Waterloo Motor Vehicle Show All Next Week at Cattle Congress Grounds
Iowa woman recounts a cross country Maxwell trip from San Diego to Clear Lake. Four travelers camped on the running board box, logged 2689 miles in 19 days, used 133 gallons of gas and 24 gallons of oil. Difficult desert heat, sand, and steep grades tested the Maxwell’s mettle.
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Waterloo
Cattle Congress
California
Denver
Grand Canyon
Petrified Forest
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Yosemite Valley
Maxswell
Jordan Dealers Hear of Full Jordan Output Through Jan 1
At the Cleveland Jordan motor car dealers convention the coverage noted full Jordan scheduled output taken by dealers until January 1 of next year. The event highlighted new closed models the sport limousine and sedan with one car finished in Copenhagen blue shown by Mrs Paul Zens. Jordan announced no new orders could be accepted under present conditions as supply was exhausted.
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Jordan Motor Car
Cleveland
Jordan Motor Car Company
Jordan
Copenhagen
Paul Zens
Jordan Sport Marine
Automobile Now Business Economy
C F Giltner of Kisselbar argues the automobile is an economy for business and personal efficiency. He notes a shift from bankers and executives to younger buyers who cut non essentials and invest in a car.
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C. F. Giltner
Women to Drive Electric Taxicabs in Detroit Mich
Detroit advertises women drivers for its electric taxicabs to cover daytime shifts from 7 am to 6 pm with equal wages to men. Training is brief, operation simple, and electric cabs touted for cleanliness quietness and speed. over 500 women have applied nationwide, with Detroit’s fleet expanding to nearly 100 cars and rivals like Chicago and St Louis expanding their electrics.
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Detroit Taxicab & Transfer Company
Detroit
National Electric Light Association
Detroit Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Franklin Automobile Company War Boom Drives Production
Since the U S entry into World War I the Franklin Automobile Company shows record growth. By mid June 1917 production already surpasses all of 1916, with current output at 12 000 cars per year, three times 1916. Dealers have contracts totaling 10 million dollars for six months as orders outpace shipments by six to ten weeks.
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United States
Franklin Automobile Company
Franklin Company
Franklin
Motor Car Executive Boosts Campaign for Army Gymnasiums
Harry M. Jewett of Paige-Detroit Motor Car company leads a drive to equip soldiers with gymnasiums and proper training. He cites the need for methodical physical preparation and notes many rookies lack balanced fitness. Paige workers recently funded a hospital unit ambulance on a Paige chassis.
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Harry M. Jewett
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company
Jewett
Europe
Paige
Englishman Alfred Hoskins Returns to Fight for His Country
Akron man Alfred Hoskins, once in Akron as a quiet humorful resident, finally yields to duty. After roaming North America and resisting enlistment, he quits his job at B F Goodrich Rubber and enlists with the British recruiting station in New York. He sails tonight for service, embracing the peril and hardship ahead.
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Akron
Mnfield
Alfred Hoskins
Joseph Conrad
London
America
American
Chicago
Cleveland
Vin Akron
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
New York
Truck Men Study All New Angles of Haulage
The haulage problem for merchants manufacturers and jobbers grows due to congestion competition long delivery distances high costs and war conditions. Aeason Motor Truck Company vice president John F Bowman says the industry is young and shifting from design to operation efficiency to cut costs per ton mile. In Detroit the firm cites studies on body requirements loading systems and active hours, noting over 2000 season trucks in operation in the city.
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John F. Bowman
Aeason Motor Truck Company
Detroit
Develo
Cheaper Vacations With the Maxwell Automobile
A 31 day motor vacation from Ardmore to Detroit and back shows autos beat rail travel on cost and time. Mr and Mrs Simms spent 165 dollars versus 212 75 for rail fare plus lodging, with 4244 miles covered and an average of 25 miles per gallon.
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Maxwell Automobile
Simms
Ardmore
Okla
Detroit
Mike
Maxwell
Oakland Avenue
Sugar Grove
September Is Heavy Auto Sales Month
Automobile dealers nationwide report September sales surging beyond expectations. Saxon Motor Car Corp in Detroit notes factory orders backlogged with hundreds of unfilled requests. Indianapolis dealers report 274 Saxon cars sold, while August records were set in Dayton by FE Borchers. War effects fade as dealer volumes rise year over year.
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Saxon Motor Car Corporation
Detroit
Indianapolis
FE. J. Borchers
Dayton
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Record of Regional Trade and Weather Influences on Markets
The text notes 206 percent growth and mentions official records from the secretary of stats. It highlights Spokane Territory selling 650 euro, with the Middle West showing gains. Dealers credit September weather for activity and expect October to remain favorable, sustaining a brisk retail market until snow arrives.
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Tor
Stats
Far West
Spokane
Middle West
Transcontinental trip sets record from New York to Portland
Lt Robert Wis of Portland drove a Franklin car from New York City to Portland Ore in exactly twelve and a half days covering 3489 miles. He averaged 11 hours of driving daily and 350 miles per day with three passengers aboard, using 290 gallons of gasoline for roughly 17 5 miles per gallon despite storms and slick roads.
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New York City
Portland
Ore
Robert H. Wis
Franklin
Wrantclin
Syracuse
Granger
Wyo
Oregon Trail
Columbia River Highway
Bilis
Comforts of Home on Vacation Tour
A wife of a Los Angeles physician, traveling with her husband, unveils a solution to keep clothes crease free on cross country car trips. The essay discusses automoblie comfort and the feminine touch improving travel apparel without wrinkle or rumple.
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Los Angeles
Inventive Studebaker adds automodulla wardrobe and bed
An American motorist outfits a six cylinder Studebaker for Atlantic coastal travel with a khaki wardrobe press that hangs from rear hooks and folds into coat and skirt storage. A novel Suspenson Bridge bed spans above seats, creating a dressing room while travel and a tarpaulin cover shields occupants by night.
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America
Atlantic
Studebaker
Pullman
Closed Cars in Greater Demand
The Dart Motor Car Co notes a remarkable growth in the closed car trade. John D. Mansy cites natural evolution and practicality driving demand rather than sudden changes in public taste.
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Jno. D. Mansy
Dart Motor Car Company
Dort sedan demand to greatly increase this year
The article notes a shift from pure price games to product improvement with higher output and lower costs. It cites a past prize winning sedan that became affordable for many and asserts that a splendid coach can now be bought for about the price of a touring car, predicting a surge in Dort sedans and sedaneras demand this year.
Local Visit Notes From Aplington Area
Kept. 28 Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Dreyer traveled to Buffain Center for a short visit before returning home Mrs. Pred Ashopp and children arrived from Port Angeles, Wash for a three month stay with her parents Mr. and Mrs. N. HL. Renita. The town well was finished the first of
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Aplington
Apungton
Mires
H. W. Dreyer
Buffain Center
Pred Ashopp
Port Angeles
Wash
N. HL
Renita
Weekend Moves And Local Property Shifts In Town
The city council ordered the electric light plant to tie John ten home, about five blocks away. WW R Van Gerpen and family moved this week. the Win Klingenborg family also relocated. Henry Arends family moved into a recently sold house formerly owned by the Hutsinga estate. Amos and Eva De Buhr left Monday for a visit to Freeport.
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A. Wi
John Ten
R. van. Gerpen
Win Klingenborg
Henry Arends
C. Hutsinga
Amos
Eva de Buhr
Freeport
Canterbury Convocation endorses reinsertion of King Charles name
The lower house, by 6b to 26, passed a resolution moved by the dean of Canterbury urging the upper house to consider a proposal to reinstate the name of King Charles the martyr on a blackletter saint. Redletter saints are printed in red in the calendar, while blackletter ones are minor saints.
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Canterbury
Charles
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