Plymouth Car Praised By Traveling Salesmen
The Plymouth is hailed by traveling salesmen as ideal for long and city routes. It combines speed, economy, full size roomy bodies, and dependable performance with a low price. Testimonials from W K Rankin in Mississippi and C O Fleming in California cite space, comfort, and cost efficiency for daily routes and samples.
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Plymouth
Plymouth Motor Corporation
Detroit
W. KE. Rankin
Sandy Hook
Mississippi
Rankin
United States
Fire at Elyria High Sparks Panic and Quick Escape
In Elyria Ohio 17 year old Fred Allendorf started a small blaze at his desk when matches lit a celluloid comb in his rear pocket. He and Principal J B Zulauf acted fast to extinguish the fire as students rushed to safety.
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Elyria
Fred Allendorf
Allendorf
J. B. Zulauf
Will Gibson Paroled From County Roads Sentence
Will Gibson of Halifax county who was convicted in November 1928 of drunkenness and carrying a concealed weapon and sentenced to nine months on the county roads was paroled by Governor Gardner today in Raleigh.
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Will Gibson
Raleigh
Halifax County
Gardner
Big Business 8 Taking 10 Wheels
A survey shows large corporations operate about 7 900 cars in fleet service with four oil majors near 1 200 cars each. Studebaker Erskine fleets cut operating costs to about six cents per mile, supporting global use in taxi bus and tour operations.
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Henry Motor Sales Co
Studebaker-Erskine
Iowa
State College
Studebaker and
Erskine Six
Erskine Care
Studebaker
Erakine
United States
New York
Erskine
Reid Ice Cream Company
Cairo
Pyramids
Constantinen
Banff
Lake Louise
Brewster Troameport Co
Essex
Law as a Tool of Social Experiments Cited
University of Wisconsin sociologist A G Barry argues in Madison that if police tried to enforce all laws and ordinances, a new police force would form in a week. He says American statute books serve social experiments, with little reverence for law as law due to repealed experiments rarely occurring.
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Madison
Wis
A. G. Barry
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
America
1928 Church Membership Rise Amid Decline in Parishes
In 1928 church membership rose by an estimated 573 724 while the number of churches fell by 1 470. The increase in members occurred despite fewer church buildings and congregations.
Chevrolet Breaks Production Mark in March 1929
Detroit April 13. Chevrolet Motor Company set a new all time monthly production record in March with 147 274 cars and trucks, far surpassing March 1928 and February 1929. The total for the first quarter reached 354 705 units as the firm gears up for a likely April record and a strong Spring business.
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Detroit
Chevrolet Motor Company
Aveley parish clock to be restored after long disuse
A 250 year old clock in the Aveley Parish church tower in England is to be replaced soon after being non operational for 180 years.
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Aveley
England
Acid in Stomach Sours the Food
A medical authority attributes most stomach trouble to acidity not lack of digestive juices. Excess hydrochloric acid slows digestion and ferments food causing sour belching and discomfort. The remedy suggests a two tablespoonful dose in water before each meal for a week, with a laxative product named to aid digestion. Mann Drug Stores.
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Mann Drug Stores
Necessity Brews Strange Liquor in Chicago
A man named Jerry Parrish, moving through northern and southern districts with little money, crafted a drink from a gas hose and water after panhandling 20 cents. He claimed to have inhaled gas after letting it bubble, describing the act as the cheapest drunk he ever had and noting it made his party memorable.
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Chicago
Jerry Parrish
Jerry
Big French Rail Receipts
All seven railroads of France increased receipts last year by an average of 12 percent. They earned about $690,060,600, or $15 per inhabitant.
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Paris
France
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San Diego
California
Tataa Ona E
Chevrolet
Fisher
Phaeton
Bislance
Flint
Michigan
North Main Street
King George
Bognor
Queen Mary
BIG Business
Hudson- Essex Challengers
Ito
High Point
Svissex
Chromium
Coupe Phaeton
Motor Service Company
Wrenn and
Commerce Streets
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