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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1919
Page
9
The city outlines steps for a new modern high school, a street paving program, an early trains car service, and river terminals. It notes Maine street improvements face tax assessments, sewer and stormwater challenges, and calls for equitable burden sharing while praising public input and civic vision.
The piece argues that praise for a lynching and riot in Omaha does not reflect public opinion. It warns against assuming the rabble represents the people and notes order has returned with law enforcing its duty. The author casts those who approved violence as cowards and a transient menace.
Editorial notes show Judge Gary greeting reporters from the New York Evening World as he arrives at his office. He declines to issue a public statement, citing potential bias from his steel firm role, while reporters seek insight on labor and war production issues amid open shop tensions. An old friend arrives and asks if Bolshevists will win, prompting a terse response about timelines.
Dr Cranes 1919 essay argues humans are first animals and body and mind are inseparable. He urges honoring the body through proper bathing eating sleeping and exercise, likening the body to a partner and mother of the brain, and condemning sin as human vice rather than animal nature.
In unpleasant weather days depress and irritate the mind, making debate likely and hindering business. Sale efforts succeed best on bright, dry days with gentle warmth and low wind. Salesmen should postpone difficult engagements or steel themselves to rely on patience tact and goodwill when needed.
Frederic J. Haskin argues the eight to nine year elementary path is flawed and advocates junior high schools as a transitional system. He cites Emerson data on grade progression, details Vermont and national implementations, and outlines curricular shifts toward life readiness and college prep within a three year junior high track.
The Statesman lauds Taft as a tireless peacemaker and constructive leader. It argues his duty to place citizenship before partisanship, praising his unselfish service and enduring example for future crises.
A student plans to complete a required high school course this year and will advance to senior high school after finishing. The move reflects ongoing college prep plus continued coursework to meet graduation requirements.
Readers submit questions to Frederic J. Haskin director of Washington inquiries. The column offers brief factual answers on clocks, citizenship, mirages, weddings, travel, and the Lost Colony of Roanoke, with postal requirements and disclaimers.
Meadow Mouse Danny finds himself stranded at the Smiling Pool with predators circling above and below. He reflects on regret, recalls past mistakes, and resolves to use his wits to escape. Hunger presses him as he weighs safety versus seeking a safe path home before Billy Mink or Redtail the Hawk can strike.
On the seventh of October in 1492 Columbus’s crew believed land found but mutiny fears rose. Battles at Bemis Heights in 1777 and Kings Mountain in 1780 shaped American victory, while 1819 marked the death of Edgar Allan Poe, the famed poet and storyteller.
The text states that Roanoke colonists left England with ships to obtain supplies for the colony and that Tie could not return to Roanoke until 1890. In the interim, the colonists disappeared and it is believed they were massacred by the Indians.
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