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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
9
A Quincy Whig opinion page urges rapid public works including a landing field for aviation, a 200 dwelling housing push this year, a new high school, an owl car service for early trains, a hard road to Taylor Mo, and timely river terminals to attract a barge line.
A long commentary contrasts German constitutional design with the American preference for a strong stable executive. It argues parliamentary coalitions hinder continuity in France and Italy, praising Americans for steadiness. It then offers a detailed portrait of a consummate conversationalist, listing behaviors and manners that convey genuine listening, tact, and courtesy.
The piece critiques Admiral Sims for a volatile tongue and urges restraint in remarks about fighting Britain or Germany. It notes President Taft's reprimand over the Guildhall speech, questions Daniels exact words, and suggests Senate inquiry will reveal motives behind Sims and Benson tensions amid prohibition enforcement implications.
An essay on grief noting grief's roots in imagination as well as love. It explains varied expressions of sorrow, the bodily effects of grief, and how time changes intensity while urging continued remembrance of the deceased as inspiration and debt.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes the single taxers plan to quit backing the two major parties after 30 years. They boast a potential million votes and fear they must join forces to gain influence, warning that independence could lead to a firing squad at sunrise. Prohibitionists’ history suggests outsiders gain power only when allied with the machinery.
A Windsor despatch notes that Ontario’s decision to rescind war time prohibition has largely restored public health in the city. With liquor now legally available, many who sought prescriptions for stimulants find relief as lines at physicians’ offices disappear. The piece questions if medical prescribing under Ontario’s act will curb fakery or merely shift it.
A Washington dispatch surveys how women voters influence parties as they contend with suffrage impact. It notes 17,040,000 women may sway elections, cites bribery as counterproductive, and highlights efforts by Republican and Democratic committees to court female electors and push platform reforms ahead of the November vote.
A feature from Fred Haskin's Daily Quiz offers readers a chance to submit questions to the Whig Information bureau directed by Frederic J. Miaskin in Washington. It notes limits on legal medical and financial advice, asks for full name and address with a two cent stamp, and provides sample Q and A on topics like presidential terms, WWI mobilization, potato origins, and Nobel prizes.
In Thornton W. Burgess tale the farmer notices rats abandon the barn for the house. Despite traps and poisoned food, the gray leader of the rats outsmarts them, gnawing new pantry holes and spreading fear through the home as the couple sinks into despair over the infestation.
A bill known as the Sweet Bill increases disability compensation retroactively from the original award date. A soldier moved from thirty to eighty dollars monthly will receive the fifty dollar monthly increase for the period since first awarded, plus accrued back payments. The example cites a one year period totaling six hundred dollars.
An employee does not need to include Christmas money received as a gift in his income tax return. The amount belongs in the employer’s return. If the money is a bonus, the employee must include the amount in his tax return as the employer is allowed to deduct it from income.
The text notes tattooing as a long standing custom with uncertain origins. It cites Thebes tombs showing tattooed white figures and Caesar's Commentaries describing Britons as tattooed. The passage presents historical references without a precise origin date.
Hand ball is considered the ancestor of most modern ball games such as cricket and baseball. The evolution was gradual from bare fists to gloved hands, then to crude racquets and bats, which later evolved into the racquet and bat used today.
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