Overland Cars Draw Wealthy Buyers Beyond Price Tag
Wealthy buyers such as Champ Clark and A L Mohler are adding Overland touring cars to their fleets, showing that value and manufacturing efficiency drive choice. The Willys-Overland company, the second largest raw material user, leverages high production, bulk purchasing, and streamlined assembly to deliver quality cars at a reasonable price.
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Champ Clark
House of Representatives
A. L. Mohler
Union Pacific Railroad
Congressman Clark
Washington
Mr. Mohler
Omaha
Overland
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo
Briscoe Motor Company Expands Leadership and Capital
Benjamin Briscoe announces a major expansion plan for Briscoe Motor, aiming to build a stronger management and broaden manufacturing. Chicago capitalists join to support future growth as the firm proposes $500 cash prizes for employee ideas and ties wages and promotions to practical suggestions.
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Chalmers
Like New Oakland Sedan At Tennant Oakland Show
Visitors to the Tennant Oakland company praise a six cylinder sedan built by J G and W G Tennant. The car features a roomy interior with individual front seats and a rear lounge for three, prism glass lifts, imported cord and lace trim, and an all year design aimed at comfort and space.
Engineers Meet at Detroit Show for $500 Prize
Chalmers Motor officials set Thursday December 23 for distributing 500 dollars in prize money to winners of the first suggestion contest at the Arcadia auditorium Woodward avenue. More than 4 000 employees expected to attend the meeting which ends with dancing for employees and friends. The contest aims to secure cooperation from 5 800 workers at the automobile plant and notes the idea originated last July by Hugh Chalmers.
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Chalmers Motor Company
Detroit
Arcadia Auditorium
Woodward Avenue
Hugh Chalmers
Eiployes
All-Year Car Boosts Professional Ownership
Local dealer H. P. Branstetter notes the all year KisselKar raises share of professional owners from 13 to 18 percent. Physicians especially use year round motoring for utility, comfort, and style, avoiding two cars or interchangeable bodies. Initial cost drops $700 to $1,900.
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H. P. Branstetter
Kissell
Orders Swamp Jeffery Sedans in Early Winter Rush
From the Thomas B. Jeffery company in Kenosha Wisconsin word comes that cold weather has snowed under their body building department. Demand for the Jeffery sedan is so heavy that there will not be enough cars to satisfy all buyers. Dealers who placed large orders early are pleased and the company urges early ordering for prompt delivery. The sedan is praised for its beauty of line and finish and is noted as a first true custom made closed coach at a moderate price.
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Thomas B. Jeffery Company
Kenosha
Wis
Jeffery
Jingles Jokes Across Headlines and Punchlines
A string of light verse and quips from various papers mocks schemes to riches, editors refusing long poems, and humorous exchanges. Jests about lawyers, umpires, and love proposals punctuate the page with quick wits and satirical bites.
Coffee houses proposed to replace Seattle saloons
Dr. Mark A. Matthews of Seattle First Presbyterian plans substitutes for the city's saloons set to close Jan 1. He would open coffee houses in areas with many seasonal workers, offering coffee and bread or doughnuts at beer prices and a reading rest area for men who now frequent saloons.
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Kansas City Journal
Mark A. Matthews
First Presbyterian Church of
Seattle
Presbyterian Church of North America
Spokane
Dinkey Climbs to Midvale Presidency in Steel Rise
Andrew Carnegie era figure Alva Clymer Dinkey resigns as Carnegie Steel president to take the Midvale Steel helm succeeding William E. Corey. Dinkey’s ascent from water boy in 1879 to top post spans a thirteen year presidency and a web of Carnegie era power. Schwab’s in law ties renew merger rumors while Dinkey diversifies his many business interests.
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Dinkey
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
William E. Corey
Alva Clymer Dinkey
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Braddock
Midvale Steel Company
Corey
Financial America
Thomson Works
Pittsburgh Locomotive Works
McTighe Electric Company
Electric Light and Power
Carnegie
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Schwab
Jekyll Hyde in real life jailed for terrorizing women
Loring Crostman, 22, an engraver and college graduate from Portland, Oregon, was sent to county jail for 60 days after arraignment on three charges of frightening young women in Elizabeth New Jersey. He claimed a mania to imitate Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde after reading the story, and said he welcomed arrest. His father attended the court hearing remarks.
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Crostman
Mulcahy
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Crestman
Haverford
Hyde
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Louisville Courier Journal
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Mamie
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