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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1917
Page
7
Governor Lowden and observers doubt German origin for Springfield strikes and walkouts. Wage workers, brewery and barber layoffs, and streetcar union tensions are seen as domestic labor issues. Officials fear overblaming Germany diverts attention from industrial problems.
Secretary Baker extols the new Liberty motor for U S aircraft. Designed by top engineers across seven states the engine promises reliable mass production and power to rival German Fokkers, aiming to spread liberty and aid Allied efforts.
Orniloffs revolt collapses boosting the provisional government as Premier Kerensky stays cool and decisive. The allied world gains hope for Russia as he rejects military dictatorship and moves to unite liberals and conservatives against Bolshevik treason and extremism.
Scholars praise ancient Peruvian tapestries as superior to modern factory outputs. The article notes rich fabrics created by early Peruvians survive after centuries in desert sands. A primitive handloom used two sticks, top and bottom, and the piece ends with a proverb about marriage and a saying that a lawsuit is the thief of time and money.
Des Moines Register argues the war reveals civilization by how it treats women. It cites Tacitus, Boadicea, and Saxo Grammaticus to show historic respect for women, contrasts Schopenhauer and Mill, and condemns wartime attitudes as a sign of low social development, urging Christianized societies to foster true equality.
Thornton W. Burgess narrates how Peter Rabbit pursues curiosity, searches for Mrs Gobbler and her hidden nest, and by accident stumbles on the foxlike threat guarding her site in the Green Forest. A cautious encounter leads to a surprising discovery.
The United States Chamber of Commerce mails a referendum to business groups proposing federal regulation of railroad securities compulsory incorporation of all interstate railroads under federal law and ICC power to regulate rates affecting interstate commerce based on a National Chamber railroad committee report led by H A Wheeler of Chicago after reviewing current regulation and industry proposals.
An easy method for early spring onions is to plant multiplier potato onion sets now. These onions have two or three hearts, so each heart forms a new bulb. Set seed onions four inches apart, with a light cover after the ground has frozen slightly in northern states.
In a school morning geography lesson Miss Palmer uses a map to discuss German invasion timelines and distance to New York, prompting spelling drills. Fatty Bellowes imitates a pie gag and is ejected from Henry Hood’s shop after a bread prank backfires.
Washington September 15 leading clergymen and laymen of the Protestant Episcopal church organized the war commission recently appointed by Bishop Tuttle. New York will be headquarters with a possible sub committee at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul to liaise with army and navy officials. The commission will oversee church work in camps cantonments battlefields hospitals and with chaplains. Members include Bishop Lawrence chairman Bishop Knight Bishop McCormick Bishop Roose and Charles D Dickey and John M Glenn.
A reflective line asserts that a man may be labeled a failure without having experienced a single concrete failure. It contemplates judgment, self worth, and societal expectations shaping the idea of success.
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