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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text discusses royal or grand displays and a perplexing domestic context. Names, dates, and clear events are obscured, leaving unclear actions or outcomes. The piece hints at lavish conduct, a house or plant, and unsettled tensions or rituals without concrete details or conclusions.
The piece discusses Sir Edward Grey’s 1814 opening remarks and President Wilson's call for a peace without victory. It argues that a clean German defeat would be hard to reconcile with a new peace and notes Britain’s stance to prevent further German damage, while hinting at the broader political reaction to such ideas.
A reflective piece argues that war is anachronistic in modern society. It contends citizens should reject militarism, view nations as ruled by elites, and govern for the people rather than dynasties, hoping humanity awakens from the Great Illusion someday.
A new drawing table designed for one armed men was developed in Berlin to aid injured veterans. The table uses magnets and a foot pedal to hold pencils and instruments, allowing precise adjustment and operation from ordinary electrical power or batteries. The device enables disabled veterans, many former architects, to work at drafting again with minimal current and movable magnetized top sections.
Inactivity and winter cause constipation with heaviness dullness pale skin and low energy. Dr Kings New Life Pills offer a mild laxative to relieve congested intestines. a dose before bed promises a full easy morning movement. 25 cents at your druggist.
In this Thornton Burgess animal tale Farmer Brown plans to trap Reddy Fox after discovering missing two hens. He hides a cleverly baited trap inside the hen house leaving the door and gate open to lure the fox as Granny Fox counsels caution.
In Transylvania long lines form as hundreds to thousands of soldiers return from furloughs and trains run behind schedule. Rumanians pushed back into their country trigger weeks of disruption across Hungary with crowded hotels and jammed trains. Many flee their homes while some return to largely intact villages, marking a shifted front in the war.
Ben Blewett superintendent of schools in St. Louis Missouri collapsed and died of heart failure Friday while addressing a committee of the Congress of Constructive Patriotism where he served as a delegate.
A dated promotional piece explains municipal bonds as city and county financed debt secured by tax pledges on real and personal property. It lists tax exemption, safety, liquidity, and government acceptance for postal funds, plus wide ownership by banks and insurers, noting yields around 6 percent on smaller $100 issues and growth in such offerings.
Friday tale follows Teve Hardy and friends paying for a book on capture to hunt fugitives. They suspect Blinky Hammond, the janitor, is Dare Devil Brophy and plan to yank his whiskers but fail as Blinky resists. The Secret Service doubts their plan but notes Andy West resembles a bank robber.
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