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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1916
Page
10
The Oklahoma, a 27,000 ton, 538 foot battleship, is commissioned as the new Leviathan of the American navy. It displaces rivals, carries ten 14 inch guns, and rivals the New York Nevada and Texas in firepower, save for Britain's Queen Elizabeth class.
The article offers sewing guidance for a spring blue silk fluffy skirt trimmed with blue taffeta bias folds. It explains making a plain foundation, stitching ruffles along the belt, choosing linings, and hiding stitches by proper folding. It notes easy alternatives like hems or embroidery for tedious scallops and suggests washable fabrics for daily wear while reserving chiffons and taffetas for grownups.
A letter describes turning a small top floor attic into a livable quiet study space on a tight budget. Suggestions include cream wallpaper, brown stained floor, two tone grass rugs, a woven iron cot, cretonne in browns and yellows, white dotted muslin curtains, a DIY yellow laced dressing table, a desk and chair, and using shelves in the door jamb to form a hidden bookcase.
Quincy society members and Wayside Inn guests filled the Mohrenstechers home for a Friday evening of entertainment. A humorous play, staged by both clubs, featured members transforming into tall, thin, or athletic personas before a large audience. A later supper followed, with tulip and smilax décor and a long green and yellow table setting.
Dr and Mrs W F Simmonds hosted a birthday dinner at 1867 Kentucky street. Emerson Friendship club enjoyed a Friday hike with YWCA after school. Children's Aid society met at YWCA to plan May shoe donations. A new A O A club formed at Miss Aretha Gard's home. next meeting at Miss Helen Benning's. St Angela Court held a card party at St Johns school hall with prizes to Mrs Uhlman Ehrgott Krins. A chicken theft reported on North Eighteenth Street. police checked but found no suspects.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Rell’s Pine Tar Honey cough syrup made from pine tar acanthite sugar hyoscamus sassafras peppermint ipecac rhubarb mandrake capsicum ammonium muriate honey and glycerine. It claims pleasant soothing instant relief and urges buyers to demand the product with the formula printed on the package.
The Hinots State Music Teachers association closed in Urbana with officers elected Franklin L. Stead as president W C Paisley as vice president Herbert O Merry as secretary treasurer and committee appointments made John Doane Evanston John Winter Thompson Galesburg C R Skinner Bloomington R P Schifferstein Newton Henry V Stearns Jacksonville. Wihana chosen as next meeting site.
The Fifth Infantry band performs its first popular Saturday night concert in Washington park at 7 30 PM under downtown merchants’ sponsorship. Prof Emil Reinkendorff curates a lively program of popular music including Caesar’s Triumphal Mitchell Valse Romantique They Didn’t Believe Me and Ragging the Scale with medleys and old folk songs plus The Star Spangled Banner concluding the set.
Salem Missouri businessman E. W. Vogel and Bushnell merchant S. M. Wytes spent Friday in Quincy on business. Mr and Mrs FP A Longnecker and niece Catherine Colvin of Minderhook were in the city visiting friends. Rev William Hailey editor of the Barry Record came to Quincy on business. Mrs Harve Dunham of Kinderhook shopped and visited with her son and daughter in law Carl Kurfman in Quincy.
About 40 travelers camped at South Twelfth Street were warned to move by Sheriff John Coens Deputy Frank McNay and Humane Officer John F Powley after complaints. They planned a holiday barbecue with chickens pig and a lamb but were told to relocate by today noon. Officials would return this afternoon to confirm they had moved on from the site.
The steamer G. W. Hill sailed Friday from the local port with about 300 passengers including high school students and friends for a Hannibal round trip. The voyage ran 4:30 PM to 10:30 PM with a fresh paint job and a lively dance scene. High water views added to the pleasant outing.
Anna Hawn of Cedar Grove Missouri endorses Foley Cathartic Tablets as the best liver pill. She says they do not nauseate or gripe and act freely on the liver. Recommended for indigestion constipation sour stomach and other bowel related issues. Stout persons note a light buoyant feeling from use. Miller Arthur Prig Co Adv.
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