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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1920
Page
6
Joan Landis, clearing a vast sagebrush lot on Pierre Landis's homestead, meets Frank Halliwell, a traveling preacher dubbed the sin-buster. He spends the night, shares stories, and urges Joan to read, noticing her quiet strength and desire to learn.
In a remote setting Joan discusses book choices with Halliwell, preferring prose with vivid character images over pictures. He notes how writers let readers shape appearances, while Joan’s recitation of a biblical psalm stirs a rare, intimate response from him. The moment ends with her astonished gaze and his quivering excitement.
Four Drink Barber's Face Lotion tragedy in Freeport Newfoundland leaves three young men aged 20 to 22 dead and 15 more in serious condition from wood alcohol poisoning. The lotion was obtained from a local barber shop and distributed by the proprietor's son. An additional victim died Tuesday, the fourth in the incident.
Springfield newspaper reports on the Illinois constitutional convention committees meeting on Tuesday February 4 with 16 new proposals introduced. Proposals include enlarging the supreme court to 15 justices appointed for life, a 57 member senate with Cook County dominance, and municipal contracts with utilities among others. Several authors and counties are named, detailing proposed structural and procedural constitutional changes.
The Gem Theatre features Charles Murry in The Dentist and Fox News. Savoy presents Miss George Washington with Marguerite Clark. Kerrigan at Family Theatre shows The Joyous War, while Princess frames Pup py Love with Lila Lee and Charles Murry. Bay pictograph at Orpheum hosts Mary Pickford in Heart Of The Slils plus three acts of vaudeville. Colonial screens Love-Sick at Sea with George Ovey and Hank Mann in The Janitor. Belenco showcases The Cyclone with Tom Mis. Bijou features The Pointing Finger with Mary MacLaren and Fun Makers in Turn to the Right. Star Theatre hosts Happiness A La Mode with Constance Talmadge. Quincy screens Daring Danger with Helen Gibson, Pearl White in The Black Secret, and Snub Pollard in Red Hot Hottentots.
Trieste date Feb 3 reports Gabriele D An Nu ngio, Italian insurgent leader at Fiume, seized torpedo boat Onnecent and auxiliary ship Citta di Roma bound from Ancona to Pola.
Muddled fragments describe Italian naval forces and munitions possibly entering a port or theater. The garbled text reads as a fleeting note on alliance, supply, and ships, but concrete facts or clear events are not discernible from the readable portion.
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