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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1920
Page
7
Public reflections urge Build Now to finish aviation landing and housing this year. Proposals call for a modern high school, an Owl car service to meet early trains, a hard road to Taylor, Missouri, and timely river terminals to attract a new barge line.
The text argues whether public officials may break laws in emergencies with moral justification. It cites Franklin D. Roosevelt, secretaries buying war readiness items, Gov. Coolidge’s miltitia decision, and the Titanic rescue captain, concluding success often shields bold acts from blame while cautious routineers face criticism.
William Jennings Bryan discusses Governor Lowden and Republican candidates as reactionary. He argues Illinois voters will not accept Lowden and highlights the need to examine whether a soldier or civilian can lead. Bryan notes military traits may affect governance in reconstruction, labor, and industrial issues, urging careful judgment beyond anti military prejudice.
An editorial from the Kansas City Times applauds industry modernization and progressive efforts. It highlights innovators who continually scrap to improve and push American achievement, noting concerns over resistance to change and the drive for better, homegrown solutions.
Dr Frank Crane argues high prices stem from two simple factors: limited goods and more money in circulation. Wars and strikes reduce supply, while governments issue vast securities, boosting inflation. he urges more production and restraint on money issuance to curb prices.
A 1920 discussion explains pyorrhea alveolaris as a germ caused dental disease. Streptococcus and staphylococcus drive bleeding and pus pockets, with prevention through hygiene, tartar removal, regular dental checks, and strong general health. It notes contagion by contact and cites a case of transmission between teachers.
The piece argues the coal industry operates with haphazard planning. No substantial stockpiling exists at mines or across the supply chain. Consumers and railroads face fluctuating demand, requiring a large idle workforce in summer to meet seasonal peaks.
Editorial satirizes anti-baby movements and radical social policy, arguing self-correcting outcomes through collective action. It claims such movements erode their own support, leaving room for alternative views and potentially ending wars by political or demographic shifts. The piece casts doubt on universal peace achieved through anti-natalist goals.
Washington dispatch on postwar Antarctic ambition. Dr. John S. Cope leads a five year British expedition plan to reach the pole by air next June, while noting the pole’s history, dangers, and the explorers’ moral courage. The article extols polar explorers as the cream of civilization, driven by freedom and struggle, with death a close risk but the human spirit the lasting achievement.
The text describes a reader quiz service by The Whi Information Bureau run by Frederick Haskin of Washington with questions and brief answers. It includes life sketch of Jack London and other trivia, noting birth in 1876 and death in 1916, works like The Call of the Wild, and questions about Adams and Red Cross nurses.
Billy Mink scouts the Green Forest after a near miss with Hooty the Owl. He follows a Navajo trail of scent from a snow mound to Jumper the Hare, only to find the mound vanished as the hare slips away. Jumper hightails through the trees, leaving Billy with a bad hour ahead.
A Savannah ship sailed to Liverpool in 1819 taking twenty five days, about a third of Columbus’s voyage and five times longer than modern air or sea crossings. Questions cover Navy retirement age, canal lengths and costs, the Drago Doctrine, salute rules for off uniforms, U.S. land area in 1918, and reasons for East Coast rain patterns due to moisture laden trade winds.
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