New gear increases Ford truck speed from factory option
Ford Motor Company introduces a special worm and gear upgrade allowing Ford trucks to reach seven miles per hour faster without engine change. Dealers offer the enhancement to customers seeking higher speed, while standard equipment remains at fifteen mph. Henry Ford emphasizes the value of work and a cheerful attitude. Chicago police report on a professional car thief era, noting closed cars deter theft and detailing how open cars ease thefts, with Oakland Motor Car Company detailing anti theft features and service responses. Battery freezing cautions from local Willard dealer warn drivers to protect storage batteries in cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Company
Chicago
Leconte
W. J. Lepper
Oakland Motor Car Company
Mr. Lepper
Oakland Company
Oakland
Fim
House of Office
Sears
American Tractors Spark New Era in India Amid Women Teams
Report highlights American tractors transforming Indian agriculture and road-building, replacing traditional animals and labor. The piece notes foreign trade discussions at a Cleveland convention and touches on unrelated tech notes about batteries and historical trivia, reflecting a broad miscellany typical of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
National ‘Foreign Trade Council
Cleveland
Residents Lucky to Keep Alive on Lorain County Roads
Elyria February 26 reports more than 7 500 pleasure cars and about 1 300 trucks operated in Lorain county with motorcycles not counted, part of a state total of 676 292 motor vehicles in the year 192.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lorain County
Bratton Company of Columbus
Laraine County
Clearing House Would Solve These Problems
Mrs P C Gilman of the Associated Charities advocates a daily report of charity cases from every organization. A central clearing house would reduce duplicate phone calls and investigations, streamlining the process. The text also notes that the Walloons of Belgium are descendants of the Gaulish Belgae.
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Clearing House
P C Gilman
Associated Charities
Belgium
Doctors Has Nor geless Mr In Lorain Auto Age
A memory filled piece discusses Lorain doctors adapting to the automobile era. It notes physicians visiting patients quickly by car, lists many local doctors and their car makes including Buick, Dodge, Reo, Ford, Saxon, American, and others, and ends with a light aside about a harmless galliwasp.
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Buick
Dra
Baldwin
Mead
T. J. Kasinaki
D. E. Stephen
G. M. Crawford
A T. Grills
G. Dager
D. D. Grimms
R. Meek
O. Mikolanda
Dodge
Valoyd Adair
Fragmentary note on cross Atlantic terms and dates
A garbled nineteenth century era fragment mentions toesile of am tinct animals found at Bart Lands in the Dakotas and references an English quarter containing railway contracts and American pages. it briefly alludes to 1660 and cross continental connections.
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Bart
Dakotas
United States
England
America
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Henry Ford
F.S Ault
Willard
Dors
Paige Glenbrook
Glenbrook
Tacies
Dat Oik
Paige
Detroit Motor Car CO
Detroit Surers
Paige Motor Cars and Motor Trucks
Amerikaa
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Jack Frost
Farthingale
Spain
Sardinia
Fippachus
Halle
Prussia
ONA Darjeeling High WA
Auto Painting CO
22Nd St
Lorain, Ohio
E. Bridge St
Hlyria, Ohio
Ford
American Auto Wrecking Co
Nathan Bros
Elyria, Ohio
Tie
Broadway
West Ene Avenue
Lorain
Galliwasp
C. L. Worthington City Taxi Co
O’donnell
Oldsmobile
Dunn Motor Sales CO
Opera House
Second Street
Hlyria, O
Universal Car
the Simpson Motor Co
Auto
Bell
Ohio
Fordson
Broad and Bridge Sts
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