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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1917
Page
14
Peace returns home but jobs lag as a woman takes a returning soldier’s position. A heated exchange over sex distinctions ends with the man resigning to apply for the vacancy while the woman joins the colors. The line ends noting a proverb about a long table with no turning.
L. J. Smith of Regal Motor Car Company Detroit visits city distributors to assess service and customer satisfaction. He already toured Detroit Kansas City Amarillo and other points and bases in Burnett and North Mesquite streets at the Fischer agency. He praises the local climate and envisions a fine place to live if summers are as pleasant as winters.
In a Modern Language class a girl wrote a brief sketch of Queen Elizabeth. The paper claimed Elizabeth stole soldiers' food, prompting the teacher to ask for the source. The book was checked and the passage read that Elizabeth was so parsimonious she pinched soldiers' rations.
At the New York auto show the Allen Motor Co announced a new four passenger Classic Roadster priced at 875. Leon Walthall notes its 37 hp 4 cylinder engine, 112 inch wheelbase, roomy rear compartment, and convenience features including vacuum gas feed and demountable rims. The car boasts a streamline brown body with Spanish brown upholstery and a Neverlook top.
Nash Motors reports increased output for Jeffery quad trucks as demand rises. President C W Nash notes the quad’s success, citing extensive use in 56 trades and 23 foreign countries, including U S army and Marine Corps units.
Henry Lansdale of Detroit is named manager of the carriage sales department and Frank C. Kip of Des Moines Iowa becomes manager of a new carriage sales promotion department. The appointments are announced by C R Norton general sales manager of Packard Motor Car Company. Lansdale's career spans Cavalier Cadillac and Mitchell lines with roles from assistant sales to retail dealership management. Kip hails from Des Moines and joins to boost carriage sales promotion.
The Bureau of Mines warns of asphyxiation from automobile exhaust in closed garages especially in cold weather when doors stay shut. Tests show carbon monoxide builds up after fifteen minutes near engines and dangerous air extends to the far end of the garage after twenty to thirty minutes. Directors describe the gas as colorless odorless and highly poisonous, with symptoms including eye irritation and rapid collapse if not quickly aided.
After collecting samples the observer developed a headache then dizziness nausea and severe illness for ten hours. He did not require medical care and recovered fully the next day. No lasting effects were reported.
Dr. F. Ashby of Fairmont Nebraska reports his Apperson car traveled 20 000 miles on the original Goodyear tires with only four punctures all on country roads, highlighting durability and long wear.
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