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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1916
Page
8
New York reports over half a million dollars paid into the state by motorists for new plates and licenses as of February. Secretary of State Francis M. Hugo notes a record demand for renewal certificates and identification, with 103,128 applications so far this year, up from 67,305 at the same point last year.
A stage show moment unfolds with a magician asking a boy if he has seen him before. The boy replies no, stating he has never seen the performer.
A. R. Erskine of the Studebaker Corp predicts autos will overtake railroads and trolleys as the main transportation in years. He touts the car's privacy, economy, range, and appeal for business and family use, contrasting it with fixed schedules and crowded, uncomfortable rail travel. He notes auto-related industries have grown to become America's fourth-largest sector.
A shopping list of automoile accessories and apparel features new squeegee foot mats for mud control, patent leather mules, red leather trimmed hats, khaki kool gowns, leather trimmed coats, wide nickel cups, Raglan fur coats with tam turban hats, round leather toilet bags, updated coaching parasols, and reindeer fabric gloves priced for touring.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co increases the 30x2 1/2 tire size for Ford vehicles. The new tire offers about thirty percent more air capacity with strengthened walls more tread rubber and a chafing strip above the bead to prevent breakage.
Bloch Brothers reported strong sales across brands including Oldsmobile Dodge and Maxwell with two large Maxwell and Chalmers loads en route. They acquired Cadillac agency expanding service across Alabama Mississippi and Florida while other dealers move Cadillacs Republic Trucks Reo Saxon Ford and more.
Paul Smith now heads the Chalmers selling division and reports six month sales up 100 percent over last year. He notes December 1915 sales eight times 1914 and January 1916 twelve times larger, amid fierce auto industry competition. Also, Republic Motor Truck Co extends Alma plant with reinforced concrete units, forming a large truck factory claimed to be the world’s biggest dedicated to trucks.
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