White Hope Strong on Development Last Day of Auto Show
Final day at Mechanics Building caps the most successful motor truck exhibition yet held in the area. Attendance is expected to surpass any day since opening last Wednesday as the public, merchants, contractors and buyers show strong interest. Manufacturers and dealers claim this will be the biggest sales year in auto trucks, with the show now focusing on commercial vehicles and featuring limousines, touring cars and runabouts. The Boston event gains credit for public support and industry progress. The display includes a 10 to 12 horsepower motor with a six inch stroke, a multiple disc clutch, planetary gear-set and side chain final drive.
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Mechanics’ Building
Boston
Billy Nolan
Willie Ritchie
Billy McCarney
McCarney
Nolan
Ritchie
Wolgast
Reo Trucks Shown In Two Sizes With Varied Chasses
A Reo truck exhibit presents two chassis models with 1500 pound and two ton capacities. Standard bodies are included and special bodies can be built to suit buyers. The lighter model features a 9 inch wheel base while the larger uses a 11 inch wheel base. The 1500 pound truck uses a single cylinder horizontal engine mounted under the body with a 4 2 4 inch bore and a starter.
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Reo
Massachusetts Highway Bids Sought for Several Town Projects
Multiple notices announce sealed proposals by the Massachusetts Highway Commission for highway sections in Lunenburg Granby and Acton, with bid deposits of 2 dollars, certified checks of 250 dollars, and bid openings on set dates. Town forestry and arsenate lead supply bids in Brookline are also sought, with deadlines and deposit requirements noted. The Treasury Department calls for paper bids for stamps with bids due April 9, 1918.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Lunenburg
Ashburton Place
Boston
Mass
Commission
William D. Sohier
Frank PD. Kemp
James W. Synan
Granby
William D. Schier
Frank D. Kemp
Acton
Brookline
Forestry Dept
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
D. C
United States Internal Revenue
Joseph E. Ralph
R. EB. Cabell
Internal Revenue
Boston Notice to Use Engine at 1540 Columbus Ave Ward 22
City of Boston Building Commissioner grants J J Walsh and O permission to use a 21 horsepower engine at 1540 Columbus Ave Ward 22. Ten days notice required for objections, petition to be published in the Boston Post. Arthur G Everett Building Commissioner.
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City OF
Boston
J. J. Walsh &O
Columus Ave
Ward 22
Boston Post
Arthur G. Everett
Blake resigns from Locomobile Boston branch for New York post
Kenneth M. Blake resigns as Boston Locomobile Company of America manager to become New York sales manager for the International Motor Company. He begins May 1 and has fourteen years with Locomobile plus prior European tours. The International Motor Company makes Mack, Saurer and Hewitt motor trucks.
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Kenneth M. Blake
Boston
Locomobile Company of America
New York
International Motor Company
Blake
Europe
America
San Francisco
St. Louis
Kenneth Blake
Mack, Saurer and Hewitt
Alco Truck in Dairy Work
W. A. Blodgett of the South Lincoln Dairy Co describes using a two ton Alco truck to cut costs. Previously thirteen horses and a Cambridge stable were needed. now four horses are boarded near customers and milk is delivered from the farm to the wagon by the Alco, reducing expenses by nine horses. The truck carries a two ton load daily with one chauffeur, about sixty miles per day including Sundays.
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W.A. Blodgett
South Lincoln Dairy Company
Cambridge
W S Jewell Appointed Boston Branch Sales Manager
W S Jewell, previously district sales manager for the R C H in New York, becomes sales manager of the Kelly Springfield Boston branch. The new offices are in the Shoe and Leather building, Cambridge.
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W .S. Jewell
R-C-H
New York
Kelly-Springfield
Boston
Shoe and Leather
Cambridge
Fortnightly Steamers to Caribbean Destinations
New 8S. 8S. "Guiana" and other steamers fortnightly for St. Thomas St. Croix St. Kitts Antigua Guadaloupe Dominica Martinique St. Lucia Barbados and Demerara. For full information apply to A. E. OUTERBRIDGE & CO. Agents Quebec 8. 8. Co. Ltd. 29 Broadway New York THOS. COOK & SON 336 Washington St Boston or any Ticket Agent.
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Guiana
St. Thomas
St. Croix
St. Kitts
Antigua
Guadaloupe
Dominica
Martinique
St. Lucia
Barbados
Demerara
A. E. Outerbridge & CO
Quebec
Brothers in Harvard Athletics Show Notable Sibling Talent
The Harvard athletic scene features seven pairs of brothers active in sports with anticipation of at least three more pairs next year. The article argues that athletic prowess is born, not made, citing these sibling competitors at Cambridge University.
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Harvard
Cambridge University
Presnt
Halpin Out with Tonsilitis Alters Local Athletic Meet
Brooklyn tonight features the J B Taylor quarter mile with Halpin sidelined by tonsillitis. Meredit h may face Young and Howe while LeMarin in boxing and Sockalexis in the marathon draw local interest.
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Tom Halpin
Brooklyn
J. B. Taylor
Halpin
Meredith
Donald Young
Amherst
Howe
Harvard Athletes Welcome New Family Names in 1916 Season
Harvard will see Brickley, Wendell and Cummings join a growing list of athletic families. The Hardwick and Felton brothers lead football and baseball lines, with Abeles twins in crew and Moffat brothers in track and hockey. Waterman brothers form the famed battery in baseball, while Brickley’s younger George enters as a promising freshman.
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Hardwick
Felton
Abeles
Moffat
Withington
Trumbull
Waterman
Harvard
Brickley
Wendell
Cummings
Tacks
Sam Felton
Charles T. Abeles
Sandy’ Moffat
Donald
Paul
Lothrop
Harvard Medical School
Frederic
Trumbulls
Abeles Twins
Franklin Trumbull
Wallie Trumbull
Waterman Brothers
Fall River
Sheldon
John
Brother
Charley Brickley
George
George Brickley
Everett
Charley
Cross Country Run Set in East Boston April under Holy Name
The Holy Name Literary Society schedules a 10 mile cross country event in East Boston on April 19 with entry blanks via W. F. O. Reagan. News notes discuss disputed indoor records and upcoming wrestling cards led by Emil Le Croix vs Cyclone Burns in Cambridge, plus a Trevardi vs Butler preliminary.
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East Boston
Holy Name Literary Society
W. F. O. Reagan
Tom Halpin
Driscoll
New York
A. A. U. Record Committee
Buffalo
Cambridge
Emil le Croix
Cyclone Burns
le Croix
Bob Fowler
George V. Tuohey
Burns
Joe Trevardi
Crackajack Butler
Brockton
Goodyear Fire Truck Tires Presented As Final Solution
F H Sawyer of Goodyear Tire explains at the Boston Commercial Car Show that fire trucks need tires with different strengths. He notes no single tire fits all demands for speed weight and traction, but four Goodyear fire truck tires collectively meet the varied requirements.
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F. H. Sawyer
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Boston
Goodyear Fire Truck
Yale Heavers Are Canned After Training Violations
Four Yale pitchers Ripley Pendleton Gile and Buster Brown were sent home from the South after attending a dance at Old Point Comfort past curfew. Gile and Brown were regular varsity pitchers last season while Pendleton and Ripley were freshman box men. The incident marks an unusually harsh penalty for a minor training rule infraction.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Old Point Comfort
Ripley
Pendleton
Gile
Buster Brown
Brown
Rainstorm Halts Dartmouth Work
Hanover N H March 25 A heavy rainstorm and darkness disrupted Dartmouth 1916 infielders as Coach Wood tried yearling ball tossers in the Alumni gym. The varsity second team game was canceled and the squad's Southern trip selection looms with about 27 players contending and at least 14 expected to go South.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Colby Arranges 1913 Football Schedule
Waterville Me March 25 Colby plans six game schedule for 1913 season with Brown at Providence Dartmouth at Hanover Rhode Island State at Waterville Bowdoin at Waterville Maine at Orono and Bates at Lewiston.
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Waterville
Colby
Dartmouth
Hanover
Brown
Providence
Rhode Island State
Bowdoin
University of Maine
Orono
Bates
Lewiston
Luther McCarty Set Up as Potential Champion in Boxing Era
The piece praises Luther McCarty’s frame and potential while noting his limited defense and punching power. It contrasts him with era heavyweights and boxers from the Corbett-McCoy lineage, references upcoming matches and figures like Sam Langford, Jeffries, Klaus, McGoorty, Coffey, and Rodel, and mentions New England boxing events and officials in Boston and Portsmouth.
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McCarty
Jeff Madden
South Boston
Luther
Wells
Smith
Corbett
Jeffries
Johnson
Sam Langford
Sam McVey
Australia
Greatest Truck Show Ever Held At Mechanics Building
The motor truck show at Mechanics building closes with manufacturers praising the event. George H. Hudson of Alco Boston says this year’s show is ahead of all others, amid strong business interest and a forecast of over 50 000 trucks placed in service next year.
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Mechanics’ Building
George H. Hudson
Alco
Boston
Model Store Invite Extends Welcome to Boston Visitors
A public notice invites friends across New England to visit the model store on Federal Street Boston highlighting central location near South Station proximity to North Station Subway and Tunnel connections. It promises courteous sales staff and equal attention to mail orders and in person purchases.
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New England
Federal Street
Boston
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