Overland 1914 models feature three bodies and larger motor
Willys Overland Toledo unveils 1914 line with three body styles built on same chassis. Enhanced motor 41 8 by 4 12 inches, larger universal joint, redesigned intake manifold, and improved lubrication. Touring car and roadster at 950 dollars, with starter option 1075, coupe at 1550.
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Overland
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo
Ohio
Overland Company
Gray & Davis
Armless speed king tours sixteen states via York visit
Frank E. Fitchen of Steubenville Ohio known as the armless speed king and his mechanician W C Shannon visited York Pennsylvania recently en route from Baltimore to Philadelphia. The pair are on a United States tour and have already passed through sixteen states.
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Frank E. Fitchen
Steubenville
Ohio
York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
W. C. Shannon
United States
Motors show schedule of reliability tours and races
A list of upcoming motor events includes the Wisconsin reliability tour August 18 20 Elgin and Chicago clubs events August 29 30 and September 4 6 California Corona beach race Columbus track events and multiple around lake tours plus Vanderbilt road race and Paris Olympia through January with dates in Chicago Minneapolis and Savannah sanctioned by A A A and A C A.
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Elgin
Chicago Automobile Club
Chicago Motor Club
Corona
California
Columbus
Ohio
Canfield
Grand Rapids
Mich
Covington
Detroit
Boulogne
Isle of Man
Great Britain
Lake Michigan
Phoenix
Ariz
Savannah
Detroit Enacts Headlight Control Ordinance
Detroit council approves an ordinance governing motor vehicle headlights. It requires proper number of lights and restricts glare on Woodward Avenue and other main streets by turning out obtrusive lights or redirecting beams to ground within 125 feet. The measure follows street car accidents and surprises local motor groups.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Council
Woodward Avenue
Auto Industry Opens Great Opportunities for Youth
The auto industry’s rapid growth boosts city maps and job chances. J F Hartz of R C H Corp notes schools pair with factories for cooperative training, allowing students in high school to split time between class and shop. First year is full school, second year blends school and plant work with pay, guiding career choice toward college, business, or skilled trades.
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J. F. Hartz
R-C-H Corporation
Detroit
Hup Wins Grand Prix In Russia Endurance Contest
A 20 horsepower Hupmobile roadster won the grand prix of Russia, finishing the first Russian endurance race with the only perfect score. The car completed the reliability tour without assistance, on rough roads that tested the machine.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Russia
West Virginian invents gas liquefaction for cheap motor fuel
A West Virginian inventor claims to liquefy natural gas by 50 psi pressure. Forty five cubic feet of gas equal one gallon of gasoline in heat value, with 206000 cubic feet liquefiable at low cost. Production and distribution are estimated near 3.5 cents per 45 cubic feet liquefied, to be sold at half gasoline price. Carburetors may be unnecessary as experiments proceed.
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New York
Pierce Arrow Adopts Electric Starter Matching Air System
The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company switches from compressed air to an electric starter using the car’s generator and storage battery. The move aims for uniformity and simplicity, leveraging nationwide electricity adoption and the electric starting and lighting system’s efficiency, economy, and lightness.
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Pierce-Arrow
Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company
United States
Tire Record Set by Two Franklin Cars
Three years on one tire set marks a record for two Franklin model G cars owned in different states. H. M. Ward of Charleston West Virginia reports only six punctures in three years. H. C. Clapp of McCook Nebraska says his tires, from the 1910 factory shipment, still appear able to run another year.
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Franklin
H. M. Ward
Charleston
West Virginia
H. C. Clapp
McCook
Nebraska
Mr. Clapp
Wolverines Triumph In First 200 Mile Club Trial
Detroit's Wolverine Automobile club reports 11 of 16 entrants qualified for the Two Hundred club, beating Chicago which had 9 of 18 starters. The event requires 200 miles in 10 hours with no motor stop. notable qualifiers include A F Gregor Hupmobile and H J Flint Hupmobile, while H J Flint failed to qualify.
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Detroit
Mich
Wolverine Automobile Club
Chicago Automobile Club
Wolverines
A. F. Gregor
Hupmobile
Fred Riddell
Olds
C. A. Roid
Oakland
Detroit Electric makes 60 mile run during DC hurricane
Bruce Emerson Howard Fisk and the Washington Times editor drove a Detroit Electric through a hurricane damaged route from Washington to Great Falls Potomac Md Rockville Norbeck Wheaton Kensington and Chevy Chase. They dodged downed trees and cut through fallen limbs to continue after a locust tree blocked the pike. Telephone wires lay down in many segments as the storm battered the area.
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District of Columbia
Detroit Electric
Bruce Emerson
Howard Fisk
Washington Times
Washington
Great Falls
Potomac
Rockville
Norbeck
Wheaton
Kensington
Chevy Chase
Seventh Street Pike
Emerson
Boston police watch for new side light rule on cars
Boston police warn motorists to use two white side lights at night and avoid red green side lighting like ship lanterns after complaints of misread signals causing accidents and narrow escapes.
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Boston
Motor License Bargain Sale Announcement
Secretary of State Martindale offers a bargain sale of Michigan motor car licenses at half price until January 1, 1914. Licenses will be $1.50 each. Next year a new horsepower tax law for motor cars takes effect.
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Martindale
Michigan
Y M C A Conducts Chamffeur School in Columbus Ohio
The Y M C A motor training program in Columbus Ohio recently graduated several chauffeurs. Instructors emphasize safety over speed and R F Nadig leads the school as head.
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Chamffeur
Columbus
Ohio
R. F. Nadig
Haynes Electric Gear Shift Proves 100 Percent Efficient
Chief Engineer Frank N. Nutt reports 105 days of trials on Haynes Six with the electric gear shift showing flawless 100 percent efficiency. Tests included hill climbs mud roads fording streams and severe weather from winter to July heat. No failures or maintenance were needed in any condition.
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Frank N. Nutt
Haynes
Nutt
Bloomington appoints seventeen unpaid traffic reporters
Seventeen drivers in Bloomington Illinois are made special police officers serving without pay to report traffic violations. Their names will not be public and they will report observed violations to enforce city traffic regulations with remands and fines for repeated offenses.
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Bloomington
Ill
Benediction Service For Motorists At St Christopher Parish
Paris correspondent reports a village priest near Paris held a unique benediction for motorists. Clergy gathered around the St Christopher monument as psalms were chanted and holy water sprinkled on limousines roadsters touring cars and motor trucks passing by in a solemn procession.
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St. Christopher
Paris
Motor Age
St. Christopher de Jagoulet
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