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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1917
Page
3
L. E. Willson of Briscoe Motor Corporation argues the automobile is essential, not a luxury, boosting business capacity and wartime effort. He cites increased doctor calls, sales visits, and expanded merchant delivery, noting even military uses and broader societal benefits.
Mrs. Juliet Calhoun Blakeley of Albion Michigan, age 99, celebrated health by touring three counties twelve townships in a Dodge Brothers car gifted by her son. Her Mother’s Day honor began twenty years ago and growth helped make Mother’s Day a nationwide observance. She has driven the car over fifty miles herself and led a long outing with friends reaching nearly 150 miles with her son at the wheel.
Velie Motor Corporation unveils a new utility car built on the Velie six chassis featuring Timken axles and a push button starter. The body blends a passenger car feel with a large rear open cargo space that can convert to seating, plus a rear drop gate and permanent canopy top.
A Harrisburg shop official explains proper hydrometer use to test battery specific gravity. The method covers vent removal, syringe use, electrolyte transfer, and returning liquid to each cell to prevent cross contamination and acid theft.
Dart Motor Car Company argues cars are practical tools not luxuries. A salesman says car ownership centers on daily utility, with most owners describing their vehicle as essential to everyday business and reliable transport for tasks and routines.
The Stanley Motor Carriage Company of Newton Massachusetts reorganizes with capital raised to 2.5 million dollars in preferred stock and 100 000 common shares no par value. Prescott Warren becomes president succeeding F B Stanley and Edward M Hallett becomes treasurer. Charlton F Stanley remains VP of manufacture. Frank Jay becomes VP of sales. Directors include Charles Counselman and Arthur L Goodwillie alongside current leaders. The firm, long seen as conservative, dates to 1895 and is famed as a pioneer in steam cars with a history of steady demand and early mass production.
The Stanley steam car uses a kerosene burner and boiler under the hood to store power for instant use on the driving wheels. No clutch or gears, engine in mesh with the differential, and enough stored power to run three or four miles without fuel. It features two double acting cylinders, link motion reverse, and thirteen moving parts, a standard steam practice refined over twenty years.
A historical note claims human ingenuity has exhausted internal explosive motor development and that the world will shift to steam as the simplest and cheapest power source.
An artifact line endorses using McNeil's Pain Exterminator as the best adapted power source for propelling road vehicles. The fragment hints at a promotional claim linking the product to propulsion efficiency.
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