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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1920
Page
5
James Wadsworth Jr a senior United States Senator from New York faces opposition from the National American Woman Suffrage Association in his bid for re election.
Washington February 1 Democratic leaders moved to revive Senate debate on the peace treaty by giving notice that on February 10 a motion would be made to proceed to its consideration Senator Walsh acting for Democratic leader Hitchcock made the formal notice with no debate. Senator Lodge Republican leader recorded statements by Hitchcock and Lodge about bipartisan committee agreements for the repository. Pele is described as the oldest outdoor game.
In Washington on February 1 Senator Smoot Republican Utah filed a large compilation of Senate speeches for the Congressional Record to show paper waste in federal departments Senate Sherman Illinois criticized departmental mail as a pest to editors and others calling it the Knights of Scissors and Paste Pot A separate note records a Holland rose tree producing 6000 roses in a single bloom time
Chicago bakers announce a one cent rise in retail bread prices effective next Monday. A one and one half pound loaf will cost 16 or 17 cents, while the two standard loaves move to 11 and 12 cents respectively. The note mentions the Cooperative Milk Producers' involvement.
The association said a wholesale price decrease of 24 cents per 100 pounds of milk. February level was $3.35 per 100 pounds, but retailers argued the cut would not be enough to lower consumer prices.
Washington February 1 nominations of David I Wouston secretary of agriculture to be secretary of the treasury and F T Meredith of Des Moines to be secretary of agriculture were confirmed unanimously by the Senate on Saturday.
Weather predictions for the week starting Monday show occasional local snows in the Great Lakes region with a return to normal temperatures. Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys expect occasional local snows and snow or rain in the southern part, with generally fair skies midweek and temperatures near normal.
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