Briscoe Unveils Half Million Dollar Motor Car
The Briscoe company promotes the Half Million Dollar Motor designed in France and built for European aristocrats. Benja Briscoe leads a strong team of executives including L. E. Willson and Frank Briscoe as production expands from 1916 to 1917. Dealer B. McDaniel lauds its ride, power, and beauty, claiming it surpasses many high priced models while offering same body lines at a lower price.
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Benjamn Briscoe
Sriscoe
France
Automobile Hcles
Briscoe
Jackon
Presnt
Co. B. McDaniel
Briscoe Car Offers Economy and Pride for Varied Buyers
The piece contrasts three buyer groups: the wealthy without equipment, the mass market still carless, and owners of cheaper cars up to a thousand dollars, all drawn to the Briscoe for value. It highlights price, operation costs, and the idea of matching pride with affordability.
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Briscoe
Jeffery Sale Means Greater Popularity
Announcement of the sale of the Thomas B. Jeffery Auto Company to a syndicate led by Charles W. Nash of Flint Michigan. Jeffery executives and Nash plan continued leadership, expansion, and high standards while denying a merger or financial manipulation.
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Thomas B. Jeffery Auto Company
a@ syndicate
Charles, W. Nash
Flint, Mich
W. Smith
Standard Motor Sales Company
Jeffery
Smith
Kenosha
Wis
Charles T. Jeffery
al Reeke
Nash
General Motors Company
Jeffery Company
Charles T Jeffery
Harold W. Jeffery
Thomas M. Kearney
Mr. Smith
Jeffery Plant
First woman named station master in Germany
Stuttgart July 29 The director general of Wuertemberg state railways appointed the first female station master in Germany She will run tinteressendorf on the Ulm to Friedrichshafen line She is widow of a railroad official killed on the western battle front last fall Former telegraph operator and mother of three she passed the required examination with honors and was promptly appointed.
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Stuttgart
State Railways
Wuertemberg
Germany
Tinteressendorf
Ulm
Friedrichshafen
How Motor Trucks Aided U S Army
Henry Farrington explains that motor trucks enabled the Mexican punitive expedition by replacing hundreds of wagons and mule drivers. The 1912 Dubuque Sparta test defined ideal features such as four wheel drive and strong brakes, guiding U S military truck development for overseas campaigns and border operations.
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Henry Farrington
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Villa
America
Germany
Austria
France
Russia
Washington
Dubuque
Iowa
Sparta
Wisconsin
Dubuque-Sparta
Europe
South Africa
Tripoli
Haiti
United States Army
U. S
Columbus
Texas
Casas Grandes
Tire
Rock Island Arsenal
Bethlehem Steel Company
National Guard
New York State National Guard
Wemape
Money for Blind Soldiers in Bonn Raised by Kaiser Family
Alderman Kaiser of Bonn said he received 1000 from his son Ferdinand Kaiser, a New York merchant, for blind soldiers in the Rhenish city. Earlier, he sent 1200 collected from several prominent German Americans for the same cause.
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Berlin
Kaiser
Bonn
Ferdinand Kaiser
New York
Pitiless publicity to hush reporters marks Wilson era
Washington July 29. At the start of the Wilson administration there was much talk of pitiless publicity with daily access to twenty to sixty reporters. By war’s outbreak he withdrew from the press and now communicates mainly through Secretary Tumulty. He travels with restricted access and is far less public with reporters than Taft Roosevelt or McKinley.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Joseph Tumulty
Taft
Roosevelt
McKinley
Haseen
Women Conductors Prove Capable On London Buses
London July 29. Initial objections to women bus conductors faded after a West London driver threw an intoxicated man off her bus and had him arrested. Magistrate Fordham fined the man four dollars and praised the women for doing their duty and exceeding expectations.
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London
Fordham
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Goodyear
Automobile Tire Co., Inc
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Travis Street
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Tex
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Baronne St
San Francisco
Cal
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Houston
Main
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C & Travised
York
Broadway Ashington
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No. 15
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Jacksonville
Weas St
Oakland
Los Angeles
San Diego
Fremmo
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I & Mercer
W. 60Th St
N. Y
Avana
Cuba
U.S. Army
Studebaker
THE
Clem Motor Car CO
Cor. Crockett and Navarro
West
Amalie
Pennsylvania
Fraser Auto Supply Co
Birdsong & Potchernick
Hearn-Stuart Bros. Tire Co
San Antonio Auto Parts Co
Southwestern Repair Co
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