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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1916

Page

4

Carthage Obituary and College Recital News

Mrs Eliza Beth J M Booz aged 84 died at her Carthage home May 22 after years of declining health funeral at Christian church Moss Ridge cemetery. Carthage College this week presents senior and junior music recitals at Lutheran church with Miss Dvorsky and Miss Simmons guiding top students.

Carthage Elizabeth J. M. Booz Sle Christian Church E. M. Smith Moss Ridge Cemetery Carthage College Lutheran Church Dvorsky School of Music Mary Symonds Virgin Kleppinger Trinity Lutheran Church Beethoven Seibel Gounod Dargomirsky Tschaikowsky Chopin Brassia Trout Schubert- Heller Guedy Spress Italy Boyd Greig Vieve Wheat Hall Girls’ Glee Club Carthage News Elsie Jacoby Hamilton Ora Yater Des Moines Charlie Brown George Jacoby Butterfield Minn Jacoby Waldo Williams Ft. Stockton Tex Keoku Clive Huff Hannibal Carl Cain Clyde Chas. Brown Ft. Madison Sarah Mary Miller Wm. Fristoe St. Marys Cecil Porter Worthing S. I Will Moore Lou Weider Ima Keokuk Ralph Eckles Coccan City Weider

Local social notes and school activities update

Verneta Steins hosts a miscellaneous shower for Miss Osa Hudson as her engagement is announced and wedding plans loom. George Shinkle enlarges his country residence with a new south porch. Nina Edwards hosted a slumber party for Ida Anderson and Mary Mecum, city school teachers. Master Henry Seigfreid leaves for Ferris to work with his uncle. Mrs. J Kreischer and son Raymond of Eldorado Kan visit relatives. Nellie Dickinson Dalton remains critically ill after surgery. Rev. Evan Wiggle ill with rheumatism and absent from pulpit. Dale Scott hosted a party with eight friends. fruit salad and cake served. School closed with a campus picnic for about 100. races and a baseball game entertained attendees. Congregational church entertainment funded expenses, with leftovers shared among race winners. Heavy rain since Sunday night slows field work as planting presses on and wet season looms.

Verneta Steins Osa Hudson George Shinkle Nina Edwards Ida Anderson Mary Mecum Henry Seigfreid Ferris Dale Scott Congregational Church

Two Schools Unite for Alumni Banquet at Palmyra

Palmyra May 24 Alumni of Palmyra High School and Centenary Academy met at Azzam cafe May 23 for a banquet. Prof O G Sanford presided, toasts honored Old Centenary Days and High School Days. Seventy five attended as students and townspeople enjoyed the event and related festivities in Hannibal and surrounding areas.

Palmyra Palmyra High School Centenary Academy Alumni Association Azzam Cafe O. G. Sanford Lloyd King Rose Anderson Wm. A. Diemer Georgia Hitch Howard White Thad R. Smith Janie McPike Dr. S. Sanford Phillip Foster Corrine Phillips Elmer Jhing Howard Kelley Jr Riverview Park Hannibal Boetchers Clara Heidel

Pittsfield News Roundup and Dredge Work Update

Local notes from Pittsfield and vicinity recount visits by Fritz Hall S Post and others, boat dredging progress on the Sni river system, school changes, and upcoming memorial events. The dredge plan aims to complete the upper Sni stretch by May and finish the Sun section by June, with river floodwater easing farming.

Pittsfield Levee District Sni Wills

Tanlac touted by a Quin woman for stomach relief

Mrs B H Davies of 542 Vine street Quin Illinois testifies that Tanlac improved her husband's health after Brown and Mays Drug Co began selling the remedy. She lists symptoms Tanlac may relieve including indigestion belching bad breath headaches tiredness and poor sleep. The Tanlac Man meets the public daily at the drug company selling $1.00 bottles or 3 for $2.75 postpaid.

B. H. Davi Vine Street Quin Tanlac Mr. Davies Brown An Mays Drug Co

Tailorgram No 14 on tailored suits and measurements

The note explains that a custom tailored suit results from a man’s constructive ability. Measurements are the groundwork for a plan, and a suit is tailored from those measurements. It stresses choosing intelligent tailors and notes the shop specializes in Merchant Tailors.

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