Prospects Bright for 1917 Handled Million Dollars of Cars
Irwin-Overland Co reports 1916 sales of 1,249 automobiles totaling about one million dollars. A contract for 1,700 cars this year, plus nearly 200 delivery cars, expands activity across 26 counties with five dealers. The firm employs 60 and has three new branches in Keokuk Hannibal and Macomb. New Willys Six and Willys Knight lines join Overland offerings as preparations for a robust 1917 season proceed.
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Irwin- Overland Company
Overland Company
Theompany
Keokuk
Hannibal
Macomb
Quincy
Overland Ivers
Irwin-Overland
Overland Cars
Willys
Willys Overland Unveils Country Club Sport Model
The Willys Overland company of Toledo introduces the Country Club, a four person sport model in the small car class. It combines a compact custom look with a distinctive body design, rich gray color, long-grained upholstery and mohair top. The model aims for value with a lower price than typical sport cars.
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Willys Overland Company
Toledo
Ohio
Country Club
Buick
Three New Dealers Embark in Business in Quincy
In Quincy Morris Adler joins as Dodge agent Baldon Nolan represents Enger and Cadillac company of Quincy sells Cadillacs. All just started in business with hopeful outlooks for the new year The Enger is a twelve cylinder car that can be driven as a six or twelve at the driver’s choice
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Maine
Maine Street
Third
Fourth
Buckley and Pinkham
Quincy
Morris Adler
Dodge
Baldon & Nolan
Enger
Cadillac Company of
Cadillac
Standardize Names of Various Autos
The Society of Automobile Engineers works on a precise compact language for car parts to aid replacements and reduce terminological variety. It defines bodies and components with terms like Roadster, Coupelet, Coupe, and Convertible Sedan, detailing seating, tops, doors, and entry configurations.
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Society of Automobile Engineers
Lomedy Salat
Brougham
205000 Cars Sold At Dewers Convention Breaks Records
The Dewers convention hosted 600 dealers and guests from December 4 to 21. Attendance surpassed 500 for each delegation, with a high water mark of 1500. United States dealers contracted 205000 cars valued at 175 million dollars.
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Dewers
Willys Overland Company
United States
Thyra Adrift Off Spain After Bombs Fail to Explode
The Norwegian steamer Thyra, 742 tons gross, was found adrift by fishermen near Corunna Spain after bombs planted aboard failed to explode. A German prize crew of five men and seven crewmen from a torpedoed British steamer joined Thyra, along with its own crew, who remained aboard as the Germans signaled intent to torpedo the vessel.
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Spain
Paris
Corunna
Chamberlain Seeks Data On Private Links With Education Boards
Washington January 6 Information on whether any employees of the federal Bureau of Education maintain private connections with education boards of the Rockefeller Carnegie and other endowments is requested from the secretary of the interior in a relation offered by Senator Chamberlain and adopted by the Senate.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Education
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Secretary of the Interior
Chamberlin
Senate
Overloading Trucks: Safety and Part Stress Explained
T C Nichols of Nichols Motor Co discusses how packard truck chassis are designed for safe loads, warning that overloading stresses key components. He lists parts affected, notes power train and brakes suffer, and cautions that occasional overloading may be justified only if returns offset depreciation.
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T. C. Nichols
T. C. Nichols Motor Co
Two National Twelves spark steady sales reflections
The Cole Eight and National Twelve lines sold well all year with Quincy taking its second National Twelve recently. The Vermont Street garage sold the unit. The Cole Eight price rose late in the year due to higher material costs and added refinements.
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Quincy
Vermont Street
Entente Reply May Be Ready Monday Threats and delays noted
The article reports the Entente reply to President Warson’s peace note may not be public until Monday. It notes government delays and the press learning details from the foreign office. A separate item states Dr. Haldane Clemenson of Chicago, convicted in 1909 for murdering his wife, is commuted by Governor Dunne to 25 years, with release under good time in February 1923.
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Westrant
Presideast “Warson
Haldane Clemenson
Chicago
Dunne
Clemenson
Live Wire Kills Galva Man in Cambridge Labor Accidental
Joseph Peterson sixty? correction: 24 of Cambridge, Illinois? No, 24 of Cambridge, Illinois. While carrying steel window frames at a new building in Galva Tennessee, he walked into a live wire carrying 3300 volts. He died in a hospital at Keewanee hours later.
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Galva
Joseph Peterson
Cambridge
Kewanee
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Redfield
Sayers
Ajax
Clough-Reihm CO
18Th and Broadway
Quincy, Ill
Barry, al
Entente
Soatish Gov
H. A. Geise
A. Merrylees
Managen
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