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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
7
The Dainty Whig advocates a public aviation landing field and joining Build Now efforts to raise at least 200 dwellings next year. It calls for a new modern high school, an owl car service for morning trains, a hard road to Taylor, Missouri, river terminal plans, a new barge line, and expansion to include Quincys outlying territory before the next census.
The piece notes far fewer than the usual thousand or more men lining up for Christmas dinners on the East Side, blaming prosperity and prohibition for the decline while stressing Italy’s postwar hardships. It urges American generosity toward the National Allied Relief Committee’s Italy appeal, highlighting shortages, influenza, tuberculosis, and housing distress.
Dr. Frank Crane cites the Secretary of Agriculture 1919 report praising the American farmer as the essential producer and detailing vast production. He notes yields, crop values, and livestock gains, with wheat and corn projections, and argues against adopting foreign systems amid wartime limits on capital and labor.
Illinois Governor Frank O Lowden lauds Calvin Coolidge before the New England Society in New York praising Massachusetts leadership and self rule amid post strike unrest. He notes potential rival candidacy and suggests at least two friendly favorite sons in the nominating convention.
A satirical warning targets readers about census age questions in states with voter registration. It notes census takers demand exact ages on the last birthday and may expect respondents to report being ten years younger or older than ten years prior. The piece ponders whether women will resist divulging ages to male collectors and questions the role of male figures in this dynamic.
The Omaha Bee argues that Bolshevism is fading in the world and in Russia despite a fair trial. It notes Lenine and Trotzky recognize trouble among peasants and argues urban workers favoring communism faces resistance from rural individualism. The piece suggests final settlement hinges on agricultural soviets and rejection of common ownership.
A New York Times portrait of Theodore Roosevelt showing his wide reading habit. The piece notes his vast book knowledge and memory, his rapid reading, and his ability to discuss many subjects with experts, yet emphasizes his methods and fervent drive to pursue what he loves.
An essay on mental dawdling, arguing lack of real interest wastes time and energy. It contrasts energetic thinkers with those chasing money or fame, noting enthusiasm for work drives performance and success.
The article argues that the Bolshevik dream of self direction clashes with human nature and practical needs. It notes that continuous production requires intelligent management, which the proletariat cannot provide, forcing reliance on foreign overseers. The ten to twelve hour workdays persist, undermining the short hour plan and signaling a collapse of communism in Russia with only remnants influencing the United States briefly.
Washington dispatch describes the Biological Survey efforts to recruit volunteers and gather data for a comprehensive bird census. It explains birds as essential insect predators, outlines current enumerator numbers, and argues citizens must protect birds to maintain agricultural and ecological balance.
Reader questions cover US hog production and state hogs leaders plus senator ages and diplomacy. Answers cite USDA on hog production with Iowa as top state, Senate age ranges, Switzerland handling German affairs, and Panama Canal cost at about 375 million with fortifications. Venus noted as the morning star about 46 million miles away, Belgian language facts incomplete.
Jerry Muskrat hides watching Farmer Brown's Boy who brings steel traps to the Smiling Pool. The boy writes a note promising no trapping on the property and leaves it with a split-stick marker. A harsh-eyed trapper reads the message and leaves, while Jerry feels relief and puzzlement.
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