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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
7
Proposals include building a hard road to Taylor Missouri, establishing an owl car service to meet early trains, and creating a temporary Towhead island bathing beach this summer with plans to make it permanent later. The measures aim to improve transportation and recreation access for residents.
An opinion piece argues Bolshevism is a deceptive economic failed plan not a threat to democracy. It contends land and factories stay privately owned, workers cannot manage, and state ownership returned old owners with Bolshevist titles. It dismisses referendums and predicts weak political menace in the West.
The arrest and confession of Fitzgerald, a Chicago man charged with murdering a child, sparks talk of a special Legislature session to address the moron problem. The term moron, defined as a person with mental development halted around age nine, raises questions about legal responsibility. moron communities like New Jersey’s Pine Roads are noted, with alienists studying their traits. Courts have not yet ruled on culpability for morons.
Senor Ibanez frames wine as a sinister tradition that harms the poor and advocates a sober future. He portrays alcohol as a delusion and urges America to lead nations toward peace, federation, and the removal of Concuct and Drunkenness as age-old deceivers.
The Whig Information Bureau answers reader questions. Example queries cover Kaiser salary, Santa Fe Trail, boiling water at altitude, peso value, and origin of Santa Claus. Answers cite William II’s annual pay, the route between Independence Missouri and Santa Fe New Mexico, boiling point changes with altitude, peso value near seventy two cents, and Saint Nicholas as a fourth century bishop in Asia Minor.
The text explains Saint Nicholas influence and Dutch Santa Claus form. It notes the President's private secretary salary as 7500 dollars and discusses term limits, citing Washington’s refusal of a third term and its enduring precedent.
Washington August 2 Senator Lodge of the foreign relations committee entered into the Senate record a treaty with Poland said to have been signed at Versailles on June 28 The agreement between President Wilson and the other big powers for governance of the Rhine district was also submitted and disclosed to have been privately received after presentation to the British parliament
Washington August 2 The War Department announced Gen Pershing awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to A E F officers and men including Lieut George F Worthen of St Joseph Missouri and other Missouri recipients in the list of honorees for valor in action during World War I.
A roster lists Sergeants Edwin W. Wiggins Carthage Harold Smith Willow Springs John L. Wilkinson Richmond and Frank J. Kilfoyle St Joseph Corporals Levi W. Griswold Yar row and Earl Wright Bucklin Mechanic Sherman R. McCombs Edwardsville Private Leo Kowalkowski St Louis detailing names and hometowns
President Wilson asks Congress to create a special investigating commission to review wage increases sought by railway shopmen and other railroad workers. He forwarded the proposal by Director General Hines and urged representation for labor and the public. Congress should require rate agencies to raise railroad rates if awards exceed current levels.
A compact look at notable events on August 2 across centuries. From London's plague breakout in 1563 to Marlborough’s Blenheim victory in 1704, plus figures like Philip of Pokanoket, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Marie Antoinette, Gainsborough and Napoleon, with a note on his life tenure as consul and later captivity.
Paris July 29 report notes forced retirement of Admiral Kolchak and the loss of prospects for swift eastern operations against Moscow and Petrograd. Finnish government’s hesitance to aid northern Russia reinforces doubt that Petrograd can fall without more Allied military support. Northern army relies on Baltic port supplies but lacks sufficient strength to seize Petrograd alone.
Paris official statement rejects Berlin and German press claims of sanguinary clashes between French soldiers and civilians in Strasbourg during a three day tramway strike. No bloodshed or rioting occurred, authorities say, noting only typical incidents from strikes and denying widespread violence.
Peter Rabbit and Jenny Wren hear a strange squeak from a tree and identify it as Rosebreast the Grosbeak. Jenny explains Rosebreast is a Grosbeak whose song outshines Welcome Robin. Peter gazes up at Rosebreast, admiring the striking rose red breast and black head and back.
The long dry spell in the corn belt ended as showers spread generally across Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. The moisture could help save the corn crop, aiding regions in four states.
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for nasal catarrh. It claims the remedy strengthens the system, cleanses the blood, and reduces susceptibility to colds. It states internal use, blood action on mucous surfaces, and requests testimonials with a $100 promise if not cured.
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