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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1920
Page
10
Elizabeth Payne age 86, first cousin of Abraham Lincoln, died Wednesday of heart trouble and was buried Friday in Ogden. She was a daughter of William Hall and born in Louisville Kentucky.
James W. McGraw, Republican national committee man from Oklahoma, has accepted the post as vice chairman of the Leonard Wood national campaign committee, announced today from Chicago.
A collage of automotive quips and ads cites Ted Urban performing a skillet glide with a Birney car, jokes about Make-UR-Own batteries, and Clough-Reihm denying Volstead liability. Henry Geise extols Buick supremacy in a long list of positives, while other notes poke fun at auto law and industry nods.
A fragmented comic column snippet explores Charlie Engler and a bygone chimney era, a sedan visit to a state street storehouse once run by Charlie Grimmed, and a surreal talk about embalming fluid and odd labels. The text weaves rural slang, street scenes, and absurd mock dialogues with little coherent narrative.
A wartime style term is used to describe a chauffeur who has knocked down five pedestrians. The government reportedly relies on scriptural language in recruitment. A note mentions rigging up a horse on wheels to aid the recruiting service and a lost wind shield with a request to return it to the post office motor cycle driver.
A nationwide push for reform in automobile purchasing emerges with calls for clearer pricing and fair dealer practices. Advocates urge stronger consumer protections and standardized disclosures to curb hidden fees and misleading terms.
John D. Mansfield of Dart Motor Car notes buyers no longer accept every claim from salesmen. Prospects study mechanical features and engineering practices, often asking for specifics like rear axles before making a purchase. The shift requires salesmen to provide concrete technical explanations rather than generic assurances.
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