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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1917
Page
6
A report urges using trucks for short hauls within a 50 mile radius to complete a return trip in one working day. The proposal emphasizes efficiency, reduced transit time, and streamlined logistics for local deliveries.
Rail congestion pushes shippers toward auto freight as Packard and Allor Storage shift household moves to motor trucks. They report trips of 10 to 75 miles outside Detroit with rapid round trips and reduced crating labor, aided by improving roads despite limits. Packard reorganizes export dept with Cardway, expanding to South America and West Indies.
C L Reihm and four assistants drove five Chevrolets from Flint to Lansing Valparaiso and Quincy over three days. Speedometers read 606 miles total and fuel economy averaged 21 12 gallons per trip, about 28.1 miles per gallon. Despite rain and hail, no trouble occurred and cars were praised for improved condition and readiness for buyers.
John G. Clough of the Clough Reihm company is traveling in Missouri to study automobile conditions and report findings.
Recruiting efforts at the Smith Form-a-Truck Building in Chicago spark public interest for the U S ambulance corps. A demonstration on Michigan Avenue drew a large crowd, halted traffic, and led to a dozen enlistment applications as 140 recruits prepared to depart for the French front with Smith Form units.
In Decatur Illinois on July 15 a large African lion escaped from a circus and roamed near Tuscola Champaign and Monticello. Buter Thomas Gullett was mauled at Allerton estate as workers tried to subdue the beast. A large hunt with hundreds of farmers is under way in Pratt County to kill the lion, with a $250 reward offered by Robert Allerton.
A Times despatch from Peking dated Thursday reports that the bombardment of the capital ceased after nine hours and that the damage there is unimportant.
Springfield July 6 James B Burdette of Chicago was removed Saturday by Gov Lowden as chairman of the state civil service commission after he refused to resign in favor of Judge William D. Schofield appointed this week. The charge lodged by Gov Lowden was neglect of duty. Burdette, a Democrat, declined to step down claiming the feud of office does not expire until 1
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