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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1916
Page
9
Editorial notes hope for Wilson's re election if peace Republicans are managed for fall ballots. It recalls Mr Bryan’s past involvement with anti imperialist policy and the peace element within the Republican party.
The final terms set a standing army of 206000 with expansion to 254000 and a federalized guard of 425000, plus a nitrate plant. Debates praised defense needs while House members backed a smaller 140000 force. A compromise cited 200000 as a possible middle, with taxes on incomes and war munitions to fund the military build.
A nostalgic vignette of a May first boy roaming the farm with his father. He drives the plow, chases rabbits, scouts cattle, and bonds with horses, turkeys, poultry, and pigeons. The narrative frames him as a future independent, nature loving man blessed by simple rural life.
Affairs in Mexico progress toward a critical stage as developments place emerging premises at the forefront, signaling shifting dynamics and heightened attention from observers and officials.
The Master Bakers of Illinois discuss required bread wrapping amid a Springfield session. A proposed law prompts wrapping for all bread while bakers push for public demand rather than political force. A national survey is planned to gauge public desire, with results to follow.
Guidance on bringing calm to the patient during a medical visit. Keep emotions under control to help the doctor assess and diagnose accurately. Answer questions candidly, allow thorough exams, and avoid causing delays with unnecessary anxiety.
In Our School! by Paul West with Frank Moser illustrations, Monday notes a misread class poem by Bol Haynes hired man and Hen Van Ness struggles with verses for Graduation Day. The column mentions lazy Fatty Bellowes and a new worm imitation for fooling fish, with attentive Miss Palmer and Bal recording the mishaps.
Across editorials from Burlington Hawkeye to New York World the papers urge that the Mississippi remains a vital trade route and that old nostalgia should not erase its future use while warning Congress and citizens against underestimating national preparedness and risk.
Peter Rabbit pursues Winsome Bluebird to discover his secret home and learns Winsome has nests with babies inside a fence post. Winsome and Mrs. Winsome feed the hungry mouths while Peter realizes the joke was on him as he watched from the Old Orchard fence.
A collage of humorous vignettes from a railway misidentification to misheard conversations in Shanghai. A witty exchange about nature and rabbits leads to a farmer-like reply, while a sailor jokes about a pot of rice near graves. Other scenes show a defendant’s plea, a wedding mix up, and chatter about breath.
F A Crowley of Adams county Tl notes farmers flip flops on stockers and feeders. He recalls vowing not to pay high prices again yet returns to the Kansas City market and buys at peak levels, drawn by the appearance of the choice cattle.
Editor Whig notes a movement to hold a great preparedness parade in Chicago around June 10 to reflect western spirit on the issue, following 150000 in New York. Several thousand women marched, including Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, urging Quincy to join the national current of patriotic sentiment.
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