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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1919
Page
9
City authorities outline actions to form an owl car service for early trains, build a hard road to Taylor Missouri, start this year’s street paving, and prepare for modern river terminals and a potential new barge line. They intend to extend Quincy's outlying territory before the next census.
Illinois Manufacturers Association ad campaigns argue Chicago is the logical home for publishing as labor strife threatens New York firms. Writers and presses shifting west could reshape literary geography and reveal foibles in New York finance.
The Senate galleries reveal a split mood over the League of Nations with opponents' speeches drawn strong applause while advocates face quiet reception. The crowd cheers flag rhetoric more than technical arguments as Reed and Lodge anchor partisan displays, and lawmakers must argue sovereignty versus lasting peace.
Dr. Frank Crane argues unions seek to control railroads for their own gain, contrasting with the need for democracy in industry. He stresses ownership by the whole people, law, and cooperation over violence, warns against class privilege, and urges restraint from both labor and capital.
Thornton W Burgess tells how Peter Rabbit endures hunger and danger as Reddy Fox hunts and Terror the Goshawk arrives from the Far North. Peter hides in a hollow log when Terror swoops nearby, fearing the fierce observer with blue back and white eye lines.
A reader questions service from The Whig Information Bureau by Frederic J. Haskin. The page presents sample Q and A items on topics from nationality and idioms to horse care and money redemption, with brief, sometimes humorous, responses and occasionally unsafe advice.
The text discusses ivy growth needing careful watching and pruning when dense. It then shifts to a rudimentary Q and A about materials for shingles and clothes pins, noting cedar shingles and birch pins, followed by a question about colored soldiers in the recent war and an answer stating over 400,000 African American soldiers served, many overseas.
Senator Hitchcock praised the Senate vote on Lodge’s motion to postpone consideration of the Fall amendments to the treaty. He called the result a victory for treaty supporters and interpreted the outcome as highly satisfactory for the pact’s backers.
An old newspaper ad touts Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic twinges from temperature change. It claims quick easing of muscles and aches in lumbago, sciatica, strains, and sprains, stressing non rubbing penetration and relief. Available from druggists in 35c, 70c, and $1.40 sizes.
Senator Hitchcock quoted saying they defeated postponement and set a definite day for Fall amendments. He noted the vote would occur this week with Reed the sole Democratic defection and two Republicans voting for the date while many Republicans favor the merits and oppose the amendments. Lodge tried to delay the vote.
Albany Sept 24 Governor Smith ordered state troopers to Lackawanna to aid in preserving order. Twenty five cavalrymen left Albany just before midnight and a second detachment nearby was prepared to enter the city at once.
The entry recounts battles at Stamford Bridge in 1066, Columbus’s 1493 Cadiz voyage, Balboa sighting the Pacific from a mountainside in 1513, Publick Occurrences in 1690 as America’s first newspaper, and the 1850 Russian railroad opened by American engineers. It notes lineage links to England’s royal line and mentions Tostig and Guelph.
Rear Admiral G P W Hope reports off Fiume that the Pittsburgh was present when the Cardiff departed and that Olympia was ordered there. D Annunzio’s arrival led to allied troops being deprived of arms and bayonets during patrols.
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