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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1913
Page
14
A Hudson Company representative extolls the motor car as a creator of happiness and optimism for Americans. He argues cars offer travel freedom rivaling trains and horses, encourage cheerful living, and spur future ownership, noting six cylinder Hudson models for efficiency and lower running costs.
The National Motor Vehicle Company of Indianapolis announces a coupe body designed for winter use, interchangeable with other National bodies. The model is marketed locally, with emphasis on rugged enclosure and adaptability.
New York reports a 26 percent tariff drop on tires lowering consumer prices. Gaulois Tire Corp cuts prices on 84 by 4.5 and tubes. other sizes follow. Prowodnik issues a price list dated October 1, 1913. Also details Indianapolis Electric Steel Co plans to produce car steel using electric furnaces with H. H. Burkman Jr. as engineer and inventor.
An automotive writer argues red lights should be on the left and green on the right to signal danger and guide passing distance. He warns that misplacing lights can cause fatal head-on risks and urges drivers to remember red on the left.
Mrs Corene Willows of Wichita with husband Roy Willows plans a motorcycle trip to San Francisco. She calls motorcycling a world of fun across prairies mountains and streams and says aviation would be thrilling but unsafe for now.
Chase With Lyons Atlas Co EH H Chase Jr formerly general sales and business manager for the Southern branch of Olds Motor Works in Louisville Kentucky has accepted a position as assistant sales manager with the Lyons Atlas Company of Indianapolis.
The Chicago Automobile Club and Chicago Athletic Association ran a fall reliability tour to Hudson Lake Indiana with mayor Carter Harrison as guest. Gear-shift tests featured a Vulcan electric system on a Haynes and a Gray pneumatic system on a Cole six with one driver achieving a perfect score. The event highlighted traffic handling advantages and quiet gear changes.
Marion Motor Car Company announced last week two closed body models a four passenger coupe and a five passenger sedan to be built on four or six cylinder chassis expanding its range from open body cars. The move marks a notable shift after eleven years focused on open designs. John D Rockefeller and Fred H Caley toured Cleveland area highways to inspect improvements and discussed a repair and maintenance scheme with potential financial support.
A crowd of about 2500 watched the October 5 motor car races at Madison Park Seattle. Henry North won the 20 mile Hotel Washington trophy in 25 minutes and 38.5 seconds driving a Locomobile. Staley won the 10 mile Albert Hanson trophy in 18 minutes 49 seconds driving a Studebaker.
The new Franklin Six-30-1 model on display in Bird Song & Potchernick window at 214 BE Houston Street showcases direct air cooled motor with a Sirocco fan flywheel. The Six-30 comes in six body types and shares one chassis with interchangeable bodies, marking Franklin's focused production after years of model changes.
A. B. Carpenter and L. W. Fair, farmers near Coffeeville Kansas, purchase motorcycles for their sons to ride to and from high school this winter. The farmers say the two wheelers will provide pleasure and practical value by freeing time for farm work mornings and evenings otherwise spent traveling to school.
George H. Cox resigns as assistant sales manager at the Thomas B. Jeffery Company in Kenosha Wisconsin after eight years in the sales department.
The underwriters' syndicate failed to sell 20 percent of Maxwell Motor Company stock before the October 1 expiry. About 80 percent or 4,586,796 dollars of 5,720,996 dollars subscribed were taken up by the underwriters. The balance is the total 24 dollar per share assessment paid by U S stockholders in the reorganization voting trust certificates. Shares are held five years by Harry Bronner, Charles H Sabin and James C Brady.
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