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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1916
Page
36
The company notes a shipment of automobile sundries and claims 1916 distinct items in stock. It promotes its large and varied auto parts range and announces new show windows to illustrate the breadth of its operations.
An advertisement promotes tire and tube sales from Enterprise with promises of fair allowances for returns and no higher authority to appeal to. It lists tire sizes and prices, notes a trade in of old tires, and claims their tires match quality of a 2500 mile tire with price quotes varying by size upon application.
The Won der Tool combines an anvil vise cutting hardie drill press pipe vise and corundum grinder to cover over 100 uses. Size 27 by 7 by 13 inches closed and weighs about 85 pounds. Price to be announced.
E C Morse was elected vice president of the selling division of Chalmers Motor Company announced after a directors meeting. He will oversee sales service and advertising, succeeding the late Paul Smith and bringing decades of auto industry sales experience.
Goodyear officials claim their SV tires outperform rivals on cost per mile and mileage. Customer testimonials indicate average miles per tire around 13 705, nearly double the 7 000 guarantee. Hydraulic rim pressing at 75 tons prevents creeping and eliminates extra fastenings.
Edward Harbacher, a Washington state farm hand, says he wrote The Spoilers The Silver Horde and The Barrier published under Rex Beach. Beach disputes the claim and Harper Brothers has no record of Harbacher. Royalties for the Alaska trilogy continue to Rex Beach.
Doris radiantly shares news of a family addition as a neighbor hurries to learn the details. The scene captures a domestic moment with Doris eager to reveal the joyful birth and the neighbor's puzzled curiosity.
Warden Talcott at the North Dakota state prison invited a Willys-Overland representative to lecture on the Knight motor. Inmates with mechanical interest filled the auditorium and obtained Willys-Knight literature and mailing-list inclusion for future materials.
The piece recalls the wooden Indian figure once common at tobacco shops and homes, noting its decline as settlers replaced it with new decor. It questions the fate of the replica, once a lively symbol of frontier life, now fading from sight and memory.
Mr. O C Friend, president of Mitchell Motors Company, announces Marion C Bias as purchasing agent. Bias joined from International Harvester in 1909, has risen from office boy to buyer, and has three years as assistant purchasing agent. His trade ties and market knowledge poise him for success.
A Department of Commerce summary notes Danish West Indies could join the United States if a treaty is approved. The report highlights St Thomas as a key future trade hub with a direct line to European ports and the Panama Canal. It also cites banking changes and a need for postal money orders to boost parcel post trade with the United States.
The Electirc World (sic) notes atmospheric interference as the sole major unsolved issue in long distance radio telegraphy. Earlier challenges included securing reliable generating plants for transmitting stations and creating sensitive dependable receiving apparatus.
Engineers work to distinguish wanted signal waves from parasitic static in radio telegraphy. Progress reduces interference with large transmitters and atmospheric reducing methods, but distinguishing between similar electromagnetic disturbances remains difficult.
A garbled fragment recalls a soldierly mindset with grim bravado. The text hints at combat memory and a spouse figure urging readiness amid hardship, mentioning a brick and a broken head as vivid wartime imagery.
A fragment shows a character planning a covert surprise for a group of boys, mentioning a sewn dynamite-like device. The NDA style dialogue hints at danger and preemption by authorities, suggesting a security threat being prepped in a wartime setting.
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