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Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo, Iowa

16 Jun 1911

Page 15

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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1911

Page

15

Waterloo Center of Auto Activity in Iowa

Waterloo emerges as the northeastern Iowa auto hub with two factories Maytag Mason Motor and Dart Manufacturing expanding to meet demand. Local distributors handle brands from Stoddard Dayton to Ford, Reo, Olds, and Buick, while garages and tire makers grow, new buildings rise, and the Cedar Valley sale shift reshapes the market.

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Waterloo Iowa Maytag-Mason Motor Company Dart Manufacturing Company Leity Burd Auto Company Stoddard-Dayton Imperial Waterloo Auto & Supply Company Olds White Oakland New Perry Reo Marion Marion Car Company Moon Buick Cedar Valley Auto & Garage Company Morris Motor Car Company Cadillac Glide Auto Company Regal Glide Hudson Everett Rambler Auburn Ford Russell-Miller Motor Car Company Smith Motor Car Company Stearns Iowa Auto Company Mitchell Overland Haines Corn Belt Auto Company Chalmers Bryant Motor Car Company Maytag-Mason Motor Car Company Deck-Stewart Company Black Hawk Auto Top BE. H. Shull Waterloo Vulcanizing Company Black Hawk Auto & Repairing Company Waterloo Distributors Cedar Valley Maxwell Ely Caillouette Thomas Graham Caillouette St. Louis Graham I. C
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Motor truck aids farming efficiency and dairy delivery

An article advocates motor trucks as essential farm help from harvest to market. It highlights faster delivery of milk eggs and produce and returning with farm supplies, noting savings in time and labor for dairymen fruit growers and general farmers. It also promotes a Savonarola lecture sponsored by local churches with ticket details.

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The Value of Better Highways

Report on a winter car tour from New York to San Francisco shows how good roads save fuel. Harry Neily and Jack Mohrhardt logged miles and gas use. examples include Elgin to Sterling fifty five miles in five hours using ten gallons and Wheatland to Stanwood nineteen miles in nine hours with eight gallons.

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Harry Neily Jack Mohrhardt New York San Francisco Elgin Sterling Wheatland Stanwood Iowa
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Winter road tests compare fuel economy on muck surfaces

An 8 gallon fuel run shows 9.5 miles on normal roads while heavy muck roads reduce distance to 6 miles. The note advertises Foley Kidney Pills to regulate kidneys and bladder and invites readers to see Ruth Herfurth perform on her machine. College of Commerce graduates hold exercises at Waterloo theatre with free admission.

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Foley J. ‘Sk. Joder & Son Ruth Herfurth College of Commerce Waterloo Theatre
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Possibly Struck by Moving Train In Local Incident

Police believe a German man named Hemecher was hit by a moving train or box car rather than attacked by a person. He has wounds and money on him remained untouched, suggesting an accidental strike. Investigation continues with train crews questioned. Hemecher to resume work soon. Also notes tonight’s College of Commerce graduation at Waterloo theatre with free admission and a late event about a Sauvoronola lecture at Congregational Church.

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W. Hemecher Hemecher
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Deck & Stewart East Fifth Street Io Farmer's Aid Chamberlain Frank Gunsautus GUY W. Campbell & CO West Fourth Street OlLac Morris Motor Car CO Sycamore Street Terr Lucian Follemshee Mason City Frank Gunsaulus Admission Tree
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