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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1920
Page
7
A page of opinion calls for securing a suitable plot for a public aviation landing field and backing the Build Now movement to enable at least 200 dwellings this year. It proposes plans for a new high school, an owl car service for early trains, a hard road to Taylor, Missouri, and future river terminals to attract a new barge line.
Uincy residents face a costly and unnecessary shift in the general primary election law aimed at Chicago aldermanic races. The piece argues against a state plan for a $4,000 make-believe primary, urging voters to trust traditional methods like ward caucuses and petition ballot access to nominate and elect capable city officials in Quincy. It notes that reform efforts may erode voter independence and laments overreach by a legislature that has not unified across jurisdictions.
A newspaper column argues Lucy Page Gaston’s anti-tobacco plank aims to address national issues through tobacco policy. It notes tax, railroad, and foreign-relations implications, contending prohibition would affect revenue and political routines, while campaigners may lose voters if cigars are handed out.
In the Greater Quincy annexation debate area tenants expect benefits while nonresident landlords face critique. Quincy property owners are urged to back annexation to fit the city’s growth, share in utilities, and expand civic pride as the city extends beyond its current bounds.
Crane argues that desires come with unwanted baggage, from marriage to education, work, church, travel, housing, and law. He concludes that every gain in life brings excess and nuisance, but progress requires accepting both tail and hide as part of existence.
A 1920 essay argues the strain wealth power and sudden change place on normal psychology. It cites monarchs like Nero and William II and notes how fortune illness or defects test character. It urges character education and cites Pascal on childhood influence and lifelong resilience.
Washington dispatch notes a mining expert envisions airplanes or dirigibles delivering machinery to inaccessible western mountain lodes. The piece discusses current air travel costs, landing field needs, and planned tests in Illinois or Indiana, plus the Bureau of Mines use of planes for disaster aid and Salt Lake City soot study.
The Boston Post argues the New York Assembly acted legally suspending five Socialist members but questions the wisdom. It stresses political action over violence, notes past expulsions, and asserts mere party membership is not a crime while urging violence claims be handled in criminal courts.
The Whig Information Bureau offers plain answers to submitted questions on pensions birthrates labor unions bonds and Roosevelt's strenuous life phrase. It lists sample Q A pairs including disability compensation for married veterans and Polish birthrate leading in the U S.
In a rat meeting the gray leader warns that a mink can follow any hiding place by scent. The older rats fear the danger, while the younger insist they can run, but they ultimately resolve to fight the mink together when he next appears.
Q and A style briefing covers rough earth age estimates from ten million to five hundred million years. It notes William IV as the first royal visitor to the United States in 1782 and recounts Old Abe the mascot eagle of the Eighth Wisconsin regiment. Also cites navy losses and international law views on children born at sea.
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