Auto Show Crowds Break All Records
The article highlights record crowds at the auto show and details exhibits from Mathewson and Marquette branches offering complete service in Boston. It notes Roy A. Faye and R. T. Nelson in Boston roles, and describes Marion and Penn motor cars along with De Dion Bouton eight-cylinder models and Boston's display of luxury chassis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathewson
Boston
New England
Roy A. Faye
Matheson Automobile Company
Commonwealth Avenue
New
Clifton C. Edwards
Marquette
Boylston Street
Middle West
Remarkable Silent Knight Cars Still Run In Reno Livery
In Reno Nevada two six year old Silent Knight cars built by Charles Y Knight in 1906 remain in daily mountain service owned by George E Porter of the Golden Hotel. The sleeves valve motors keep them quiet and strong as they traverse rugged terrain, drawing attention amid Stearns Knight car interest.
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J. H. MacAlman
Columbia
Stearns
MacAlman
Reno
Nev
Knight
Charles Y. Knight
George E. Porter
Golden Hotel
Stearns-Knight
Stearns Company
Porter
Everitt Cars Exhibit Strong at Boston Show
J. S. Harrington & Co New England distributors showcase Everitt Motor Car Company models at Boylston street with three chasses the Six-48 the Four-36 and the Thirty. The Six-48 features chrome nickel steel wheelbase 127 inches 36 by 4 tires and a self starter. The Four-36 departs from earlier designs while the Thirty remains high in perfection and simplicity with noted reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Harrington & Co
New England
Everitt
Boylston Street
Everitt Motor Car Company
Two Jackson Exhibits At The Auto Show
Two Jackson exhibits attract crowds at the automobile show with models upstairs including the Model 52 touring car and Model 26 roadster, and basement displays featuring the Model 62 show chassis and the Model 42 and 32 torpedo types. The 1912 lineup includes five and two passenger torpedo cars with inside control and magneto battery ignition, varying wheel bases from 100 to 124 inches and tire sizes 32x3 12 to 386x4 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Jackson Company
Oakland Hosts Rosemaid Troupe at Auto Show
The Rosemaid company touring the Colonial Theatre will be entertained by the Oakland Motor Car Company on Friday afternoon. After a brief stop at 391 Boylston street they proceed to the show in Oakland cars. A 6 pm dinner at the Hotel Lenox honors the organization and press. Oakland day features thousands of jonquils at the Oakland booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. MacNeill
Penn Motor Car Company of
New England
Penn Motor Car Company
New Castle
Penn
Pittsburg
Dustin
William Farnum
Boston Theatre
Selden
Selden Booth
Park and Tilford
Oakland
Rosemaid
Oakland Motor Car Company
Colonial Theatre
Boylston Street
Lenox
First Martin Tractor Arrives In Boston Streets
The P. S. Huckins Lumber Company of East Boston places the Knox Auto mobile Martin Tractor in service on city streets. Delivered by Underhill Company, this one wheel device attaches to a wagon front axle and pulls like horses, offering motor transport for businesses needing wagon body construction. The Knox Company will display a tractor at the Motor Truck Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S. Huckins Lumber Company
Boston
Martin
Knox Automobile Company
Underhill Company
Knox Company
Well balanced car shows at White Ware & Leatherbee booth
The article notes that a well balanced car with a rigid frame and properly proportioned units delivers a smoother ride and better tire wear. At the White, Ware & Leatherbee booth the Bergdoll 4x6 chassis demonstrates these principles, with a long stroke motor and added transmission support enhancing performance and weight distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White, Ware & Leatherbee
Transmissio
Long Court Fight Over Carney Fortune Near Settlement
The dispute over Andrew Carney’s estate, including the Carney Hospital endowment, appears settled after years of Massachusetts court action. Trustees Warren and Reggio faced claims from Mrs Mary Rhodes and her children over building the Carney structure, asset divisions, and wheeling of a Dorchester wharf share. The Probate Court case concluded with trustees’ actions upheld and final, non-appealable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carney
Carney Hospital
Massachusetts
Winslow Warren
Andrew C. Reggio
Carney
Tremont Street
Mr. Reggio
Andrew C. Regi
Mary, Rhodes
Rome
Genevieve Josephine
Gioppi di Turkheim
Elizabeth Beatrice Pazzoli
England
Nicholas Rhodes
Mary Frances Candia
London
Carmelita M. Rhodes
Wallace Eaton Rhodes
Brighton
Dorchester Avenue
Rhodes
Boston
Justice McKim
Probate Court
Supreme Court approves trustees investment and sale deeds
The court decrees approved the trustees acts investing in the Carney building. It also validated the sale of one third interest in the Dorchester wharf to Andrew C. Reggio and ordered trustees to pay $100,000 with interest from 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Carney Building
Dorchester Wharf
Andrew C. Reggio
Boy Impaled On Picket Dies In Hospital
Hinsdale March 6 The body of Ellsworth Surdam aged 4 was brought home today from Boston where he died last night in a hospital. The boy slid down a hill when his sled struck a fence and a picket pierced his stomach. An operation in Boston failed to save him.
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Hinsdale
Ellsworth Surdam
Boston
Surdam
Girl Sneeze Breaks Rib in Derby Like Past Accident
New York March 6 Miss Eva Taylor 19 a Yorkto Heights student broke a rib yesterday while sneezing The injury matched a prior fracture in a Derby Connecticut runaway carriage accident exactly at the same location as before
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New York
Eva Taylor
Yorkto Heights
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Matheson
H. P. Marion
Marion
New Penn Motor Factory
Chicago
MacNeill
George Bonney
B. A. Robinson
Oldsmobile Company
de Dion Bouton
Boston Motor Company
Brewster & Co
E. Lascaris
de Dion Bouton American
de Dion
Ford
f.Co
Detroit
F.o.b
F B
Eee Avenue
Cadillac Automobile Company OF
Mass
Stearns-Haight
Everitts
Peerless
Waltham
Copley Square Hotel
Penn “Aristocrat
Fisk
Fisk Tire
San Francisco
Maine
Texas
Dunlop
Fisk Rubber Company
Chicopee Falls
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