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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1917
Page
9
The autumn season is seen as best yet for inclosed cars with a rising demand for limousines landaulets sedans and coupes. Industry offers a wide range of permanent and convertible inclosed bodies, expanding beyond high priced models to affordable options including sedans and town cars.
With Henry Ford’s help the Quartermaster Department gains access to Ford’s large Cambridge plant for war depot use in Boston Mass. After a search of Boston area sites found none large enough the department selected the Ford facility as the suitable central New England depot. Local harbor interests and civic groups aided the effort.
The Clough-Reihm company opens a new salesroom and auto service station Monday at 112 North Third Street Hannibal Missouri. It becomes their second branch after Barry Illinois. They will sell Chevrolet trucks and offer accessories tires and more Everett S Clough will run the house Ray Weir from Quincy will serve as assistant manager and salesman
Miss Bessie Stone travels to Pocatello Idaho for several weeks and Lambert Hirsheimer heads to Ann Arbor Michigan to attend Michigan State University with his father J G Hirsheimer. Mr and Mrs George I Kendrick visit son Harry in Valparaiso Indiana by car. Lena Vannatte returns from Springfield after two weeks with relatives. John Selgle and family visit Ottumwa Iowa to see daughter Mrs George Thompson. Rose E Brenner spends time with brother, K burn. Joseph C Allen of Milwaukee Wisconsin visits Ruth Allen and Perry C Allen family. Mrs Peter Ward goes to Middletown Missouri for several days with relatives. Mis Paulina Haines of Columbia visits Au- to keep art and family.
Mo is here for a visit with her grandmother Mrs W Grimes and relatives. A Pennsylvania company has found a western Pike county well dry and suspended operations, with possible drilling planned for spring. Daniel Dunham, Edward Carnes and Ross Shaw are in Kansas City buying cattle for their farms. Miss Hattie Atkinson returns from San Jose Calif. Mrs Edwin Robinson and daughter in law go to St Louis for a medical operation. A committee votes not to hold the Old Settlers meeting this year. Mrs Mary Eddy returns from Charlevoix Mich. Miss Mary Stone heads to Macomb to attend Western Illinois State University.
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