Thrilling Dodge Brothers Trip by Toledo News-Bee Carrier
Adam Volk of the News-Bee delivery staff made a remarkable night run with thousands of papers from Toledo to towns near Toledo after the election. In a Dodge Brothers car he reached Findlay in 1 hour 25 minutes, crossed a trestle on the Tiffin and Fostoria line, then returned to Toledo, reporting the vehicle uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo News-Lee
Adam Volk
Toledo
Dodge Brothers
News-Bee
Bowling Green
Cygnet
Jersey City
Baltimore
van Buren
Findlay
Tiffin
Volk
Tiffin and Fostoria Electric Railway
New Springfield Body Company to Acquire Local Metal Builder
A new Springfield Body Company, with $1,000,000 capitalization, to take over Springfield Metal Body Company in Springfield Mass. W L Fry of New York will lead as president. E W McGookin of Detroit chief engineer and VP of sales. The move follows a surge in demand for convertible bodies and rapid business growth of 3000 percent in about 120 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Springfield Body Company
Springfield Metal Body Company
Mass
W. L. Fry
New York City
E. W. McGookin
Detroit
Mich
Fry
Studebaker
Maxwell
Chandler, Mitchell
Paige-Detroit
New Corporation
Smith Brothers
New York and
Western
Reo Expands Large Lansing Plant With Four and Half Acres
Vice president Scott outlines major additions near the Grand Trunk station in Lansing. New one story truck plant, saw-tooth roof, concrete block floors, and four and a half acres enclosed. Additional plots will serve storage and warehouse needs as streets become railroad sidings. The expansion aims to meet rising demand and improve car and truck production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reo Automobile
Grand Trunk Station
Scott
Reo Motor Car Company
Yale Bowl
Reo
Reo Company
Reo adds club and factory expansion amid booming demand
The Reo company outlines a half million dollar clubhouse next to the Grand Trunk Station with a swimming pool gym bowling billiards and dining for workers and guests. It also discusses stock inventories and a surge in demand, shipping about 100 carloads daily as dealers request more amid spring orders.
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Grand Trunk Station
Lansing
Reo
Scott
Reo Company
Rueshaw
Wichita
Kan
Minneapolis
Chicago
Boston
Electric Starters on Trucks Just as Essential
Electric starters, once perfected for pleasure cars, were rarely applied to motor trucks because drivers were expected to crank-start and wait for the engine. The Reo Folk led the push to adopt electric starters for trucks.
Motorcars Lead to Love of Outdoor Life
Benjamin Briscoe, president of Briscoe Motor Company, extols autos as mass affordable joy and a leveler of class. He praises the present-day car for popularizing motoring beyond luxury models and notes that a motorcar invites exploration of country highways in carefree, dust-filled freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Briscoe
Briscoe Motor Company
Mr. Briscoe
The Motorist and the Dust of Mother Earth
The passage describes motorists enjoying outdoor life at races, using goggles to distinguish drivers, and the social mix of roadhouse and hotel life. It notes how even refined ladies shed traditional beauty routines to blend with male motorists and embrace roughing it, highlighting the joys and health benefits of automobiling beyond speed.
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Briscoe
Briscoe Four
H. P
Connover & Mehring
Dauphin
Cumberland
Franklin
Perry
Sunlata
Lebanon
Upper End
York
Fourth Street
United States
Diamond “ Fair
J. C. Werner Tire Co
Springfield Metal Body Co
Grand Trunk Railroad
E W. Shank
Harrisburg
Bell
E. W. Shank
Market Street
Ss. Weigle
New Cumberland
Lykens Motor Car Co
Pr. Diller
Rolling Springs
Wm. M. Basehore
Shippensburg
Ieee
Reo Motor Truck Company
Ensminger Motor Co
Third & Cumberland Sts. Distributors
Pullman
Andrew Redmond
Boyd Sts. Bentz-Landis Auto CO
Brett Bros. Hardware Store
Riverside Auto CO
Bell Phone
George R. Bentley
Ensminger
Sax
Willard Station
J. G. Duncan, Jr., CO
North River St
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