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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1928
Page
7
Erwin Greer surveys reckless youth driving in Chicago. He questions how young drivers evade punishment as stories of their danger fill papers. He contrasts youth behavior with older drivers and calls for public explanation of how such acts go unpunished.
A satirical collage of brief jokes and quips from a 1928 lighthearted column. It features mock quotes about marriage, politics, drinks, legal fines, and humorous misunderstandings. The piece weaves in Shakespearean references and comical dialogue, centering on everyday absurdities and social satire.
Instructions advise using intermediate or low gears at hilltops, keeping the clutch engaged and cutting fuel. This technique helps control speed, reduces brake use, and provides effective downhill braking for heavy road conditions.
Practical advice on tire inflation and lubrication to ease driving and save fuel. Emphasizes keeping tires inflated, wheels rolling with less resistance, and avoiding water streams that damage finishes. Recommends washing with soft water, soap, and rags, plus quick grease hand cleansing with gasoline. Warns dirt in strainers can starve the carburetor and cause engine misfires under load.
Oldsmobile reports over 60 000 vehicles shipped in the first half of 1928, a new high for any six month period. Retail sales pace matches factory shipments as dealer demand climbs each month, with June’s first and second 10 days up 20 percent. Six months show consecutive record shipments. March over 9 000, April May and June surpass 11 000 each. Central west leads gains, all regions show substantial rises.
Des Moines announces a marathon dance starting August 1 at the coliseum under the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Proceeds will support the VFW drum corps’ trip to the national convention in Indianapolis. Des Moines, July 18.
Liberia, a 2 million people West African republic founded by freed American slaves, rapidly adopts American life. Since a major rubber firm arrived, 75 miles of roads have been built and 200 automobiles traverse them. Monrovia traffic officers guide with African khaki, while a Firestone enterprise supplies groceries, hairpins, and even talking machines, shaping a widening supply network.
Atlantic Yellowstone Pacific Highway Inc holds its fifth annual meeting July 24 at Sioux Falls South Dakota with lunch at noon at the Country club. Five active directors including a new Idaho extension member will be elected for three years and consulting directors for all states will be named. The program and policies for the coming year will be outlined. The group reports nearly 300 miles of extension completed from the west gate of Yellowstone to Burley Idaho. Waterloo is noted as on the A P trail.
A compact guide explains how right of way works at intersections. It notes that some states favor the driver on the right, but warns drivers not to assume they have priority since others may misread intentions. It emphasizes yielding to pedestrians between intersections and when no signals guide crossing.
Hupmobile shipments in June 1928 set new records, with 5 111 Century Heights and Sixes shipped last month. Through the first half of 1928, total output surpassed all prior June totals and exceeded yearly aggregates except two, per R S Cole, G S M.
Independence July 18. J B Elliott, a local bridge contractor, tears down the old steel bridge over the Wapsie at the south city limits to reuse the steel for a Pine Creek bridge seven miles southeast. Two wooden bridges there are 30 years old and unsafe for current heavy traffic. Relocation of the Independence Quasqueton road near Pine Creek is being pushed to allow grade travel before cold weather.
The Blue Mill filling station in Cedar Bend was broken into last night. A small number of .32 caliber cartridges were stolen, according to a report to police authorities today.
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