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Quincy Whig in Quincy, Illinois

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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1916

Page

11

Attractive Vermont Street cottage of John Gelling

John Gelling owns a pretty eight foot elevated Vermont street cottage with a gray bungalow style second floor. The ground leads to a reception hall, music room, living room with bay window, and a rear bedroom. The second floor features two bedrooms and a large attic in a bungalow layout. Antique oak woodwork enhances light airy comfort. a noted attractive summer home. Mr Gelling has recently returned from California and will resume occupancy.

Vermont Street John Gelling Gellings California

Jokes and quips from a bygone column tease readers

A fragment from a humorous newspaper page recounts quick wit on topics from gossip about a Chicago brother to a military bet on stair hopping. A Yankee and Brown trade barbs about character, a mischievous paragraph about divorce, and a dry state joke collide with tidy asides about cotton gin and intoxicated negros.

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