Miller Company Builds Body Hearse With Hand Carved Drapery
Mr Jos J Freiburg undertaker introduces a six cylinder Irwin Overland chassis to Quincy with a Miller Carriage Co hearse body. The carved timber and natural black or white broadcloth center panel create an attractive, refined vehicle designed for quick repairs with Overland parts on hand. Freiburg aims to elevate local funeral service through quality and reliability.
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Freiburg
Quincy
Irwin- Overland Co
Overland
Mr. Freiburg
Remarkable taxi trip to McWilliams Dredge No 7
On December 2, 1915, a Krueger line taxi driven by Thomas Van Plan completed a difficult run to McWilliams Dredge No 7, eight miles south of the city. The vehicle navigated mud and bad roads, carried four passengers plus the driver, and returned safely. Krueger credited the trip to his judgment, noting roads were unfit for horse and wagon.
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Krueger
Thomas van Plan
McWilliams
Focal
Studebakers Gold Show Chassis Featured in Auto Shows
The Studebaker Corporation of Detroit designed a show chassis finished in pure gold plate. Yale & Fowne did the plating, the largest such work. Yale & Towne built special vats for it. It will be shown at the nine biggest U.S. motor shows from January 1 to March 4. Previous NY auto show exhibitors have long moved from cycling to automobiles over twenty five years.
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Studebaker Corporation
Detroi. Mich
Yale & Fowne
Yale & Towne
United States
New York
Statement by John W. Willys on Model 83 Overland price guarantee
John WN Willys asserts the Model 83 Overland price will never be lower again. He notes 50,000 sales in six months funded overhead, development, and raw materials savings. Expanded production plans from 300 to 1,000 cars daily enabled prewar raw material contracts, saving 3.5 million on aluminum and 1 million on steel, supporting a 55 dollar price cut while prices may rise in the future.
Skidding Fear Outlines Driving Caution on Wet Roads
The piece explains skid dangers for motorists, noting skidding arises when momentum outweighs traction on slippery surfaces. It advises cautious driving and slow passage over wet asphalt, likening the sensation to a careful, Gingerly approach to maintain control.
New Demands From Owners
Readjustment to new standards in production and performance marks the most striking scientific developments in the past year. The car that would measure up to requirements twenty four months ago via mechanical construction is decided to paste. The motor car owner likewise is making new demands for ability and efficiency. The American maker has outstripped European rivals in general purpose cars, yet Europe has not matched the broader production of multi cylinder models.
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Amereann Imatefacturer
Coud
Hovwever
Europe
Andriea
Paige Makers Claim Big Hit Despite Market Strain
Paige-Detroit Motor Car company pushes a new season with a popular sixes model. Despite labor and material market pressures, the firm reports expanded operations and new factory additions six months ago, shaping plans for enhanced manufacturing and supply.
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Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company
Paige
Large Increase in Iowa Auto Licenses 1915
Iowa reports a near half million dollar rise in auto license fees from 1914 totaling 1 517 043. The state automobile department notes 145 000 cars registered in 1915 with 175 000 projected. motorcycles rise from 7 070 to 8 500 expected in 1916. Funds will be distributed to Iowa counties in two halves on March 1 and September 1.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tan
State Automobile Department
Dodge Brothers Came From the Ranks
The Dodge brothers John F. and Horace E. rose from machinists to own a major auto firm. Their car, debuted December 4, 1914, embodies their ideas and is produced by a company they run hands on. They, like their workers, stay on the floor and rarely in offices.
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Dodge Brothers
John F
Horace E. Dodge
Maxwell Motor names Paris distributors Mortier and Dutrieu
Maxwell Motor Company export manager E W Davenport announces Pierre Mortier and Mme Helena Dutrieu named Paris distributors after losing three distributors during the war. A New York Auto Show exhibit of the Studebaker Golden Chassis drew attention for allegedly testing gold authenticity.
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Maxwell Motor Company
E. W. Davenport
Pierre Mortier
Mre
Helena Dutrieu
Paris
Maxwell Company
Saxon Car Firm Reports Huge November December Gains
Even in winter, the Saxon Motor Car company posted remarkable sales surges with increases over 1000 percent in November and 1300 percent in December, signaling an extraordinary rebound for the auto business.
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Saxon Motor Car Company
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Health
Advertisement copy claims Dr King’s New Life Pills keep the liver active aid digestion relieve constipation and tone the whole system for a clear eye fresh skin and healthy appearance priced at 93 cents available at your druggist.
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Dr. King
Roosevelt River traced to Cordillera source in Andes
San Francisco January 8 A claim that the river once named after Col Theodore Roosevelt has its headwaters in the Andes near 17 500 feet elevation. Engineers George and Stephen Gester of Berkeley California for Standard Oil report tracing 900 miles from Bolivia Brazil boundary to the Madeira river near latitude five. They crossed the Andes by mule from Lima Peru and reached the headwaters via glaciers, noting fever country and encounters with large reptiles in dense forests.
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San . Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt
South America
George
Stephen Gester
Berkeley
Cal
Standard Oil Company
Bolivia
Brazil
Madeira River
Andes
Lima
Peru
Col. Roosevelt
Germans Buy Asia Minor Cotton Evidence of Rail Link Traffic
A Athens dispatch to the Daily Mail reports the Berlin to Constanti nople railway has operated since mid December. Germans have bought the Adana cotton crop and much of the provisions crop, with exports limited by a railway clogged by arms and ammunition. Turkish resources including the Arghana copper mine are being tapped.
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London
Daily Mail
Athens
Berlin
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Adana
Turkey
Arghana
Diarkekra
Asiatic
Oil Hearing in Frisco on Creek allotment tract
Federal officers and lawyers arrived to take depositions to determine ownership of a 160 acre Oklahoma Creek allotment belonging to Tommy Atkins. The tract produced 3,000 barrels of oil daily.
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San Francisco
Oklahoma
Tommy Atkins
New York Jurist Dead
Justice John J. Brady of the New York Supreme Court died at his home Friday night.
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New York
Tan
John J. Brady
Supreme Court of New York
Kanawha Sinking Probed as Survivors Queried
In Parkersburg West Virginia Joe State and federal steamboat inspectors questioned survivors of the Kanawha which sank on the Ohio River ten miles below town Wednesday night. Investigators planned to search the wreck interior but high water prevented it. Two known dead remain and twelve are missing.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Joe State
Kanawha
Ohio River
Sai
Pleads Guilty to Government Theft in Illinois
Earl E. Morris, 30, a Petersburg grocer and alderman, pleaded guilty in federal court at Springfield to stealing checks and funds from the United States. Judge J Otis Humphrey sentenced him to a year and a day in Fort Leavenworth. Morris was indicted by the grand jury five minutes prior to his plea.
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Springfield
Ill
Earl E. Morris
Petersburg
United States
J. Otis Humphrey
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
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Joseph J. Freiburg
Irwin-Overland Company
Miller Company
Studebakers
John WN. Willys
Willys-Overland Company
F. R. Lusk
Mgr
Frank Lusk
Seaton Irwin
Voledo
Missouri
Whats
Willys-Knight
Barney Schallenberg
Shaw
Irwin-Overland Co
Maine ST. Warehowse
Maine St. Qumincy, Ill
Leaton Irwin
Paige Makers
M. J. Adams
Frank Seaman, Inc
Roosevelt River
Rio Theodore
Frisco
BUICK
Gene Garage
Maine St
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