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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1920
Page
6
The Ouiney Whig urges a modern Board of Health and plans for a public aviation landing field. It backs the Build Now movement to support at least 200 new dwellings this year, a modern high school, an owl car service for morning trains, a hard road to Taylor, Ma, and future river terminals with a new barge line in view.
A historical piece laments rail service swings under federal or private control. It notes past emasculation of passenger trains, the Wabash adjustments, and expectations that railroad operators hear public complaints. It argues trains are institutions needing careful handling and urges Quinney to have a vote.
Uincy teachers earn praise for dignified stance on salary, choosing patient voter appeal over strikes. They justify demands by rising living costs and need to maintain intellectual standards, noting no grievance with the board and confidence the voters will boost pay.
New York Assemblyman Bert Lord proposes a law limiting homicide story headlines to a single column and 36 point type with a $1000 penalty. The piece argues headlines reflect editorial judgment, not yellowing tone, noting differences by city and paper practices and urging consideration of penalties and context.
Dr. P Frank Crane ridicules spiritism and famous believers from Doyle to Lodge. He argues spiritualist claims lack practical value, warn of mental harm, and compare the craze to superstition, urging caution and disengagement.
Camps and Character argues for sending children to well run summer camps rather than hotels or boarding houses. It promotes camps as schools for character, shaping discipline, generosity, honesty, and social skills through group life and structured routines. It notes affordable options and urges consulting teachers doctors or clergymen for local recommendations.
The speaker expresses delight in securing exclusive display rights for $1000 to trumpet a sensational murder trial development. Mr Lord is urged to focus on a profession better suited to his publication expertise and familiarity.
Winifred Van Duser appears on Universal Service discussing fears of a sinister feminism from women gaining authority and turning men feminine. Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe counters with a view that men and women should work side by side, while Cardinal O'Connell warns a weakening manhood and calls for men to reassert rightful home authority.
Palm Beach unfolds as a winter playground for the very rich with grand hotels, private beaches, and exclusive yachts. The season, lasting about ten weeks, draws war-time millionaires and old money alike, all dressed in vivid attire while daily events, gambling, and social pages fill the resort’s life. The piece notes rigid social codes, selective access, and a town devoted to ostentatious leisure, illustrating a society of conspicuous consumption and guarded exclusivity.
Reader questions range from war dead disinterment to early waltz origins and sable species. Answers cite War Department notes on seventeen American bodies from France and Archangel, Foch's early subaltern role, waltz origins in France and spread via England to the U S, and two sable species with Canadian pine marten alias.
A Thornton W. Burgess tale features Reddy Fox trapped inside Farmer Brown’s henhouse by Prickly Porky’s spears. Jimmy Skunk, Bobby Coon, Peter Rabbit and others race to help, while Bowser the Hound nears behind the scenes. Reddy digs to escape as Mr Sun climbs, but exits only after a rash of woodland spectators spread the news.
A compiled Q A page covers topics from Panama Canal first passage by the self propelled steamer Alexia Valley on January 7 to the extinction of the North American wild pigeons. It cites Edmond Hoyle on Whist, veil etiquette at church weddings, William S Hart as top earning star, Nazimova, and 1918 US automobile deaths at 7 525.
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