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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1917
Page
7
The Whig cannot be responsible for unsolicited manuscripts and letters and is sent at owner's risk. Communications for publication must be signed with the writer's name and, when requested, names will be withheld in printing.
The piece argues America must defend young men in training camps from liquor and immoral influences. Government zones ban alcohol and vice near camps, with communities and business groups urged to help. It warns clean cities are a national duty and essential to preserving the republic.
An editorial urges families to write pep, not gloom, to soldiers in training camps. Lamenting homesickness caused by sob story letters, it advises cheerful, supportive notes that describe home and future plans. Morale boosts help soldiers endure battles and dangers.
The piece argues the government should mirror home efforts on battlefields in France with vast wagon shops for army vehicle repair, shoe factories patching footwear, metal works restoring helmets, and munitions plants fixing damaged rifles. It praises modern business methods as conservation in wartime and urges reclaiming wreckage for reuse.
An essay on fear as the root of cruelty and misery. It argues fear generates superstition, war, and harm across society, from personal panic to mob rage, oppression, and violence, urging readers to confront fear to reclaim humanity.
Billy Mink proves elusive and clever as Peter Rabbit trails him along the Laughing Brook, failing to locate the hidden home while Billy teases with vanishing acts and a speedy escape. The story highlights keeping secrets and the cunning mink’s clever tricks.
A reflection on fear as the root of jealousy tyranny and monarchy, urging courageous trust in democracy. It recalls Jehovah’s exhortation to Joshua to lead with strength and fearlessness as youth pursue happiness and the promised land.
An employee of the Chinese post office who found religion after reading Gospel Mail registered a letter to a missionary. The letter posed a crucial question: What must I do to be saved. The piece notes the convert’s curiosity and the religious impact of the magazine.
The notice urges indoor dwellers to counteract fat from lack of fresh air by taking kerein capsules after meals and before bed. It promises quick, safe weight loss of ten to sixty pounds, improved energy, lighter steps, and firmer skin, claiming oil of kerein aids digestion and is harmless.
An old saying about war gardens warns that crowding harms crops and thinning early is essential. Scientific note urges spacing plants an inch apart, with more thinning possible after pest threats pass. Also, Penn Yan chemist Robert M. Cranmer reports 100 pounds of timothy and clover hay ground to flour can be used like bread flour and cornmeal.
In vacation Monday at Byville Bull Hickey extols the county fair with hossy roses and lemonade as the pinkest seen. Steve Hardy plans a pony ride fundraiser using horses borrowed from relatives while Fatty Bellowes endures a pulled tooth after stubborn chewing. Phil Wigglesworth hires Griggsy’s man to box a swarm of bees for future honey.
Governor Lowden signed several bills on Monday including H. B. 21 allocating 20 318 for Vicksburg battlefield monuments. S. B. 438 creates a state health commission with a 20 000 appropriation to study sickness and non-workmen’s compensation illnesses. Other measures authorize alms houses land purchases, tax levies for sanitariums, and 140 000 for state printing through July 1 1917.
A cheerful wife brings joy to a man but health issues threaten happiness. The ad claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound remedies backache headaches and nervous strain, stating thousands of homes benefited over 40 years.
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