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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
10
A 1920s style ad warns Americans to guard against kidney trouble from rich foods and uric acid buildup. It promotes Johns Jad Salts made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, a safe inexpensive kidney flushing beverage, suggesting four ounces daily before breakfast to stimulate kidneys and prevent bladder disorders.
Brooklyn author announces the first number of the lecture course The All Brothers Quartet will be held Friday night October 8 at the presbyterian church in Brooklyn. tickets cost 1 for adults and 60 cents for children for the four numbers with single admissions going on sale Friday at 2 pm. George Walker Mead Chapman and Barrett Raper hosted the event as part of a benefit for families and children. Also notes include local travel and visitors as town life continues with various residents traveling and visiting relatives.
Springfield Ill Sept 30 1915 sealed proposals will be received by the board of administration in its office in the capitol building Springfield up to 3 pm Monday October 18 1915 for steam and motor driven pumps and heating system alterations at Watertown State Hospital and Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home Quincy Specifications may be obtained on application to the managing officers Dr J A Campbell at Watertown Hospital Col John E Andrew at the Quincy Home The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids Frank D Whipp Fiscal Supervisor</S>
In Adams County Circuit Court Illinois a bill in chancery against Maude Meyer has been filed for divorce. A summons issued returns due on the first day of the October Term 1915 at Quincy Court House. If the defendant fails to appear the bill may be taken as confessed and a decree entered. Roy D. Johnson is solicitor for the complainant.
Notice is given by Emma A. Schmidt Administratrix of the estate of William G. Schmidt deceased pursuant to a County Court order. On October 11, 1915 at ten in the forenoon a public sale will be held at the South Front door of the Court House, Quincy Adams County Illinois, for Lot 2 of Mathew Dick's Subdivision Block 72 John Wood Addition, subject to homestead and dower rights. Terms cash. Wm Schlagenhaus attorney.
Public notice addressed to all claimants against the estate of Nellie M. Moore deceased. The Adams County Court in Quincy will adjudicate and settle on the first Monday of December 1915. Creditors are urged to promptly pay amounts due to Clarence A. Wells executor.
MT Sterling Illinois October 6 Dr E J Eiler assistant state veterinarian for Brown County reports from state authorities that Brown County is free of foot and mouth disease and remains an open area with stock shipments allowed except for interstate traffic. He notes hog cholera is prevalent and he is vaccinating herds across the county. Only four Illinois counties show foot and mouth disease, with McDonough the nearest.
A handsome memorial stone will be placed on the unmarked grave of Sidney Lanier in Greenmount Cemetery Baltimore. The widow funds the monument honoring the poet who died in 1881 after decades of discussion about a public marker. The design features a natural boulder with a tablet showing a rising sun and a line from Lanier’s poem Sunrise.
Bethel residents report visits with relatives in Laclede and St Louis while noting a larger wheat sowing acreage this year. Masons in St Louis, local sick someone, and farm moves fill the week. Frost arrives Tuesday morning with no damage observed.
Mrs Helen Stipe spent Monday in Quincy with her aunt Miss Stipe accompanying her home. E Hedrick and family visited George Haneise and family in Hamilton. Miss Anna Miller is very ill with appendicitis. Walter Thorp and Lena Brown of Goren Mo visiting Walter Hedrick’s family. Ed Hedrick of Rock Island visiting his uncle. Mr and Mrs P Spencer of Lima spent Friday with Dr Heitman and Born Oct 2 to Mr and Mrs L S Frazer a baby girl. Henry Myers of Mendon visiting Willis Kropp. Rev Mathis held a quarterly meeting at the M E South church. Virgil McNay and wife shopped in Quincy.
Daniel Kindhart of Pea Ridge township near Clayton and Mrs. Rena Ne Clain of Camp Point were joined yesterday morning about 4 o clock in the county clerk office at Perry by Justice J A McCabe. The couple came from Clayton on the early train for the ceremony and plan to reside on Mr Kindharts farm.
Pain from neuralgia rheumatism lumbago neuritis toothache sprain or bruise yields to Sloan's Liniment which penetrates to the sore spot and relieves suffering. Use it for instant relief. Prices 25c 50c and 1.00 bottle offers six times more.
Faribault Minnesota marked Major William Milligant s fiftieth year as sexton of the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour in a historic service. Bishop McElwain presided and Bishop Mathews of New Jersey preached, highlighting a rare church milestone.
An old remedy, Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound, is advertised to turn gray hair dark and lustrous in one to two applications. The druggist touts natural, even coloring with no telltale signs, claiming dandruff, scalp itching, and thinning hair stop.
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