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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1916
Page
18
A reader recalls a mother with four children scraping by on a fifteen dollar income. She keeps clothes at home, cuts costs on food, and questions how to educate and clothe her family. The writer notes rising prices and calls out indifference to hardship, suggesting boarders as a possible aid.
Daily Fashion Hints describe a graceful tea gown with Georgette and mink trim, showing an intricate look that belies its home-sewing appeal. The design combines chartreuse Georgette, gold silk lining, and a narrow mink neckband, with a plain under skirt and a pointed panel train.
The genuine Hood's Sarsaparilla corrects the acid blood condition and strengthens the system. It claims to drive out rheumatism by thoroughly cleansing the blood and has been successfully used for forty years. It serves rheumatism, kidney troubles, debility, and all ills from impure blood. Get it at your druggist today.
Probate notes record Peter Kincaid a parolee on a wife abandonment charge appeared before Judge McCarl and had his parole continued. Orville Hausting, a Camp Point youth charged with delinquency, was arraigned and the hearing was postponed until Tuesday with permission to return home to his father Lorenzo Haistings.
Bartenders win two of three against Ramey from the printers on Thursday night at Labor temple bowling alleys.
For 47 years the remedy has soothed coughs and relieved congestion. Hacking coughs drain energy and a neglected cold can worsen. The advertisement urges purchase of Dr King’s New Discovery at 50 cents from your druggist.
A compact study extols the gnatcatcher as a tiny songster famed for constructing the most complete woven nest of any American bird. The piece highlights its Gallant, Lovable character and nesting ingenuity.
A nostalgic piece on the Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea and the tiny Kinglet, tracing their courting, nesting, and migratory habits. It recounts how scientists moved the Gnatcatcher between families, describes habitat preferences in Illinois and Ohio, notes the bird’s distinctive song, nesting in oaks, and invites readers to observe the bird in late spring using field glasses for a hearing of its delicate music.
Final preparations for a masquerade at the Arcade hall on Monday October 30 were made at the second meeting of Boy Scout Congress Troop No 1 at Roy Denny’s home. The Illinois Federation of Labor proposal against the scouts was read and the group resolved to hinder their work. The next congress meeting will be at William Brazelton’s home on Hampshire Street November 3.
Frank Rees awarded the levee foot pavement contract by the city Saturday with a bid of 1 098.80. The sole rival bid was from A D Hummert at 2 197. The project covers an 8 foot wide by 158 foot long pavement from Front street to the water edge. The work will commence promptly under city supervision.
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