Overland $900 Car Promises Value Through Factory Insight
A bold sales piece touts a five passenger touring car at $900 with a 30 horsepower motor and speeds of 40 to 50 mph. It highlights a selective transmission, steel frame, long wheelbase, leather interior, and a beautiful body. The ad extols Overland’s economies of scale, touring a large plant and offering a free book detailing manufacturing, models, and prices for 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland Company
Overland
Overland Organization
Wright
Local notes from Sully area feature family visits and farm losses
Delta resident Sally H. J. Snodgrass returns home as Ruth Oberlies visits from Lincoln. Several relatives travel, marriages and births noted, including Casie Van Gilst daughter born April 9. A barn struck by lightning at Harry Van Gorp causes major loss. community helps with funds and horses. Many visits, Allen and Burnham families, and Mt Zion death of Emma Forker marked by funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Snodgrass
Delta
Ruth Oberlies
Lincoln
Nebraska
Will Castorf
Mary K. Hukill
East Grand Forks
Minn
John Croy
John
Joe Croy
Hukill
Robert Linaberry
Euclid
Casie van Gilst
Killduff
Edna Dencore
Grandma Gove
Newton
Will Gove
Roy Holmes
Will Kling
Galesburg
Sully
Nellie Spain
Peoria
Laura van Gorkum
Central Office
Will Rafferty
Alex Smith
Mr. Smith
L. H. Sherman
Pasadena
Cal
Philip Holmes
Salem
Mass
Frank Holmes
Philip
Adam Kling
Art Briggs
Neva Edmondson
Rodney Burnham
Harold
John Sherman
Claire Eldridge
John Brunner
Curtis Burnham, Jr
Almond Swisher
Lewis Scull
Des Moines
Grinnell
Harry van Gorp
Charley Fleming
Hans Olsen
W. N. Talbot
W. N. Talbot Hauled Several Loads To Market the Last of the Week. Mr. van Zante
Lynnville
Mr. Johnston
Charley Eldridge
van Zante
Eliza Haines
Esther Smith
Honey
Henry Welle
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Ad Claims Health Boost
A vintage advertisement urges nervous, pale readers to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a tonic free of alcohol. It claims benefits for digestion, blood quality, and nerves, and promotes Ayer's Pills as a mild vegetable liver remedy from J C Ayer Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Maas
Keables' Drug Store Eye Care Ad May 6
Keables' Drug Store promotes eye, ear, nose and throat treatments with painless methods and free exams. It highlights cataracts, glasses fitting, headache relief, and quotes Charles Broadway Rousse on sight restoration, urging prompt early care and noting treated optic nerve issues.
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Chas
Broadway Rousse
New York
Charles Broadway Rouss
Dr. Weber
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wane Ae
Katy Sues
Cie
Willys
Goodyear
Star Auto CO
H. P. van Gore
Epp
J. van Gorr
Pealubx Us
Sally
Nellie
Vera
Charley Ad
Harris
Mrs. Lute de Bruyn
Charley
Ed Haines
Ascha Shafer
Emma Forker
Mt. Zion
Philip Kling
John Mudgett
Ed Patterson
Leslie
South
Rodney
Curtis Burnham, Sr
Lester Tice
Curtis Burnham Jr
Holland Parsonage
Nellie Haun
Alva Hammer
Geo. Eichner
Kellogg
Grandpa
Grandma Burnham
Hana Olsen
DR. A. Fh. Weber
Keables’ Drug Store
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