Page of Opinion and Comment on civic plans
Organize and maintain an efficient modern Board of Health. Secure suitable plot for public aviation landing field. Back the Build Now movement to erect at least 200 dwellings this year. Formulate plans for a new High School building. Establish an owl car service to meet early trains. Build a hard road to Taylor Missouri. Consider modern river terminals to secure a new barge line in time.
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Board of Health
FormuXate
Taylor
Withdrawal of the ferry ends river trade romance
The article reflects on the withdrawal of the Quincy cross river ferry the BB L b and its impact on trade from a historic perspective. It notes the ferry linked Pike counties to Quincy driving business and laments the loss of transportation facilities while suggesting private capital and public backing could replace it someday.
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Ithdrawal
Quincy
Quincey
Mark Twain
Mississippi
Clemens
Adams
Louisiana
Pike Counties
Center of Population Shifts Eastward in Census Trend
The census indicates the population center is moving east rather than west, with a century of westward drift halted. Industrial centers in the East grew after the war, while frontier lands faded and immigration clustered in large eastern cities, boosting eastern population growth.
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Washington, D.C
Bloomington
Ind
Pacific
Detroit
Knoxville
Tenn
Whder
A Hold Up Revolution in Germany Headlines a Berlin Crisis
The article describes a failed attempt by the Kapp regime to seize control with armed force, while President Ebert and his cabinet flee to Saxony and rely on a general strike. It notes Berlin’s resistance, Ebert’s plan to return, and the fragile balance as unrest unfolds.
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Washington
New York
Hng
Germany
Ebert
Severt
Saxony
Thes
Berlin
Kapp
Thane
Peoiia
Jeapp
Karp
Frederic Haskin
Washington, D. C
Plato
Inquirer
Bonus For Soldiers By Dr Frank Crane
The essay argues that monetary bonuses for WWI soldiers are inadequate and inappropriate. True reward lies in national honor, gratitude, and a society worth saving. Wounded deserve care, widows and dependents receive pensions, but cash bonuses cannot measure heroism or replace virtue and loyalty. A Congressional hearing featured Captain Burns noting lasting value beyond wages. Verily they have their reward.
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Prplane
Burns
St. Mihiel
Garner
Texas
Art In The Insane By H Addington Bruce
The piece argues that insanity can spur artistic output in some individuals though often a distorted form. It cites changes in brain blood flow and endocrine activity as possible drivers, noting works by insane artists tend to be symbolist and poorly proportioned yet vividly expressive, reflecting the enduring, ambivalent link between madness and genius.
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Arnold Lorand
Grand
Fentus
Editorial on partisan politics in 1920 elections
Burlington Hawkeye argues politics will be highly partisan in 1920 with both major parties fielding capable leaders. It says national issues demand party platforms, not town meetings, and warns that nonpartisanship only works for local affairs. The piece stresses statesmanship and party reform as key for the republic’s future.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Highjacker Enters Language Debate
The St Louis Post Dispatch discusses the term highjack as a crude verb for stealing private property. It notes the word’s rough edge and questions its lasting utility, suggesting lexicographers may ignore it if its use fades as language evolves.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch
How Cotton Came Up in Savannah in Prosperous Era
Savannah enjoys a period of prosperity as middling cotton tops thirty-five to forty cents a pound and sea island cotton hits a dollar. The harbor holds seventy-five vessels with harbor growth, shipbuilding boosts business, and streets brim with cars and confident shoppers. Cotton prices rose from six cents in 1914 to twenty-eight cents by 1919, yet present sales are small amid high prices and strong warehouse stocks, while the boll weevil threatens diversification away from a single money crop. Savannah blends southern charm with modern commerce and stable growth despite weathered cycles.
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Savannah
Sea Island
South
Wilson
W. H. Teasdale
Cotton Exchange
Teasdale
Europe
Sweden
Holland
England
France
Spain
Germany
New York
Georgia
Texas
Fred Haskin's Daily Quiz answers from the information bureau
A reader’s quiz answers cover clergy salaries by state, Lincoln’s education from his mother, New Zealand’s dry vote result, a Confederate Army veteran senator, chicken care with horses, Cardinal Mezzozanti’s linguistic feats, and shoe aging treatment. The piece presents Q and A style responses with names and places.
Peter Rabbit Traps Foxes With Prickly Spears
In a field on the Green Meadows Peter Rabbit outsmarts Granny Fox and Reddy Fox. While the foxes plot to capture him, Peter feigns danger and leads them into a patch of prickly spears hidden by Prickly Porky. The booby trap injures Granny Fox, as Peter watches from the Sweet Clover Patch, shared by Johnny Chuck nearby.
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Peter Rabbit
Granny Fox
Reddy Fox
Reddy
Grany Fox
Brier
Rabbit
Peter
Porky
Sweet Clover Patch
Granny
Johnny Chuck
Questions and Answers From A Civil War Era Column
Readers are given brief Q and A items covering tax deductions for war tax on a new automobile, the size of the Colleges of Cardinals, postwar price declines after Lee, and the fate of the ship Old Ironsides in Boston Harbor with context about its preservation and the poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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Boston Harbor
Secretary of the Navy
Novee Endell Holmes
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Frederick J. Haskin
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Fred Haskin
Daily Quiz
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Lincoln
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Kentucky
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