First Auto Endurance Run Promoted by Long Island Club
The Pioneer Endurance Run of April 1411 featured 22 entrants starting at minute intervals. The course circled through Nassau and Queens towns, with cars split into three classes and a top score of 100 noted as perfect.
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Amerian
Automobile
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Fettus Ebotel
Jamaica
Ing Point
Miashing
Flyde Park
Queens
Hempstead
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Welds Delion
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Charles Meyersauld M. Appero
Fred W
D. Pearl
Ir Apperson
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Haynes
Apperson
Surrey
Nile
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Joc. McCoy
Judese Mascalar
UU. Moore
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Amdges
Gare
Trier
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America
Vance and Storage Cn
New High Powered Roadster to be Shown by Catted Motors
A distinctive high powered roadster from Catted Motors Washington Company will debut at the auto show. The Newest Columbia models feature fine body creations and superior design. The piece notes maintenance tips about crank case cleaning and oil changes, urging proper lubrication for engine efficiency.
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Catted Motors Washington Company
Columbia
Iewest
Lexceeuce
A One Cylinder Car Climbing a Hill
A fragmentary item from Life features a humorous vignette about a tiny engine attempting a steep ascent. The piece plays on misheard phrases and stuttering dialogue to underline persistence and comic difficulty.
Durable solid tires mark early 1900s tire progress
The article traces B. F. Goodrich firsts in solid rubber and truck tires, noting tests on a large motor truck, the development of a demountable rim for solid tires, and plans for a seven story plant. It cites Goodrich innovation and early demand for durable tires in New York fleets. It also reports Charles T Jeffery Company inquiries into 400 sales of tumbler tires in 1910, listing buyer occupations including bankers, merchants, farmers, and engineers.
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B. FP. Goodrich Company
Conecena
Goodrich Wireless Wied
Fifth Avenue
New
Goodrien Gtoul
Goodrich Wireless
Goodrich Company
Nner
Charles T. Jeffery
Thomas B. Jeffery Company
Randon
Ton
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Automobiles Heart Carburetor Performance and Costs
An automotive expert explains the carburetor as the engine heart and why a faulty unit hinders performance and raises operating costs. He notes gasoline quality, heat to the mixing chamber, and user ignorance affect vaporization, efficiency, and horsepower, urging owners to learn their car’s mechanism to keep engines in firstatr class condition.
Country Boys Turn Out Fine Chauffeurs
A mechanical engineer from Tarrytown, N Y, I A Grant, notes that many top chauffeurs come from smaller towns. He toured the Western states and prepared a free leaflet detailing how ambitious men can enter the automobile business. Address him at Tarry Town for a copy.
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I. A. Grant
Tarrytown
Tarr
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Long Island Club
Dayton Airless
Meridian Sales Co., Inc
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REO Motor Company
Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company
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David S. Hendrick
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