Popular Electric Cars Gain Public Favor In City
The Waterloo Storage Battery Co. reports strong demand for electric cars and urban trucks from the Kentucky Wagon Mfg. Co. in Louisville. Electric coupes seat four, cost about 20 cents daily for battery charging, and six to eight have been sold locally. The Regal and Hudson models are highlighted as popular, economical, and durable with future sales expected to surpass previous years.
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Waterloo Storage Battery Co
Park Avenue West
H.W. Dimmick
Kentucky Wagon Mfg. Co
Louisville
Mr. Dimmick
Glide Auto Co Promotes Hudson Six Ticket Prices
The Glide Auto Co at 720 28 Mulberry Street, with A J Peveril as manager, promotes the Rega car as state distributor and highlights the new Hudson Six as a lead product in weight comparisons under the CARs Act 10.
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Glide Auto Co
Mulberry Street
A. J. Peveril
Rega
Hudson
Mitchell Car Gathers British Praise For Economy
British readers send unsolicited praise for the Mitchell automobile noting a touring record surpassing 4,000 miles and remarkable fuel and tire economy. The Mitchell Motor Co. at 218-721 Sixth Street East handles the car in the city.
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Mitchell Automobile
Mitchell Motor Co
Sixth Street
Mears
Henderson 1914 Kerosenes Car Burrettor Promises Savings
Henderson introduces a kerosene fueled 1914 car claiming 19 to 20 miles per gallon of kerosene, a major fuel saving over gasoline. The new model features wire wheels and optional wood wheels, with Colby cars also handled by Black Hawk Auto Co. manager F A Crecellus. He notes strong auto market and plans for growth into year end and next year.
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Kero Gene Ag
F. A. Crecellus
Black Hawk Auto Company
Fifth Street West
Colby
Law Iowa
Mason City
Crecellus
Henderson
Sailor Aims From Battery to Sandy Hook Amid Drift Wood Barriers
A mariner attempted a perilous swim from the Battery toward Sandy Hook across Long Island Sound. He endured eight hours in the water before abandoning the effort two miles from his goal due to driftwood hazards in the East River and near Hell Gate.
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Hell Gate
East River
College Point
Long Island Sound
the Battery
Sandy Hook
Burd Auto & Supply Expands Four Car Lines
Burd Auto & Supply at 416 18 Seventh Street West offers four car lines the Cole Imperial Empire and Howard. The 1914 Howard models arrived with no major changes, focus on comfort and devices proven in past years. Trade has been good this season and prospects look strong for year end sales to rural customers awaiting harvest results.
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Burd Auto & Supply Company
Seventh Street West
Ihs
Cole
Imperial
Empire
Howard
Beauty Hudson Six 54 Impresses With Graceful Design
The Hudson Six 54 features a 135 inch wheelbase and long low silhouette with concealed hinges and flush sides. Designers emphasize foreign style yet distinct Hudson identity, noting ease of city driving, concealed lighting, and clever extra tire storage for convenient access and symmetry.
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Hudson Six
Hudson Six 54 featured with electric starting and lighting
The HUDSON Six 54 is started and lighted from the driver's seat with a left mounted 19 inch steering wheel. Delco electric cranking system spins the flywheel at about 100 rpm for prompt cold starts and switches to a dynamo in motion. A heat device vaporizes fuel in the intake manifold and 12 inch parabolic headlights provide long illumination with adjustable brightness.
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Des Moines
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Iowa State Board of Agriculture
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Liberst
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Old Mexico
Iowa State Fair and Exposition
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Rolls-Royce
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de Dion
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Eign
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