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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1920
Page
11
The text discusses a fashionably flexible top and window system offering wind protection and dust avoidance for open air travel. It claims weather conditions are irrelevant to passenger comfort and highlights user control over openness and protection. The tone resembles promotional copy with vague, partial phrases.
The Fordson tractor, born from years of experiments by Ford, drew attention in the salesrooms on Bridge and Adams streets. Small but powerful it serves small and large farms and, via belt power, runs threshers, ensilage cutters, feed grinders, sawmills and other farm machinery.
The Willard Battery Co. ditched the traditional guarantee four years ago and offers a free health insurance policy with Threaded Rubber Battery. Local dealer F S Aust explains that some makers guarantee 12 to 24 months, while Willard backs its Threaded Rubber insulation and plate protection with no time limits or strings.
A long discussion covers whether to fit non skid tires on rear wheels or front wheels. It cites Michelin Universal as a four wheel option with broad flat tread and claims it prevents front skid while easing steering.
The Imperial agency uses a semaphore like signal system on rear fenders to indicate driving actions. A touch on the steering column control lever raises a signal for stop left or right, visible day or night to the car behind.
Disjointed notes describe a rear sighting and a pilot operation with indicators of a signal controlling a driver. Mention hints at California authorities and leading clubs, but text is fragmented and unclear about a concrete event or outcome.
The automobile sector now ranks second in the United States for output, exceeded only by steel. Its payroll approaches a million employees, with paychecks supporting numerous communities.
The survey notes 132 automobile factories with 43 000 dealers and 37 000 dealers. industry worth about 3 billion. Despite strong home demand experts see the sector lagging foreign markets. Ladies fashion focuses on predominating color blends with red as second. Camel hair coats expected to be in vogue.
An array of ailing transit notes and a bizarre incident are described including U.S. car ownership ratios, New York City municipal spending on motor vehicles, a humorous Wakean sign translation about Ford crank mishaps, and a farmer in Auburn Washington losing trousers when his crank mechanism jams. The piece also notes Japan’s truck subsidies and a government bounty plan.
Experts in automobiles and parts report fiscal year ending June 30, 1919 surpassed all previous records with $185 million in sales. The prior high was $1.4 million for the 1916 local year. A western railroad yard adopted a gasoline powered locomotive for rewilteking purposes. Sacramento provided stalls marked by painted drag strips on central streets for parking cars.
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