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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1915
Page
7
Leading experts warn alum baking powders are unsafe and prohibited by chief European nations. The article argues that a food considered condemned cannot be economical at any price and urges housekeepers to choose pure wholesome ingredients for family health.
The Quincy Sun School association will meet at First Christian church on Tuesday evening Oct 26 at 7 45. Rev W D Endres Mrs H W Trueblood and H E Schmiedeskamp will speak and officers will be elected. Many people enjoyed Sunday trips and river crossings with 4000 plus crossing the ferry. Signing continues for Lincoln Douglas debate registers. Judge James N Withrow recalls his 35th reunion and Illinois service.
Dr Lewis Dr Ahern and Messrs Wallin Jauntley of the state pure food department visited the county farm north of the city Sunday as guests of Captain Howley humane officer and W H Gross health officer. The trip in two autos included Mr and Mrs J C Sterling and Mr Ingersoll as guests. Conditions at the county almshouse and farm were highly praised by state officials upon their return to the city.
A vintage health ad urges cleansing the blood to cure scrofula symptoms such as facial pimples and swollen glands. It promotes S. S. Co 8 as a long proven purifier that nourishes blood and renews strength, claiming even long standing cases respond. It advises visiting a local druggist or writing to the Atlanta address for advice.
The October term of the circuit court opened with about twenty divorce cases slated for Thursday and Friday. Adjournment occurred from noon to 9 am, with a long list of named plaintiffs and defendants set for trial on the two days, reflecting an active docket and numerous pairs including Butner, Meise, James, Jackson, Chambers, Prettyman, Cain, Hedges, Brinkley, Wombles, Wheeler, Nebe, Meyer, Phillips, Anderson, Reed, Peeler, Hildebrand, McClure, Huggard, Shaffer, Smith, Long, Bell, Draper, Frakes, Church, Brown, Bersin, Main, Harper, Randolph, Englehardt, Brandon, Brown, Maxwell, Broughton, Mangold, Heiderich, Deveraux.
The St Pauls Young People's society will host a Hallowe en party in the school hall and invites all members to attend and mask. Local merchants Halbach Schroeder Co and Weilers advertise new lines of Platt Wallaces fancy fabric and pianos. Community social events include a Nauvoo automobile trip dinner and a St Marys hospital death in Palmyra.
A vintage advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a safe external remedy by experienced women. It claims to relieve tension in abdominal muscles and ligaments during pregnancy, soothe nerves, and provide comfort and peace of mind for the expectant mother.
Here-Elmer Grady and Ulmer Durham of Siloam Brown County visited Quincy on Monday greeting friends. The trip was by auto. Grady served years in the federal marshal's office and attended the first term of the federal court in Quincy. He is a strong Frank O Lowden supporter. Anniversary in Jacksonville Mr and Mrs Dennis Cover celebrated their fourteenth wedding anniversary in Jacksonville with relatives before returning home.
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