Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-16

in the wiring between the plugs and the
coil or magnetic"
The gauge consists of an insulating
hard rubber she'll into which is packed
sensitized glass tube of Neon. When the
metal cap, which permanently seals one
end Of the gauge, is brought into contact
with a high tension electric current, the
Neon becomes luminous and omits flashes
of orange-red light, visible through the
indicator opening in the side Of the case.
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The Hercules corporation of Evansville
will bring out a four cylinder car In the
near future to be known as the Me
Curdy
Colonel w. II. McCurdy is president Of
the company and Gard Gale is sales man
ager Mr.. McCurdy was head of the old
Hercules Buggy Company more than
thirty years ago. Later he made gas
engines and commercial bodies. The pres
ent Hercules factory covers thirty one
acres.
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J. B. Melvin Of the Melvin Sales Com
pany is very enthusiastic over the re-
ports that are coming from the factory
about the new Grant Special now in pro-
duction.
Principle specifications Of the new mode
are six cylinder Grant engine, wheel base
11G inches, Durston transmission. Splcer
universal joints, Columbia axles, Strom-
berg carburetor. BLUR starter, Atwater
Kent ignition. 32x4 cord tires and leather
upholstery.
The car will run sixteen to twenty
miles to the gallon Of gasoline and de
velops thirty five to forty horse power
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Wbau NarcboI ITpr1ipaDd Each rode
forth in the American Legion parade IN
Kansas City it was apparent that no de-
tail which would contribute to the fitness
Of things had been overlooked. for Marshal
Foch and the entire French delegation Of
twenty eight generals were carried in
cars bearing the name Of their distln-
guished cOuntryman-Lafayet
The car in which the Marshal himself
rode was a Lafayette sedan driven by o
young French war veteran who served In
the Blue Devils during the war. The
young soldier in uniform behind the wheel
Of Marshal Foch's car added a picturesque
touch to the historic occasion.
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A new device which enables a car to
start Immediately in the coolest weather
even after standing for hours in
temperature of twenty degrees below zero
is announced by the Lincoln Motor
Company.
The new standard equipment, known
as the Electro-F Fog operates as com
petent part of the specially built Lincoln
carburetOr.
1t consists of a receptacle for raw gaso-
line at the bottom Of the carburetor, and
an electric heating element which vapOr-
ICES this liquid into highly combustible
fuel fog"
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Twenty-Five and One-half miles to the
gallon of gasoline from Detroit TO Los
Angeles In a sedan is the economy mark
set by Floyd Smith Of the Eastern city.
The car, franklin carried four passen-
gers and baggage on the trip, covering
3,025 miles, and arrived in Los Angeles
with Detroit air in three tires, only one
puncture being experienced.
This Is the third Franklin the Smith
family has owned and the present car
had only a months limberlng up before
the transcontinental Journey was begun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith are enthusiastic CON
verts to this Enclosed type and declare
the Franklin sedan, in addition to having
so many comfort features, is fully al
easily handled on a tour as the open
models
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Two hundred and sixty three thousand
nine hundred new automobiles will he
bought by readers Of the Literary Digest,
according to a survey of the magazine
subscription list Thirty seven per cent