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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1916
Page
11
A two year old girl named Mary Jane James was tagged for Chicago from Decatur and sent alone to her parents. She had been left with her grandmother and arrived in good order and in high spirits after a long train journey. Passengers gave her attention as she traveled.
Local youth Maids of America show opens with high praise as curiosities impress patrons. Local man Tierman Heidbreder, a Quincy Gas worker, matches the Masked Marvel for 15 minutes and wins $10 by throwing the Marvel, with a possible 25 more if he repeats. Crowd-pleasing acts include the Trip to Mars and Katzenjammer Castle among carnival novelties.
Card of Thanks thanks relatives friends and neighbors for kindness after the death of Leonard Kohl. Local notices advertise millinery sales hats and discounts at Davidson Millinery Co and W T Duker Co. Also mentions hospital condition of W T Johnson and a funeral in Payson plus travel and business notices from Quincy area residents.
Mr and Mrs B A Averkamp of 1401 Oak street quietly marked their fortieth anniversary. The couple wed in Quincy on May 9 1876 and observed the milestone Tuesday with family.
London May 10 Irish politics again at the forefront after the rising and a convergence between John Redmond and Sir Edward Carson. A manifesto for the Irish people is reported agreed though details withheld until Thursday. Asquith says compulsion in Ireland is not yet acceptable and far from an agreed measure. The Lonsdale motion to include Ireland in compulsion was voted down.
Senator Kenyon opened a dispute over a $43,000 pork appropriation in Washington on May 10, signaling the start of a contentious fight in Congress.
A speaker denounced a river and harbor bill as extravagant urging a substitute resolution to appropriate 20 million dollars for war department river and harbor work next year. He argued most items could not be defended even in normal times, urging caution over self confidence as a virtue.
Indigestion and constipation cause suffering as overtaxed digestion rebels. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, a mild herbal laxative tonic, quickly relieves stomach waste congestion and restores regularity. Mrs. Oliver Young of Merrill, Wisconsin reports renewed appetite and energy since using it. Get a bottle from your druggist. a free trial bottle is available by writing to Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello, Illinois.
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