Chevrolet Six: Four Years Of Testing Yields Triumph
The article traces Chevrolet’s shift from four cylinders to a six due to four years of extensive testing. After the November announcement to end four cylinder production, deliveries began January 1 with dealers displaying the new six. General Motors policies supported a careful launch, culminating in the successful release of the Chevrolet Six and the Sox tour.
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Chevrolet
General Motors
O.b
Buick owners tend to buy a second Buick
A Buick Motor Company executive reports strong customer loyalty based on a survey showing that 45 to 50 percent of Buicks sold are to former Buick owners. The findings highlight consistent emphasis on Buick principles and design in repeat purchases.
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Buick
Cc. W. Churchill
Buick Motor Company
Churchill
Mrs E Root Visits Keota Over Sister Illness
Mrs E Root travels to Keota after learning her sister Mrs Roy Menafee is unwell. A local customer reports long term use of Hess Stock Tenic by a doctor and remarks on the driver’s performance. Also notes on rising wallpaper popularity and spring patterns, plus hog prices topping $10.35 and chilly unsettled weather ahead.
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E. Root
Keota
Roy Menafee
Visitors Bring News From New Castle And Davenport
Mrs. Denton Hartzell arrives from New Castle Pennsylvania to visit her parents Mr and Mrs George Askea for several weeks. Jack Potter traveled from Davenport to spend a day at the Askea home. Mr and Mrs R C Balderson of Brighton visited Washington for shopping. Buick officials celebrate loyal customers and forecast over 100000 Buicks in operation next year amid rising repeat business.
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Denton Hartzell
New Castle
Pennsylvania
George Askea
R. C. Balderson
Brighton
Washington
Colleen Moore Dances New Numbers in Synthetic Sin at Fox
Colleen Moore adds two new comic dances to Synthetic Sin opening Monday at the Fox theater. She performs a burlesque of a classic dance and a humorous Hula in blackface as Topsy. Antonio Moreno stars opposite Moore with Montagu Love, Gertrude Astor, Edythe Chapman and Kathryn McGuire in supporting roles.
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Colleen Moore
Fox Theatre
Miss Moore
Topsy
Frederick
Fanny Hatton
John McCormick
First National Pictures
Antonio Moreno
Montagu Love
Gertrude Astor Edythe Chapman
Kathryn McGuire
Paved Bear Appears At Graham Theatre For One Night
Teddy the Champion Wrestling bear headlines a one night stand at the Graham theatre. The Canadian Northwest grappler, over five hundred pounds and seven feet tall, has a playful claim to fame with three locals in the act. Also noted: Dr A Fourt home at Brigh ton burned. Charles Horton injured at Rock Island coal chute. Kenton Kurtz ill with meningitis.
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Graham Theatre
Teddy
Pacific Coast
Amon
Dolore
del R’o
Canadian Northwest
Town City
Louis E. Goody
Wiols Weaver
Phillip McMahon
Charles Horton
Rock Island
Community notes and visits report losses and travel
Tuesday night mishap left Mrs H B Knight with injuries after an ice fall near Fox Theatre but no glass was broken. Al Ledger Phil Crail and Frank Miller traveled from Dayton Ohio to tour the Frigidaire factory and attend a regional convention in Chicago.
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H. B. Knight
Fox Theatre
al Ledger
Phil Crail
Frank Miller
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
Pancake suppers, sales, and local notices reported
Community notices list pancake suppers at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches with all you can eat meals for 25 or 39 cents, sale announcements from Busby Payne and C L Tobin with totals noted, and local residents named including Loretta Clifford Wayne Weaver and Bert Willits with brief travel and visit details.
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Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Mens Bible Class
Golf course turf recommendations by bureau of plant industry
The bureau of plant industry advises using southern German mixed bent Rhode Island bent or Colonial bent for putting greens. For fairways use a mix of 80 percent Kentucky blue grass and 20 percent red-top.
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Bureau of Plant Industry
Rhode Island
History From New Angle On Columbus Day Reflections
An anniversary observance recalls Columbus discovery with decorations and talking points. Bobby recounts the day at dinner and jokes about Halloween and India related fares at school.
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America
Columbus
Bobby
Benefit of Sunlight Therapeutic use of sun light passes as a traditional treatment.
The article extols sunlight as an empirical therapy across diseases, arguing a life giving stimulus in sun light and noting that humans animals and plants alike require it for growth and health.
Wealth as Instrument for Action Not Civic Praise
Editorial asserts wealth should serve practical ends and social action, not symbolize civil merit or moral virtue, arguing wealth's proper use lies in enabling constructive deeds rather than display.
For Sale Items and Wanted Housing Notice
Classified notice listing sales and requests including 25 bred Chester White pigs from James K Helmick and Son in Columbus Junction Ta no 82 dated Feb 15 18 and a six room residence for 28000 dollars in East Washington with garage and new henhouse plus a request for three modern light housekeeping rooms and an address for inquiries at P O Box 226 Washington Iowa.
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James K Helmick
East
Washington
P. O. Box
Iowa
Mayo Relatives Attend Niece’s Funeral
W. S. Mayo and Qral Mayo traveled to Sperry yesterday to attend the funeral of their niece and cousin.
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W. S. Mayo
Qral Mayo
Sperry
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