Organize and Modernize Che Quincey Board of Health Plan
The note urges the Che Quincey Whig to organize an efficient Board of Health and plan a modern high school building. It calls for securing land for a public aviation landing field, backing the Build Now movement to house at least 200 dwellings this year, establishing an owl car service for early trains, and building a hard road to Taylor, Missouri. It also advises keeping river terminal projects in mind to attract a new barge line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Taylor
Vote for a Better School System and Higher Standards
This piece argues education as a city issue, urging a tax increase to fund better schools, trained teachers, and higher standards. It frames education as progress essential to national and global stability and calls voters to support an educational battle in Quincy.
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Oday
Europe
America
Quincy
Why Did Harvey Think So in Gambling Probe
A Denver detective questions how Detective Harvey could believe gaming was protected after a proprietor claimed the police had been “fixed.” The piece weighs two possible explanations the bluff or honesty and warns that understandings between officers and criminals erode morale and undermine law enforcement.
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Harvey
Police Department
Insult to the Soldier Sparks Bonus Debate on Capitol Hill
Former Utah veteran J E Holden testifies to the House Ways and Means Committee urging bonus legislation. Critics say linking a military bonus to loyalty insults service members and could push veterans toward disloyal groups. A genuine bonus should honor service without bribery or political coercion, the argument contends.
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Jke
J. E. Holden
Utah
House
Ways and Means Committee
Holden
Bim
Tilden
Mr. Holden
The Moral Contrast of Honest Living and Bluffing
A reflection on honesty versus scheming, urging integrity over bluffing. It warns that success gained through deceit degrades character, while genuine effort and fair play lead to true self respect, contentment, and a clear conscience.
If You Are Maimed By H. ADDINGTON BRUCE
A personal appeal urges the disabled to reclaim themselves through work. It argues for society to employ skilled maimed individuals in suitable one-armed tasks, noting learning is possible at most ages with determination and doctor guidance. The author recalls an encounter with a one-armed beggar as a sobering example.
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New Jerusalem
Gabriel
Jonah
Mrs. Eddy
Lady
Jiourdes
Solomon
National Research Council
Carnegie Unive
Yale
California
Massachusett
Editorial Comment on Woman Suffrage Ratification Prospects
The Springfeld Republican notes strong expectation that the Federal suffrage amendment will be ratified by 1921 though doubt persists before the 1920 election. It cites Ohio and other states, court actions, and governors’ stances on referendums and special sessions as key factors shaping the final ratification timeline.
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Springfeld
National Association
West Virginia
Senate
Ohio Legislaature
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Ohio
Clement
Vermont
Jlolcomb
Connecticut
Tennessee
Kansas Normal School Reign of Terror Sparks Government Appeal
The Kansas normal school faces a student body uprising described as a reign of terror with strict rule enforcement. Disobedience prompts punishment including placement in a lake. Both pupils and professors are disciplined, prompting a request for government protection as authorities consider restoring order.
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Kansas Soviet
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kansas Normal School
Government of
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Nebraska
Vanishing U S Scientists Threaten Federal Work
Washington report notes critical loss of federal technical staff as pay lags privatesector salaries. Weather Bureau meteorologists, Naval Observatory astronomers, and coast and geodetic survey specialists face recruitment hurdles, with many veterans underpaid and new grads avoiding government service.
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Washington, D. C
Sam
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Bureau
Civil Service Commission
Casey
Uncle Sam
Rechesification Commission
Congress
Commission
Unclao Sam
Daily Quiz From The Whig Information Bureau
Reader questions and answers cover steam visibility water distillation permits agnostic presidents and typewriter keyboard design. Answers name Fred Haskin’s Daily Quiz and provide brief factual explanations with named figures and places.
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Whig Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, Ll. C
Thia
The
Inquirer
Whitefoot Grows Suspicious
Danny Meadow Mouse and Mr. Toad trek in the Green Forest where Danny envies cousin Whitefoot’s long white tail. A hawk attack brings a scare, Whitefoot’s tail is injured, and Danny learns a lesson that his own tail is plenty long enough.
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Danny Meadow
Mr. Toad
Danny Meadow Mouse
Green Forest
Geren
Danny
Whitefoot
Jie
Osain
Witteforth
Mr. Goshawk
M. Toad
Eve
Nes
Quick Home Answers from The Question Box
Readers submit practical queries on health height improvement pension eligibility Easter symbolism Earth versus moon sizes and ink used in newspapers. Experts provide concise guidance on stretching with a trainer, Spanish War widow pensions for low income, Easter egg symbolism, Earth and Moon dimensions, newspaper ink, and softening putty by boiling with linseed oil.
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Che Quincey Whig
Ment
Frank Crane
H. Addington Bruce
Associated Newspapers
McKee
Nix
U. S
Weather Bureau
Lake Huron
Federal
Naval Observatory
Hill
Mar
Iners
Mavy
Mars
Fred Haskin
Daily Quiz
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Collector of Internal Revenue
United States
St. Augustine
Florida
Santa Fe
New Mexico
God
Jefferson
Lincoln
By Thornton W. Burgess
S. T
J. MM
Pension Bureau
M. BR. A
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