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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1913

Page

12

Commerce Light Delivery Efficiency Promised By Letter

A letter to The Commerce Motor Car Company extols the Fort Worth Gas Company for efficient light delivery. It claims the line and economy can be matched by Commerce services and invites a no cost demonstration.

Commerce Fort Worth Gas Company Commerce Motor Car Company Commerce Light Delivery South Texas Drug Company Pancoast-Morgan Company M. Castanoa & Son Star Liquor Company

Fort Worth Gas Company Truck Purchases and Benefits

Fort Worth Gas Company reports progress with two Commerce Trucks from Detroit. Model C panel and Model A open express cut need for horses, improve service, and save about 91.65 dollars monthly. Trucks run 37.2 and 25 miles per day with modest fuel costs and minor repairs. C. W. Sears signs.

Messrs. Fife and Miller Dallas Texas Fort Worth Gas Company C. W. Sears

Offers Fine Field Auto Business Holds Good Future for Young Men

An article argues the automobile industry offers strong prospects for young Americans. It emphasizes hard work and sales talent over formal education and notes a gap between lazy salesmen and those who prove themselves with results. It promotes entering auto sales and factory work as a solid career path.

America

Baseball Chatter From The Majors Naps Ready For Pivotal Series

The Cleveland Naps brainstorm new inside plays, including delayed squeezes and a classic double steal, while preparing for a first series against the Athletics. Players like Birmingham, Lajoie, Rossman, and Willett are cited along with anecdotes about Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson, and bullpen banter on umpiring and old time tricks.

Cleveland Naps Naps Birmingham Birmy Joe Jackson Chapman Larry Lajoie Borton Chicago Claude Rossman Tiger Rossman Nap Claude Larry

Indianapolis Motocyclist Completes 14000 Mile Trip in Ninety Days

E G Baker returns to Indianapolis after a 14,000 mile motorcycle journey in 90 days. He crossed Cuba Jamaica Mexico and Panama then rode through the western United States back to Indiana. He logged 238 mile days two long stretches and a record desert run of 560 miles in 30 hours 15 minutes.

Indianapolis Baker Cuba Jamaica Old Mexico Panama Canal Atlanta Savannah Jacksonville Havana Colon Panama San Pedro Los Angeles San Jose Santa Barbara Oakland San Francisco Stockton San Diego Yuma Phoenix el Paso Fort Worth Dallas Little Rock Poplar Bluffs St. Louis Terre Haute

Dooin Rules Phillies in Early Season Wagers

Charley Dooin, manager of the Philadelphia Nationals, leads a squad fancied to win the pennant as he fights for every decision and keeps the team ahead in the league. A rider recalls Baker fording streams and the ordeal of crossing rivers on a motorcycle, a daring tale from the road.

Charley Dooin Philadelphia Nationals Dooin Wiseacres

Hupmobile 32 Roadster Sets Los Angeles to San Francisco Record

E W Johnson of Fresno California drove a Hupmobile 32 roadster from Los Angeles to San Francisco in fourteen hours flat reducing the old seventeen hour five minute mark by three hours five minutes. The run featured one five second spark plug wire fix and occasional fords of swollen streams on the route. Johnson aimed for an average forty miles per hour and finished with a peak speed of fifty seven. The start was at 4 80 a m from the Times building Los Angeles and the car reached San Francisco at 6 30 p m at the Hupmobile dealer’s office.

E. W. Johnson Fresno Cal Los Angeles San Francisco Johnson Pacific Coast Bakersfield Times Hupmobile Dealer

Motocycle Enthusiast Belding Travels Palm Beach

Owner of two large touring cars M M Belding favors a motocycle for trips around his winter retreat in Palm Beach Fila.

M. M. Belding Palm Beach Fila

Street railway company buys motorcycle for trouble department

The street railway company of St. Joseph Missouri has purchased a motorcycle for use in its trouble department.

The Street Railway Company of St. Joseph, Mo

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