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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1915
Page
6
Goodyear workers received a word for word letter complaining about tire adjustments and a ten dollar offer as recompense. The note accompanied by a side sheet links Goodyear to more advertising color standards. The item cites colors red and green and asserts color use aids sales.
Paige Deering Motor Car Company reports a 61 percent rise in sales, manufacturing, and delivery for January and February 1915 versus the prior year. NYC and Chicago shows boosted demand, with strong results in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Los Angeles indicating broad prosperity and sustained production into night shifts to catch up with orders.
The 1914 export figures reveal a booming U S motor car industry with exports nearing 28 million dollars for the year, excluding parts and accessories. The report notes strong standardization, foreign duties, and market variations, highlighting major buyers like the United Kingdom and Canada and contrasting duties in Australia, New Zealand, and other nations.
A fragment from Household Journal describes a lesson where Miss Foul asks questions about The Second Commandment. A pupil replies hesitantly, then truthfully mentioning family relations. The text hints at moral instruction and local schooling practices of the period.
A special train from Syracuse carried 2727 Franklin automobiles westward to Washington and Oregon, including 20 cars to Walla Walla and others to Pendleton and Seattle. The value nears $70,000 with freight over $4,000, marking a record long-distance shipment for the era.
Wuest near Beacken Nexas adapts a Studebaker model to a tractor by removing rear wheels and fitting sprockets and improvised tires. The device powers night plowing at about five acres per hour, replacing a costly motor tractor. World-quick conversion gains utility without new purchase.
On St Patrick day at Venice California nineteen racers vied on a 3.1 mile macadam circuit for a 200 mile Grand Prix. Barney Oldfield drove 97 laps at an average 88.5 mph to win claiming Firestone tires performed under tough right angle turns and rough road. Only six of nineteen entrants finished, highlighting the brutal test of man and machine.
A farmer recalls a strange incident with Pat and a hay fork. Pat promised a quick work cut but hid in the corner as the farmer approached. The scene ended with Pat shouting to keep back as a “minute” was about to start.
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