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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1916
Page
9
The article links rising car demand to good roads advocacy and shows Willys Overland president John N. Willys saying road improvements spur auto sales. He notes dealers nationwide form a boosters network, and motorists prefer well paved routes, aiding dealers in attracting customers.
Local items note Snyder's new cabs at 25c and phone 101. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Board of Keokuk registered in Hotel Newcomb Saturday. The big city lunch was served all day at Blue Ribbon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Foltz of Indianapolis, Ind. visited relatives then returned home Saturday night. Foltz came to Quincy to accompany his wife home who has been ill here. Freiburg Undertaker, Phone 380-W. Joseph Hildenbrand, ill recently, can go out again. Lawndal, Twentieth to Twenty Fourth street, reserved for first class homes. Consult T. C. Poling & Co.
A quiet change in trade patterns goes largely unnoticed as the year ends, while a yearly model long seen as confusing in earlier periods emerges as the new norm. The shift draws attention from analysts who note subtle effects on markets and routines.
Lee Anderson of Hupp Motor explains the shift from yearly model designations to series naming. He notes that several major firms have adopted this plan, eliminating 1917 style announcements and reducing investment risk for buyers by allowing ongoing refinements without new model launches.
Auto notes show F R Lusk of Ir win Overland seeking more model 75 cars at the Toledo factory. George Wall of St Louis joins service staff here. Dr Warren L King buys a seven passenger Overland last week. W W Bourne to church in new Willys Knight delivered last week. George Moeller buys a five passenger Overland, spending spare time at the wheel. Irwin Overland delivered a five passenger model 83 to John W Daugherty Mendon Ill, last week. A seven passenger Overland was delivered to Peter E Pinkelman last Thursday. Weather permitting he will skim country roads on Sunday. A seven passenger Overland was delivered to Mrs Henry Schlottman last week.
A Johnson, Ed ward Hadenhorst, Mrs. A Hewett and Miss Ada Hewett depart Quincy today by automobile for Louisville to visit Johnson's sister Mrs. Ezra Crane. Sam Johnson, in Louisville, will drive to New York City. John J. Fischer and Louis R. Boswell of the Quincy Freight Bureau plan to attend the New York meeting of the official freight rate classification committee. The committee fixes freight rates east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, with Fischer and Boswell representing stove manufacturers.
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