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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1920
Page
9
Residents advocate selecting a suitable plot for a public aviation landing field and backing the Build Now movement to enable at least 200 dwellings this year. They propose plans for a modern high school, an owl car service for early trains, a hard road to Taylor, Missouri, and timely river terminal improvements to secure a new barge line.
The article argues for a wage dispute settlement via a presidentially appointed commission. Operators yield to arbitration, miners accept, restoring public trust. The plan could end the prolonged conflict, with the commission’s award becoming a final contract for the period. If prices rise after the award, Congress may pass stricter controls beyond the Lever Act.
Opinion notes that the Versailles pact left Austria landlocked and cut off from coal and oil, risking famine for 7.5 million. It argues experts warned of economic ruin, contrasting Vienna era diplomacy with postwar aims, and urges a defense of the map makers’ work.
The New York Socialists voted to deprive Victor Berger of his seat after his espionage act conviction and bond status. Some Congress members argue amnesty for political prisoners could enable Berger’s seating. others warn that violence to bar him would make him a martyr.
Dr Crane reflects on loss of yesterday and the fading glow of memory. He asks where the joy, wonder, and first loves have gone and laments the hollow present compared with past richness and bright futures. He cites literary and musical memories and laments time’s erosion of yesterday.
A compact essay argues work as a cure for nervous illness. It relates a friend who retired early, then grew sick until returning to work. The piece cites experts and urges purposeful labor as a tonic, warning against idleness and valuing meaningful effort.
The district court judge Landis shows reverence for American traditions and may suppress Berger if deemed a menace to government. Yet allowing Berger to speak suggests the Northern District of Illinois does not view his oratory as destabilizing the political foundations.
New York Tribune argues production must rise to lower prices not regulation. It rebukes the nonproductive mood, urges labor to share in 1920, and warns that reliance on money flow or soldiering harms national prosperity. Greater output equals more goods, more comfort, and lower costs.
A humorous tale of New York marriages shows 1900s city rules, red tape, and clerks at the Marriage Bureau. It highlights the long in person application, Scully the clerk, and the inexpensive wedding chapel on the third floor where couples pay three dollars for license and ceremony.
Readers submit questions to The Whi Information Bureau directed by Frederic E. Haskin in Washington D C. The page covers myth of hoop snake, counts of US newspapers and magazines, Navy burial at sea, sugar shortage causes, hominy plant, mold removal from feather, and a railroad firing a pistol while moving at speed.
In a tale of courage and fear a gray old rat leader watches as younger rats boast and panic at the sight of Billy Mink. The fear of Mink spreads, turning brave plan into mass retreat as the leader flees to save his life. The rats abandon the attack and the plan collapses.
The excerpt lists quiz Qs on ballistics and trains, Hoover birthplace, nickel coins, Civil War staple prices, 1919 US Army size, origins of hospitals, and longest lived US president, with terse answers attributing facts to various sources and commentators.
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