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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1919
Page
7
Proposal outlines establishing an owl car service to meet early trains, building a hard road to Taylor Missouri, considering modern river terminals and timing for a new barge line, starting a street paving program this year, and opening a free wagon bridge to Missouri.
The Actors Equity strike in New York and Chicago pushes unionism into the arts, linking stars with stage workers as George M. Cohan leaves The Friars. His move shows hardening class lines in labor disputes and hints at enduring tensions between employers and employees amid wartime sentiment.
Crane discusses a new word spiralysis explaining endless wage-price spirals. He argues for a united approach where labor, management, capital, and promotion meet at the table to fix fair profit and shared rewards. He condemns strikes as waste and advocates shop unions aligned with industry to run production, favoring industrial democracy over industrial war.
Reader questions and concise answers covering topics from cleaning celluloid windows to American Brewers in South America and the Asiatic origin theory of American Indians. Includes Library of Congress head Herbert Putnam, mileage of major railroads, and the Adrenalin Test details with brief practical notes.
A reader asks about medical effects of adrenaline and hot water on auto finishes, transatlantic cable history, Spanish derivations of state names, removing butter stains, clocks origins, Shakespeare quotation, Mohammedan year length, U S soldiers in Germany, money order recovery, Spanish War pensions, and Death Valley air. Answers cover adrenaline symptoms, avoid hot water on cars, 1858 cable first success, California Colorado Florida Nevada Oregon origins, blotting paper method, Archimedes and Clepsydra, patience on a monument, lunar calendar 354 days with leap days, about 8 000 troops in Germany, post office tracing rules, pension eligibility, and Death Valley poisonous air note.
Professor Williams testified that the Shantung transfer would provoke protests from China and harm U S prestige in the Far East. He noted Dr S K Hornbeck concurred in objecting but no protest was filed after the decision. Williams said his leave of absence from the University of California was about to expire and he would have some home regardless.
In this Animal Stories tale Linnet the Purple Finch teases Chicoree about nest building while Chicoree, a dapper goldfinch with a black cap, explains he and Mrs Goldfinch prefer roaming to nesting. He pipes “Chic o ree” as he darts toward thistles in the Old Pasture, a cheerful slice of countryside life.
Senator Brandegee asked would you have voted for the transfer. The reply was no. Senator Harding inquired about the China situation as a menace to peace and the likelihood of U.S. involvement. The witness said Japan would likely not sign the treaty and that involvement would only occur if territorial integrity of a power was attacked under the league of nations.
Benny Karr of Little Rock has been a valuable addition for Boston in the American League. He has a 17 win 12 loss record this season and a .209 batting average.
Washington reports hearings on the appeal of the attorney general in the news print paper price dispute will be held October 6 in New York. The announcement notes the case concerns pricing practices and regulatory review.
A brief historical roundup recalls August 23 events: William Wallace's execution in 1305 after years of Scottish clans fighting England, Oliver Hazard Perry's 1819 death from yellow fever in Trinidad, and U S Senate rulings on vacancy appointments in 1893 with related state leg elections deadlocks in Wyoming, Montana, and Washington.
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