Apperson Auto Plant Expands Capacity in Kokomo
Apperson Bros Automobile Company in Kokomo Indiana is adding a new building to increase capacity by one third. The expansion will largely house testing departments where vehicles are inspected before leaving the factory. A visiting European expert praised Kokomo operations as closely matching leading European factories.
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Apperson Bros. Automobile Company
Kokomo
Ind
Apperson
Appersons
Europe
Federal Rubber Co Opens Atlanta Branch
The Federal Rubber Company of Milwaukee announces a new Atlanta branch to open May 20 at 170 Peach Tree Street. It will offer tires tubes solid and truck tires and molded goods. G M Seewald heads the branch, bringing ten years as Morgan Wright local rep and prior work with Alexander Seewald. The move follows strong southern expansion after a busy first year.
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Federal Rubber Company
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Peachtree Street
G. M. Seewald
Alexander-Seewald Company
Morgan & Wright
General Motors to issue interesting stock statement
General Motors Company bulletin in Automotive Topics previews an upcoming statement to stockholders. It notes 1903 earnings nearly retire the preferred stock and assets exceed four times the outstanding stock. It cites the 40,000 annual production target for 1910, the world’s largest car plant on 49 acres, with power equipment investment of 1.2 million dollars.
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General Motors Company
United States
Hupmobile Engine Powers Heavy Truck Test
Details report a 20 horsepower Hupmobile engine used in a 5500 pound truck with load to 6580 pounds achieving 16 mph. Portland, Oregon data show a one armed driver covering 158 miles in 8 1/4 hours using seven gallons of gasoline, totaling 4000 miles in three months.
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Hupp Motor Car Company
Detroit
Portland
Ore
Primo Motor Co stock surges with rapid subscriptions
Interest runs hot across the south as Primo Motor Co in this city fills more than half of its $200,000 common stock issue. Orders for materials and factory work progress quickly, with deliveries of 1911 models expected by September 1. The firm plans commercial wagons and, possibly, a full line of delivery trucks, while engineering teams complete delivery wagon drawings and high powered truck designs.
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South
Primo Motor Company
Stoc Belita
Atlanta
tYai
Shakespeare in a Shed Unveils a Youthful Shakespeare Awakening
T P O Connor recalls a back yard shed revelation with Othello that sparked a lifelong devotion to Shakespeare. He sketches the rough theater scene of poor actors and wandering troupes, noting medical students in the crowd and the jeering crowd of youthful tongues at a sultry melodrama dancer’s entrance.
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T. P. O'Connor
Medical School
Landlord Leases To Man After Cemetery Claim
In a terse vignette from the Ladies' Home Journal a would be tenant declares he has six children in the cemetery. The landlord laments life is cheap in Afghanistan and proceeds with the lease, while the children return from the cemetery to join the home scene.
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Afghanistan
T Ladies’ Home Journal
Frayer-Miller Trucks Delivered To Atlantic Ice And Coal
The Constitution shows a three-ton Frayer-Miller Blower-cooled Truck just delivered to the Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation with more on the way. Dr MacDonald of McDonough Ga bought a two-ton Frayer-Miller Truck from Interstate Sales and has driven it home in a little over two and a half hours. The trucks are promoted as keeping the coolant life and known as the truck that delivers the goods.
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Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation
Dr MacDonald
McDonough
A. L. Dunn
Interstate Sales Company
Dong
Frayer-Miller
Windy March anecdote from Senator Depew dinner
In Washington a March wind anecdote from The Exchange Senator Depew describes an old-fashioned man who overindulged at Easter time. He stumbled homeward as a little girl in a window watched, noting the wind seemed to blow him about.
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Depew
Washington
The Real Joys Of An Automobile
A Maxwell-Briscoe Southern Company executive defines true automobile joys. He says driving a comfortable, sensible car offers health, relaxation, and relief from business worries for the motorist who acts as own chauffeur, contrasting with reckless racecourse speed and unsafe city driving.
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J. M. Austin
Maxwell-Briscoe Southern Company
Ika
Hfe
Socialist agitator clashes at street meeting over shared fate
An auditor sizes up a socialist speaker who declares the country is going to the dogs. A passerby responds with a quip about sharing. A child named Tommy asks about his birthday party as Poe invites friends, and the plan rests on asking his mother for permission.
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Tommy
Winely
Poe
Mamma
Apperson Cars Win Praise Across the Nation
The feature lauds Apperson automobiles for dependability and speed, noting their limited, quality-focused production. It highlights in-house components from motors to bodies and lists fifty models leading to 1910 with nine premier cars priced from 2000 to 4350 dollars, inviting readers to visit local salesrooms.
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Apperson
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