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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1920
Page
7
A Page of Opinion urges securing a suitable plot for a public aviation landing field to back the Build Now movement. It calls for 200 dwellings this year, a new modern high school, an owl car service for early trains, a hard road to Taylor, Missouri, river terminals planning, and timely construction to attract a new barge line.
The Quincy Whig argues the Board of Education must grant fair salary increases to public school teachers. It warns that underpay drives talent away, risking a famine in new teachers and poorer education, urging the city to fund better pay to attract top educators.
A reader condemns parties that would compromise constitutional guarantees and free speech to gain control for profit. They reject extremism, whether through nationalization or other threats to individual initiative, arguing Hoover’s principles will not align with such factions.
Dr Frank Crane urges prudent saving in 1920, calling this “the Opportunity of a Lifetime.” He argues dollars lose value, recommends buying secure bonds, United States bonds, and War Stamps, noting high future purchasing power from Liberty Bonds and the risks of impulse spending. He targets the patient investor and warns that timing and discipline shape wealth.
The piece warns readers against attempting automatic writing and ouija experiments. It cites a case of insomnia and notes dangers from untrained individuals mixing intense emotions with automatism. It urges limiting such experiments to trained researchers to avoid obsession and distress.
Privilege is questioned as the Senate conference committee weighs a water-power bill. It would grant broad perpetual rights to power corporations, provisions vetoed by Roosevelt and Taft for conservation. The measure would force little back to the Government from the grants.
The piece argues for more teacher input in school management through a teachers council to connect authorities with educators. It contends decisions are currently made without consultation and politics rather than educational expertise, urging democratic reform to improve conditions and outcomes.
The Omaha Bee reports Mr Wilson’s anger at Secretary Lansing for holding cabinet conferences while the President was ill and secrets about his condition. The piece argues such dismissal over policy is unwarranted and contrasts Lansing’s action with precedents, noting no exact parallel to Wilson’s reaction.
In Washington DC the Women’s City Club faces a heated dispute over opening a smoking room for members and their female guests. Opponents call it unwomanly, while supporters argue women may smoke if they choose. The debate highlights broader fears about women, health, and public propriety amid rising female tobacco use.
Reader questions answered by The Whig Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin. Topics include mop cleaning methods, church membership figures, the meaning of initials after dates, color theory, skin treatment, wartime troop transport charges, and President Wilson's language abilities.
The article states that only four cabinet members were in place when President Wilson first organized the cabinet seven years ago. The named officials are Daniels, Lane, Wilsork, and Postmaster.
In Thornton Burgess animal tale excitement runs through the Smiling Pool and Laughing Brook as mink coon otter and muskrat fear traps set by the Fur Hunter's Son. Grandfather Frog warns them and Jerry Muskrat narrowly saves Little Joe Otter from a trap.
General Burleson reports that Secretary Lane has announced his intention to resign from the cabinet as soon as the President can arrange to appoint his successor.
The proposal keeps private pay at 30 dollars while increasing others: first class private 33 to 39.60, corporal 36 to 4320, line sergeant 38 to 45.60, and staff sergeant 44 to 52.80. Hobson’s choice traces to Hobson who hired out horses in 1630, forcing the hirer to accept the nearest horse. War output shows 9,503 training planes and 7,889 service planes through November 1918, with some additional finishes after.
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