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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1919
Page
6
Proposals call for an owl car service to meet early trains, a hard road to Taylor Missouri, a new barge line, street paving this year, and a free wagon bridge to Missouri, with emphasis on modern river terminals and timely development.
War writer Onningsby Dawson surveys the Rhineland and finds Germans largely well fed and orderly. He notes intact towns and thriving plants, a shift to export trade, and a debt burden with political unrest, Bolshevist influences, and a looming coal shortage. France and Belgium depend on Germany's recovery.
A discussion of the castle metaphor in German and English homes contrasts traditional fortress like design with modern American houses. It notes English estates retain servant heavy layouts while American homes emphasize comfort convenience and labor saving features, ending with the decline of the castle idea in the U S.
The Whig Information Bureau offers answers to readers questions by mail with a two cent stamp. Sample Q and A cover Wesleyan College facts, U S citizenship restoration, Belgium religion, bills signed at sea, edible sunflowers, and Victory buttons for Students Army Training Corps members.
The exchange explains there is no law granting faith preference in Congress prayers. It notes chaplains are likely Christian due to congressional majorities. It adds Congress granted Dr. Mary E. Walker permission to wear masculine attire during Civil War nursing.
Answers address whether any U S president has been irreligious, tadpole rain myths, hoop snakes, and eyelash growth myths. It notes presidents have professed Christian belief, explains tadpole and earthworm rain explanations, dismisses hoop snake lore, and cautions coconut oil for lashes.
The text cites Herodotus on pyramids stones drawn up inclined planes and transported from beyond the Nile. It mentions a vast workforce and a long causeway, noting 100000 men and a 3000 foot ramp as part of the transport mechanism, though details remain unsolved.
The article suggests the quarry stone handling machinery was built on principles possibly aligned with modern scientific ideas. It emphasizes that foundational concepts may already reflect advanced understanding.
The Mexican foreign office has relented after earlier saying the British chargé d affaires was incompatible with Mexico Britain relations. William Cummings expects to remain in Mexico City as the attache, marking a shift in the standoff between the two governments.
Seven thousand cigarmakers on strike vote to return to work Monday after accepting a 15 percent wage increase offered by manufacturers. The Aug. 24 decision ends the walkout that began earlier this week in Tampa Florida.
In a rural yard Peter Rabbit spots Mourner the Dove at a gravel bank. Mourner explains he picks small pebbles to grind his food in the gizzard, aiding digestion, while Peter jokes about gravel as breakfast. The tale shifts to a segue titled A Loving Mate but Poor Housekeeper.
On August 24 events shaped eras from Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD to Rome sacking by Alaric in 410, the Saint Bartholomew massacre in 1572, the 1814 burning of Washington by British forces, and the 1815 and 1864 Capitol developments in the United States.
Stockholm reports Bolshevik fleet defending Petrograd has been disabled completely and Kronstadt defenses bombarded by British warships have been destroyed.
The Rumanian bureau in Ruwaneia announces that Romania will export more than 160000 car toads of cereals from the current harvest.
An advertisement touts a weight loss system claiming no exercise or dieting limits. It promises rapid reductions of ten to sixty pounds using oil of kerein capsules, with health benefits and improved appearance, plus longer life.
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