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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1915

Page

8

Hearing to Require Part of Saturday Hearing

A hearing will require part of Saturday. Nurses at Soldiers Home in denial. They did not obey orders according to the report.

Hearing on insubordination charges at Home hospital

Captain J E Andrew, complainant, says two nurses faced removal for not doing duties. Samuel Proctor and two nurses deny being directed to perform the work. Nine witnesses testified. hearing at the Soldiers Home yesterday continues with Civil Service Commission attorney J L Adair guiding the case and a possible decision today.

Civil’ Service ‘Commission Samuel Proctor J. E. Andrew Home Civil Service Commission

Canton Grocer Seriousl y Hurt

Canton Missouri, October 15. William Wright, a grocer and well known citizen, stepped from an automobile owned by Frank Millspaugh in Canton at noon today and was thrown to the ground, stunned. He was carried home on Jamison Street and remains in a dazed condition as friends hope for his speedy recovery.

Canton Frank Millspaugh William. Wright Jamison ° Street J Wright

What Every Mother Knows and the Mother's Friend Claim

The piece advertises Mother's Friend as a depilated external remedy for pregnancy pains. It asserts the product calms nerves and muscles to ease ligament expansion and reduce nausea, morning sickness, and other distresses, claiming natural expansion and relief from pains.

Exposition to be shown at Bijou theater

The Bijou theater announced a November 3 and 4 screening of a five reel film titled The Exposition's First Romance. The Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Company presents a romance set on the San Francisco exposition grounds showing Duke Lee and Miss Freedman, schoolday sweethearts, with cowboys and cowgirls in the backdrop. The film offers a tour of all exposition buildings and grounds at the price of admission to a moving picture theater.

Bijou Miller Brothers Wild West Company Exposition Grounds San Francisco Duke Lee Freedman Company of Moving Picture Theater

Organ Recital at Cathedral by William Spencer Johnson

Recital to follow evensong at St John Cathedral on Seventh and Hampshire streets. William Spencer Johnson, organist and master of choristers, performs pieces by Kirnberger Bossi Boellmann Elert Bonnet Du Bois and Dubois. Alternate Sundays at 4 30 p m. 1915 1916.

Cathedral of St. John Seventh Hampshire Streets William Spencer Johnson her—Kirnberger Sour—Bossi Boellmann Kark-Elert Ariel—Bonnet Laus Dee—Dubois

Local notices sweep through area shallow items

Mr E Reinkendorff resumes teaching band and orchestral instruments at his studio in the Armory Building starting Monday October 18. Ireland's Taxi service phone 169. Phil Schmitt and wife stay at the Hotel Newcomb from Des Moines. Ladies Gauntlet kid gloves now in stock at Halbach-Schroeder Co with new line. M Henry and wife and others travel to California for the exposition. Special today: 6 and 9 inch width fancy ta ffeta ribbon 33c per yard.

E. Reinkendorff Armory Ireland Phil Schmitt Hotel Newcomb Des Moines Towa Bacmo Halbach-Schroeder_ Co JH. ‘Miller A.M. Walker R. ‘L. Pearson Geo. Priber Louisiana Quincy Newcontre Halbach- Schroeder Co M. Henry Paloma California Halbach-Schroeder. Co

Women mission society meeting in Quincy city church

Yesterday and the day before the thirty first annual meeting of the Women Foreign Missionary Society of the Quincy district met at the Methodist Episcopal church in Quincy. Readings, talks, and a pageant The Torch Bearers highlighted the need for missionaries and church support. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Brink and H. A. Brink Sr with other locals and visitors attending social events through the week.

Missionary _ society Quincy Illinois Conference Methodist ‘Episcopal Church George Wilson Dorothy Fowler Weisenberger J.C. Tate Champaigny H. H. Brink Broadway H. A. Brink, Sr West~ Point Mr. Brink

Al Gorrell Co. stages at Empire and Hippodrome

Entertainment listing notes the Al Gorrell Company performing at the Empire and Hippodrome across a weekend run starting Saturday October 16 with The Higher Lawn followed by The Rosary on October 17 and 18 with matinee and night shows. Tuesday October 19 continues with The Rosary, details incomplete.

al Gorrell

Last Two Performances of The Higher Law at Hippodrome

This afternoon and tonight mark the final two performances of the white slave play The Higher Law by the Al Gorrell company. The presentation is described as intensely interesting. Beginning Sunday The Rosary will take the bill.

Hippodrome al. Gorrell

Children cured of croup praise for Foley's Honey and Tar

Two children of J W Nix, a Cleveland Georgia merchant, suffered croup last winter. A six year old boy and eight year old girl were nearly unable to breathe or speak. Nix credits Foley's Honey and Tar with their complete recovery and urges its presence in every home for rapid relief from colds coughs and croup and to heal inflamed throats. Miller Arthur Drug Co.

J." W. Nix Cleveland Croup Miller& Arthur Drug Co

The Rosary at Hip podrome Sunday tale unfolds

Bruce Wilton's fortune fuels a happy home until Father Kelly uncovers an unseen menace and a hidden ruin on the Wilton estate. A mystery unfolds as Bruce blames Vera for ruin, but Kelly pursues truth and restores the family in a tale of faith and revelation. The narrative shifts to a naval encounter aboard the Kansas with Jack Masters and Flo Williams, where memory and longing surface amid a ship tour and a doomed past.

Wilton Bruce Father Kelly

Desertion Dream and Navy Love Conflict

A man named Jack Masters declares he will desert the navy to be with Floretta, despite her warning that desertion is intolerable. Floretta rebukes his impulsiveness and cautions against repeating the past, noting his failure to marry previously and the humiliation it would cause them both.

Navy Jack Masters Floretta Gllsong Jack Hing

Love and Duty Shape Sailor's Fate in Silent Vow

A sailor torn between love and duty faces punishment and identity fears after breaking his promise to Floretta. She urges him to remain true to his country and their past, demanding patience and a future marriage as he returns to his ship. Their emotional exchange ends with an implicit plan for a later union and a telegram hinting at transfer.

Floretta Jack Flo

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