Auto Show This Week Opens In Mechanics Building
The 20th annual Automobile Show in Mechanics Building opens this morning for a full week from 10:00 to 22:30 daily with hundreds of cars trucks and accessories on display. The Automobile Salon in the Copley Plaza opens at 10:30 for a five day run with similar hours. Interest across New England runs high with many sales already completed and strong demand for vehicles across all price ranges.
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Mechanics Building
Automobile Salon
Copley Plaza
New England
J. H. MacAlman
Boston Automobile Dealers’ Association
Chester I. Campbell
Mechanics
Gardner Has Many Fine Features in Gardner Cars
George H. Leghorn, New England Gardner distributor, touts 30 quality features in the Gardner line including open and closed models. Notable improvements cover the four cylinder L head motor, carburetor, clutch, crankshaft weight, spiral bevel gears and driving pinion, chassis frame, vacuum tank, brake adjustment, universal joints, wheel spokes, and a hard baked enamel body finish with Alemite lubrication system.
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George H. Leghorn
New England
Gardner
Mr. Leghorn
Studebaker Year Highlights Strong Car Sales
Studebaker reports a decline in repair parts sales despite record gains in car sales, underlining the reliability of their six cylinder cars. Headquarters express satisfaction at becoming the world’s largest six cylinder car maker, with first half 1921 sales second only to Ford. Industry voices praise the reliability narrative, including Donovan of the Donovan Motor Car Company who credits rising car sales and falling parts demand with boosting public confidence.
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Studebaker
Ford
Studebakerites
J. & Donovan
Donovan Motor Car Company
Velie Motor Vibration Claims Draw Crowds in New England
A J Shorey of the New England Velie Company touts a vibrationless dirt proof long lasting motor. An engineer explains details at the Velie booth while cars outside offer rides to prove smoothness quietness and power. Sales optimism runs high with dealers signing up and expectations of Velie sales doubling in New England this year.
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A. J. Shore
A. J. Shorey
Zengland Velie Company
Mr. Shorey
New England
New Jewett Six Is Much Admired at Show
The Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company unveils the Jewett six for 1065 dollars. Aimed at quantity production, the five passenger car features a 50 horsepower engine, top speed around 60 mph, and a low ground-hugging body with long flexible springs for smooth ride.
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Jewett
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company
Paige Company of
New England
Paige Engineering
F. E. Skeetop
Paige- Detroit Motor Car Company
Gray Car Exhibition Draws Crowds at Hotel Lenox
Crowds fill the Hotel Lenox lobby as the Gray car on display repeats its prior show triumphs in New York and Chicago. Waldo Brown of Brown Motors Company credits its unique engineering, ride, and affordable price for generating overwhelming demand, with orders exceeding twenty thousand at earlier venues.
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Lenox
New York
Chicago
Waldo Brown
Brown Motors Company of
Boston
Nash cars held in high regard by Boston buyers
C P Rockwell of Rockwell Inc reports a sharp rise in Nash car sales in Boston and New England. He cites February sales up 75 percent from a year earlier and January 1922 as the strongest month yet, with orders surpassing prior year figures. C B Voorhis, Nash VP, called the Boston show among the best he has attended.
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Nash
Boston
Cc. P
C. B. Voorhis
Nash Organization
Improved Ford Carbon Proof Plug for Ford Engines
AC Spark Plug Company unveils the AC Carbon Proof Plug for Fords after tests on delivery fleets. It features removable porcelain with six knife edge ridges to burn off soot, a short stocky end for protection, rugged side electrode with natural oil drain, and a spring clip replacing the hard to handle nut. One gasket ensures tight compression. ease of replacement for mechanics.
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de Guichard
Ford
Boston
Jordan Delighted With Motor Show Opening
Edward 8. Jordan president of the Jordan Motor Car Company visited the motor show in Mechanics Building and praised the exhibition as the best he has seen. He will speak tonight at the Boston City Club on auto makers and owners relations to New England automobile clubs affiliated with the A A A.
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Edward
Boston City Club
New England Automobile Clubs
American Automobile Association
Rickenbacker Six Reaches Nationwide Distribution Inevitable
Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker announces national distribution of the Rickenbacker Six now shipping from Detroit to major centers from New York to the Golden Café. The Detroit plant, taken over five months ago, reports full production and a rapid distributor network built by seasoned executives who have long sold cars since the early days of the industry.
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Eddie V. Rickenbacker
Boston
Detroit
America
New York
Golden Cafe
Rickenbacker
Suburban Girls Basketball Standings Tie Atop League
Arlington High School girls and Watertown High School girls share the league lead with three wins each, followed by Winchester High School girls in third and Lexington High School girls trailing.
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Arlington High School
Watertown High School
Winchester High School
Lexington High School
New Star Car Attracts Large Crowds in City Showroom
The Star car by Durant Motors drew many visitors as the five passenger model debut appeared at Collins Motor Car Company showroom. Priced at 348 dollars, the conventional four cylinder car uses Red Seal Continental motor and features a tubular backbone chassis and streamlined five passenger body. Durant aims for mass production by June 1 across multiple plants under Star Motors Inc distribution.
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W. C. Durant
Continental
Durant
Fall River Man Killed In Auto Upset Near Taunton
Daniel J Sullivan twenty six of Fall River was killed when his car overturned on North Raynham road after striking a switch in the tracks. W Travis Banton of New York was thrown clear and treated for head injuries. Banton and Sullivan were returning from a trip. the car was found upside down with motor running. Sullivan, Yale ’21 graduate, had recently returned from Danzig where he served in the consular service. He leaves parents two brothers and three sisters.
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Daniel J. Sullivan
Wood Street
Fall River
Daniel F. Sullivan
Danzig
North Raynham
Sullivan
W. Travis Banton
Banton
New York
Walter Leach
Leach
William A. Pierce
Morton Hospital
Ar Atea
Charles A. Atwood
Yale
Honor Memory of Col. Young at Memorial Service
Memorial service for Colonel Charles Young, highest ranked colored officer, held in A M E Zion Church in South End. Massachusetts officials Governor Fuller and Mayor Curley spoke along with military and religious leaders lauding Young’s Army service and West Point achievements. local memorial committee led by William Clarence Mathews organized.
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United States Army
Liberia
A. M. E. Zion Church
Columbus Avenue
Northampton Streets
South End
Alvan T. Fuller
West Point
Coxas
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Curley
General Cole
American Legion
Eb, E. Thompson
Massachusetts Baptist Church of Cambridge
Isaac M. Mullen
Robert A. Bell Post
Benjamin W. Swain
David S. Klugh
William Clarence Mathews
Power of Monarch in Industry on the Wane
Dr William M Leisterton told a Ford Hall audience that industrial power shifts resemble England's historic struggle toward constitutional democracy with mutual representation for employers and employees. He warned the monarch’s right to hire and fire must be exercised justly and without discrimination.
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England
William M. Leiserton
House of Commons
House of Lords
Dr. Leiserson
You Need Not Have a Cold if You Take Bromoin Tablets
Public ad urges taking Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets at first signs of a cold. Claims quick relief and prevention of full illness. Distributed as a cigarette-era health ad.
Adie Sells New Hampshire Summer Home and Farms
Andrew Adie, former head of United States Worsted Company, has placed his New Hampshire properties on the market including a lakefront summer home at Centre Harbor and several farms along the Daniel Webster highway in Holderness. He denies recent authorization for auction and says the holdings may be sold privately, testing plans once rumored for a major New England horse ranch.
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United States
Andrew Adie
New Hampshire
Lake Winnipesaukee
Centre Harbor
Holderness
Daniel Webster
Adle
New England
Adie
Meredith
N. T
N. H
George Armstrong
Lady Ambrose Boynter Opens Interior Decorating Shop
Lady Ambrose Boynter wife of a noted London architect announces a new venture as a house decorator to complement her husband’s constructive work by beautifying interiors in a metropolitan setting.
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Ambrose Boynter
London
Parish Listens to Pastor by Radio
Several hundred parishioners at First Methodist Church Medford Otis street heard Rev. D Harold Hickey preach via radio with Otis male quartet selections from Meckford Hillside. It was the first successful test in the eastern part of the country. The sermon titled The Jewel and Its Case was broadcast after the church service. C Warren Cameron assisted by Larry Littlefield operated the receiver.
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First Methodist Church
Otis’ Street
Medford
D. Harold Hickey
Otis
Meckford Hillside
Hickey
C. Warren Cameron
The
Massadetts Radio School
Larry Littlefield
Star of the Sea Holy Name Society stages A Little Bit of Irish in East Boston
The Star of the Sea Holy Name Society premiered A Little Bit of Irish yesterday afternoon in East Boston testing its dramatic ability before a private audience.
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Boston
Star of the Sea Holy Name Society
Success of three act comedy at St. Marys Hall East Boston
The production was pronounced a success by those present and followers of amateur theatrics anticipate the next performance of the three act comedy at St Marys Hall East Boston on the evening of March 17 St Patrick s.
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Dience
St. Mary's Hall
East Boston
St. Patrick's Night
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