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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1920

Page

13

Cars and motors dominate ownership in Pennsylvania and British India

Farmers in the State of Pennsylvania own 81,505 motor cars. American made motor vehicles continue to predominate in British India.

Pennsylvania British India

Outbursts and Oddities In A Punchy Local Column

The item riffs on religious phrases and whimsical stock phrases as it notes spring automobile arrivals and a street vendor exchange. A snuff clerk is puzzled by a tire brand price joke. The tone is comic and informal with local flavor and dated humor references.

Rocky Road Roadside Drive With Pink Contract

A quirky item references a spring automobile from Van Buren on Eighth heading south. Dick Shanahan is tasked with delivering a pretty pink contract from its winter place and dusting talcum over bumps, noting it might spoil the fun for kids.

Rocky Road van Buren Dick Shanahan

End of the Line Sparks Wild Guesswork in South Park

A man at the end of the line fears an awful business in old fashioned wire bustles, worse than expected. Spring joy riders still reach South Park despite warnings. Two men burned their mustaches lighting cigarettes on a stretch, highlighting risky behavior near nature.

South Park

Tis a Feminist Age and a Damsel in Struggle on a Bad Road

A fragmentary narration describes a damsel escaping a strangle hold using French, leaving her companion and a worn path behind. The tone hints at enduring weariness and a plea to Dick to prevail, framing a harsh road as a metaphor for broader fatigue and struggle.

Akron Numatics: Akron Rubber Fans Pick Team Nickname

Akron sport writers select Numatics as the Akron International League base ball team nickname reflecting the rubber industry. The choice invites sardonic play about blowouts and punctures but earns strong rubber workers support after B F Goodrich factory contest draws several thousand employee entries on why Akron should have a winning team.

Akron B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company

No ban on use of wine for religious purposes

Washington March 21 Members of the Jewish faith may obtain wine for religious rites only through a dealer with whom a rabbi has made arrangements The rabbi may furnish wine to his con

Washington Mar

Rabbi Prohibited Wine Purchases Under IRS Rules

A religious congregation faces limits on wine use, with members restricted to ten gallons annually. The Internal Revenue Bureau instructions require the rabbi to estimate the congregation’s needs and apply to the prohibits director for permission to buy the necessary quantity.

Internal Revenue Reau

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