Good Roads and Selden Trucks Boost State Highway Plan
An editorials highlight the impact of permanent hard surface roads on commerce and motor truck transport. Selden Truck Corporation director H Boulden cites the Buffalo to Toledo Main Market Road No. 1 as a rapid paving success, crediting contractor Thomas Fitzgerald. Governor urges statewide emphasis on highway systems to aid farm and factory product delivery.
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Buffalo
Toledo
I. Boulden
Selden Truck Corporation
Rochester
N. Y
Thomas B. Fitzgerald
Ashtabula
Ohio
Selden
Toledo-Buffalo
Conneaut
Connie Sire
Mlinvis
Goverhorp
Uling
Ship by Truck Week Proclaimed by Governor Lowden
Governor Frank O. Lowden issues a Ship by Truck Good Roads proclamation calling for May 17 to 22 to boost highway improvements and freight movement across Illinois, aiming to strengthen the nation’s transportation system.
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Lowden
Ilincig
DG DRIVEWAYS Ane DAILY FACTORY SHEET
A garbled 1920s factory sheet notes labor conditions, drone transport, and displacements. It mentions Dort cars driven to destinations like Detroit Chicago and Pittsburgh with large travel distances and widespread effects on workers. The text reflects disrupted labor and shipping patterns across multiple cities.
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Chicago
Gas prices and public memory in wartime era slang
A satirical reflection contrasts English slang for Bolsheviks with playful coinages like Gasoviki and Vrohiviki as gas prices rise. The piece notes brief public outcry over price hikes, then forgetfulness as drivers await the next increase.
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Bolsheviki
Fragmentary Market Rumble on Gas Prices and Test Marks
A muddled note discusses gas price marks and test marks with references to a vacation and someone who knows the details. The text hints at reliance on a missing expert and the difficulty of moving prices quickly.
Gasoline Affects Prices and Public Mood in Odd Riff
A rambling critique notes rising costs of gas and oil for daily chores from sewing to the family car. It jokes about the power of gasoline to move the “peripatetic flivver,” the changing taste of consumers, and the belief that gas prices drive activity more than money. The piece blends humor with concern about economic strain on households and businesses.
What Gas Will Do. And a Pint of Oil
A garbled, damaged OCR fragment compares fuel and oil effects on cars and horses. It references gas mileage, non skid glides, and a barn, with many unreadable words and names. The piece resembles a satirical or prop-like snippet on early automotive versus horse power.
Resale value of Hudsons and Essex cars in papers
The article notes Hudsons and Essex cars rarely appear in Automobile for Sale columns and command high prices. It explains their standardized design, perfected years ago with few changes, leaving only refinements in detail.
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Essex
Motor Accident Rate Declines Slowly Report
A historical report notes a gradual drop in pedestrian injury from motor incidents. Officials debate the main cause, often attributing responsibility to drivers while considering other factors in street safety.
Falls Cause Most Accidents Says National Safety Council
Ansted, president of Lexington Motor Company, cites National Safety Council statistics showing falls as the leading cause of death from accidental causes with a rate of 24.8 per ten thousand people. Rail and train injuries follow, while automobiles do not appear on the list yet.
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National Safety Council
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Ansted
Lexington Motor Company
Prue
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Truck Transportation
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Pinkelman-Clarke and CO
Distributors
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Illinois
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J. Rush
Herder’s Tire Station
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Maine
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Louis Rigler
Ceda
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