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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1916

Page

6

Runyon Funeral Services Today in Carthage

Carthage honors Mrs. R S Runyon with a 1 pm Presbyterian church service led by Rev Ward F Boyd. burial at Elvaston cemetery follows with a grave side rite for Elvaston friends and relatives. Hancock County Soil Improvement officers were elected for the year with Robert Baird as president and Hamill R Graham as vice president among directors from multiple townships.

Carthage R. S. Runyon Presbyterian Church Ward F. Boyd Elvaston Elvaston Friends and Hancock County Soil Improvement Association Robert Baird Hamill R. Graham S. H. Ferris W. O. Kunkel R. D. Burr George Wenhaner Augusta T. E. Burner St. Mary’s S. M. Talbot Hancock E. S. Spangler Fountain Green R. W. Ferris la Harpe Charles Crum Chili Warren Kelley Harmony J. W. Fleming Pilot Grove A. M

Inventory of Seward Estate Filed in County Court

An inventory of the estate of Thomas J. Seward was filed in the county court Friday by W. H. L. Thomas, administrator. It lists real estate at 8000 dollars, personal property 126.65, certificates of deposit 2456.50, cash on hand 130.10, and notes and accounts 4115.70.

Seward Thomas J. Seward W. H. L. Thomas

Highland Park Labor Day Carnival and Concerts Planned

Highland Park patrons are promised a full Labor Day of novelty and diversion. The Illinois State band will perform twice, afternoon and night, with games of skill for children, prizing including a handsome auto, spectacular pyrotechnic balloon ascensions, daylight fireworks, and a free vaudeville bill. The dancing pavilion opens at noon for an all day dansant carnival with O Farrells orchestra. A Lucy-Foot dance features Saturday night. Sunday night presents a concert by a symphony orchestra with Miss Hood and Miss Randolph from eight fifteen to ten.

Illinois State Band O’farrell Highland Hood Randolph

Soldier Home Soldier Jesse Putman Laid to Rest

Jesse Putman a Civil War veteran died at the Soldiers Home at noon Friday of a complication of diseases and will be buried in the Home cemetery Monday. He enlisted in Company I 149th Illinois Volunteer Infantry August 30. He leaves a widow and a daughter Mrs Hall Askew of St Louis. The item includes multiple notes on cottage life and various residents at the home as well as staff changes and illnesses.

Jesse Putman Soldiers’ Home Hall Cleveland Avenue St. Louis 149Th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Collins Horspman Cottage 2 McClung Cottage Mrs. Reavley Cottage 20 Cottage 1 Nancy J. Frame Clayton A. C. Shearer New Canton Siroam Ill George Piggott Cottage 17 Corporal Wilson Mr. Vanesman

Marriage Licenses Issued in Chicago and Quincy

Joseph McCrory of Chicago obtains a marriage license. Florence Bastert of Quincy also receives a license.

Joseph McCrory Chicago Florence Bastert Quincy

Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Ad from Princess Today

An old advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for colds and coughs. It claims quick relief from inflammation and phlegm, soothing the throat and easing breathing, and notes pine tar balsam heals raw spots and prevents bronchial irritation. Available at druggists.

Dr. Bell Ady

World at the Hippodrome and Orpheum Screens

The listing highlights current amusements and film reels including Hippodrome featuring Beauty, Youth and Folly, Woman Against Woman at Orpheum, Ella Hall in The Heart of the Show Girl and Good Night Nurse at Colonial, Nancy's Birthright at Belasco, Car men with Geraldine Farrar at Princess, Soul Mates with William Russell at Savoy, Charley Chaplin at Gem in One A and Family program with Bushman and Washburn, Her Bad Quarter of an Hour and One Too Many, Tribune Quincy The Return starring Kathryn Williams.

Francis X. Bushman Bryant Washburn Lillian Walker Selig Tribune Oday Hippodrome Orpheum Orpheum Players Pictures Ella Hall Belasco Nancy Geraldine Farrar Carmen Savoy William Russell Charley Chaplin Selig-Tribune Quincy the Return Kathryn Williams

Could Not Do Her Cooking Mrs F E Hartmeister Story

Mrs F E Hartmeister of Tea Missouri writes she suffered kidney trouble for two years and after using Foley Kidney Pills feels like a new person. The ad warns many women neglect kidney symptoms and lists signs such as weak back dizziness puffiness and rheumatism. Miller and Arthur Drug Co. adv.

F. E. Hartmeister Foley Miller & Arethur Drug Co Adv

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