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Early Auto Era In Traer Chronicle Highlights
The Traer Star-Clipper recounts the arrival of motor cars in Traer, noting key early owners like Ed Glosser, Dr. Parsons, and Herman Schulz. It covers first cars, steamers, fuel, ignition, and lighting tech, plus trials of roads and weather for horse alternatives, with era milestones around 1904 to 1908 and references to local streets near Highway 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trauer
Traer
Traer Star-Clipper
Ray D. Jefries
Fairmont
Minn
Louie Sawyer
Ed Glosser
Tracr
Harry E. Taylor
E. &. Taylor
Tracr Star
Star-Clipper
Dysart
Lew Temple
Committee On Entertainment
Glosser
Temple
Lansing
Oldsmobile
Charles Wood
Wood
John Provan
R. H. Moore
E. E. Taylor
A. L. Ames
Ed Sawyer
Lewis Blocker
Herman
Schulz
West
Stanley
John Ames
Frank Chrudimsky
W. Walter Wilson
P. L. Parsons
Waterloo
Olds
Dr. Parsons
Helsman
Oakland
Bendix
Parsons
A. A. Crabbe