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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
7
The paper calls for an efficient Board of Health and a suitable site for a public aviation landing field. It backs the Build Now movement to enable at least 200 dwellings this year, plans a new modern high school, an early morning owl car service, a hard road to Taylor Missouri, and future river terminals to attract a new barge line.
A reader argues that teachers are underpaid compared with other work and calls for immediate salary increases. The piece notes many communities have raised teacher pay to attract and retain qualified staff and warns that the nation’s public schools risk losing teachers without fair compensation.
The piece attacks tying the superintendent Gill’s pay to teachers' wage increases, arguing value should be judged by merit, not politics. It lauds Afr Hoover’s wartime efficiency as a reminder that high salaries don’t always equate to high worth and urges the school board to judge Gill on merit, potentially raising his pay.
Government action to restore Liberty bonds to par would mislead buyers and enrich swindlers. The piece argues the government should not spend public funds to force par prices, stresses government bond promises will be kept, and urges investor education to hold bonds long term.
An early 20th century essay warns against extreme earnestness and narrow focus. It argues expertness trims breadth, using anecdotes about fixed virtues and a Grant quote to illustrate how intense beliefs can become intolerant. The piece emphasizes balance and cautions that zeal often carries a seamy side.
The piece extols modern chemistry as white magic aiding mankind by converting coal and corn into medicines fuels dyes and countless products. It highlights chemists as modern magicians turning ordinary substances into essential goods and urges reading Dr. Slosson’s Creative Chemistry for deeper understanding.
An inspector from New York City Health Department extols the Bowery as exceptionally healthy despite poverty and filth. He notes low influenza impact, finds robust health among lodgers, but acknowledges grime, cold baths combat, and a busy street economy. He credits the Bowery’s paradoxical vitality to unseen factors and City efforts to improve sanitation.
Readers submit questions to the questions bureau in Washington. The page lists several Q A items including Christopher Columbus age on his first voyage about forty, census enumerator pay four cents per name and twenty cents per farm, measurements claimed for a perfect woman, Juggernaut worship in India, American troops in Siberia to leave by April 1, Berlin population about 3,801,235, rabies susceptibility, and the former German crown prince Friedrich Wilhelm age thirty eight with brothers who were healthy.
Granny Fox trains Reddy Fox to cross a bridge by leading him on a chase. A pursuing hound follows, but Granny uses the bridge and a nearby train to outpace the dog. The plan ends with the hound plunging into swift water as Granny explains the lesson. Next story: Johnny Chuck Loses His Temper.
A series of quiz style Q and A covers topics from wartime figures to superstition about thunder affecting embryo development. It also notes Columbus burial claims in Santo Domingo and compares salaries of British, American, German, and French ambassadors in major capitals, highlighting relative pay levels.
Americans may visit graves of fallen soldiers in France with assistance from the Red Cross Bureau in Paris. Roamagne hosts sleeping accommodations for ten men and ten women as part of pilgrimage support for families and visitors to remote cemeteries.
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