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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1918
Page
7
The President’s pledge to stand by Russia is met with measured caution by Bolshevik circles. Once they shed radical internationalist notions and establish stronger footing, support can be more effectively offered as they take steps to improve themselves.
The article notes that frequent post start changes ordered by the Signal Corps slowed Liberty motor production. Frederick Upham Adams cites about 2000 changes across 400part motors, with inspectors enforcing specs. He argues uniform design is essential, citing Ford’s 3009 engines daily as proof. Also, stray paragraph references German and Russian themes appear as unrelated content.
The week’s war news centers on quiet Belgian sectors while attention shifts to a Kaisers conference in German HQ, a cabinet victory in England, and Irish unrest. Reports hint at a German plot halted in Ireland, with Sinn Fein leaders De Valera and Markievicz named. Conscription remains a looming issue with potential dangers unchanged since two weeks ago.
A discussion of how carefulness and courage intertwine in heroic deeds. The piece cites aviator exploits, industry leaders, and historical figures to argue that prudence, presence of mind, and calculated risk outweigh pure bravery. It stresses that fearlessness without prudence can be wasteful.
Thornton W Burgess tale follows Sammy Jay and Mrs Sammy as they reconcile after a near miss with Broadwing the Hawk. Mrs Sammy toys with Sammy’s stubbornness, draws out apologies, and the pair agree to start anew building a new nest and home, ending their quarrel. Next story teased: Buster Bear Hurts Big Foot.
Herbert Corey recounts a late April trip behind the Somme front with an Australian singer and an American driver in a quiet outing for Y M C A workers. They visit a town, a movie night, and a shelled route, sharing songs to lift spirits amid gas alarms and shelling while noting the soldiers’ rough humor and camaraderie.
In Chapter 44 Private Dannys War narrator recalls marching onto a massive troop ship at a quiet dock near midnight. Sandy struggles with a mischievous monkey tied to his belt as guard scrutiny looms and a sergeant demands explanations at the gang plank.
Disjointed OCR fragment describes rough events aboard, involving Danny with a rifle and Private Splits boarding, a guard, and the Crown Prince receiving punishment as the group reaches their bunks. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear context.
A wartime note argues cucumbers cannot count as war garden crops but offers a compromise seed: Japanese climbing cucumbers grown on fences or wires. These vines mature quickly, tolerate blight better, and provide cucumbers without sacrificing garden space. A quirky aside references a schoolmaam remark about love making taught at night school.
Washington report by Major General Crowder estimates about one million youths will register for the army in the June 3 to June 5 period. Three quarters of the target may be obtained with exemptions likely for at least a quarter of registrants.
Airman Morris Z. Peters of Chicago, assigned to the southern aviation field, died from injuries after a miscalculated dive into a swimming pool. His father, Col. T. J. Peters, commands an engineer regiment in France.
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