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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
9
A reader lauds waste material dealers who buy junk and scraps from railroads farms and mills, shipping metal, paper, rubber and more to England and other centers to extract value. The piece predicts broader conservation gains and national efficiency as waste becomes usable resource.
The readable fragments reference statements about peace terms in the president's remarks and ongoing war context. Mentions of Yale and neutrality appear amid garbled wording while a separate note mentions improvements and a building project. The overall coherence is limited by OCR errors.
Dayton, Ohio, faced revenue losses but kept all departments within appropriations as City Manager Waite shed funds and retooled police practice. He ordered using patrol cars for all calls and hospital transport, then sold motorcycles and bought light autos to cut costs.
A discussion of dreams and sleep states by medical psychologists. It argues that dream recall is unreliable, that deep sleep can hide dreaming, and that dreams occur far more often than widely believed, with many forgotten upon waking. It cites hypnosis and case examples to show dreams influence problem solving and memory.
An excerpt from Thornton W. Burgess animal tales centers on Robber the Rat. The bold harmful rodent roams Green Meadows and Green Forest, shunned by others yet eager to prove his cleverness. Danny Meadow Mouse befriends him by politeness, while Robber extols his own feared reputation and elusive aim to remain bad and bold.
A merchant expert forecasts postwar Europe will trigger labor unrest and wage pressures in the United States. He warns workers may face reduced hours or pay as markets contract and employer cuts spread, while investors with war boom stocks could see declines, missed dividends, and possible bond defaults.
Fourth grade students recount preparations for a Christmas play titled Christ mass in Manny Lands. Genevieve Hicks leads cheerful letters to Sandy Claws while Andy Anderson plots a humorous trap to catch him, sparking lighthearted mischief and festive anticipation among classmates.
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