Education in democracy and league covenant debate
The passage argues public schools should teach democracy and voting basics to youths. It cites a speech by McKee on preparing good citizens and references reactions from Representatives Murphy Welty Blanton and Kahn over the League of Nations and conscription amid partisan exchanges.
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Pennsylvania
Ative Murphy
Ohio
Welty
Blanton
Texas
Murphy
Kahn
California
League of Nations
Representative Murphy
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Newton
Philadelphia Rotary Club
Quincy Paving Plan and Outlying Territory Expansion
The city aims to push its 1919 paving program and bring into the city the nearby outlying area before the next census. The move targets improving streets and expanding municipal boundaries to incorporate adjacent neighborhoods.
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Quincy
Shooting women spies reverberates through wartime ethic debate
A committee of American lawyers debates the firing squad for women spies noting Edith Cavell's execution was justified by war rules but rejected as a universal practice in America. They warn gendered seduction raises spy danger. historians cite Mary Queen of Scots as an example. Public sentiment opposes capital punishment for women unless offenses are grave, noting Cavell's case as a reference point.
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Hile
Edith Cavell
America
Mary Queen of Scots
Rome
England
Miss Cavell
Suppression of Truth in Wartime Censorship Debate
The author questions British censorship during America's entry to WWI. He argues censorship masked submarine losses, misled the public about Britain's war footing, and failed to deter morale problems. Admirals Jellicoe and government admitted helplessness. Lloyd George remained optimistic, while German knowledge of the truth grew.
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FTER
Admiral Sims
America
Germany
Jellicoe
Arthur Balfour
Lloyd George
England
Fred Haskin's Daily Quiz From The Whig
A reader inquiry feature offers prompt confidential replies via The Whig Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskim Washington DC. Questions cover varied topics from Tolstoi’s prophecy to how Panama elects its president and ways to gain weight with listed foods and health tips.
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Whig
Whig Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskim
Washington, D. C
Gas Lighting, San Francisco Earthquake, Jamaica Location
Questions and answers cover gas lighting history in the United States, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake losses, poison ivy remedies, and Jamaica's location and British ownership. Key facts include 1806 first gas light by David Mellville of Newport Rhode Island, Baltimore's 1817 gas lighting, 452 deaths and $350 million losses in 1906, and Jamaica as a British island southeast of Cuba.
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United States
R.S A
David Mellville
Newport
R. I
Baltimore
San Francisco
Partisan Exchange In House Over Junket
Washington August 30 Republicans and Democrats in the House clashed over the League of Nations and President Wilsons speaking trip. The exchange centered on the appropriateness and goals of the travel and Wilsons diplomacy as lawmakers debated foreign policy and travel plans in Congress.
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Washington
House
League of Nations
Wilson
Senators Object To Ludendorff War Story
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon urged newspapers not to publish General Ludendorff’s war story, warning that it portrays the German war machine. Senator Lodge echoed the sentiment, expressing hope newspapers would refuse to print the piece without congressional action.
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Washington
Senator Chamberlain
Democrat
Oregon
Ludendorff
Senate
Congress
Germany
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Weds Nurse in New York Ceremony
Telegrams say former United States Senator Nathan Goff, 79, married nurse Catherine Penny in New York. The Clarksburg, West Virginia, scene notes the bride is under forty.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
United States
Nathan Goff
Catherine Penny
New York
Goff
Animals in Old Orchard A Nest Scene With Hummers And Chatterer
In Old Orchard Peter Rabbit watches Chatterer the Red Squirrel dodge angry birds as they defend a nest. Hummer the hummingbird lands on a twig, her ruby throat flashing in sunlight. Mrs Hummer joins, then they inspect a tiny moss cup nest amid the commotion.
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Peter Rabbit
Lipperty
Chatterer
Red Squirrel
Peter
Yellow Jacket
Hummer
Hummingbird
Hammer
Bumble the Bee
Mrs. Hummer
Lima and Hunt Drainage Plans Near Agreement
Lima and Hunt drainage districts near a joint plan to drain and upgrade flood controls at an estimated cost around 1 million dollars. Commissioners and Attorney John T. Inghram held sessions to discuss improvements, including diverting hill streams, constructing check dams, repairing levees and pumps, with a second meeting set for next Friday.
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Lima Lake
Hunt
John T. Inghram
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cures
An old advertise claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine builds up the system cleanses the blood and prevents colds. It states internal use affects mucous surfaces and promises 100 reward for any case not cured. Distributed by A B Chaney Co Toledo Ohio. Testimonials offered free for 75 cent bottle.
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Hall
Chaney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
August 30 Through History Carried In The Whig Want Ads
Chronology notes events dated August 30 across ancient and modern times. Cleopatra’s death by asp in 30 B C, Suleiman the Magnificent’s death, 1645 Narragansett peace, 1832 Paris cholera toll, 1862 Bull Run II battle, 1890 pork and bacon import inspections and pure food move, plus land sale funded colleges of agriculture. An automobile or truck will be sold with good profit through The Whig Want Ads.
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Cleoatra
Egypt
Solyman II
Magnificent
Turkey
Europe
Asia
Jerusalem
Rhodes
Paris
Gen. Lee
Pope
Bull Run
Congress
Department of Agriculture
United States
Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
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Joe
Himiself
Cedar Lake
WeiLe
Telephone Company
Ouinty Whig She Whig Co
Associated Press
Franklin P. Alcorn Company
Marbridge Building
Marquette
Chicago
Quincy, Hi
Postoffice
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Northcliffe
Frank Crane
Fred Haskin
Daily Quiz
Tolstoi
G. S. A. Tolstoi
Panama
QU. P. A
Q. Wow
Amerigo Vespucci
New World
Waldseemuller
W.V. A
United States Public Health Service
Jamaica
Cuba
Caribbean Sea
West Indies
Great Britain
Classmate
Nine O'clock, Walton
Hermeling
Broadway
Ludendorf
Thornton W. Burgess
Lima and
Vassar
Smith
Mehaus
Ing Machine
Clough-Rehm CO
Barry
Hannibal
Macomb
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