Social Affairs Mark 59th Anniversary Of Wedding
R A and Mrs J H Wavering of 2401 Vine observe their 59th wedding anniversary with no formal plans, though a big 60th celebration is hoped if they live to next year. Mr Wavering, born Feb 5 1837 in Europe, came to Quincy in 1848 with Bernadina Stonebreaker. They have seven children and long community ties. he remains able to visit the mill daily.
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J. H. Wavering
Vine Street
Wavering
Europe
Old Country
Quincy
St. Boniface Church
Tellico Mills
The Musical L and R in Words of Glory
In a church talk the author notes how words with L and R sound evoke musicality. He cites Glory and Wordsworth lines, Ecclesiastes imagery, and a Bible verse about a silver chord and golden bowl, highlighting the lyrical effect of these liquids.
Finlay Shields Wed After Springfield License Issued
Gerald W. Finlay of Mendon and Dorothy Shields of Springfield were issued a marriage license in Springfield on Thursday. Shields is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Parker Shields formerly of Quincy. Finlay comes from a well known Mendon family and the couple plan to reside on a farm near Mendon.
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Finlay - Shields
Gerald W. Finlay
Mendon
Dorothy Shields
Springfield
Miss Shields
Parker Shields
Quincy
Finlay
Jefferson School Minstrel Show At Darktown Scene
A Jefferson School revue titled Darktown Minstrels featured Homer Townsend as interlocutor with a brown skinned cast performing songs jokes and stump speeches. Miss Angelina Perkins Lily White and others sang solos and the event raised funds to reduce the school piano debt amid a packed audience of parents and students.
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Jefferson School
Homer Townsend
Fanny Funnybones
Angelina Perkins
Atlanta Georgia
Sue Snowflake
Lily White
Angelina Razzle Dazzle
Miss Lily White
Parent-Teacher Association
Rev Shank To Deliver Maplewood High Baccalaureate Sermon
Rev W Q O Shank former pastor of Central Baptist will preach the baccalaureate sermon for Maplewood High School at Camp Point Sunday evening He and his family depart this morning for Louisiana MO where he will speak at a local church Sunday morning and return to Camp Point in the afternoon The item closes with a stray note about trance mediums in bottles.
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W. QO. Shank
Central Baptist Church
Maplewood High School
Camp Point
Martha Stoll
Chicago
Goldie Daniels
Perry
Grace Belville
Vine Street
Goldburg's
Hampshire St. George Castle
Blessing Hospital
Cora Eberhardt
Frank Holtman
Quincy
Billings, Mont
Richard Holtman
Russell Kamp
Charles Eldred
Heidbreder Drug Store
Twelfth
Broadway
William Schermerhorn
Stannus
Hampshire St
H. W. Trueblood
Ohio
Home Missionary and Church Board Conference
R. O. Gibbons
Irving School
France
M.C. A
Glenn Bowen
Eagles’ Hall
Elaborate Roofing Co
N. 6Th
L. R. Thrush
North Eighth Street
Detroit
Mich
Moorman Manufacturing Company
Funeral Attendee Police Magistrate Reardon Heads Home
Police Magistrate P W Reardon who attended his brother James Reardon’s funeral in St Louis Thursday afternoon was expected to return home Thursday night. Local items note routine city notices, visits, and social happenings including retirements, arrivals, and upcoming events.
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P. W. Reardon
James Reardon
St. Louis
Goldburg’s
Hampshire
Walter Riley
North Seventh Street
Burlington
H. F. Lafler
State Bank
Harris Cook
June
Helen
Taylor
J. Stern and Sons
Illinois State Bond Fund
Hampshire St
F. R. Lusk
Overland Automobile Company
George Weber
Barry
Walter Hume
Lewistown
Mercantile Bank
Eagle Hall
J. H. Loop
Florida
Loop
Spring Street
Carl Liebman
Maine Street
E. L. Rees
Hartford, Ark
Chicago
W. B. Landon
Rees
Emmett Lawless
Gilmer Township
Will Sohm
Omaha
Neb
Herbert Sohm
Creighton University
Frank Robinson
Edina
Colleen Markillie
Carthage
D.N. Markillie
W. K. Githens
Ruth
Columbus
How This Nervous Woman Got Well
A nurse named Alice Heller from Christopher II recounts four years of irregularities and nervous weakness. Two doctors failed to help until she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, reporting improvement and regular health. The ad promotes the remedy and invites letters for advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Christopher
Lydia E.pinkham
Alice Heller
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Washington Parents Teachers Meet Highlights Conservation Talk
Miss Genevieve Lusk spoke on Conservation of Food Clothing and Health at the Washington Parent-Teacher Association meeting. She demonstrated a home canning outfit and urged conservation. The society voted to join the National Educational Association. Baby welfare week was noted, popcorn balls sold, and ice cream cones served. Grace Brady’s room won the room with most mothers, while the program featured piano solos, recitations, and a patriotic dialog by students.
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Genevieve Lusk
Washington
Parent-Teacher Association
Miss Lusk
University of Illinois
National Educational Association
Edward Boyd
Grace Brady
Grace Moritz
Ethel Brinkley
Edith George
Dorothy Lee
Mary Schermerharn
Maurice Devore
Dwight Carter
Count Von Luxburg Sails For Germany
BUENOS AIRES May 10 Count Von Luxburg former German minister to Argentina sailed for Europe with the German charge d affaires at Montevideo and the latter s wife. Dr Perl former German minister to Peru did not accompany them and will remain in Argentina due to his sister s illness.
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Buenos Aires
Count von Luxburg
Argentine
Montevideo
Europe
Perl
Peru
Times Explains The Maurice Retirement
The Times reports the withdrawal of Major General Maurice from the war office as superseded. It notes he may keep pay and work with Major General Radcliffe in France while Radcliffe acts as chief of military operations.
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London
Maurice
War Office
the Times
France
Radcliffe
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Majestic Cafe
Clover Blossoms
Emmett Howard
Clover Blossoms Club
North Fifth Street
Howard Watson
Small Son
Miss Henning
Ruth Henning
Presbyterian Sunday School
Louise Center
Newcomb Hotel
Ruth Calkins
Ruth Enlow
Virginia McCaskill
Six Hundred Euchre Club
John Bunting
W. H. Govert
T. D. Woodruff
Joe Williams
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Robert Alexander
Parent-Teacher Association of
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Cheerful Home Settlement
Emerson
Alexander
Berrian
John Inghram
Washington School
Women's Forum
Women’s Forum
Chamber of Commerce
Webster School
Cedar Creek
Wayside Inn
Robert Bacon
L. B Boswell
Caroline McDavitt
Ira Calkins
McDavitt
D. &. Musselman
Calkins
E. A. Welch
Reading Club
Tom Williams
Elliott
Miss Johnson
Ollie Newland
Charles Blackwood
Miss Newland
Ruth Cameron
Wordsworth
Gentemann Brothers
Darktown
Rev. Shank
St. Nicholas
St. Boniface School
Lambert Lodge of Masons
Masonic
Pole
Sykes Comfort
Vinci
the Comfort Powder Co
Boston
Mass
Germany
Times
Wallace
Lee c
Paris
Jewelry Dept
Kohler & Campbell
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East Side Square
Wsseceoe
Rene
Uncle Sam
Baby Walker
Princess Volley
Batiste and
Volle
Our
Armour’s
Colgate’s
Wilson
Trriday
DeLong
Handkerchief Department
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