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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1917

Page

5

St Marys Golden Jubilee Week Opens in Quincy

The St Marys Catholic Church at Seventh and Adams begins its golden jubilee week with a schedule of masses, sermons, music, and devotions led by Rev Father A Zurbensen and other clergy. The history book by Father Zurbensen chronicles St Marys parish from 1865 era founding through later fires and reconstructions, with past pastors named and a busy program planned through Sunday afternoon dinner and a social at St Marys hall.

St. Mary's Tholic Church Seventh and Adams Bening St. ‘A Fathr Zurbensen Schaefermeyer Uincy Jancis Reinhart St. Boniface Church Father Reinhart Theodore Bruener St. Mary’s Theodore Wruener G. Mirbach Joseph Locher Joseph Maurer Father A. Zurbensen Joseph Klaes Altar Society Young Ladies’ Sodality Joseph Brennan St. Rose of Lima Paul Dominic—Aboellman Lily Drill Hope Reyvond Moskowski

Gun Battle in Alabama Leaves Six Dead and Wounded

Montgomery dispatch reports a racial clash at La Pina Alabama thirty five miles south of the city where three white men are dead and three wounded in a gun battle over a Negro.

Montgomery Ala la Pina Here

St Marys Church Hosts Masquerade Ball and Dance

St Marys Church will charge at the door for a December 13 masquerade ball in the club house with a $25 prize for the best costume. The Swamp Angel band will provide music. A separate dance on Saturday October 20 marks laying of a new concrete basement floor. two new members were received and refreshments served.

Swamp Angel

Chamber of Commerce backs Fifth Illinois Regiment

The Chamber of Commerce told Col. Frank S. Wood it will assist in preserving the identity of the Fifth regiment. Governor Lowden informed the chamber he will do all in his power to keep Illinois regiments intact and ready to respond to any call from Adams county soldiers.

Chamber of Commerce Frank O. Lowden Illinois Col Prank 5 Wood Adams County

Edward Busse Named U S Vice President

Edward Busse was elected vice president of the North Side Boat club at a Friday night meeting. Army members are exempt from clues. Regular Wednesday dances begin October 17 and continue through winter with no admission noted.

Edward Busse North Side Boat Club

French Repel Germans Near Verdun Front Hill 344

Paris dispatch reports German forces attacked the Verdun front near Hill 344 Friday night. The Germans gained a footing at several points but were driven back by French defense, according to the war office.

Paris Verdun War Office

German Denounces Kaiserism And Its Frightful Methods

FT. WAYNE IND Oct 7 Rev Christian Sihler of Cleveland a Ft Wayne native and Missouri Synod leader says Germany is morally bankrupt and war leaders have driven the country to ruin He aims to mobilize German Americans in Allen County to aid a stricken Germany after the war he calls a robber band led by the Kaiser and junkers and predicts autocracy will fall with hunger and rising dissent as the masses awaken to reality.

FT. Wayne Ind Christian Sihler Cleveland Missouri Synod German Lutheran Church Germany German-American Circles. Has Changed His Views. Mr. Sihler Dr. Sihler Allen County Old Country

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Father Zurbensen Msgr F. A. Rempe V. G St. Anthony's No St. Joseph's Society H. Althoff D. D Belleville H. Degenhardt Joseph Postner Chicago St. Francis College Orchestra Kyril—Gruber Gloria—Witt Veni Singenberger Credox St. Mary’s Hall Alabama St. Mary’s Catholic Church U. S Knollenberg Knollenberg Milling Co Quincy America Hart Schaffner & Marx Quincy's Greatest Clothing House Schwindeler
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