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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1917
Page
17
The piece argues good habits can be formed at any age and remain a path of least resistance toward right living. It divides habits into health mental and character types, stressing consistent practice and the Henry James rule to avoid slips until a habit is secure.
Guimpes paired with frocks remain sensible for girls in any season. White batiste guimpe smocked to blend with fabric, white sleeves with a narrow ruffle, or linen cuffs. Skirt acts like a suspender dress with apron-shaped waist, various pleat styles, and easy tub laundering. For an eight year old, 1.5 yards white fabric for the guimpe and 2.25 yards for the dress are needed, with a side opening for slipping over the head. Fall school wear suggests plaid worsted options with plain or white guimpe.
Instructions describe canning beans by blanching, packing in jars with salt, and sealing after sterilization. Also includes vinegar sugar brine preparation with mustard and turmeric, cooking bean brine, and layering beans with salt in a crock. Provides methods for canning and brining beans with detailed steps and measurements.
Soak beans in cold water overnight before cooking. This preparatory step ensures beans soften evenly and reduces cooking time.
Executive Secretary Witarton Clay urges officers to boost applications for the second officers training camp. A central department bulletin lists regional totals as of July 5 and stresses selecting quality applicants. The campaign stresses urging existing applicants to recruit friends and notes military experience is not required.
Members of the Morris Brothers Shoe factory cutters committee issued a statement in reply to William Morris. They deny any link between the gambling raid arrests and the strike and say their men are not trouble makers. They demand wages and hours comparable to other cities if allowed by company regulations.
Chicago reports show 21 639 to 2 732 backing the party stance on World War I. The majority supports opposing U S entry yet urges a practical socialist program including wealth conscription and public ownership of key industries. Leaders Morris Hillquitt Victor L Berger and Algernon Lee were later denied passports.
The text defends local cutters as law abiding while condemning child labor. It notes Morris admitted to employing children and claims factory workers are poorly paid with long hours, arguing the strike seeks conditions found in other firms nationwide.
Belleville Illinois July 8 an aviation training camp near the city will open about August 15 Brig Gen Squier chief signal officer of the war department announced that 14 students would be trained at the camp at one time. The camp will be equipped with 72 aeroplanes.
Springfield July 8 Governor Lowden urged qualified men to enlist for officer commissions after General Barry asked him to use influence to boost the officer ranks. He warned Illinois would lag the ranks if it fails to meet its officer quota, noting past wars where state forces led.
Neysa McMein of Quincy lauds Mae Marsh star of Goldwyn pictures as ideal American girl. McMein paints Marsh portrait in New York studio after accompanying her to Fort Lee and watching an elephant circus scene for Mae Marsh's third Goldwyn film. The artist notes Marsh's American features, changing eyes, and athletic grace.
The Argentine Republic places a massive order with the United States for 60,000 tons of cast iron pipe valued at about 3,500,000 dollars. The pipes will be sent to Argentina on roughly 20 vessels.
A testimonial from Mrs. Murrow Cummins of 822 Harmony St Penns Grove praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for treating irregularity and pain linked to female displacement and related ailments. The writer urges all women to consider the remedy for similar distress and symptoms.
A Belgian in London recounts to the Associated Press that German authorities arrested 20 Belgian officials and a Brussels burgomaster in Brussels after a tense exchange over prisoner exchanges following the East Africa conflict. The ultimatum to release German prisoners spurred the Belgian protests and hinted at further arrests.
The Belgian government emphatically denies a reported German claim that Berlin arrested and imprisoned a group of Belgians in the colony of Africa. The exchange centers on a purported state statement by Germany accusing Belgium of mistreatment of German civilians.
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