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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1922
Page
10
Bill Standring, proprietor of the Pike Street Tire Shop, plans to remove the storefront and create an open front market. He hopes passers-by will freely inspect tires on display without entering the shop, addressing hesitation to enter a tire store.
Cadillac increases production at Detroit plant to near 4000 workers as dealers push for more cars this season. Expansion follows successful model introduction with steady hiring. Plan includes deposits for tires to lock future delivery and price protection for buyers.
H C Gray and R H Gray of Seattle, early auto repairmen, invented a magnet tool for engine work and a Fordson tractor cut-out to prevent tipping. Both articles, developed at the Washington Repair Shop, were patented in 1971 and are now manufactured in limited quantities.
A fragmentary column notes brisk speeds of cars and air as a free resource, jokes about traffic accidents, and early mentions of 1921 motor taxes. It cites high highway fatalities, tire lifespans, and railroad crossing dangers while touching on early auto wireless phones.
A Cleveland made Beacon Automatic Stop-Lite warns drivers by flashing on the rear fender when speed slackens in traffic. Sold by Ulrich & Co. in Seattle, it claims effectiveness in night rain fog and dense traffic, reducing the need to signal with an arm.
Alfred G. Ayerst Motor Company of Third Ave and Stewart in contracting with the Torbert Academy of Practical Motoring Minneapolis to offer a ten week Ford car mechanics course. Classes start about March 1 one night weekly covering ignition lighting cooling and other systems. Lectures led by the Plant chief mechanic. The program began in Minneapolis and spread to Seattle Tacoma and other West Coast cities under Torbert’s guidance. Be Fordly In formed is the academy slogan.
Customs officials in Canada investigate a report that 17,000 automobiles were smuggled in from the United States while a child actor Jackie Coogan is noted for a $10,000 special car. The fragment hints at wartime casing and public curiosity about luxury autos.
Washington reports between 500 and 1,500 lepers in the United States. The Public Health Service warns leprosy is a greater public health problem than commonly believed and immunity does not remove the need for vigilance. Historically 278 cases were found in 1902 with 73 restrained. many victims contracted the disease in the Philippines.
A. A. Gray of Truck Tire Co says the 30x3% 999 tire from Oldfield Tire now comes with a guarantee, standard in many Seattle firms, and its rugged build with two vs eight to ten splices helps light trucks. The $9.99 price and guarantee have driven sales beyond prior records.
Notes and Comment on THE OLD HOME TOWN reports Aberdeen January building expenditures nearly four times December totals. State capitol committee announces appraisal of a $73000 timber section in Lewis county tied to the Capitol Land Grant. Puyallup Council authorizes $75000 warrants to renew the water system. The Commercial club cancels its Monday dinner due to la grippe. Puget Sound College debaters gain a national forensic charter. Hugh J Williams engages Miss Winifred Willame of Tacoma.
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