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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1919

Page

10

Public Works Push Aims At Quincy Growth and Education

Che Ouiney Whig outlines a development agenda for public aviation landing field and a Build Now movement to permit at least 200 new dwellings next year. Plans include a new high school, an early train meeting owl car service, a hard road to Taylor Mo, river terminal considerations, and timely expansion to secure a barge line. The city should incorporate nearby outlying areas before the next census.

Taylor Quincy

Palmer’s Campaign on High Cost of Living Struggles

The piece argues Mr Palmer faces a difficult task to ease the high cost of living. It notes profiteering complaints during the war with few prosecutions and criticizes simple punitive promises, urging relief through broader measures rather than jail terms. It attributes much of the rise in prices to government borrowing, supply drains, and postwar production shift. It ends with cautious support for more work over punitive schemes.

Pyeng Attestien Palmier Palmer Tsimalayvan U.S Atty Clynewell New York Mr. Palmher

Pleasant Road News From Adams County Bulletin

An excerpt from the weekly weather service road bulletin extols improving Adams county highways from Springfield to Quincy and beyond. It notes shifts in public sentiment toward road spending, mentions past defeat of county bond issues, and praises passable now roads with warnings to truckers to use chains on certain routes.

Pringfield-Beardstown Rushville Quincy Ruady Clayton Paloma The Weather Service Cronte Jaeyer Rnc Adams County Bondieue Piinois Weenty Met

A Live Christmas Tree By Dr Frank Crane

Dr Frank Crane argues for planting trees instead of cutting them for Christmas. The piece cites American Forestry Association guidelines on selecting and shaping trees, reducing waste, and encouraging communities to use live, growing trees or shaved upper sections to preserve forests. It urges municipal and church celebrations to adopt tree planting and careful cutting practices.

Frank Crane American Forestry Association Nationa Forest Service Teo Harim Bone

Guessing By H. Addison Bruce Ends Poor Thinking

A 1919 essay argues guessing drives mental activity and progress, citing Edison and Darwin. It urges testing each hypothesis against observable facts, warns many Gu essers mistake guesswork for reasoned judgment, and shows how inquiry can turn wrong guesses into better outcomes.

Thomson Edison Darwin Etter

Senator Hitchcock notes inevitable reservations on treaty

Editorial reflects on Senate remarks amid the Treaty of Versailles and League Covenant debate. It suggests reservations are deemed inevitable, mentions White House influence, and hints ratification may be near as opinion shifts in New York society discourse.

Senate Mersailles League of Nations Southern Society New York Hitchcocke White Hawes White House

Roosevelt family opens Brazilian Coffee Mouse in New York

New York celebrates a modern coffee house, the Brazilian Coffee Mouse, partly funded by prohibition era sentiments and the Roosevelt family. Philip J. Roosevelt outlines aims to provide a place for talk, letters, and real coffee, while proprietor Salazar explains roasting, tannic acid, and authentic Brazilian methods amid a theater district crowd.

New York Dec. IL Roosevelt New Yorker Europe Forty-third Street Greenwich Village Roosevelts Philip J. Roosevelt Forty-fourth Street Postum Voltaire William Shakespeare Ethel Roosevelt Mr. Salazar United States Kermit Roosevelt South America Archie Roosevelt Chicago Boston Philadelphia William Ewart Gladstone Great Britain

Oldest and youngest United States senators and more

The Whig Information Bureau answers reader questions on topics from senators ages to persimmons and rain futures. It states John Hollis Hawkhead of Moscow Ann is 77, Pa. Warrison of Gaiee Port Moss is 65 the oldest and youngest senators. It explains persimmons edible before frost, defines futures in market reports, winter tire care, and pensions for China relief veterans.

Whig Information Bureau Erederig J. Haskin Washington Endiag The Inquirer United States John Hollis Hawkhead Moscow Ann Warrison Gaiee Port Moss D. A Department of Aericulture Bureau of Markets

Billy Mink and Bobby Coon Warn Friends About Traps

Billy Mink and Bobby Coon warn their friends along Laughing Brook about traps set by a trapper. They explain how the traps are harmless if seen and avoided, then rally Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat to spread the alert. The four animals warn others to stay vigilant as they move toward the Smiling Pool.

Billy Mink Bobby Coon Billy Coon Laughing Presk Wat Freer Hilly Mink Billy Laughing Brook Langaig Brook Fenels Smiling Pool Bobby Coen Bobby Mink Ricko Thriug Little Joy Otter Jerry Muskrat Billy Mick Joe Otter Bill Mink Little Joe Pulsv Mink Jerry

December 21 across history notes and events

On December 21 dates span early Christianity, literature, and wars. St Thomas festival began in year 73, Giovanni Becca coro died in 1875, Malton’s wife ceded Paradise Lost rights in 1867, Camoridjre Alass founded in 130, Sherman’s Savannah arrival in 1864, Fort Philip Kearny massacre in 1866, U.S. Philippine Commission ordered English as official language in 1900, ending centuries of Spanish.

St. Thomas Giovanni Beccacoro Malton Paradise Lost Camoridjre Alass Philippine Islands

Pension Bill For War Veterans Set At Thirty Dollars

The document outlines a pension entitlement for all service members of the wars with Shatn the Philippine Insurrection and the China relief expedition who served at least 90 days or were disabled in service, with a monthly maximum of 30 dollars. It covers period context and eligibility details.

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