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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1919
Page
10
The Quincy Whig reports Venita Bacon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bacon, will host a birthday party for fourteen girls at her East Maine street home this afternoon. Other items note banns for two marriages, visits, and upcoming social events around Quincy including club entertainments and upcoming weddings.
Mrs Georga Zolle, Mrs Roy Zolle and their son departed for Peoria to establish a new home. Roy Zolle has been in Peoria several weeks and is employed by the Peoria Journal.
A description of a season's fashion features a blue duvetya suit with a sable squirrel collar bow and back streamers, embroidered side inserts, paired with a brown velvet hat accented by jet beads in regular intervals.
Miss Bessie Dean daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Dean of 1128 Vermont street will wed George Reinert son of Mr and Mrs Michael Reinert of 1002 Kentucky street this morning at St Boniface church witnessed by 200 friends. Ceremony by Father Degenhardt features high mass and benediction followed by a 1030 wedding breakfast for 40 relatives. After a short honeymoon in St Louis they return then move to Chicago. The groom formerly with Standard Oil and now with Harder Fire Proof Storage, they met as children at St Boniface school. Also reported is the wedding of Morris McPike and Miss Freda Saeger at Luther Memorial church with Rev T W Bingseman officiating.
Miss Henrietta Schwab of St. Louis, formerly of Quincy, and Frank Arthur Tlarlow of Chicago, were married in St Louis on Saturday morning. The ceremony was attended by Miss Loyola Hathgan.
In Keokuk two weddings occurred with multiple family ties. Daisy Mae Dennison of Bowen Illinois wed Alfred LeRoy Shirrill of Blackwell Oklahoma by Justice of the Peace E E Hawks. The couple will reside in Keokuk this winter before moving to Blackwell in spring. The bride is child of Mr. and Mrs John L Blan of Bowen. After a wedding dinner they traveled to Hannibal then back to Keokuk. Also in St Francis Church Ina Det ers married Oscar Kathman with Fr Optatus officiating. The couple reside with the groom's sister Mrs Henny Langebartel on Ohio street.
The Atlantis and the Friends in Council start winter term meetings this afternoon with planned programs for the year. The Round Table began its fall season Monday with a musical program at Mrs. Harold Knapheide's home featuring vocal solos by Mrs. R O Gibbons and Mrs. Charles Henderson, cello by Lucille Freiburg, and violin by Mrs. Georgia Morey Ellers. Other meetings will be at the Wicrary building as the Three Arts club also met Monday with Mrs. Yenry Brink presenting a paper, and the Atlantis set to meet at Hotel Quincy with Mrs. E F Bradford presenting a paper.
A reception and musicale will mark the Forum meeting Friday afternoon. Mrs. W. F. Kirtley now in Galesburg will share her Forum representative trip to the district board meeting and the opening of the Galesburg Women's club. Col. Frank Wood will discuss the Chamberlain Kahn bill for compulsory military training, with Senate and House presenters, and the league of nations issue looms as a key Congress topic.
Members of the Mothers Club of the South Side Mission meet Thursday at 2 30 PM in the Mission rooms on South Eighth Street where Prof George Blair of Gem City Business College will discuss his overseas Y M C A secretary experience The club plans its annual rummage sale for the last week in October Committees will be appointed Thirty four women signed for a six lesson sewing course offered by the Home Bureau with registration Monday night at the Y W C A Miss Grace Taylor leads the program and will arrange instructors. after sewing six lessons will follow in cookery hygiene household management child care and home making through June next year additional sewing registrations will be taken after the course completes Names listed include Mrs J W Ackerman Miss Cornelia Altgilbers Miss M J Altgilbers Miss Edith Aschmann Miss Mary Badamo and many others.
A mother delays letting a boy open a new table, arguing small risks to qualify self-reliance. The piece links child autonomy with long term gains, comparing time spent teaching to saving money and liberty bonds. It urges letting children try new tasks despite short term effort.
Deputy Clerk Charles Spilker returns from vacation in Indianapolis Indiana. The city ambulance ferried Leroy Foley from 823 Monroe Street to Blessing Hospital on Monday afternoon. Foley is suffering from typhoid fever.
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