The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
INTRODUCING “PRACTICAL” FASHIONS: After many years a dress pattern has been devised for the average woman that insures of the leading designers in Paris, Vienna and other world centers of Fashion will be received in this country even in advance of their adoption abroad and adapted to the needs of the American women…The pattern, to which the exclusive rights in this city have been obtained by this newspaper for the benefit of its women readers, has been accurately named the Practical” Pattern for its simplicity. The fact that it comes on heavy paper and not on flimsy tissue, that it comes not only in the usual sizes but in each size especially designed for the woman who is stout or thin, tall or short, and that every variety of garment in the newest and most approved styles included, makes it practical in every way to every way to every woman who wishes to be not alone well dressed but to have distinction and exclusiveness a feature of her appearance…See page SIX for the first of “Practical” Patterns. (Henderson County will be in the know about fashion!) (Cost 27 cents=$4.80 in today’s values.)
BIGGSVILLE BRIEFS: : Mr. and Mrs. Gail Edwards of Iowa City came to spend Christmas with home folks. Miss Grace Selbolt left for her home in Victoria, Ill. for the holidays with family. Mrs. D. W. Lee of Peoria came to spend the holidays and visit her mother at the hospital in Burlington where she is confined with a fractured hip. Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Martin motored to Chicago where they spent Christmas. The Presbyterian people will hold their annual Christmas supper this week. Mr. and Mrs. James Alexander and four children of Swift Currant, Sask., Canada come in Christmas morning to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pearson. Mr. and Mrs. George Waste and baby of Florida were the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilson. The play given at the U.P. Church was well given and attended by a crowded house. National prayer week will be observed in Biggsville the first of the year with services beginning Sunday night in the M.E. Church and continuing through Tuesday and then will be at the U.P. Church. Muriel Nolan of South Henderson School was presented with a fountain pen in recognition of her efforts as contestant in the county spelling match and winning second place.
GLADSTONE GLEANINGS. Mrs. Sarah Furnald bought the Kemp property and took possession Saturday. Mr. John McCabe and family of Oquawka will move soon to the Milligan home. The cantata, “A Christmas Waif,” was given by the school Thursday eve in the U.P. Church and was enjoyed by a full house. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Daugherty went to Lafayette to spend the holidays with their daughter, Mrs. Frank Lauber. Family dinners were enjoyed in several different homes here Christmas Day.
OBITURARIES: MRS. SARAH LOUCK: Mrs. Sarah Louck, lifelong resident of Oquawka, passed away at 2:30 o’clock last Friday morning after an illness of several weeks. At the time of her death, she was 65 years of age. For years she ran a boarding house there. Surviving is the husband, James Louck; one son, Alvin; one grandson, Louis, and the following brothers and sisters: Henry, Peter and George of Oquawka; Mrs. George Mills of East Galesburg; Mrs. Tom Maley, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Sam Rose of King City, Mo. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church.
MRS. E. J. GARRITY: Mrs. Elizabeth J. Garrity passed away on Dec. 25 at 10:45 pm in the home of her brother, Thos. Buchanan at Linden, Kansas at the age of 80 years. She had the misfortune to break her hip in a fall received in the home of Chas. Rankin at Des Moines, Ia. last September enroute to the National G.A.R. Encampment. She was taken to a Des Moines hospital and some time later to the home of her brother where she was cared for till her death on Christmas night. She never recovered for the accident which with a complication of diseases was the cause of her death.
Elizabeth J. Buchanan was born April 16, 1864 in Adams County, Ohio. After the death of her father in 1860, her mother and family came to Mercer County, Ill. (These are the dates printed in the paper.) Later, the family moved to Iowa where she was united marriage to Henry Garrity. They came to this vicinity following their marriage and lived on a farm southwest of Biggsville. Upon retirement from active farm life, they came to Biggsville which has been their home for many years. Mrs. Garrity first united with the North Henderson United Presbyterian Church. After locating in town, she and her husband affiliated with the local U.P. Church of which they were faithful and active members. They were loyal to the Grand Army of the Republic and attended many encampments.
She was preceded in death by her husband who passed away one year ago last February following a stroke on Christmas Day. One brother, Thos. Buchana is the only immediate relative surviving. Mrs. Garland Kramer of Cherryvale, Kansas, a foster daughter, survives. The remains of Mrs. Garrity arrived in Biggsville Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock and the funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the United Presbyterian church in Biggsville. Interment was made in the Biggsville Cemetery.
LA HARPE YOUTH ACCIDENTALLY SHOT: Arthur Harris, fifteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harris of La Harpe sustained a wound in the shoulder Monday afternoon when a loaded shotgun discharged while he was using it butt downward as a punch in a ground hog hole. Another lad happened to be accompanying Arthur on their hunting expedition and he assisted the wounded boy to the home of a nearby farmer who promptly rushed him to the La Harpe Hospital. Dr. Emerson of Lomax took charge of the case and reports that if blood poisoning does not set in, his chances for recovery are good. The charge of the shot happened to miss vital spots but splintered some of the bones in the boy’s shoulder, making a hole about the size of a half dollar.
GASOLINE TAX: Governor Small and his administration have come out squarely in favor of a gasoline tax and have asked county boards of supervisors to endorse it. The governor’s statement is a complete and comprehensive explanation of the situation. His request of county boards and other organizations that they do not denounce the tax before they have given it thorough study is reasonable…