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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1918
Page
9
Practical advice for buyers and owners of secondhand cars covering ignition, lubrication, starting methods, battery care, tire selection, and maintenance. Highlights include avoiding grit in grease, proper engine warming, oxygen use cautions, battery protection, correct tire inflation, and grease levels in transmission and differential.
Oakland Motor Car announces a sixty dollar price rise for all 1918 Sensible Six models. Sidney B. Bowman, local distributor, says the increase, effective March 1, reflects surging costs in raw materials and labor. He cites sharp climbs in gray iron, steel, alloy steel, brass, glass, and paint as factors behind the move.
The piece praises Federal trucks for enduring harsh winter conditions across the nation. It notes heavy snows and freezing temperatures disrupted fuel and rail movement, halted trains, and blocked streetcars, while trucks demonstrated essential delivery capability and reliability in extreme cold. Old King Winter could not restrain these vehicles.
Four young men from New York rode a smooth car to Bridgeport on a Sunday night. They sped to South Norwalk to remove chains, leaving a pair of pliers on the running board. The pliers were found later after the car reached Bridgeport. A Bridgeport divine who was in the party vouches for the tale.
An influential writer praises the American auto industry as a vital war support, arguing cars sustain five million Americans during the conflict. The piece warns against harming motor production and links open air activities to women’s health, noting the popularity of motoring, outdoor events, and light sports for girls and women.
A compilation of reader questions about rear axle behavior with a differential, carburetor leaks and starting in cold weather, valve clearances after cold drives, oxygen use to remove carbon, brake release issues, intermittent misfiring on a 1913 1916 era cars, and a note on bread cards in neutral Sweden with a humorous wedding invitation.
The Motor Vehicle department reports about 55,000 operator licenses issued to date in 1918. In 1917 roughly 100,000 licenses were issued, so about half the annual total has already qualified for 1918. Enforcement officers are directed to ensure every driver holds a 1918 license and applications for April registrations are accepted with rebates honored to that date.
New York's latest auto service station opens in a one floor concrete building at 6 W 57th Street near 12th Avenue. Van Cortlandt Vehicle Corporation distributes Peerless cars and trucks and designed a daylight station with two street level entrances, skylights, and a large customer lounge.
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