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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1929
Page
2
The Whippet Six gains public acclaim as a high standard light six with seven bearing crankshaft and lowest ever price for a six cylinder car. Its engineering and design set industry interest, boosting Willys-Overland’s Superior Whippet Six with retained seven bearing crankshaft and redesigned larger bodies.
A fragment notes a shift in how low priced items are valued, marking a new idea of style and equality in affordability. The text highlights Jor and related design as examples of this evolving concept.
The Chevrolet Six, now rapidly cruising highways in the thousands, marks its fourth birthday today. The milestone highlights the model's rapid adoption and growing presence on American roads as it enters its fifth year.
The Baroda exhibition features a carpet of pearls measuring eight by six feet, composed largely of pearls and embedded with eighteen hundred rubles worth of emeralds. A rare ornamental piece highlights Indian craftsmanship and jewelry artistry.
C W Churchill of Buick traces the evolution from sedan chairs and palanquins to carruca and the modern enclosed car. He notes royal luxury once reserved for nobility now common, with the sedan chair as the authentic forerunner and palanquins still used in India by some royals.
Oscar Dunn of Elyria sold fourteen Nash automobiles at the Cleveland auto show, an unusual feat noted by A E Reeke head of Reeke Nash Motors Co. of Cleveland, the Nash distributor for northeastern Ohio.
Mrs Wreir Ameto of Berlin New Hampshire says she was run down during pregnancy and could not work or digest food. After trying several medicines she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound which she credits with a great improvement and offers to answer letters about its effects.
In fourteen cars Dunn counted thirteen occupations among buyers. Eleven Nash models totaled 22,894 dollars with the high value sale of the Ambassador in the salon. Ward Lyons, night superintendent at National Tube Co., bought the Deluxe Ambassador for Elyria and drove it home after the Cleveland show closed.
The Packard Motor Car Company reports 1928 as its largest year with 49 700 shipments, surpassing 1927 by over 10 000 despite December production dips due to influenza. Fred A Brown notes strong reception for three new Packard Eights lines and predicts 1929 will exceed 1928.
Hudson Essex reports for 1928 show net earnings of 13,457,564 dollars and a cash position of 20,014,640 dollars. President R B Jackson forecasts unprecedented demand for 1929 models with shipments over 110,000 cars in Q1 and 240,000 in six months, with first quarter gross over 70,000,000 dollars, yet notes potential demand shortfalls.
The Oakland Motor Car Co announces a new model supplementing seven passenger types in the latest Oakland All-Amer ican Sixes line. The Special Four-door Sedan replaces the Landap Sedan and features luxurious Mohair upholstery pecan wood furnish ings a vanity case and smoking set rubber floor mat with felt back an adjustable driver’s seat and ebony finished instrument panel among refinements shared with Fisher-Oakland bodies.
De Soto officials credit the De Soto Six engine for much of the model’s five month success. Designed by Chrysler’s engineering corps, the engine delivers high power per cubic inch and per pound, 55 horsepower actual output from a 21.6 SAE rating, with reliable sustained performance at speed.
South Bend Ind Feb 9 Dealers report the largest January retail deliveries in Studebaker history with over 2000 unfilled orders carried into February. The rise follows the New Commander Eight and improved President Eight and Commander Six models showcased at the New York Automobile Show.
The article details Chevrolet bold strategy to switch from four cylinders to a six in the same price range, and how deliveries began January 1 despite skepticism. It notes dealers expected long turnover times but mass deliveries started promptly, marking a major industrial achievement.
Classified listing for Ph. 2626 presents a three-piece Golden Oak bedroom suite and three pieces of Golden Oak Rockers. Itemized details include the Broad Street contact at 580 Broad for purchase.
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