U S Leads in Rubber Tire Use for Air Mail Plans
The United States, already the largest tire consumer, eyes a big rise as air mail service between New York and Texas nears. Post Office bids target landing stations on routes with 500 acre sites. Goodrich tires back aviation, planning to meet growing demand as air travel expands.
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Uncle Sam
United States Mail
Washington
Post Office Department
New York
Texas
Uwea
Ird
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Glenn H. Curth
Wright Brothers
Curtis
Lake Erie
Goodrich
Hammondaport
N. Y
America
Air Service
Goodrich Silvertown
Barleson
Alva Bradley
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Airplane Committee
Boston
Automobile and Allied Industries
Oh, Dean. Reggie Bags No Quail Hunting Tale
The Florida Times Union notes a light hunting day as Reggie misses quail due to missing regular hunting partners. It references humorous banter about the outing and attire.
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Dean
Reggie
Florida Times-Union
Windsor VT merchant runs five Overland delivery cars daily
J B Callan of Windsor Vermont builds a large business on five Overland light delivery cars. The fleet delivers orders by 8:30, covers six to seven miles per car, speeds up service, and even handles meat shipments from White River Junction. He credits savings and growth to the car fleet and plans more expansion if reverting to horse delivery.
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Windsor
J.B. Callan
Callan
Catan
Calg Lan
White River Junction
Motor Tracks Will Replace Freight Cars
Residents along the main routes note the rising use of auto trucks hauling goods nationwide. The war boosts this transport form, with heavily loaded war trucks daily moving toward the seaboard. The piece urges expanded road construction and maintenance, especially on major arteries like the Lincoln Highway, to prepare for motor truck growth in the next two years.
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Seaboard
East Liverpool
Ohio
Morning Tribune
Auto Travel Standardized Across California
Oakland reports the California Traffic Officers association is formed with headquarters in Oakland to standardize traffic regulations state wide. The group aims to create a uniform system for city and urban highway traffic to benefit police and the public.
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Oakland
Cal
Mar
California Traffic Officers’ Association
California
Movement to uniform interstate traffic handling endorsed
The passage notes widespread invitations to public officials across nearly every state to nationalize the movement for uniform interstate traffic handling. It highlights benefits for long distance motor travel and especially for trans continental travelers on the Lincoln highway, with support from the California Traffic Officers association and endorsement by the Lincoln Highway association.
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California Traffic Officers’ Association
Lincoln Highway Association
Tourism Spurs Heavy Traffic On Lincoln Highway
Chicago dispatch notes an expected surge in cross country travel as 1918 approaches. Auto makers report rising retail sales for trips, hotels and garages along the Lincoln Highway brace for peak business while the Lincoln Highway Association in Detroit reports a record volume of road information inquiries. The route will carry visitors to Gettysburg and other revolutionary era sites, with feeder routes to Yellowstone and Yosemite now open for travel this year.
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Chicago
Lincoln Highway Association
Detroit
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Centre
Wyo
Laramie
Lake City
Utah
Pacific Coast
Yosemiteeee Park
Tioga Road
Automobiles Modernize Stage Travel Between Walla Walla and Dayton
A. Broxton operates a major stage line by automobile between Walla Walla and Dayton, Washington. The 30 mile route runs twice daily for a 120 mile round trip and has rarely missed scheduled times, with only six days lost in nine months. The Oldsmobile odometer reads 30 701 miles and fuel use averages about ten thousand miles per set of tires.
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Broxton
Walla Walla
Dayton
Wash
Double Wyoming Highway Spending Meets National Rise
Wyoming plans 1918 highway outlays of 80000 dollars, compared with last year’s 400000. National totals show state and federal road spending reaching about 263 million dollars for the coming year, with 144 million spent last year. Officials call road building a vital, war‑time effort and note the highway program outpaces auto production growth.
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Wyoming
Goodrich Rubber, Company
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Winona
Winona Oil Corporation
Powder River Oi
Casper
Western Oil World
Ohio Oil Company
A. Winona
Powder River
Sya
Dickert
Carey Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Overland
Vermont
Mary
Ald
Weny Baee
Haren Tate
Paige Essex
Paige
Detroit Motor Car Company
Detroit, Michigan
W. H. Kleinke
Laramie, Platte and
Goshen Counties
Capitol Avenue
Maryland
Idaho
Kan
Maine
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