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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1915
Page
11
D Chapin argues for cheap road improvement using light weight autos and dirt roads. He cites Florida sand road methods, advocates public education, and urges municipalities to adopt low cost options like the King drag to improve existing routes. He notes farmers buying cars aid progress and emphasizes energy over money.
Thomas McKelvey drove an Overland Model 81 roadster to an eighth-place finish in the San Francisco exposition Grand Prix. The Fresno dealer crewed car featured a weight-saving fan removal and a special body to adapt a roadster for racing. The 400 mile race, run over 100 laps, saw a single pit stop for fuel on lap 53 as the car sustained steady pace through the course.
Fragmented text mentions a procedure and events, with garbled phrases about time, tape, alley tubes, and a vague reference to Japan and personal crisis reports. The readable content is too incomplete to identify names, places, dates, or concrete events.
Nolen Keller has recovered from a prior illness and will appear in Waterloo on April 23 in an advertised engagement. The notice confirms the artist’s commitment and timing for the event.
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