage and a blue hat. Christine Knut and Anthony Hermsmeyer were attendants. The couple will live at 1401 Elm after a trip to St Joseph and Kansas City.
In Springfield Kl this afternoon Miss Gertrude Secker and Harvin Ross will marry. After a honeymoon in the East they plan to reside in Quincy with the bridegroom’s parents until summer, when they will begin housekeeping. The bride formerly lived in Springfield. Mr.
The piece argues women already vote with their wallets on important issues. It asserts that women’s purchases of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound reflect strong approval of its merits, especially for remedies for women's ailments.
Miss Mabel Churchill of 1688 South Nineteenth Street and Joseph Turner, a tailor at J. Stern & Sons, wed last Wednesday in Hannibal while Stern store clerks attended a ball. The couple left Quincy for Omaha soon after and kept the ceremony secret until Monday. Churchill has long resided in Quincy. her parents live in Hulls. Mr. Haveland owns a Fourth Street saloon near the Newcomb hotel and is well known locally.
Miss Mable Boren and Ben Haverland married in Omaha on April 18 then traveled to Clearfield South Dakota where the bridegroom owns a ranch for a few weeks after the ceremony.
A Covington resident reports that after giving Foley's Honey and Tar to a neighbor's very young child with croup, the cough syrup produced rapid improvement. The testimonial notes relief from coughs colds and whooping cough and praises the product as effective for all ages. Miller and Arthur Drug Co. Adv.
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