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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
7
A May retrospective notes a cold cheerless month with showers delaying growing things. It discusses weather forecasts, meteorology, and the area’s low pressure pattern, contrasting almanac expectations with bureau cautions and prospects into June.
The article discusses conscientious objectors from Quaker and other groups in wartime, debating exemptions, jail for convictions, and alternative service. It cites Roosevelt and others, noting divisions between pacifist scruples and national duty, and the tension in exemption boards addressing truly conscientious stands versus shirkers.
Analysis argues that both nations share a common goal to make the world safe for democracy. It contends that neither seeks conquest, and that a strong bond between West and East republics could unite the Allied cause against German victory. The piece cites War Minister Kerensky and contrasts colonial ambitions of England France and Italy.
A wartime appeal challenges readers to buy Liberty Bonds, urging action over hesitation. It contrasts six and ten percent investments with government paper and calls for immediate bank pledges, portraying sacrifice as patriotic duty and personal honor.
Sloan's Liniment offers quick, penetrating relief for rheumatism pains and aches from exposure, strains, sprains, and muscle soreness. A clean liquid ready to apply, it beats plasters and ointments. Pharmacists carry it at 20 cents.
Chubby, an unhappy young fox, becomes lost in the Green Forest after disobeying her mother. She fears the world, endures jeers from Chatterer the Red Squirrel, and contemplates never finding home. A strange rustle reveals Prickly Porky the Porcupine, who warns she must stay away from him unless she is careful, offering cautious kindness as they meet.
Torp explains that a prank shifted duck eggs to a hen and chicken eggs to a duck, causing a comical fallout as a duck with ducklings and a hen with chicks quarrel and roam. Miss Palmer excuses his lateness, noting the incident is beyond her advice and leaves Torp uneasy about returning home to settle the family mix-up.
The article notes cabbages may be started where they will mature and thinned early to one inch apart, then thinned again to twenty inches with some leaves clipped during shifts. It states late cabbages perform well on heavy ground and mentions Gabriel as a name in biblical passages.
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