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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1919
Page
9
The Dainty Whig proposes forming a modern high wheel building and an owl car service to meet early trains, constructing a hard road to Taylor Mo, and starting street paving this year. It urges river terminal plans, securing a new barge line, and bringing Quincy’s outlying territory into the city before the next census.
Dr William J Mayo told the American College of Surgeons that physicians now act as health missionaries addressing public issues such as labor shortages prohibition and reconstruction. He linked longer life expectancy to medical progress and urged doctors to influence welfare in society.
An editorial argues the railway administration appears weak as both workers seek wage gains and directors push for higher freight charges before private control resumes. It urges the administration to stand firm, base decisions on costs and earnings, and restore public confidence and normal conditions.
A 1919 appraisal by Dr. Frank Crane honors Theodore Roosevelt as a public-spirited leader with courage, integrity, and broad learning. The piece lauds his devotion to the common good, willingness to face danger, and lasting impact on American public life, comparing him to Washington, Lincoln, and Grant.
Winter plagues influenza pneumonia and tuberculosis are worst in winter due to airborne transmission and low vitality. Overeating and underexercise combine with overdressing and stale overheated air to lower vitality and raise infection risk. Correcting winter habits can boost immunity and reduce severity.
The piece denounces the conferences framing by classes employer labor and public as a fundamental error inflaming class prejudice. It warns that such division fuels discontent and violence, and condemns classism as a root of biased legislation and demagogic policy.
The piece covers a national rat extermination drive with thousands of rats dying, cities like Baltimore adopting aggressive campaigns, and government backed methods using barium carbonate. It highlights a traveling salesman who monetizes the program, selling poison to cities and private operators while the Biological Survey oversees cautious collaboration. The story notes potential growth of rat killing as a profession and questions government control versus private enterprise in sanitation efforts.
Reader questions and expert answers cover world population growth from 700 million at the start of the 19th century to about 1.675 billion by 1914, black leghorn feathering without affecting purity, platinum value ranging 100 to 150 dollars an ounce, divorcees resuming maiden names, aliens and deportation rules, corduroy cleaning, why shadows are longer in winter, the Swan Song expression, Night Riders in tobacco regions, and beads first made. Services require full name and address with a stamp for replies.
In the Green Forest during October Lightfoot the Deer senses danger as rustling leaves signal the approach of hunting season. The calm summer ends with his antlers grown and polished, velvet shed, leaving Lightfoot wary of Buster Bear and the dangers ahead.
Lightfoot the deer grows uneasy as autumn colors appear and hunters with deadly guns approach the Green Forest. He recalls past dangers and fears return, his large eyes reflecting rising fear while night grants brief relief.
An October twenty eighth roundup notes Alfred the Great’s death at fifty one after twenty eight years on the throne, John Locke’s death, George of Denmark’s death, a Lima earthquake wrecking ships and shore homes, White Plains battle session in 1776, Erastus Fairbanks birth in 1792, Remington founder Philphalet Remington birth in 1793, Horace Smith birth in 1808, Robert Treat Paine born in 1885, and the Statue of Liberty unveiling in 1886 with total height 306 feet.
Beads were used by the Phoenicians for trade and were also widely used by American Indians. Under favorable conditions the steel mills of the United States can produce up to 50,000,000 groat tons annually.
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