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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
7
Opinion and comment call for a public aviation landing plot and backing a Build Now campaign to permit at least 200 dwellings this year. Proposes a modern high school, an early morning owl car service, and a hard road to Taylor Mo. Urges river terminal upgrades in Anand and timely barge line development.
Heckenkamp argues the Birney street car has reshaped urban behavior in Quincy and beyond. He notes faster boarding and alighting, heightened pedestrian alertness, and a business district that moves with new efficiency. The piece weighs city life evolution, comparing Chicago and St. Louis habits to Quincy’s changes.
Dr Frank Crane defends Prohibition as constitutional and wise. He argues the amendment process prevented rash action, cites science, morality, and business as forces behind the law, and notes personal liberty is limited in civilization. He compares abolition of booze to abolition of slavery and asserts the public must follow the constitutional method.
Hoover faces criticism from farming interests amid debate over his eligibility and presidential prospects. Supporters praise his leadership in food policy, while opponents argue a party alignment is needed and farm critics blame price controls and agricultural policy for rural hardship.
Word from Logansport reports a local newspaper editor has abandoned the noble profession to open a restaurant in the thriving city. The move prompts mixed reactions among fellow editors, who recall his long tenure and the charm of newsroom life.
Billy Mink thrives with daily handouts from a farmer and his wife. He grows fat and lazy, trusting the farmer's care, even while the farmer quietly blocks the henhouse. The mink roams the barnyard, finds scraps, and avoids the chicken trap as contentment shapes his life.
An 1920 article argues nervous types suffer from psychosomatic ailments caused by repressed emotions. It cites asthma and a semi paralysis case where unconscious wishes to avoid duties triggered illness. Moral endurance and emotional control are urged as preventive and therapeutic.
The piece weighs profits in feeding bodies against serving minds. It suggests editors, amid journalism, may earn sympathy for a fellow journalist venturing into food service. It argues nourishing the mind through fair reporting is more valuable than catering to diners with brisk meals priced high.
Washington report explains commotioned as a postwar civil shell shock by which nervous or mental injury from stress can be cured. It details French British American approaches emphasizing environment, reassurance, and active rehabilitation to restore those in industry and everyday life.
The Whi Information Bureau offers brief factual replies on varied topics. Questions must include full name and address with a two cent return stamp. Sample answers cover Lincoln's theatre, liquor consumption in 1918, US and UK merchant tonnage, England's poet laureates, and service branch identification by hat cord color.
The Weather Bureau notes positive data identifying the hottest points on Earth. It references VY findings without detailing locations or temperatures, signaling ongoing research.
A compilation of general knowledge Q and A covers world heat records, biblical figures and Persian origins, corporate dividend order, British population estimates, and the U S postal system’s growth from Benjamin Franklin’s era to present. It includes figures on temperatures, a reminder of the three wise men names Gaspar Melchior and Balthazar, and postal revenue scales.
The letters R I stand for Rex Imperator Latin for King and Emperor. The article notes Haig Beatty grants and titles include $500000 for Fach as Earl and other leaders rewarded. It lists twelve Lieutenant Generals in US history including Washington Grant Sherman Sheridan and others.
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