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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
Going After Trucks
That Haven't Mirrors

ALBANY, May 22.-The authorities
are calling for strict enforcement Of
that section Of the motor vehicle law
providing for mirror equipment on
mercial cars of one ton capacity or
more, outside Of the first and second
class cities of the state. State troopers
and motor cops, the past two weeks
or so, have held up hundreds Of trucks
not properly equipped.
The use Of mirrors which became OBJ
ligatory last September, will do away,
it is claimed, with that type Of acct
dent which has come about on many
occasions when an autoist has endeav-
ored to pass truck and been crowded
driver was unaware Of the others pres
ence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
boulevard Conditions

There Is an enormous amount Of
travel these days to indianapolis from
New York City and after the first part
Of the road has been passed, that is as
far as Baltimore, excellent conditions
are found. One motorist reports that
the State of Maryland is apparently
following the example of France in hav-
ing, road patrol constantly at work
looking. after small imperfections in
the surface.
From Elkton to Columbus, Ohio, the
road is reported to be practically a
boulevard. The route leads through
Frederick, Hagerstown and Cumberland
in Maryland to Washington. Pa, Wheel
ing, w. Va, and Xenia and Dayton In
Ohio, and Richmond, Ind. to Indian
apolis. Hundreds of automobiles and
trucks being driven over the roads
from factories are using this route.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
Connecticut Road Detours

The Connecticut State Highway Com
WESTON has issued a bulletin on road
obstruction work in that state. The
no;nts of most interest to New York
motorists are:
southington - Paving work on Main
Street Short detour.
Norfolk-Constructio work on Nor
iolk Torrington Road. No detour.
Winsted- Short detour around one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
Must Know Costs to
Succeed in Trucking

Investigation shows that 10 per
cent of failures in the motor hauling
business are due to the fact that
operators do not keep an accurate cost
system. The rate charged for service
should be the actual cost Of operation
plus a reasonable profit. Nuckmen
should not attempt to compete with
rates charged by express and railroad
companies but should appeal to ship
pers for work in which they can supply
service unequaled by any other method
Of transportation. Rates that are based
on competition often result in disaster
to the business of the truck operator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
Will Punish Overlooking

The Highway Commission of New
Jersey has decided to place a Inc on
all trucks passing through that state
overloaded Scales will be placed on
the different highways, and if truck
is thought to be carrying more weight
than allowed by license it will be
brought to one. If found to be over
loaded fine will be imposed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
Some Places HLo0ks More
Like a De-7ou,'i,,g Season
Conditions Good in Maine, However; Wonderful
Road From Elkton to Columbus; Other State
information

,.,s report to the Bureau Of Tours
81 Automobile Club Of America is
w the General condition of the roads
tas. Stat of Maine is better than
VI and that comfortable touring
sssah he enjoyed in many directions.
~ nsnv New Workers. are planning to
,!rs M to Maine for fishing right now
a ga shey will be interested in a descrip-
s .s.n Of the route to Belgrade Lakes.
E Esa road from New York to Hartford
!, ~, CAV of Waterbury is in fine condi-
~ TO Plainville. The direct road
ns ,m plainville to Hartford is closed.
, rss detour by way of New Britain is
l Ia for six miles, but thereafter is
rough,
- u-.forI through Putnam to Worcester,
u Wass From Worcester to Boston and
ns...ona through Portsmouth, n. H., to
leland. Me, the road is also described
nod Gong to Augusta by way of
s,,,nnswick and Gardner there is good
e.s', macadam road for about fifteen
. asT The rest is fair gravel, good
, a,bsn It is dry but bad in wet weather.
The best way to go from Augusta to
boirreAe is through Manchester. There
:. :. Tood macadam to Manchester, where
,sn road turns right on fair dirt. About
I'VE miles further on from Manchester
~. .sn lett fork leads to Belgrade Lakes.
This is part dirt and hilly and rough.
Tho right fork goes to Belgrade sta
,;on fair to good road. At Belgrade
ststion there is a good gravel road go
;rS IN to the lakes. This right hand road
frem the fork is about seven and one
onarter miles, as against five miles for
,bs direct road, but is in much better
condition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23

bridge between Winsted and Colebrook
Lakeville - Lakevilie Millerton roat
open. Through traffic should pas
through Sharon and Lakeville.
East Hampton--Grading work being
done on Haddam Neck Roads. No de
tour. Pass on the side.
Litchfield-Bantam Road under con
struction, detour. From New Preston
going west to Morris turn at Bradley
Vile and follow arrows. Coming from
Litchfield on the east going to Morri
cross railroad tracks at Lake Station
and follow around shore of lake. D
not attempt detour after rain.
Many Penn Roads Shut or
A total of 1iS detours is reporte,
by the State Highway Department o
Pennsylvania. Of greatest interest t.
New York motorists are the following
On the Sunbury- Williamsport roac
detour between Nundy and Halls.
On the Pittsburgh Washington road
between Washington and Canonsburs
On the Gettysburg-Y road, be
tween Abbottstown and Farmers.
On the Doylestown- Easton road, be
tween Plumsteadville and Piperville.
On the Reading Allentown road, be
tween Broiningsville and Maxatawns
On the Doylestown- Norristown road
in Chalfont Borough.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
Dash Gasoline Gauge
Tells Contents of Tank
Another New Device is Hot
Water Heater for Cold
Weather Driving

Engineers have Just developed and
will soon market two unusual devices,
one an electric gasoline gauge that
registers accurately on the dash and
in the rear Of the car the amount Of
gasoline in the tank and the other q
hot water heater that eliminates the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
Buffalo-Cleveland Route

The roads east from Buffalo are re-
ported in good condition.
On the Buffalo Cleveland road the
first thirty-eight miles are good. The
next forty miles average rough and the
seven miles beyond that stretch are
closed, so that a detour is necessary.
From northeast to Erie rs state road, in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
Up Into New ENGLAND

For those who may be intending to
drive up to Great harrington direc-
Armenia will be of interest. Avoid the
direct road between Armenia and
Sharon and take the road leading to
Sharon station and then cross over
TO Sharon. Avoid the direct Sharon to
Millerton road. Go from Sharon to
Lakeville and then to Salisbury,
Canaan and Sheffield. Avoid the under
mountain road to South Egremont.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
Many Penn Roads Shut or
Good or Bad for All Season

There will be two detours all season
on the Utica Binghamton road in New
York State. One is on the six-mile
stretch from Hamilton to Earlville and
the other on the eleven miles between
Oxford and Greene.
The Deerfeld Hill road also will be
closed all season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
Ship-by-Truck Week Ends

Reports received from all over tho
United States show that National
Ship~by Truck Good Roads Week was
very successful More than 100 motor
truck demonstrations took place in as
many different cities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23
Turning Down Is Per Cent

The examining Of automobile opera
tors, now going on in New York and
Brooklyn, shows that the rejects have
been running a full rs per cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-23

good condition, and from Erie to West
Springfield there are twenty miles of
dirt road. The rest of The way to
Cleveland is reported in good condi-,
ton.
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of Andrew Caxncx1e, and "A Cycle Of
Adams Letters" including letters OF
Charles Francis Adams, Charles Franci
Adams, Jr., and Henry Adams during
the Civil War, and edited by WWtbmg-
ton &. Ford, viii also be Houghton
Mifflm publications The second vol
ume Of Professor John Bach McMas-
ter's "1he United States m the World
War" ~ announced by the Apptetons
Trzvei Books.
Books OF travel, so long yubm9Epd
by the conditions Of the World War,
are again at the fore thus fail, ready %
carry the hrenade so,ourncr To al the
regions Of the earth by the magic of
their words. Tahiti Days" by Hector
MacQuarrie, which the Dorans will
publish, brings the Southern Seas once
more to American readers. X. f. M.
D,unbeu writes book for travellers In
America In Seeing the West pub
lished by Doubleday, Page & Co.
Dufheld Il Co. will have "The Spell Of
Brittany" by Ange NJ. Mosher The
Ldppincotts viii offer Seeing tho Far
West" by John T. Faris, and ''In Old
Pennsylvania Towns" by Anne Hol-
lingsworth Wharton. Labrador, by
William Brooks Cabot, which Small,
Maynard 4 Co. promise, is written
by an authority on that little-known
region.
The Greenwood Book Shop issues
each month book buyers guide
entitled --latest Books" which gives
q complete list of all the latest publica-
tions with brief descriptions and prices.
This booklet is maiied free to all who
wish it and your name and address
will be gladly entered on our mailing
hist at your request.
Besides the sale of books, both new
and old, the Greenwood Book Shop has
a very complete line of greeting cards
for all occasions and st Christmas
time Will have a particularly fine dis
play of holiday greeting cards. Orders
are taken for correct social engraving
for weddings. announcements, etc
The famous Fulper pottery is also
carried in stock.
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Not for long, long time has the l'st
of forthcoming books been so long
nor so rich in promise rs the one for
the fall of 1920. Not only is there an
unusually large list of English books,
but there are translations from nearly
every country in Europe,
Long and interesting as is this Sc
lection frorn the list of novels from
Europe which will be ready for Ameri-
can readers this Fall, the home fiction
will be found to be wen worth at
tention, says the New York Times,
So long and important Is this list of
American novels and so interesting
does it promise TO be that to do it
Justice in this preliminary survey of
the Fall book season would demand
much more space than can be given
IT here. Only few of the outstanding
titles can be mentioned. Among these
must be noted Winston Churchills
new novel, "The Green Bay Tree"
the story of an American public man
who has cared little for law or ethics
IN his march TO success; Blind, by
Ernest Poole, an Interpretation of the
age through which we are passing;
Mitch Miller" in which Edgar Lee
Masters has turned to prose and
written story of two boy chums said
to be comparable to Mark Twain's
immortal pair. Three stories by Ellen
Glasgow, each having rather mystic
atmosphere, comprise '"The Shadowy
Third, which Doubleday, Page q Co.
will publish. They will have also "The
Rose Dawn the concluding volume in
Stewart Edward Whites trilogy of
California. The Appletons viii have
Edith Wharton's new novel of New
York society in the SOS of the last
century, The Age of Innocence" and
THE Rich Little Poor Boy" by
Eleanor Gates. The Dorans will have
"A Poor Wise Man" by Mary Roberts
Rnehart, the story of steel king and
those about him. "Main Street" by
Sinclair Lewis, which HarcouTt, Brace
q Howe will bring out, tells the story
of girl who went from the city to
be the wife of country physician. "A
World to Mend, by Margaret Sher-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-06

wood, which Little, Brown & Co. will
have, rs described as the journal of
Uorktngrnnn. Hampers promise An
Old Chester Secret" by Margaret
Dwland, "The Mysterious Rider by
Zane Grey. and "Sweet Rocket" by
Mary Johnston. "1'hc Valley Of Silent
Men" by Curwood, "Poor Mans
Rock" by Burton Sinclair are among
the earlier fall publications which are
selling well. Mabel Wood Martin Is
the author of s'Ihc Green Gods
Pavilion story seemed m the Pacific
and the Philippines, to be published
by the Stokes Company. The series
OF stories of American life written
by the late John Fox, Jr., will end with
"Erskme Dale-Pioneer, tale of
early days in the Southern mountains,
which The Scribncrs announce. Among
the novels of the Century Company
viii be "T'he Purple Heights" which
begins m South Carolina and goes on
to New York and Paris, by Marie
Conway Oemler, and Turn About
Tales" by Alice Hogan Rice.
History and Biography.
In history and biography there Is
an alluring promise of many interest
ing volumes. Among them stand out
few titles that compel attention.
II. G. Wells has been writing ''rhe
Outline of History" in whose two
volumes he surveys the whole story
of mankind from its beginning to the
present, with not a little Wellsian
comment by the way. The Prime
Minister" by Harold Spender. a Doran
book which is practically an auto
biography Of Lloyd George, is another
notable volume. Among the Scribner
books of this class are THE American
ization of Edward Box: the Auto
biography of Dutch Boy Fifty Years
After" Joseph Bucklm Bishops two
volume Theodore Roosevelt and His
Times" and L. s. Martins two-volurne
Life of Joseph Hodges Choate
Houghton Mifiirn Company will in
itiate a new series of Biographies of
modern statesmen, the first volume
to be on "Venizelos," by Herbert
Adams Gibbons. "The Autobiography
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-06
History Of The Greenwood Book Shop

Eleventh and West streets we signed up for the
Market street store, expecting TO move from 8z3
to Eleventh and West on August 7th, when our
months tenure was up.
That month on Market street was very
pleasant experience We sold lot Of books and
made lot Of friends The thing that pleased
us most. though was the very evident fact that
we were introducing a new factor into the lives
of many good Wilmington folks in affordIng
them All opportunity to browse around IN real
book shop, place where books we're not merely
merchandise.
Those thirty days passed all too quickly and
reluctantly we came away, but not to Eleventh
and West. No, not yet. The imp Of the per
verse was still on the Job and it was not until the
end Of August that the new shop was turned over
to us and then we still had osr shelves and FIX
lures to build and install. In the meantime.
our stock was packed away in boxes and cases
with no place TO put them. The next few weeks
were full Of trials and troubles but they are past
and gone and we are trying hard TO forget them
and ask forgiveness for the tart things we said.
So here we are, not quite as good as we
promised ourselves we would be in the begin
nng when the book shop was still only dream.
But despite all the ups and downs Of the past
months we are glad we didn't wait until every
thing was just right and we are sure you Will De
glad, too. when you have visited our shop and
gotten acquainted with the store and its ideals
and made use Of its facilities for serving you.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-06

TT HE Greenwood Book Shop, now located at
i Eleventh and West streets, just a few
steps from Delaware avenue. had its be-
ginning at 91o Shipley street just before Christ
mas last year The book shop idea had pos
sessed us for long time before that, but We al
ways said to ourselves that when we did start
it we would start it right-plenty of room, plenty
of capital and all that sort of thlng-which was
all very nice and very proper and very wise; but
somehow things never got to that point where
everything was lust right
So one day few weeks before Christmas
we boarded train for New York and bought
couple of hundred dollars worth of books. We
carried home all we could in two big bundles.
the rest were TO follow by express at once. The
little stock we had brought along sold out almost
at once and the book business was started, and
it has kept right on growing ever since in spite
OF the fact that ii had none Of those things we
thought shop ought to have before it was
begun.
la February We arranged for our present
location at Eleventh and West streets and hoped
to move in during the spring. Vain hope Early
IN the summer was the best the contractor would
promise.
In the meantime every square inch Of avail
able wall space at o1o was covered with shelves
and the shelves with books. July came and
with it an opportunity 10 rent big store at S25
Market street for Just one month between two
long leases. AS things still looked doubtful at
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Hidden
Greek
ByKatharine Newlin Burt

A romance of the West so
thrilling, SO vivid. so pro-
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0abl,e evening. and close
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Books of Travel

We wish we could tell YOU about all
the books we have, but space hmita-
tions forbid. Here we have sn incom-
plete list of our Travel books. In
Business books, in Poetry, In Essays,
in Biography and Autobiography and
IN Chlldren's Books we have stocks
equally as representative as Indicated
by this short list of travel books. A
visit TO our shop Is the only way 70
get the whole story.
Cruise OF Corwin. John Muir, list
The Log OF the velss. Arnold Ben
A Roman Pilgrimage. K. 4. Roberts 400
Three Normandy Inns. Anna Il.
Peru. a Land Of Contrasts. Mill
The Danube, Walter Jerruad. ......... SIS
Sketches in Poland. Little. e.............. $50
Hungary. Adrian Stokes. ............. $50
Germany. Harrsson-Cpmptop..... $50
Lausanne. Frances II. Gribble........ FPS
Isle of Man. w. Ralph Hall Caine... $50
japanese Artist in London. io-
Country sketches for City Dwell
ers. Mrs. W. Rawnsley. ..,............. ESQ
yASabond Journey Around the
World, Harry A. Franck. ............. 500
yagabonding Down the Andes.
Harry A. Franck 500
Over Japan Way. Hitchcock. ........ l.T5
The Master OF Game. Baillie-Gro-
man. ............... 400
Nature Sketches in Temperate
America. Hancock. ck....................... 2.75
Revolutionary Pilgrimage. Err
nest Peixotto: .................. 800
shall ...-........,..... $50
A Pilgrimage in Surrey. j. s.
ogilvy q vop ;.....s.....,... 1850
The American Pilgrims Way in
England, Marcus Hush. .............. ass
Burgundy. the Splendid Duchy,
Percy Alien, ,,.,..,.......,,Y.. 800
The Heart of England. Edw
Thomas. omas...............,..e.....-'....,,,.... 3.25
Old Seaport Towns of the south.
Mildred Gram. ...... .s,s.............. 525
Susan in Sicily. Josephine Tozier l5o
The Charm Of Gardens, CQithrop. 37S
An Artist in Spain A. G. Michael $50
Our Village, Mary Russell Milford 500
Oriental Carpets, Runners and
Rugs. Sydney Humphries - $50
Social Carleature in the Eightecnth
Century. George Paston .... 1000
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-06
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Johnnie
Kelly
BY Wilbur S. Boyer

Head of copper, cheek of
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