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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
8
A reflective piece warns unmarried or childless women nearing middle age against bitterness and cranky attitudes. It stresses the harm of pessimism and sharp judgments, urging readers to stay kind, seek absorbing interests, and look to others who have let sourness take hold as a cautionary example.
Silver tinted gowns dominate the season with silver lace beads and embroidery. Filmy fabrics like georgette and charmeuse shape chic, affordable dresses. A featured white charmeuse gown shows ripple drapery, a modified harem hem, chiffon sleeves, and a removable train turning it into a dance frock.
W. J. Henry was elected president of the Cheerful Home board at the annual meeting held Monday evening. FE. K. Stone was chosen vice president F. O W. Crane secretary and Mrs. J. C. Barlow treasurer of the united board. Women had already elected their officers. Yearly reports were read.
Memorial services by the John Wood Post W R C on Sunday afternoon honored sailor dead. Many flowers were scattered on the water as the crowd sang Nearer My God to Thee and America. Carrie Colman read Scatter the Flowers and Captain John Wessells led the prayer. Attendance was good despite the weather.
A new deresination method from Mobile Alabama claims to yield 1200 pounds of resin per cord of yellow pine and to leave the wood suitable for wood pulp making. The report asserts the process efficiently separates resin while preserving timber quality.
Irving schools paused for five minutes Monday morning in tribute to Miss Susie Dunn, a former teacher who died Saturday evening. At her last teaching post, teachers spoke brief tributes during the pause in memory of her service.
An organ prelude My Country Tis of Thee opened an evening patriotic concert at Luther Memorial church. Mrs Drew Lapp and Mrs Frank Smith sang a duet Tent ing in the Sunshine, with a quartet including Mrs Smith Mrs Lapp Clarence Lineberger and Frank Smith singing God of Our Fathers. Gounod March Militaire was played by Mrs Dickson with violin by Ross Dickson. Large audience attended.
In San Francisco on May 20 nine jurors were sworn in with two tentatively accepted pending peremptory challenges to hear the Mrs. Rena Mooney bomb murders case from last July. The state's labor federation has donated 2400 dollars to the defense fund.
Secretary Daniels announced that the new draft age limits 21 to 30 would govern appointments as assistant paymasters in naval coast defense reserve. Competitive examinations will be held at navy yards and stations on June 1. The rest notes literary word counts by various authors.
A long list of social gatherings, visits, and upcoming weddings fills a Dubuque social page. Dorothey Jochem, Margaret Rupp, Lily Brenken, and many others host and attend teas, luncheons, wiener roasts, and house parties. Several residents plan decorations, summer hostesses, and a lawn fete at Webster school while others travel to Chicago, Prescott, and Lake Geneva for camps and family visits.
Miss Edith Soebbing and Charles Pritzlaff wed Monday at 6:30 in St. Francis Church with Miss Marguerite Bockenhoff and John Soebbing as attendants. The couple, who honeymoon briefly, will return to Beardstown where he oversees road construction.
Elmer Gross and Miss Tracy M. Rockenfield both of Ewing Missouri were married Monday afternoon in the coat house by Rev. H J Leemhuis pastor of the Saean Evangelical church.
Mr and Mrs Charles Nobis 832 Sycamore Street announce the marriage of their niece Hazel Emerson to Raymond Brockman in Sacramento California on Wednesday May 23 The bride Mrs Brockman was formerly a resident of Barry Illinois and was well known in Quincy through visits The wedding was simple due to the recent death of the bride's father.
Miss Florence Menke and Lawrence Schmidt will wed at St Marys Catholic Church at 8 30 this morning the Rev Father Zurbensen to officiate Attendants are Miss Lillian Depenbrock and Carl Menke A wedding breakfast will follow at the bride’s mother Mrs Anna Menke Among out of town guests are C A Winters of Chicago and Mr and Mrs T C Grashagen of Chicago
Lawrence Henry Wiskirchen, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Wiskirchen, was christened Sunday afternoon at St Peter Catholic Church by Rev Father J Driscoll. Grandfather Henry Wiskirchen and sister Mrs William Krewer attended. The article opens with a proverb about the devil seeking the busy, ending abruptly.
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