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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1920
Page
7
The Ouincy Whig outlines a statewide public aviation landing field proposal backed by the Build Now movement. The plan envisions erecting at least 200 dwellings this year, a new modern high school, an owl car service for early trains, a hard road to Taylor Missouri, and timely river terminal upgrades to attract a new barge line.
The House agreed to postpone universal training to July 1 1922 amid deficit concerns while Senate might push start next year. Critics warn of cost 113000000, supporters cite reduced standing army and reliance on trained youth as a defense. A Swiss anecdote compares militia strength to Prussian guards.
In Springfield Gen Leonard Wood and Gov Frank Lowden appeared together on the same platform amid cordialities. A four page campaign letter circulated nationwide sought to discredit Wood by portraying him as inconsistent while Lowden’s managers reshape him as a farmer and businessman. The piece cites political code allowing sharp remarks between rivals.
The passage argues Lenine’s policy aims clash with Britain France and America. It asserts Russia seeks peace and noninterference while preferring trade over conflict. It notes hostility to Soviet spread in the U S and contrasts Russian and American political systems. It references Scheidemann and German Socialists and contrasts British Labour with Russian theory.
The essay portrays George Washington as a human, athletic, practical leader rather than a distant monument. It praises his independence from party factions, business acumen, and engineering mindset, noting his wealth and self-reliance while criticizing modern political theatrics.
A robust man with fatigue and weight loss is checked by X rays revealing two abscessed teeth. After removal, he recovers, suggesting dental infection may mimic tuberculosis. The piece urges checking dental disease with X ray before diagnosing quick consumption, especially when lab tests show no TB bacillus.
A brief passage suggests a call for harmony in boxing bouts involving Russia and other nations, implying collaboration and peaceful competition on the world stage. The wording hints at a broader aim of global cooperation through sport.
Editorial notes London cable reports the Prince of Wales aboard the Carmiulha liner en route to New York with thirty eight letters from friends in New York and Washington. He has received US letters and cablegrams and sent many since returning from America. A misaddressed cable read All the best with initial S and caused confusion for King George who asked for an explanation. The prince claims he is as mystified as his father.
New York tax official William H. Fawards says wages and overtime push many workers into income tax among longshoremen garment workers and others including chorus girls movie stars hotel waiters and drivers. He notes Brooklyn streetcar workers earning up to 60 a week and bootblacks milk wagon drivers and bellboys exceeding exemptions in 1919.
In Washington a weathered 40 year old showman John R. Agee runs a grand circus under the American Legion with Mrs Woodrow Wilson and cabinet wives as patrons and Vice President Marshall leading the committee. Agee rises from a Kansas orphan to head the rings after 26 years of climbing from rider to clown to animal trainer, finally wielding the whistle that coordinates three rings and the entire performance.
Readers submitted questions to The Whig Information Bureau in Washington for quick answers on tax, education, Irish election results, diplomatic visits, anniversaries, brain weights, divorce causes, and World War volunteers. The page lists Q&A items with concise, plainspoken responses and names several officials and dates.
Thornton W Burgess tale where Jimmy Skunk and Johnny Chuck observe Blacky the Crow trapped in a snare. Farmer Brown approaches with a gun while Bowser the Hound looms. Jimmy Skunk decides to act and frees Blacky from the noose, risking trouble to help a fellow creature.
A playful tale shows Blacky nearly escaping with a string still attached as Jimmy Skunk bites it free. Peter Rabbit later fools Jimmy Skunk, while a quiz on presidents, taxes, and coal reserves outlines quick facts about Lincoln Gettysburg, Roosevelt, and Sterling silver.
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