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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1920
Page
9
An editorial warns that some automobile dealers use inflated trade in values to lure buyers. It cites three dealers offering $300, $450, and $500 for a $1,500 class car, with the highest offer built on a 40 percent discount, masking true value and deceiving consumers.
The article warns against aggressive price cutting in car trades arguing it lowers profits for dealers and misleads buyers. It notes many dealers take cars in trade to satisfy demand but warns against those who slash prices on all trades, creating an unfair market and leaving buyers feeling cheated.
West Virginia faces a $100,000 revenue loss as about ten thousand automobiles have not paid license fees this year. Major C. P. Fortney, chairman of the state road commission, announced the figure yesterday.
Keeper Harry Kinney announces a newborn lion cub at the Central Park Zoo born last Tuesday. The five pound cub grows fast and is thriving under Helen the eight eenteen year old Abyssinian lioness, with Akbar the ten year old sire. The cubs are distributed to zoos nationwide as crowds gather at the viewing door.
In Anchorage on August 7, veterans who once paid high prices for simple meals on trains between Seward and Anchorage find relief with a buffet car offering the menu at low rates. A mountain trout dinner with bacon costs 1.25, boiled or fried Matanuska potatoes 0.15, fruit 0.25, coffee 0.10, while meats remain pricier due to transport costs. officials expect more home grown meat soon.
A bundle of Marlborough manuscripts tied to 1708 campaigns against Canada and Nova Scotia sold for 950 pounds at London auction. A second folio Shakespeare brought 120 pounds. The report notes a small New Zealand cuckoo crossing a 120 mile ocean span to winter in Australia.
Experts from the tire repair school at B. F. Goodrich in Akron say rim cuts cause many tires to be junked though most rim cut tires can be repaired. They urge motorists to choose repairmen who can fix rim cuts and avoid unnecessary disposal.
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