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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1919
Page
2
A bold advertisement touts Howard's Buttermilk Cream for sunburn freckles and dull skin. It claims rapid, visible whitening of hands and face with no residue, and offers money-back assurance via Brown and Mays Drug Co. A claim from an actress endorses nightly use.
Comrade Lumlind of cottage 3 visits his invalid wife in Springfield. Reports from Soldiers and Sailors Home describe passes, wet weather, and a season of winter quarters for ice cream. New dietarian Mrs Rutledge earns praise for attentive service in dining rooms. A Rome library keeper remains at her post despite cramped quarters. Matrimonial bureau is still absent. Various comrades went on pass and furlough, others returned.
Sunday services notices for several churches including Methodist, Grace Methodist, Bethel, Kentucky Street Methodist, Bethel A M E, Central Baptist, Immanuel Chapel, Wallace Gibson, First Christian, Eastfac Christian, Cathedral of St John, Good Shepherd, St Alban Chapel, Scientist, Congregational, and Presbyterian. Entries show pastors, locations, Sunday school times, morning and evening services, Epworth Leagues, and special subjects or topics.
Luther Memorial on Jersey and Twelfth hosts Sunday school and morning services with Bible classes and youth activities. St James Lutheran and St Peter Evangelical in York Street area list morning services and adult classes, with regular Sunday school and verse study in the early hours.
Salem Evangelical church at Ninth and State conducts morning English service at 10 o clock with a sermon titled Joy in Heaven and The Sacred Number. Evening service at 7 30. Sunday school at 9. Rev H J Leemhuis pastor. Also United Brethren on Sixth and Cedar with morning Bible school 9 15 and preaching 10 30. Evening services at 7 15. Parenty Day and Christian Endeavor notes. Unitarian at Hampshire and Sixteenth streets with morning service at 11 titled The Modern Conception of Sin. Reverend Earl I Cook pastor.
The funeral for Charles Huber will be held at the Camp Point Methodist church Sunday at 2 PM conducted by Rev. R. A. Omer. Huber, born October 31 1887 in Camp Point, worked with his father in carpentry, joined the M E church nine years ago, and was a Knights of Pythias Excelibur lodge member. He married Ethel Michels September 15 1909 in Quincy. they had two children Mildred and Foster. He leaves his wife two children his parents and siblings. three brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. He suffered heart trouble years earlier and recently shifted from building to operating a moving picture theater. described as genial, popular with all ages and mourned by the community.
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