Ned Jordan Unveils 1917 Spring Car Styles Limited to 25
Ned Jordan introduces a new marketing method for the Jordan car line offering 25 limited edition models with artist designed color schemes. Customers choose from ten color pairings for various sport and luxury four and seven passenger models, featuring bright yet conservative combinations and matching top covers, leather, and wheels.
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Fifth Avenue
Ned Jordan
Jordan Car
Cleveland
Paul van de Velde
Jordan
Sport Car Descriptions Include Colorful Options
A list describes several four passenger sport models with varied colors and features. Savage red with Italian tan top and white wire wheels. Submarine gray with egg shell finish khaki top cover and orange wire wheels.
The Chinese Taxicab Recalled in Ancient Times
An Orientalist claims ancient Chinese carts used rotating wheels and gears to record distances. A man with a drum on top marked each mile and a cymbal signaled ten drum beats, implying an early mechanically timed cart.
Useful Disease In Rural Southwest Farm Humor
A St Louis traveler notes ague in a southwest region famed for manly vigor. The farm response jokes that when a worker suffers shakes, they fasten a churn-dasher and he delivers butter within fifteen minutes. The exchange, told in a laconic tone, highlights rural wit.
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St. Louis
John
Chicago Herald
Studebaker First 10 Get Into Yosemite Valley
A Studebaker six cylinder seven passenger model 18 Series reaches Sentinel Hotel Yosemite Valley becoming the first car this year to arrive via Coulterville road. The trip under heavy snow tested the car and crew, with Chester N. Weaver Co. of San Francisco claiming the Desmond trophy for the first car into Yosemite.
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Studebaker
Yosemite Valley
Chester N. Weaver Company
San Francisco
Yosemite
John Clem Jr
Studebaker Corporation
South Bend
W. B. Lewis
Yosemite National Park
Sentinel Hotel
Coulterville Road
Weaver
United States
Yosemite Reservation
Merced Grove of Big Trees
Jeffery Quad Proves Itself Hauling Timber Through Mud
The Conneaut Shovel Co. credits a Jeffery Quad with hauling 40 000 feet of white ash timber from Erie area woods after teams quit. A trial in Kenosha showed the quad could maneuver mud, sand, and dumps, saving about seven dollars per thousand on delivered logs.
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Conneaut Shovel Company
Jeffery
Erie
Conneaut
Ohio
G. W. Benton
C. W. Nash
Nash Motors Company
Teamsters
Kenosha
Jeffery Quad
Eric
Lake Erie
Chalmers Officers Meet At Luncheon Round Table
E C Morse vice president and general manager of Chalmers Motor Company revived the round table idea in the Chalmers Officers Club. The first meeting drew 110 officials and department heads. Morse urged informality and called the gatherings family affairs to foster open discussion and benefit to the firm and dealers.
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E. C. Morse
Chalmers Motor Company
Chalmers Officers’ Club
J. F. Hogan
Morse
W. P. Kiser
Alfred J. Murphy
Detroit
Widow and five husbands tale told by Tarkington
According to Washington Star, Booth Tarkington recalled a widow who asked to be buried near her five husbands. The wedding march plays as lights go out in the church. the widow and her latest capture move forward and the lights fail, yet they continue on because she knew the way.
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Booth Tarkington
Mr. Tarkington
Washington Star
Hudson Super-Sixes Reach Imperial Japan and Other Monarchs
On an extended oriental tour for the Super-Six program, Hudson export chief H B Phipps notes global reach. The emperor of Japan reportedly orders three enclosed Super-Sixes including a town car and limousine, the only American cars in the imperial household. Sweden’s king and crown prince also acquire two Super-Sixes, with further sales to Chile and Venezuela presidents reported.
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H. B. Phipps
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson
William Steinhardt
Mr. Phipps
Japan
Imperial Household
Sweden
Chile
Venezuela
Pathfinder touring roadster earns high tribute in car naming contest
The Pathfinder touring roadster receives praise after a Leslie's Illustrated Weekly car naming contest. Dealers named Pathfinder correctly in over 98 percent of entries, with Pathfinder praised for its extra wheel housing and top compartments. W. E. Stainaker of Pathfinder Co remarks the car stands in a class by itself.
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Leslie
Illustrated Weekly
Paul van de Velde
W. E. Stalnaker
Pathfinder Company of
Indianapolis
America
Pacifist Defined by Father Joke Sparks Local Wit
A humorous exchange from the Pittsburgh Post features a boy asking what a pacifist is. The father replies with a quip that a pacifist is a friend who naively urges your foe to think he can beat you with one hand.
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Pittesburg Post
Knight Motors Powering English Tanks in War
The Knight Motor department of Willys-Overland explains how tanks relied on Knight motors to stay operational. The piece notes American contributions via Percy Martin and Charles Y. Knight, and mentions U.S. plans to expand tank production at Willys-Overland Toledo and other plants to support the army.
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Vimy Ridge
L. H. Hower
Knight Motor Department
Willys- Overland Company
Mr. Hower
Percy Martin
Daimler Company
Charles Y. Knight
Knight Motors
Congress
United States
Willys-Overland
Toledo
Willys
Woman defends self with simple jiu jitsu tricks
A newspaper note suggests women may use basic jiu jitsu to defend themselves, though doubts persist that many will rely on such techniques. The piece cites casual dialogue and regional phrasing from St. Paul Pioneer Press and Chaparral sources.
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St. Paul
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Caracas
Buffalo Express
Studebakers
Ferguson
Fiesta
Dewey Auto
Texas
San Antonio
Clem Motor Car Company
Chalmers
Mikado
G. D. Taylor
U. S
Carl
Catherine
Kenosha, Wis
Standard Motor Sales CO
Southwest Texas Distributors
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