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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1920
Page
17
A New Haven driver escaped a severe wreck when his Paige Larchmont with Disteel Wheels absorbed impact from a sudden curb-side turn by another car. The wheel alone bore the force, protecting the front axle and reducing injuries to William Goodman to a sprained wrist.
A 1913 South Africa roadster has withstood seven years of rough trails. A 1914 Buick in Seattle has logged over 118000 miles. A Nebraska Buick Model 38 serves its owner nine years with large uptime. A C 37 has 25000 miles in Kansas in two years with only 25 dollars in repairs. Buicks also aid humanitarian work.
The Overland achieved 27.2 miles per gallon in an 8442 mile continuous test across varied weather and roads. Distributors provided drivers, some skilled, some not, to evaluate real-world stamina and efficiency under harsh conditions. Logs show improving performance as the trip progressed.
An Essex five passenger touring car completed New York to San Francisco in 4 days 14 hours 43 minutes covering 3847 miles to claim the transcontinental record, beating the prior best by 12 hours 48 minutes. A second Essex from New York to San Francisco finished in 4 days 19 hours 17 minutes, surpassing the previous eastward time by over 22 hours.
Essex distributors and dealers supervised the trip with about 25 drivers from their organizations. The westbound car set a New York to Chicago record of 24 hours 48 minutes 50 seconds, beating the former best by a wide margin.
Instructions describe using a shallow dam of putty around the spark plug top and filling with kerosene to soak for 12 hours. The kerosene loosens rust, allowing the plug to be unscrewed.
A simple tool uses a faucet attached to a pail to fill the radiator. The device rests on the hood during filling, reducing effort and handling. It promises to save time and labor in radiator maintenance.
To eliminate squeaks in the brake system remove the wheel and band and cut out a short bit of lining between the rivets under the anchor. The lining will hold just as firmly as before.
A mechanically inclined motorist can mend a cracked water jacket by drilling a small hole at each end of the crack and tapping it.
A craftsman describes fixing a copper plug by scraping a crack with soft copper filings and melting them in with a blow torch. Flux is rosin dissolved in alcohol to aid bonding.
Relatives of Emmett Burke the brakeman killed on the Union Pacific train have been located One sister lives in Washington and a brother in Greenacres Washington Funeral arrangements wait for instructions from them A large delegation of Union Pacific trainmen and Ellis members accompanied Burke to burial and the body lies Sanborn Indiana for burial of parents Mr and Mrs John A Cannon were visiting their daughter and son in law
A fragment states Mr and Mrs 8 A Warn of 2516 O Neil street were present at their son's death and together with others took the body to Iowa. The snippet provides limited context but indicates a family involved in transport of the deceased to Iowa.
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