Waterloo dealers attend Des Moines automobile show
Waterloo auto dealers will attend the eighteenth annual Des Moines automobile show in the Coliseum opening Monday. Some 130 models on display with 40 dealers and a quarter million dollars invested. Delegates from Waterloo firms including Morris, Overland Waterloo, Rebate Automobile, and Waterloo Motor Sales will be present. show runs through Saturday night.
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Waterloo Motor Car
Coliseum
Des Moines
Des’. Moines Automobile Club
Bus 40
Waterloo
Motor Row
Bry Chambers
Rebate - Automobile
Butters
Overland Waterloo
Coany
Morris
Morris, Motor Car Company
C.d.o’harrow
Motor, Sales Company
Fred Teisinger
Gallup
Hudson
Essex Waterloo Company
New York
Chicago
Dean Schooler
Studebaker Offers 108 Prizes for Boy Whittlers Contest
Studebaker announces a model making contest for boys with 108 prizes totaling $2,000. Two divisions and two classes cater to miniature eight inch nonmoving models and up to 24 inch wheeled models. Separate prizes for grammar and high school ages. Local elimination in cities, eight territory contests, 96 territorial prizes, then national judging in South Bend. Entries close July 1 1927. Models due to local dealer by that date.
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Studebaker
Studebaker Corporation of ‘America
Studebaker Corporation
South Bend
Ind
New Sedan Serves Many Purposes Dodge Bros Inc announces
Dodge Bros Inc introduces a new all purpose sedan designed for daytime business and nighttime recreation. It converts quickly from passenger to commercial use with a lowered floor and side loading through rear doors. The interior is luxurious leather and the car offers high resale value due to its versatility.
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Dodge
Bros. Inc
All Around Family Car Specifications by Austin M Wolf
Specifications for a five passenger sedan by Austin M Wolf New York consulting engineer detail a high efficiency six cylinder engine with 31.2 inch bore and 5 inch stroke. Features include silicon chromium steel exhaust valves aluminum pistons rapid pickup a counterbalanced crankshaft distillator oiling air cleaner vacuum fuel feed thermostatic water control and automatic battery ignition with hand control.
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Austin M. Wolf
New York
Goodyear Unveils Balloon Tire Claiming Slower Wear
Curry-Potter announces a new Goodyear All-Weather balloon tire designed to stop rapid tread wear and improve traction. The Akron company spent two years developing over 80 tread designs and claims this tire is the longest wearing, most economical Goodyear product in 26 years of tire production.
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Goodyear
Curry-Potter’ Company
Akron
Potter
Essex Cars Claim 50 Miles an Hour All Day
W J Keefe, manager of the Hudson-Essex Waterlo company, proclaims a new Essex model capable of easily maintaining 50 miles an hour all day with a maximum speed well above 60 miles an hour when needed. Engineers focused on consistent high speed performance.
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Essex
W. J. Keefe
M Hudson-Essex ‘Waterloo Company
Essex Car Show Demonstrates Superior Fuel Economy
Keefe claimed the test proved the car to be the easiest, smoothest riding Essex model yet and the most economical and easiest to handle. The tests used rough terrain and drive times of days at 50 miles or better, showing minimized gas consumption and enhanced performance.
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Essex
Keefe
H and M Chevrolet opens new salesroom branch
The H and M Chevrolet Co., distributor of Chevrolets at 316 Fifth Street West, opens a branch salesroom at 210 Park Ave today after three and a half years of operation.
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H. & M. Chevrolet Co
Fifth Street West
Park Ave
Used Cars Featured At East Branch Showing
A branch salesroom run by Milo Schlette and Leo Gleason will host a showcase in the east section offering a complete line of care products and a special showing of used automobiles.
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Milo Schlette
Leo Gleason
Parkerburg Woman Dies in California
Parkersburg Iowa paper reports Mrs Val Lahr died suddenly Monday in Los Angeles while wintering with her husband Mr Lahr and their daughter Mrs Elva Whitson of Minneapolis. Funeral services will be held in Parkersburg. Surviving are daughter Mrs Doty of Waterton and three sons Hekon Wil and K ward, all of Dakota, plus several grandchildren.
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Parkersburg
Val Lahr
Los Angeles
Cal
Rte
Whitson
Rvive & Daughter
Doty
Waterton
Hekon Wil
Kaward
Dakota
Mella Barter
Walter Ralach
Reo Flying Cloud Specs Highlight SAE Prize Car
The Reo Flying Cloud distributed by C A West, successor to W J Sutcliffe, matches closely the specifications of a car recently awarded first prize by the Society of Automotive Engineers in the metropolitan section.
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Reo
Flying Cloud
W. J. Sutcliffe
Society
Automotive Engineers, Metropolitan
He's Looking for Trouble He’s Looking for Trouble
A satirical caption targets a known figure, Mr. Auto No Better, using a lit match near liquids. It hints at risky behavior and a family visit to a hospital, with a jab at the Drunken Drivers' Club.
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Mr. Auto No Better
The
Drunken Drivers' Club
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Whittlers
Tan
H.&m. Chevrolet Co
California
Arizona
Misa Eva
Voeltz
Winslow, Ariz
Cadillac
M. Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Morris Motor Car CO
East Fifth Hone
Dodge Brothers
Detroit
Frank Collord Jr., Inc
Franklin—Automobile
Lowa
Dodge Brothers Sales and Service
Graham Brothers
Dopce Brothers
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
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