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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1918
Page
6
A quirky narration shows Ima Nutt installing a desk and bell to manage customers and plan work. Ed explains the system, the assistant rings a bell, and a quick, calm service approach is described amid odd dialogue and cautionary notes about handling customers and engine work.
A miscellany of automotive advice covers speedometer drive inspection battery care and charging, gear changing with new clutches, wire wheels inspection and lubrication, emergency grease for brakes and engine parts, and notes on improving ticket sales training for women workers amid wartime transportation shifts.
The Holt Manufacturing Company expands its plant in Ohio to fulfill a large U S government contract for military tractors. Four months are allotted to complete the work, with up to 100000 workers needed, as construction is overseen by the army corps and materials arrive. The article also notes the Courier-Journal's fiftieth anniversary and broader reflections on Reconstruction and religion.
Tire repair is presented as an art requiring expert service to maximize mileage and minimize expense as tire costs rise. Distributors of United States Tires at 342 Fairfield Ave Bridgeport, Conn. offer this service with contact number 6030 Barnum.
Report from Major Willian Brown notes Cole Aero Eights used by American Expeditionary Forces in France. Tester praises durability and performance, saying a motor car provided by Cole was used to inspect frontline activities. Test driver felt at home driving an Indiana made automobile abroad.
A Newport News dispatch reports that Southern colored women, who had long done heavy cotton field work, have struck over wages rather than hours. They protest governmentProvided allowances while men serve in the army, and a compulsory work law is being considered to force work and end perceived idle earnings.
A Pat charms two swells who ask for seating in his pig led wagon to a fair. He replies he cannot switch seats, as he had promised to take only those as good as themselves. Chicago News notes a critique of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Carrie Chapman Catt as infidels in a Telegraph quote.
The article outlines how motor trucks solved transport bottlenecks for 900 million bushels of wheat and bumper grain crops by speeding fertilizer seed and garden produce to farms and markets. It highlights rural express service, improved milk collection in Loveland Colorado with a cooperative creamery using three motor tracks, and the broader impact on farmers, creameries, and consumers.
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