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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1920
Page
7
The Ouiney Whig urges an efficient modern Board of Health, a site for a public aviation landing field, and supports the Build Now movement to seat at least 200 new dwellings this year. It also calls for a modern high school, an owL car service for morning trains, a hard road to Taylor Missouri, and timely river terminal development to attract a new barge line.
The article argues that building more levees traps floodwater, causing higher crest levels and failures at weak points. It cites Muscatine breaks reaching Quincy ahead of schedule, noting river confinement for bottom-land reclamation raises danger across the region. Strong entities emphasize levee design against all flood bulwarks, not just the river.
A wild insurgent walkout disrupts rail traffic across terminals and division points. Officials warn of broader effects while unions clash over wage issues and control. The Brotherhood of Trainmen seeks to quell the revolt, even urging federal court action, as the nation faces potential railroad paralysis.
Gov. Lowden emphasizes plain facts in his campaign, urging a national budget and less centralization while attacking duplication in government departments. He downplays agriculture and Wall Street funding, arguing his experience in farming surpasses Leonard Wood, but his simple approach has not fully fired crowds in South Dakota and Michigan. Despite weaker reception, Lowden remains a strong nomination contender ahead of Wood and Johnson.
A 1920 article lists I W W slang terms with meanings for loyalty, labor, and crime. It notes language evolves from life not manuals and warns that future revolutions could render current terms unfamiliar to outsiders.
H A Bruce argues for respectful treatment of job applicants to boost loyalty and productivity. He cites harsh employment offices as breeding grounds for resentment, praising a factory that welcomes applicants in a dignified, private setting. He urges widespread adoption of humane hiring as self interest and social decency, reducing class conflict.
Supporters argue the nomination race continues until the convention selects a candidate. They insist Gov. Lowden should stay in the running by voters in Winds to preserve his prestige at home in today primaries.
Editorial note mocks a Supreme Court hearing exchange on hard cider content and its vague measures. It jests about percentages of water or other substances, praises New England’s rugged character, and ponders the allure of milder climates while affirming regional pride and old ways.
From Le Matin of Paris a movement among young men seeks to abandon stiff collars for softer, washable ones. The piece mocks the effort as revolutionary, arguing starch becomes unnecessary as costs rise, and notes the ironic shift in social norms driven by hardship.
New York April 10 The Ameri can Land Service opens a Lexington Theater headquarters for summer enlistment to recruit farm labor. It plans camps with housing showers and charges for girls while paying general labor rates and berry pickers at three cents a quart. Numerous city residents and ex soldiers respond.
Reader questions and replies cover biblical timelines, Roosevelt air crash details, rainbow timing, swastika origin, abecedarian psalms, clothing cost effects, Treasury vs. Treasurer roles, Mohammedan Hegira, and Wyandotte Cave in Crawford County Indiana.
In a moonlit He content partners Unc Billy Possum and Jimmy Skunk plot to steal eggs from Farmer Brown's henhouse. They map a risky plan, sneak past the wary boy with a gun, and finally nab eggs from an open vent while the farmer sleeps. Next comes Grandfather Frog Geta Ride.
A Q and A excerpt notes former President William Howard Taft served as joint chairmen of the National War Labor Board from April 1918 to August 12, 1919. It also touches on demographics of 1870s big cities, Van Dyke the preacher diplomat to the Netherlands, and travel without a passport with funds and health checks.
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