Ford Times endorses keeping youths on the farm with cars
The Ford Times article on Keeping the Boy on the Farm prompts letters from Ford enthusiasts and parents praising cars for contentment with rural life. A Bloomington pair set a touring record in a Model T, using 20 gallons for 846 miles, about 40 mpg. Goggles advice urges amber, large, close fitting lenses to protect eyes on cars and motorcycles.
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Ford Times
Ford Motor Company
Ford
C. W. Nichols
W.C. Hanson
Bloomington
Ill
Washington, D. C
Modern car design and seven ages of auto life
An expert notes that engine attachment affects ride smoothness and longevity, arguing three point support stabilizes motion and reduces wear. Actor Gus Williams riffs on Paraphrased Seven Ages of Man, describing his Mitchel Six and a playful lifetime in cars across his touring schedule, ending in the seventh age of car possession.
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Gus Williams
Williams
Racing and the rise of speed car design
Wm. T. White of Mercer Automobile Co asserts racing has greatly benefited the auto industry and spurred lightweight high efficiency cars. He argues racing teaches design over brute strength and that tracks and well engineered cars will advance touring models. The piece reviews Elwood Haynes and his Complete Motorist, noting Haynes as a pioneering figure in the automotive age.
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Racing Benepfus
Wm. T. White
Mercer Automobile Company
Europe
Haynes
America
Elwood Haynes
Elwood
Merconi
Borneo
Greenwich Hospital gift builds maternity pavilion noted
Fairfield County News reports Greenwich Hospital association states George F. Dominick donated a maternity pavilion to house five ward patients five private rooms and an infants ward. Also covered: court ruling in McDermott v McDermott, new state road completion in Lonetown district, Shelton house fire, Post Road collision near Nigger Hole Hill, Cities Service dividend changes, and an advertisement for Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound against croup.
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Greenwich Hospital Association
George F. Dominick
Lonetown
Redding
Redding Center
Patrick, Smith
Shelton
Post Road
Mortimer Smith
Stamford
Samuel Weiner
Port Chester
Nigger Hole Hill
Greenwich
Boston Post Road
Cities Service Company
Danbury
Bethel
Croup
Foley
P. H. Ginn
Middletown
Hindle
Adv
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Arthur L. Clare
Main N Street
Selders Motor
Selden
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the Blue Ribbon Garage Inc
Packard
Fairfield and
New Haven Counties
Harland
Howard Ave
Bridgeport
Conn
Metropolitan Auto & Carriage Co
Grand Street
Platt Company
H. S. Platt
Automobile _News
Mitchell-Lewis
Ition
Fairfield County News
Scott
Court of Common Pleas
John R. McDermott
Thomas McDermott
Bridgeport Body CO
Peerless Biog
A. W. Terry
Pres
Tel. 1604 Co. W. Seward, Treas
Chandler
Bulkley’s Auto Station
Patrfield Ave
Automobile Club of Great Britain
Detroit
Cadillac Motor Car CO
Robert M. Alson
Mer
Stromberg Carbureteers
Splitdorff Magnetos
Maxwell and
Oakland
H. M. Ford
Main Street
Columbus
Hurd Avenue
Studebaker
The
Elm Auto Co
State ST
Blue Ribbon Auto & Carriage Co
Cannon Street
E. A. Godfrey
H. Woods
Secy. and
Tress
Housatonic Ave
Congress Street
THOR
Empire Cycle CO
Main St
Gus C. Mullen
Fermer
D. M. Mend
East Main Street
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