Automobiles as a Family Necessity and Broadening Experience
The piece argues that cars are as essential as a piano for every home, not a luxury. It praises education, travel, and observation, placing the automobile beside railroads and ships as a vehicle for broadening minds and enabling constant family use. It notes affordable models, long service life, and cars serving mothers, the convalescent, the disabled, and workers, emphasizing autonomy, healthful recreation, and social advancement through automobile ownership.
Automobile as Family Head’s Daily Profit Center
A fragment discusses the automobile as essential to the breadwinner, delivering happiness and numerous family benefits. It claims every dollar invested yields high, lasting returns in value and utility, marking a peak in development.
Timing Speeders Unjustly A New York Magistrate Rules
A New York magistrate questioned speed timing methods after a chauffeur was charged with speeding 2212 mph. Tests compared three policemen clocks, showing speeds from 2112 to 2234 mph, leading the magistrate to conclude the timing method is unreliable and that small errors affect the overall speed calculation.
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Baltimore Automobile Show Promises Large Exhibit
Baltimore to host a major car show the same week as Washington. The Baltimore Automobile Dealers Association and Automobile Club of Maryland present the event at the Fifth Regiment Armory. About twenty passenger and commercial vehicles are scheduled, with several cyclecars and around fifteen truck and delivery car makes on display. The show runs from Tuesday through Saturday.
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Washington
Baltimore Automobile Dealers’ Association
Dealers’ Organization
Automobile Club of Maryland
Fifth Regiment Armory
Saoro
Baltimore
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The Year of Greatest Value in Automobiles 1914
The article argues the auto industry is sound and customer driven after years of hype. It notes lower operating costs, refined construction, and value over speed, with 1914 models offering notable equipment and lower prices. Leading firms and new light six models from Chevrolet Lozier Hudson Chalmers Oakland Franklin are highlighted as the era’s best value.
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Jack Rabbit
Wizard of the Hills
Apperson Motors
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Mormon
Chevrolet
Lozier
Hudzon
Chalmers
Oakland
Franklin
Leozier
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