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Local Clean Window Co advertises reliable window cleaning by trusted men. Temporary office at 211 South 4th Street, contact phone 974-W, promising neat, sparkling results for homes and businesses.
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
2
Local Clean Window Co advertises reliable window cleaning by trusted men. Temporary office at 211 South 4th Street, contact phone 974-W, promising neat, sparkling results for homes and businesses.
Commencement exercises to be held Thursday at the M. Ek church with graduates Frances Waters Florence Cunningham and Mabel Carter. Baccalaureate sermon Sunday night by Rev Hagar of Payson. Numerous local visits, illnesses and events follow, including a birth, a marriage, and various travels and family matters among townspeople and guests from Quincy, Chicago, Industry and beyond.
Mr and Mrs J A Quinn returned from San Antonio Texas. The high school play was canceled but a pleasing entertainment followed Monday night in Granger hall. J H E Church visited Maywood en route to St Louis to buy stock for his Novelty Missouri store. HM Cook and Miss Lilie Lindstrom wed in Hannibal May (Mary) Calheway officiating. They plan to housekeeping in Maywood soon. Barr and Kerfoot shipped a load of fat hogs to St Louis in early week. J B Quinn HL Loudermilk Homer Tittheston and John Scott erect concrete silos on their farms. A B R Glendinning shipped about a thousand pound hog to HE Gr Mason of Brunswick Missouri this past week. Frank Case and family of Quincy visited EW Buttler last Tuesday. Prudence Hedgecock visited Canton friends over Sunday. A L A Pittman and wife went to Kirksville for doctors regarding Mrs Pittman health. Miss Cotell O Neal visiting Quincy friends. Lee Brinkley and family spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Watkins. Mrs Nesbitt in Blessing hospital recovering from appendicitis improving rapidly. Miss Jessie Kerfoot returned from Blessing hospital Sunday.
Ash ville and Barry residents visit relatives in Pike County. Health benefits noted from southern stay. Miss Churchill returns to Kin derhook after Blessing Hospital. Miss Lessig concludes eight month Crabapple term in New Salem. Mr. Kennedy hosts Hull relatives. Mrs. Trautwein visits in Harry. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Nining Hall May 14. Hull and Jern Lease connections. Bertha McHatton and son visit UG House near Richfield. Moonlight Community club entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Hinch with music. Norah Godfrey visits Leta Cadwallader in New Canton. J. N. Maher in Hannibal on business. Leach visiting Kinderhook from Springfield. Mrs. Wm. Moore undergoes eye operation in Quincy. improving at home. Otto Carr and two daughters visit Reynolds folks in Hull. Decoration at Tulip cemetery near Kinderhook May 2 with program and expected crowd. Winnie Call returns from overseas service, departs for Leveland Caled. Belle Boulware visits sister in Barry. Wednesdius notes.
James Prey arrived from Brancs for a five day visit with his parents before six to eight weeks of treatment for his feet. Waugh Stilwell came home from France with other West Point boys soon to be home from a foreign land. Only one of the group who went to fight died in France. Earl Cunningham was poisoned by poison ivy while hedge cutting. Mrs Doty and Mrs Puff of Basco visited Georgia Richards. Walter Staff returned from over there with a joyful family reunion after a year in the army.
James Turner, a former citizen, returns to Shelbina Missouri. Sergeant Howard Paterson, Rainbow Division veteran from France, reflects on wartime service. Memorial services planned at the Christian church with dinner in the basement. Various local visits and family news follow including Miss Daisy Howen’s recovery, Everett Nelson’s Quincy visit, and multiple travel notices among residents and relatives.
Ley of NL OR Johnson of Lincoln spoke at the M F E church on Beerly Sunday in the Anti-Siloon league effort. Rev. Johnson led Beverly circuit. Several neighbors visited, including Mrs Ray Rhoades, Mr and Mrs Cixde Hull, Miss Minnie Moore, Mr and Mrs Wm Funk, Mr Havrid, Joe Goodfrey, Mr and Mrs J Id Moore, Mr and Mrs W Richardson, Mr and Mrs Hugh Kennedy, Mr and Mrs Ray Stauffer, Mr and Mrs Harry Stillflew, and Paris Kellum of Missouri visiting relatives.
Pittsfield Illinois reports include Julius FL Lavy of Bank of Photo visiting, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Williams of Chicago staying in town, and several divorce cases filed for the June term. The Brunswick-Miller factory nears completion and will centralize to the city mains, possibly employing many workers. Local society notes cover church services, church attendance, weddings, travels, and community events across Camp Point and Bowen.
Some patrons prefer tickets for street cars and we offer them at our office and Bernbrook's Drug Store at 8th and Maine. Tickets come in strips of five for 25c or in books for 1.00. Also available is our Package Check for parcel sending.
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