Luminous Paint and Motorist Tips From Old Manuals
A compilation of do it yourself guidance covers luminous paint recipes using strontium carbonate and other chemicals, valve timing for engines, emergency tow lines with tire chains, siphoning methods for gasoline, cleaning with sand and soap, steering gear inspection, tight oil and fuel line joints, safe leaky tank repair, making distilled water, and tire rotation for wear balance. It also includes a historical note tracing Buick’s early car development and the rise of General Motors under Durant and Sloan.
Dave Buick the Pioneer Behind the Modern Auto Boom
Frazier Hunt profiles Dave Buick, a 73 year old pioneer whose name is on millions of car radiators. Once central to the auto industry, Buick now lives in a modest Detroit flat unable to afford a telephone. His business tragedy stemmed from kaleidoscopic financing, not fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buick
Detroit
Flint
J H. Whiting
Flint Wagon Works
Whiting
Buick Manufacturing Co
McClure
Buick Company
W. C. Durant
Durant- Dart Carriage Co
Tottering
General Motors
Durant
Dave Buick
Frazier Hunt
America
Washington Oil Co. broadcasts Blue Ribbon Gas and Oil
W. O. C. of Washington Iowa operates from East Washington Street studio as the Washington Oil Company headquarters. The Blue Ribbon Gas and Oil product is described as better now than ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Iowa
The
Washington Oil Company
East Washington Street
Blue Ribbon Gas and Oil
Sun day humor and travel tips in local column
R. J. Tanner at the microphone recalls a Sunday School quip about the prodigal son return and jokes about English tourists. The item promotes Blue Ribbon Gas and Oil with oil change reminders and mentions Don Applegate inviting callers to the North Iowa studio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Don Applegate
North
Iowa
Stock buyers face fate of inflated value and faint prospects
The text notes investors who paid $100 for original stock can now sell for $6,500 while a person named Dave Buick cannot afford a telephone, illustrating a gap between wealth and access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Buick
Teacher's gum for mice catches near Troy Kansas
Lewis Wakeman a local schoolteacher near Troy Kansas offered a stick of gum to every pupil for each mouse caught in the schoolhouse. The children caught seventy five mice in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Wakeman
Troy
Kansas
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G. W. Donald
du Ponts
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Raskob
Motor Coach Service
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
P.M
A. M
Kalona
Washington
Olense An
Willys
Willys-Overland
Willys- Overland, Inc
Telado, Ohio
Mangold
R. J. Tanner
Alph
Washington Oil
A Home Company
Journal
Fisher
Lovejoy
F. M. Ritchey
Washington, Owa
Chevrolet
Studebaker
Tucker & Eicher
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