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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1928
Page
15
Hamlin, a 150 population town, hosts Miss Ethel Christofferson who runs a filling and service station alone. The American Magazine features her as the state’s only woman to own such a station, detailing her hands on work and detours by motorists to reach her.
The famous conjoined sisters Daisy and Violet Hilton travel on a vaudeville tour in the south using a Reo Flying Cloud. They share one body but maintain separate minds and activities, with Violet reading or sewing while Daisy naps. They perform with stage boldness and are seen as attractive and cheerful despite their rare condition.
An 18 year old operator, Miss Chris, runs a family gas station advertised widely and now besieged by motorists. Commercial airplanes assist as distant taxis in Alaska, boosting friendly service and helping finances.
The Hupmobile Century Six stock car won the International Alpine test covering 1180 miles from Milan to Munich across Alpine passes. Driver Heinz Hinterleitner earned the International Alpine gold cup after delivering top elapsed times amid dangerous curves.
An automobile killed a young girl in Chicago recently and the mother, viewing the body at the morgue, died from shock. The piece urges drivers to be vigilant and to help old or infirm pedestrians across streets to prevent such tragedies.
Akron plant to gain a nine story building increasing total floor space to over 0.75 billion square feet and adding 4.5 million cubic feet of warehouse space for tires and other products. B F Goodrich spends about 2.5 million yearly on plant additions and improvements as it expands rubber research and tire production. Des Moines radio show opens with Graham McNamee appearing at Shrine temple.
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