Mildly interesting fact, the car was seen as an environmentally friendly alternative to horses in cities. The manure was a health risk, the disposal of dead horses became a problem and the horseshoes were causing extreme noise pollution.
Reading some of these old newspaper entries and other texts from ~100 years ago I noticed and really appreciated how straight to the point they all are. There's no long introduction, there's no playing with fancy vocabulary, it's just a clear, concise delivery of the facts. A similar article today would've taken several pages of writing
dtb1987 on August 15th, 2022 at 15:27 UTC »
It's real, this is the digital archive
Edit: also a popular mechanics article from 1912
Edit 2: someone let me know in a comment that there was a deep dive done on this article recently link
SkinnyObelix on August 15th, 2022 at 15:45 UTC »
Mildly interesting fact, the car was seen as an environmentally friendly alternative to horses in cities. The manure was a health risk, the disposal of dead horses became a problem and the horseshoes were causing extreme noise pollution.
Mishapopkin on August 15th, 2022 at 16:00 UTC »
Reading some of these old newspaper entries and other texts from ~100 years ago I noticed and really appreciated how straight to the point they all are. There's no long introduction, there's no playing with fancy vocabulary, it's just a clear, concise delivery of the facts. A similar article today would've taken several pages of writing