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V. II. THOMAS €0. GROW- -5ING CONCERN; PRODUCTS iGO FAR, AND WIDE JT .. f •“How far that little candle throwst's beam. .We have no doubt there are people Iving in Spencer who do not know . J hat there ia such an institution at* •! he W. H. Thomas Manufacturing ^ Jo. and there are others who have v 3iit very hazy ideas as to tho mag- t nitude of the business done by this concern. r-jWalter Thomas as he is commonly known to his friends here at home began in a very modest and humble ivay to deveiope and make some of i his ideas marketable. His first move /•: was with his accelerator for Ford cars. He developed this idea and got the device patented and then pro- S ceeded to put it upon the market.. 'v's The accelerator- was something that 5j all Ford owenrs needed and they :• appreciated it when it came and it i has been a success from the start. /• but it has had its progressive stages to pass through in its manufacture and the efficiency with which the pro-duct has been truned out and put on. ^ the market has been persistently de-vetoped. New machinery to speed *,j up production has been made to meet tho growing demands and now five ^ boy a turn out more and better pro- / duct than ten did in the arller stages ’ of the gome. *•The boast that the Ford car cov- ? ers the earth and wherever it has s gone the Bull Dog accelerator has gone. Just Htop and think for a meat, the Bull Dog accelerator has ‘ gone from this shop on West Fifth ‘ street to all the continents and even • to the islands of the sea. Just, the 3 Jirst of this week wo happened to/'kj stop in tho Thomas factory and they 1 were making up a package for New Zealand and they go to Porto Rico, j Japan and many other places. ^The accelerator wag Walter's first £ venture but he has not stopped' with it. The Thomas Company is making and selling other devices but they 'V seem to gather about the Ford pro - 5 Auctions. These are all Bull Dog products and among them we might ^ mention th© Dust Cap or Bearing /* Protector, tho Fender Support, the * Running Board Support, Then there are the Balanced Hitch, the Fender ' and the cab. Theso- latter ard.^-Fordson tractor appliances. They have had a large sale on tbeso fend-
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Spencer Reporter
Spencer, Iowa, US
Wed, Mar 30, 1921
Page 7
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