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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1920
Page
7
The Ouiney Whig endorses forming a modern Board of Health and organizing city improvement efforts. It calls for securing land for an aviation landing field, backing Build Now to erect 200 dwellings this year, planning a new high school, establishing an owl car service for early trains, building a hard road to Taylor, Missouri, and pursuing river terminals to attract a new barge line.
An editorial argues that turning out for a health measure can lift civic defeatism in Quincy. Fire bonds failed amid budget doubts and poor advertising, while the health proposal drew volunteers and outpaced the rival by about eight to nine hundred votes, signaling voter willingness to be led toward city progress.
In York apartments tenants cheer a new state law restricting annual rent hikes to 25 percent as courts enforce the limit. Many renters rushed to court as the law took effect and relief was found in most cases. Yet observers warn a future minimum increase may emerge if shortages persist, with landlords likely to raise 25 percent yearly to stay within the letter of the law. The piece notes the risk of discouraging new housing and calls the profiteer reform a difficult issue without harming renters.
A clipped reminiscence notes that private duels faded after the 1870s in America. Brig. Gen. J P Cilley, son of Rep Jonathan Cilley, died in a duel with Rep William Graves in 1868 after a remark about a New York editor. Hamlin later killed a challenger in Potomac Park, a dramatic moment cited as public scrutiny of dueling. The piece reflects on lingering aristocratic rivalries among two millionaires and social divisions in a changing era.
Dr. Frank Crane argues that overemphasis on System and Red Tape wastes effort. He warns rules can thwart aim, urges when to disobey for progress, and notes ultimate authority rests with greater devotion, intelligence, and divine guidance beyond mere obedience.
Hypnosis is widely misunderstood especially regarding alleged criminal acts. A New York physician explains that the conscious moral sense stays alert in hypnosis and a person of balance will resist wrongful commands.
A clipped passage suggests two sides in a conflict once ready to fight to the death, but neither likely to risk dying for their beliefs. The wording implies a broader wartime sentiment about entrenched positions and restraint.
The Boston Post notes a Washington board ruling via the federal prohibition director for Massachusetts allowing physicians to issue up to one hundred prescriptions per three months for each patient. It questions legality, cites no annual limit in the Volstead act, mentions a three pint monthly cap and single filling rule, and says the prescription blank limit is unclear. The piece calls the ruling arbitrary and invites testing by physicians.
The New York World notes a spreading railroad workers revolt seen as rebellion against organized labor as thousands ignore contracts and brotherhood obligations. It argues the actions harm employers and the public, potentially causing lasting damage to unionism while causing only temporary inconvenience to others.
Harvey's Weekly reports Denmark facing industrial disturbances linked to political aims. It questions the dismissal of a ministry and condemns Socialists for paralyzing industry to force a cabinet change. It notes Danes as a free people with electoral remedies at the polls.
Washington April 11 A four inch diameter radish grown at Arlington experimental farm demonstrates a new biological principle. Scientists Garner and Allard show daily light duration, not amount or heat, drives plant reproduction. They can lengthen days to prevent seeding and shorten days to induce it, enabling targeted production shifts and imagined future farms with artificial climates.
A reader inquire s about a directory of servers organizations and the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce answers. The quiz provides definitions of pennyfather and poplin and notes coal consumption by railroads in 1918.
Grandfather Frog laments aging while Jerry Muskrat and Little Joe Otter invite him to a playful boat ride. They secretly tow the big lily pad, sending the old frog across the Smiling Pool. A Farmer Brown's Boy stone interrupts, ending the voyage with a splash.
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