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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1920
Page
13
In Birmingham England a glass eye manufacturer headlines the trade with a 6000 eye stock. The firm claims to match any eye in any head, underscoring the city’s role as a glass trade hub.
Fragmented musings mix jokes about gas price and a radiator repair with a quip about a train collision and Easter eggs. The piece references a new car purchase, Hoard of Directors, and a venting of frustrations toward a character named Rocky and Rockefeller.
A fragment list jokes about using eggs around cars for tricks and repairs. It suggests shells in gas tanks and air chambers, smashing old eggs near a car to deter visitors, egg shampoo for auto tops, and warns of bankruptcy or legal trouble if pursued. It ends with a fox hunting anecdote about misdirection.
Railroads push motor truck trials to aid freight and passenger service on short hauls. Palatine Lake Zurich and Wauconda railway runs an 8 ton FWD truck on a 16 mile Wauconda to Palatine route, carrying 80 passengers with a five ton trailer. The truck uses six gallons per 2 mile round trip, climbs a seven percent grade loaded, and operates from morning till night. Additional motor lines reportedly open from Fargus to Tipperary.
Dr Henry L Whipple will take the agency for the new Holmes Aircooled car in this territory and promote sales. He will return with a seven passeng er Holmes for demonstration showcasing economy, easy riding and air cooled engine designed by Mr Holmes. Germany reports 3,000,000 goats in 1918, goats milk rising as cow milk substitute during the war.
Ex officio high school boards from Pike and Brown counties will meet in Perry next Wednesday to hear petitions for withdrawing territory from the Chambersburg community high school district. Miss Manessa Gooude and Miss Clara Murphy are among locals visiting relatives. Several residents travel and attend events including Easter services and a Shiloh battlefield reunion, with local obituaries and missing person reports noted.
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