Gardner introduces new Monroe salesroom with Radford in charge
Gardner automobile agency opens at 2307 Rand Street in a vacant building with H. P. Start as chief dispatcher and Jack Radford running sales in four states Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas and Texas. Radford, former Monroe resident, plans to move family soon and bring broad Gardner experience to the venture. The car offers a free insurance policy giving $5 daily for up to 30 days if the car is stolen and not returned a replacement car is provided after 30 days. Cooperation from Marine Insurance Burns Detective agency makes the plan possible.
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Gardner Automobile Agency
Rand Street
H. P. Start
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Jack Radford
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Radford
Monroe
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South America
St. Louis
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Marine Insurance Company
Burns Detective Agency
Stock Reducing Sale at Fashion Shop
Advertisement notes a stock reducing sale at Fashion Shop located at 108 St. John St near Ouachita Bank. Sale closes July 3 and promises bargains no two alike.
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St. John St
Ouachita Bank
Mrs Webster Knight Seconded Senator Curtis Nomination
Mrs Knight, formerly Leonia Curtis, greeted the nomination of her father Senator Charles Curtis for the Vice Presidency and had the honor of seconding his nomination.
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Webster Knight
Leonia Curtis
Senator Charles Curtis
Knight
May Buick sales beat April by five thousand cars
Buick sales in May rose above April by about 5,000 units, according to C. W. Churchill Buick general sales manager. Retail delivery reports show improved business across the nation. Churchill released tables on dollar values of autos sold in the year ending March 31, 1928, noting Buick buyers spent about 365 million dollars.
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BUICK
Flint
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C. W. Churchill
Buick Motor Company
Churchill
McClanahan Expected to Become Penitentiary Farm Manager
Special to The News-Star reports J E McClanahan Caldwell parish representative in the Louisiana state legislature is likely to be offered the position of manager of the state penitentiary farm. If he accepts, he would begin duty on July 15. He owns a plantation on the Ouachita river and is noted for successful farming operations. He is expected to perform well in the new role.
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News-Star
Columbia
J. E. McClanahan
Caldwell Parish
State Penitentiary Farm
McClanahan
Ouachita River
Nash 00 Series Draws 205000 Motoring Fans in Key Show
Kenosha Wis June 30 More than 200000 American motorists flocked to Nash display rooms for the new 00 series during the first day of formal introduction June 21. Reports from fifty cities show 205530 people counted viewing sixteen new Nash models and exploring engineering features with expectations of a million from national dealers as the industry eyes a strong summer and fall. C W Nash notes the display signals robust business activity despite political campaigns.
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Kenosha
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Nash
Nash Motors Company
Dnslere
Uncle Sam
C. W. Nash
Nash Announces Sixteen New Cars Set to Break Sales Records
Years of successful vehicle manufacturing culminate in sixteen new cars. The 1928-29 season is expected to exceed any Nash sales year in history by a substantial margin.
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Nash
Chrysler Owner Describes Remarkable Car Performance
M. J. Rodman of Avoca Iowa recounts his Chrysler 70 coach achieving extraordinary mileage and endurance. He bought it March 3 1926 for cross country taxi service and reports 5000 miles monthly on varied roads, sometimes with the car dragging in mud and requiring pulls to continue.
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M. J. Rodman
Avoca
Iowa
Chrysler
Mr. Rodman
Record of Remarkable Car Journey and Mileage
The narrator recalls rescuing cars from mud holes, delivering a man to his dying father 125 miles away in 2 hours 15 minutes over snow and ice, and driving over 530 miles in a day. The car logged 86,423 miles with only a timing chain adjustment and gas mileage from 18 to 23 mpg, with valves ground and carbon removed once by a veteran mechanic who offered the service free.
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umings-Dixon Motor Company
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E Uni
Tire Service CO
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Second Street
Dacret
Automotive
6Th Street
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H.P. Stark Auto Sales Co
South Grand St
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America
Gardner Motor Co., Inc
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