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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
7
The Ouincy Whig urges backing the Build Now movement to enable construction of at least 200 dwellings this year. It calls for plans for a modern high school, an early-morning train car service, a hard road to Taylor, Missouri, and timely river terminal improvements to attract a new barge line.
The essay argues against a rigid Methodist rule banning entertainments such as theaters and dancing. It notes bishops recommending abolition and praises actors and dancing masters groups backing higher standards without expulsion. The piece urges removal of the outdated discipline to preserve true religious character and unity within the church.
The New York World endorses Herbert Hoover for president and offers to back him on a Democratic, independent, or Republican platform. Washington sees mixed enthusiasm as Hoover’s complex record and party loyalties create uncertainty about his formal nomination and stance.
Agents teachers and employers should seek praise as a first energy releaser to raise efficiency. Praise boosts self-valuation and moral tone, while faultfinding lowers nervous energy and performance. Excessive or insincere praise harms. censure is sometimes necessary, but justified praise makes people act bigger and society prosper.
Washington Post notes Shaw faced taxes on a $1,000,000 offer for film rights. Federal, state, and English taxes would total $1,017,000, leaving Shaw $17,000 in the red despite the big bid. The playwright declined the deal and echoes Sherman on war taxes.
Washington discussion centers on Pueblo lives in New Mexico and Arizona. Proponents of preservation argue Pueblo art pottery baskets and blankets are the best in the United States and that the Pueblo should remain with its customs and two religions. Proponents of civilization push schools trades and assimilation, warning that Pueblo art and life could disappear.
A reader Q and A column from The Information Bureau with brief factual replies. It covers Stradivious violins, butternut Confederate soldiers, US citizenship for children born abroad, fastest shorthand record by Nathan Behrin, pension eligibility for a veteran's son, and school dropouts with census context.
Billy Mink, having outsmarted rats and mice, climbs to a hen roost and kills a hen for food. The farmer, spotting a brown form near the woodpile, suspects a mink is the thief and vows to punish him. The tale ends with the farmer ready to confront the culprit.
A compiled Q and A asks about the Johnson impeachment vote, British debtor laws, widows’ remarriage effects on war compensation, mutilated currency redemption, second lieutenant resignations, and the 1918 influenza death toll. The Johnson impeachment failed by one vote short of two thirds with 35 for and 19 against.
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