Triumph of Mullsonia in Big Test
Hudson Super-Six set new transcontinental endurance benchmarks by completing a San Francisco to New York round trip and back in 67 minutes less than any prior attempt. The car averaged 28.14 mph on the outbound leg through 350 towns, then rode a longer return route to finish ahead of all but its own record.
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San Francisco
New York
William Steinhardt
Crockett Automobile Company
Hudson
Elko
Nevada
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Hudson Engineering
United States
Republic
Ben Johnson
South
West
Overland 75 B Roadster Proves Efficient for Salesmen
A Woodward Carriage Company report shows salesmen covered 170 337 miles in thirty days in an Overland model 75 B roadster at an average cost of 6 cents per mile. The example, cited by Frank Wine rich, notes greater territory coverage, lower travel costs than rail, and widespread adoption among firms for traveling sales forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Winerich
Woodward Carriage Company
San Antonio
Atlantic
Pacific
Tire Company
Handsome Goodyear Tire Window Displays Attract Attention
Goodyear window displays are featured in San Antonio and nationwide as the fall presentation blends pictorial and floral elements. C F Dwyer notes the displays helped attract customers and aided tire sales, with wistaria vines, flowers, and placards framing sturdy all weather tread fabric tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
C. F Dwyer
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
San Antonio
Goodyear
Chicago
Ford Runs Quarter Million Miles
A 1911 Ford car owned by T B Orr of Bakersfield California has logged a little over 250 000 miles in under six years. Paul Seiler of the San Antonio Ford office notes the owner keeps driving for more miles with minimal repairs two hundred sixty mile California trip in eleven days without stops. Repairs average about ten dollars per year.
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Ford
T. B. Orr
Bakersfield
Cal
Paul Seiler
San Antonio
Ford Motor Company
Orr
California
Transcontinental Overland Trip by San Diego Bachelor Girls
Two San Diego bachelor women undertake a five passenger Overland tour to 43 states visiting governors and inviting them to the San Diego fair. They travel without a male escort and report smooth progress across desert stretches from California toward Denver Colorado while filming scenes of notable places.
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F. A. Winerich
Woodward Carriage Company, Overland
Willys-Knight
San Diego
Commonwealths
California
Denver
Colo
Carlson
Colorado
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Mullsonia
Texas Match
Sporting Goods
Qdonse Brothers
Detroit
A. E. Staacke Auto CO
Phone Crockett
R.g
The
Crockett
Republic Motor Truck Company
Alma, Michigan
Wy Cedwears
Y Southw Pro
Frank A. Winerich
Texas Distributors
UNOC
Coravec
Antonio
Texas
Just
Automobile Tire Go., Inc
ED C. Griffith
Avenue C
Corner Travis Street
Travis
Kansas
Nebraska
Our
F.O. B
Cicero Auto Company
Main Avenue
Southwestern Distributors
Interstate and
Pathfinder Cars
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