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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1919
Page
9
The Oniury Whig outlines plans for a new modern high school building an owl car service to meet early trains a hard road to Taylor Missouri and street paving this year. It urges river terminal projects and timetables for a new barge line while proposing to bring into the city before the next census Quincy's closely outlying territory.
The Senate plans to take up reservations to the peace treaty amid debate over Article X and U S rights. President Wilson warns against embedding interpretive language, while nations such as France and Great Britain accept clear U S assurances. Reservations on Monroe Doctrine rights withdrawal and domestic questions like immigration and tariffs are considered but likely harmless. The outcome hinges on whether ratification is delayed by the reservations.
Testimony describes a Youngstown Ohio gathering as a Russian tri state convention. Margilis cites multilingual propaganda and Bolshevik rhetoric amid labor unrest, while critics urge U S immigration policy and Americanization efforts.
Philadelphia Bulletin opinion condemns a looming bituminous coal strike on the eve of winter. It labels the protesting workers as dangerous to public welfare alongside seditionists, arguing their stance harms employers, other workers, and national industry.
Dr Crane argues for general amnesty for political prisoners jailed or indicted under the Espionage Act or for refusing military service. He questions whether confinement stops Bolshevism, contending jail inflames supporters while education and liberty reduce radicalism. He advocates freeing those imprisoned as a protest against governmental tyranny and for public schooling over harsh punishment.
A 1919 briefer argues many nervous pains stem from overattention to the body. A doctor treats neurasthenia by redirecting patients to active, absorbing hobbies like photography, noting pain fades when attention shifts away. True interest must be genuine to stop the self watching that sustains aches.
The piece argues that John L. Lewis threatens a strike unless extreme miner demands are granted. It labels such tactics as a wicked menace and calls for negotiation rather than coercion. It asserts the American public supports fair labor demands when expressed with decency and concern for others.
A Baptist minister detained at Ellis Island for alleged immigration issues told authorities he planned to speak in defense of the British Empire. The remark reportedly offended officials, who would have welcomed a defense of Booroboolaga instead.
United States will not deploy troops to supervise the Silesian plebiscite or serve on commissions under the Treaty of Peace unless the Senate ratifies the document. The International exigency will not turn the Constitution into a scrap of paper.
Washington Audiance plans a fifty bell carillon tower, three hundred feet high, as a peace memorial. Arts Club of Washington sponsors driven by William Gorham Rice. aim five million dollars for tower bells and master. Project ties Belgium and democracy, seeks European artistry and allied war relics, with each state contributing a bell.
Readers submit questions to The Whig Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC. The column provides concise factual answers on topics from cemeteries in France to Halloween origins and the Statue of Liberty fund, with notes on safety of French municipal bonds and wartime telegrams.
In the Green Forest Danny Meadow Mouse travels with Whitefoot the Woodmouse and learns a cautious lesson after a brave but risky journey. Whitefoot advises rest and recalls home as safety while Danny reflects on dangers and the comfort of familiar places. They share stories of the Green Forest and Green Meadows, ending with plans to rest and recover before moving on. Next story: Danny's Home Coming.
A concise chronicle notes deaths on October 25 across centuries including Demosthenes in Calauria 322 BCE Chaucer in 1400 Hogarth in 1764 and a 19th century Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. It also recounts political intrigue in 1888 involving Lord Sackville-West and Charles Murchison and later reflection on trust and political traps.
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