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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1916
Page
9
Editorial criticizes Democratic tactic planning a long catechism for Charles E Hughes. It argues Hughes will speak plainly and answer only when ready, while the administration must defend its course. It warns Illinois political bosses may misread public trust amid interparty entanglements.
The article notes New York will replace horse cars with modern two deck street cars on September 1. The battery powered vehicles require no overhead wires and enter from a side door. It contrasts New York’s slow shift with Western cities and comments on public attitudes toward new urban transport.
Ambassadors in European capitals have taken on tasks beyond diplomacy. They acted as inspectors of prison camps, relief agents for the destitute, and intermediaries between warring governments. The piece notes how Page Gerard and Sharp operated roles far from traditional duties, including monitoring prisoner treatment and welfare while wartime policies shifted.
A compact moral on avoiding affectation in speech, dress, and manners. The author warns against imitation of others and using grand words to feign scholarship, urging authentic self improvement through study, effort, and internal refinement. It stresses that affectation harms happiness and success and compares it to a serious social defect.
Diverse editorials note confidence and caution among party chairs, warn of overconfidence, and mock war preparations. They discuss Carranza and Villa, federal reserve credit, and a tongue in cheek take on Hughes campaign catechism and political rhetoric.
A column mixes political reform talk abolishing the vice presidency with calls for Indiana response. It notes infantile paralysis germ isolation by surgeons and hints at public demand to quarantine the germ. It mentions William Orpet's murder trial, Hughes receiving official nomination notice, and a Chihuahua governor's Mexico City trip. The piece closes with a circus advance agent and a joke about a Baltimore Bremen air service and a Sociability Tour next Wednesday.
Blacky the Crow mimics Farmer Brown and steals eggs from hens in the Green Forest and Old Orchard. He avoids the henhouse, studies buildings for danger, and watches for a safe chance to grab eggs, spotting a nest in a hay-filled box inside the henhouse door.
A humorous schoolyard tale recounts a displayed medicine show by "Kickapoo Injuns" arriving with wagons to advertise cures. The comic event features singing, dancing, a banjo, and a claim to heal many ailments with a gold watch prize, provoking laughter and skeptical questions among the boys.
A crow named Blacky grows obsessed with two eggs hidden in a hay box. He plots and schemes, certain happiness hinges on achieving the egg haul, convinced a single success will bring his joy.
On July 14 1803 a detachment from Detroit marched to establish Fort Dearborn on the site of Chicago, marking a milestone in Illinois history with a new military post.
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