Scotch Celebrate Burns Day Plans UniteScottish Society Event
The Ogden Scottish society prepares for its Hubert Burns anniversary with a large committee led by Lawrence Summerville. A Burns concert and a later grand ball are planned at Grant Avenue on January 75 with Rev J E Carver delivering the oration. The new Oxden group aims for a strong,public Burns tribute.
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Ogden Scottish Society
Hubert Kurns
Lawrence Summerville
KCS
Grant Avenue
Burns
J. E. Carver
Sturns
New Scottish Society of
Oxden
Scota
Hudson Super Six covers 406 miles in a day
An owner drove his Hudson Super Six 406 miles in one day, starting at 7 15 in the morning and reaching his destination at 11 39 at night. He paused two and a half hours for lunch and fuel, with top speed of 78 mph on open country roads. The drive occurred in rainy, still weather, and the performance was noted as remarkable but not extraordinary.
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LL. Hanna
Hudson
Orden
Casoline
Ai Ils
Auto Industry Sees Record Year Ahead
Studebaker vice president predicts the biggest year the automobile industry has ever seen. He notes widespread demand and rising consumer purchasing power across cities, towns, and rural areas as Americans increasingly value the modern car.
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Studebaker Corporation
Mitchell aIX Shatters Alcor Record in Sand Dodge
NEW MITCHELL aIX Shatters Alcor a short time are 8. J. Murphy and Hal M. Harris, sales manager of the Cameron-Barkley company of Jacksonville, Fla., started out in one of John W. Date's Mitchell Juniors to break a Tampa record that had stood one broken for over a year. The route covered 173 miles of heavy sand with no radiator water loss, via Acala, in ten hours forty five minutes, beating the previous 11 hours 58 minutes for 273 miles. The record run proved the sand posed no danger to the new Mitchell, with a fifty six inch tread ride.
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J. Murphy
Hal M. Harris
Cameron-Barkley Company
Jacksonville
Fla
John W. Date
Mitchell
Tampa
Acala
7 467 000 Miles of Country Roads
The United States outside incorporated towns and cities had about 24 000 miles of pavable roads on January 1, 1898. The figure reflects total road length across vast rural areas and underscores the extent of country transportation infrastructure at the time.
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