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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1919
Page
7
The text discusses threats of self harm and notes safeguards like padded cells and surveillance after medical evaluation. It questions a hypothetical death by own action club and argues mood and attention seeking could drive such behavior, citing social pressure and creditor enticement as possible motives.
In a wartime era clash of messages Lord Reading warns to produce more goods while consume less in a milk and honey land. American Meat Packers promote eating more beef and lamb as restrictions lift, claiming ample livestock and urging a three meals a day habit. The piece notes a government abstinence request a year earlier and questions packers push alongside military aircraft remarks by Brigadier General Maitland.
Rear Admiral Huse jumped from a vessel to save an ordinary seaman in a bold act of duty. He said any officer would do the same for one of his men, highlighting a rare but real spirit of comradeship in the navy. The piece contrasts naval democracy with army discipline and loyalty to service.
The Whig publishes the Fred Haskin daily quiz with Questions and Answers on topics from palindromes to naval transports. It explains lost baggage, Supreme Court justices, whitewash recipe, cabbage drying, wheat in flour, and objects sinking, citing authorities and locations in Hoboken and Washington.
In early 20th century New York the city’s housing options were limited to a mere pair of Dilliard rooms. The note highlights scarce lodging as a social detail from that era.
Col Fred L Huidekoper testified that American troops in France were in high spirits yet groggy when the armistice was signed. He recalled a January remark by Col Cowan claiming the frontline transport system could not have lasted another month without German halt, and questioned shelter for soldiers. He noted French soldiers doubted whether shelter and care were adequate, without accusing high command of neglect.
Chicago July 16 A joint missionary official returning from Columbus announces a plan to convert 1,000,000 people by June 1920. The Benches of evangelism will use the unit system and 50,000 minutemen with the Board of Home Missions coordinating pastor evangelists. Bishop Thomas Nicholson leads efforts nationwide.
Washington July 16 John H Pardee president of the American Railway association told the federal electric railways commission that under existing conditions and with the revenue they receive the electrical railway cannot continue to perform the functions expected of them He argued it is no longer about returns to owners but about what service to the public can be rendered and urged public cooperation to stabilize electric railway conditions and a new conception of the railway reta.
Washington July 16 A Republican Senator from Illinois proposed the federal trade commission furnish the Senate with documents on U S meat exports to Great Britain. The resolution was adopted Tuesday without a record vote.
Peter Rabbit observes Billy Killy the Sparrow Hawk catching a grasshopper near a tall dead tree. The hawk explains his home in the tree hole and notes a varied diet including grasshoppers spiders worms mice and occasional small birds. Peter reflects on the hawk’s role in the natural world.
The trans port Santa Maria arrived from Bordeaux with 1,694 troops including detachments of the 237th military police company and several motor transport units. The second division of regulars and attached units is slated for early return home, leaving only the first and third divisions on active duty in France. American overseas forces totaled 337,339 officers and men as of July 8.
On July 16 1546 Anne Askew was burned for heresy after torture in Henry VII's reign, with her husband among accusers and the lord mayor of London as incendiary. In 1779 American forces under Wayne captured Stony Point from British fortifications on the Hudson after a midnight bayonet assault, with 98 American and 60 British casualties and 543 British prisoners. Also noted are the 1850 drowning of Margaret Fuller and Marquis d Ossoli off Fire Island, and the 1857 death of French lyric poet Besseranger.
Baltimore July 15 Governor Harrington decided not to call an extra session of the Maryland legislature to act on the federal safe frake amendment. The decision outlines the current legislative approach and the remained options for state action.
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