Shelly Said:

Copyright of reported testimony in a defunct newspaper?

We Answered:

the copyright rules in effect 70 years ago were quite different than current. Hopefully you can find a copy of the complete paper. The copyright notice would have to appear on the first or second page, usually where the editor and publisher info is printed. Publication without notice places the entire work in public domain (except for credited sources). Placement of copyright notice without actual registration was illegal. Anything first published before about 1963 would have required at the least one periodic renewal of copyright, failure to timely renew put work in public domain. It is unlikely that any small town paper could afford the cost to register every edition at the copyright office, or pay the newal fees every 28 years for every edition.

even if the copyrights were payed and renewed, the use of short extracts from an article would certainly fall under fair use guidelines.

Marilyn Said:

how to write business quotations?

We Answered:

In modern business set-up, it require utmost care to write any business quotation because of its financial, legal and overall serious business implications.

Various factors, besides writing in serial-item wise description, should be kept in mind. The various terms and conditions including validity period; credit, discounts, incentives etc; prices as of FOB/CIF/C&F/Ex-factory-godown and any scope of negotiations do form an integral part of good business sense while quoting.