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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
7
Proposals include establishing an owl car service to meet early trains, building a hard road to Taylor Missouri, planning river terminals and securing a new barge line, starting a street paving program this year, and opening a free wagon bridge to Missouri.
ORGANIZE THE MINUTE MEN. UINCY has trade obligations repaid socially through sending representatives to fairs and public gatherings. A permanent reservoir for outside affairs is suggested, with a volunteer band to organize delegations, replacing the Chamber of Commerce burden as roads improve. Who will volunteer to organize this band of minute men?
A reflection on how a Prince of Wales visit to Quebec showed unity between French Catholic and English Protestant communities. It notes French Canadians welcomed him alongside English speakers and comments on harmony as a wiser path than sectarian division. The piece contrasts this with Europe’s gerrymandering toward division.
Scholars list names and plays showing which character appears in which Shakespeare work. It includes many figures from The Tempest to Hamlet and notes on pronunciation by various actors and critics.
The Whig Information Bureau answers reader questions on wartime topics. Questions cover battleship names Masonic presidents Tennyson prophecy about the war third cousin marriage and duration of war Marines. Known answers include no commissioned ship named West Virginia and a future ship with that name, list of presidents who were masons, Locksley Hall prophecy alignment with war, no ban on third cousin marriage, and duration of war Marines limited to wartime enlistments.
An advertisement touts Miro Pile Remedy as an internal treatment for hemorrhoids. It claims rapid relief within days, healing ulcers through internal action, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Brown and Mays Drug Co. stocks and delivers the product locally.
The text discusses six month post peace release for Marines, Jack Dempsey’s full name William Harrison Dempsey, the yellow peril as a fear of Japanese and immigration, and life interest insurance rights when a house burns. It presents Q and A style explanations of military policy, a boxing figure, racial anxieties, and property insurance rules.
CHICAGO August 26 Bonds were approved Monday for the release of Charles McKinnon Salt Lake City and Harry Lloyd Multnomah Ore members of the Industrial Workers of the World convicted before Federal Judge Landis last fall. The bonds consisted of 5000 worth of Liberty bonds in each case and were furnished by Robert H Howe of Chicago. The men were sent to Leavenworth penitentiary and will be released pending the appeal of their cases.
On August 26 in 55 BC Julius Caesar landed on British soil near Dover. In 1346 the Battle of Crecy in France saw Edward III defeat Philip VI's larger French force, changing medieval warfare. Other August 26 milestones include patents for steamboats in 1791, Joshua Stoddard born in 1814, and Charles Thurber patenting America’s first practical typewriter in 1843.
Ten Seattle commission men were arrested on Monday on charges of hoarding several hundred thousand pounds of potatoes to push prices up. Four of the ten suspects were Japanese.
Mourner the Dove and Peter share a dust bath in Long Lane as Mourner explains nest habits and courtship. Jenny Wren and Kitty Catbird discuss Mourner’s two eggs and Mrs Dove’s poor housekeeping. Peter promises to tell others but learns Kitty already knows, amid a vivid rural setting. The tale shifts toward a new story, An Undeserved Bad Name.
Berlin Aug 24 George Muech Tageblatt financial writer denounces the United States for delaying credit and depressing the mark to seize German dyes chemicals and brushes while offering cheaper American goods. He says Americans exploit Germany's needy position and imitate former allies in the same game.
Washington Aug 26 The present rate of demobilization will reduce the army to 226000 by Sept 30 the War Department announces. The estimated strength on Aug 19 was 461390 officers and men.
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