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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
5
Secretary Baker sends a Christmas message to all American troops in the United States and abroad. He notes peace meaning and sacrifices that guarded American institutions during the past year. He looks toward a New Year of greater opportunities and prosperity for the country.
The passage extols soldiers as pillars of a nation and praises the individual’s role in truth both in peace and war. It wishes a merry Christmas and a successful New Year while referencing multiple countries. It notes sugar beet production in several nations reaching 117.2 percent of 1918 output.
Washington reports 1919 wheat output at 2,074,761,000 bushels, 92.7 percent of 1918 and 96.5 percent of the five year average, based on fifteen countries plus Spain France England Wales Scotland Italy Netherlands Roumania, per International Institute of Agriculture Rome and the crop estimates bureau.
Chicago residents will see street car fares drop to six cents on single rides starting December 27, announced by the public utilities commission. The cash fare was seven cents, with ten rides at sixty cents and a fifty ride option for three dollars, a rate change prompted by recent data showing about 86 3 10 percent of passengers paid seven cents.
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