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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1920
Page
9
The page of opinion urges securing a suitable aviation landing field, backing the Build Now movement to erect at least 290 dwellings this year, planning a new high school, establishing an early-morning owl car service, and building a hard road to Taylor Missouri. It also emphasizes modern river terminals and timely action to secure a new barge line.
The piece questions police officers acting as attorneys for offenders to liquidate fines after raids. It argues such proxy trials corrupt judicial lines, weakens deterrence for petty crimes, and risks public stigma. It calls for evidence and urges raids to continue while scrutinizing this method.
A vitriolic letter to William Mitch of Terre Haute surveys Samuel Gompers and the American labor movement. It argues a U.S. labor party would fail under current party dynamics, urging adherence to established labor leadership while noting English labor’s influence and the risks of factional action. The piece highlights generational tensions, warnings from Gompers, and the need for broader electorate support before any party shift.
Editorial notes the clash between house and senate measures has been blurred by adopting aspects from the McCormick bill. The form of the legislation shows signs of agreement yet remains unsettled as lawmakers seek a unified approach.
A Towell Massachusetts wife voice argues strikes harm families. urges peaceable resolve, government protection, and closer employer understanding. She frets about agitators, stresses home duties, child welfare, and women’s rights, asking media to publish her unnamed perspective.
A compact summary of how strong religious faith benefits health and well being. It cites scientific authority, notes anxiety reduction, steadying influence on mind and body, and claims faith energy boosts longevity and vitality. The piece quotes Dr. Whutnam and links belief to improved circulation, sleep, breath, and resilience.
The plan uses the President and treasury as agents to prepare the budget and avoid duplicating functions. It creates an independent accounting bureau to audit not only spendings but policies, arguing treasury auditors only compare authorizations. It calls for self-denying ordinances to curb local and political appropriations and stresses cutting one third of public expenses as waste.
An analysis argues that President Wilson’s nomination of Bainbridge Colby as Secretary of State breaks norms. Colby lacks foreign affairs and public office experience, but is praised as independent and able, with a long political career across Republican Progressive and Wilson Democrat affiliations.
Washington February 24 a new Secretary of Agriculture Edwin Thomas Meredith arrives in Washington as a different kind of leader a publisher banker and aggressive executive from Des Moines He rejects old farmer scientist stereotypes and aims to sell agricultural science to farmers by coordinating nationwide effort to boost production and refine farm practices across crops like potatoes and corn while seeking broader cooperation from law enforcement and Congress to raise farm output and exports.
Reader submitted questions cover whales ships Civil War battles and German marriages. Answers note blue whale weight near seventy tons, Balboa naming South Sea, oysters shells form, Hog Island Yard largest by number of ways, Gettysburg casualties 23001, about two hundred American soldiers married German girls, and 1919 US gold exports at 368,185,248 dollars.
A chapter from Thornton Burgess about Reddy Fox fleeing Bowser the Hound across fields and a farmer’s sheep. Reddy uses a sheep ride to elude Bowser, while old Mother Fox warned him against returning to their snug den. Bowser circles the field seeking Reddy, unable to track him on the moving sheep.
Q and A style item notes that Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president, was the grandson of William Henry Harrison, the ninth president. It also includes questions about Suez Canal passage times and palm watering tips with concise guidance on palm care and a brief historical note on canal delays during wartime.
Omar Khayyam was a Persian poet and astronomer who died in 1123. His philosophy is chiefly expressed through his book of poems, the Rubaiyat, which gained popularity several decades ago and remains widely studied.
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