Gas Station in a Castle Style Building Draws Trade
Monroe Bontrager and Sam Erwin operate a picturesque oil station on West Madison Street, praised for courteous service and a striking black and white castle like building by Cities Service. About 25 percent of sales come from transient travelers, with summer boosts and expected growth as No 1 road paving attracts tourists. An amusing incident involved a customer who borrowed but did not return a fountain pen pencil.
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Monroe Bontrager
Sam Erwin
Madison Street
Monroe
Sam
California
New York
Texas
Florida
Louisa County
Iowa
Chicago
Ainsworth
Ford Opens Weather Tunnel and Test Tracks at Dearborn
Ford Motor Company unveiled a new weather testing tunnel in Dearborn Michigan. The facility includes three test tracks and can simulate 85 mph winds sub zero cold heat rain snow and dust storms plus high altitude conditions to advance car design. A Ford V S is shown iced in the tunnel as an operator monitors tests and Henry Ford starts the 500 ton refrigerating system.
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Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Mich
Ford
Henry Ford
The World’s Greatest Violinist Nicolo Paganini
The Italian violinist Nicolo Paganini born 1784, famed for prodigious early works learned from his father. By age eleven he composed pieces so difficult he could play them alone and many called his genius the work of the Devil.
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Nicolo Paganini
New Jersey Leads Country in Highway Safety Lighting
New Jersey claims the lead in modern safety lighting for ultra hazardous highways. The state highway department reports 150 miles upgraded since December with White Horse Pike lighting from Atlantic City to Camden. Over 100 luminaries installed at Madison. Governor Moore and Commissioner Sterner stress lighting reduces accidents and eye fatigue, with municipalities urged to match state lighting on important streets.
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New Jersey
Sterner
Atlantic City
Camden
Madison
N. J
Lexington Picnic Dinner Brings Local Families Together
In Lexington on June 3 a Sunday dinner at Sunset Park drew about fifty people with families joining in. The report notes neighbors, visits to Cedar Rapids and Millersburg, and farm work like haying and corn, while mentioning local residents and visitors including Jean Bishop, Muriel Daniels, and Howard Gardner.
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Lexington
Wade Gardner
Lexington Circle
Sunset Park
Jean Bishop
Towa City
Orville Cullumber
John Kirkpatrick
John O
Mt. Vernon
Muriel Cullumber Daniels
Oklahoma City
Howard Gardner
David Tipton
Myrtle Zimmerman
Walden Henderson
Everette Green
Marie Rogera
Rufus Yoder
Howard A
Crawfordsville
C. A. Speer
Washington
Marie Rogers
John Flading
Dorothy
Bertha
Cedar Rapids
Albert Paul
Athol
Gertrude Riorden
Warren Bishop
Ira Amlong
Hilton Coon
Pleasant Ridge News: Earl Redlinger Substitutes on Route One
Earl Redlinger fills in for Rodney Kephart on route one this week. Mr and Mrs Fred Havel from near Riverside visited Henry Underwood at his home on Tuesday.
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Henry Underwood
H. C. Wiegman
Pleasant Ridge
Earl Redlinger
Rodney Kephart
Fred Havel
Near Riverside
Ames hosts safety conference for teachers of safety
During the first week of the Short Term in Safety at Iowa State College a three day conference for teachers of safety runs July 6 to 7 with lectures at 10 am and driver training round tables at 2 pm. Fern Goulding and S Baird teach First Aid, with talks from R A Moyer and Mark Morris. demonstrations begin at 7 pm. The Driving Research Laboratory opens 8 to 9 am and 5 pm. the State Department assists in afternoon round tables.
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Iowa State College
Woo A. Sears
Lane ‘Technical High School
Chicago
State Department of Public Instruction
Water usage rises then falls from 1922 to 1933
The record shows a rise from 263 million gallons in 1922 to 365 million in 1929, then a drop to 84 million in 1930 and 148 million in 1933. A renewed annual increase brings 244 million gallons in 1936, the latest report available.
Lectures by Dr Daniel Starch on safety in instruction in love
Dr Daniel Starch noted authority in advertising and educational psychology will give a special series of lectures. The conference aims at safety in instruction in love with no fees. Information may be addressed to the Department of Psychology at Iowa State College. Sponsoring bodies include the Iowa State Safety Council the Motor Vehicle Department of Iowa and the State Department of Public Instruction in cooperation with Iowa State College.
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Daniel Starch
Iowa State College
Towa State Safety Council
Motor Vehicle Department of
Lawa
State Department of Public Instruction
Cooperaton
Lowa State College
Buick Metallurgists Monitor Steel Quality In Modern Lab
Buick researchers maintain metallurgical control over production materials and processes in new laboratories. A metallographist uses photo micrographic equipment to inspect steel samples, with the camera setup shown nearby illustrating a precise quality check in progress.
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Buick
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West Madison Good
G. H. Mangold
C. V. Grall
Tucker
Eicher
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United States
Sinclairize
Sinclair Penn
Opaline
Crandall
Sinclair
N. Marion
Milton Smith
Ames
Edcational
W. F. Messer
Shell Products
Golden Shell Motor
Shell Station
Ross Motor Service
Studebaker Sales & Service
COX Motor Co
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