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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1919
Page
11
A page of opinion urges securing an aviation landing field, backing the Build Now movement to have at least 200 dwellings erected next year, planning a new high school, starting an owl car service for morning trains, building a road to Faylor, and pursuing river terminals and a new barge line while expanding Quincy's outlying territory before the next census.
An editorial argues the Mississippi could become a major freight carrier, citing European studies and Professor Luigi on canals. It warns current east west lines face congestion, urges north south routes, and rebuts claims that waterways are pork barrel projects. It praises public funding for modern facilities and cites Roosevelt and Panama success as context.
Dr Frank Crane argues the idealist pierces surface illusion and sees reality, while the practical person remains a baby. He credits idealists with advancing thought and progress, noting they foresee and push changes that practical minds resist. The piece contrasts practical success with visionary influence driving social ideals and inventions.
Conflicting reports allege that William M. Wood of the American Woolen Co plans a 10 story store if Lawrence grocers fail to lower prices. He warns workers may bear cost burdens. broader protests tie to high living costs and consideration of new mills.
Birmingham Ledger questions public trust in newspapers. It notes errors stem from fallible sources yet argues papers make few mistakes and warns against propaganda by those who denounce press integrity. The piece defends journalism as accountable to the community.
A moral vignette contrasts frenzied modern living with purposeful pacing. The cabman anecdote reveals how many rush without knowing their life goal, risking breakdowns and hollowness. Knowing one’s goal brings rest, confidence, and peace of mind, guiding effort toward meaningful ends.
Washington views the coal shortage as a systemic failure of production and distribution. Experts blame miscoordination among operators miners rails and consumers while advocating summer storage export expansion rail pricing scales and on site power conversion to smooth demand and supply.
Readers write to The Whig Information Bureau with questions on social propriety and law. Answers discuss whether a lady may smoke publicly in England and America, confectionery spending, mail privacy, mineral rights on private property, city government forms, and ex servicemen in consular hiring.
ILLY MINK is enraged by traps set along the Laughing Brook entrance and fences. He ponders leaving but stays, recalling friends unaware of the danger. That night he encounters Bobby Coon on a log and learns local news as they chat under the moon.
A fragmented chronicle notes Pepin the Fatt and Al fonse Adlanquerque dies in December. It recounts the 1773 Boston Tea Party as the first organized militant act of the American Revolution, detailing English taxation acts, colonial resistance, and the tea fleet’s obstruction culminating in the Sons of Liberty dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
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