Wagon, Genuine T. G. Mandt
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- 12/22/05
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Newspaper drawing advertisement from the Richland Rustic, 22 Dec 1905. “A FEW REASONS WHY! THE GENUINE T. G. MANDT WAGON, THE STOUGHTON WAGON, Is one of the best and cheapest wagons on the market. It costs about the same as a poorly-made wagon and is worth double in wear and tear. 1st. The gears are soaked in boiled oil, expelling all moisture and imparting toughness to the wood. 2nd. The wheels are made from white oak “A” grade bent rims, clipped and bolted at joints to make practically a one-piece rim. 3rd. The spokes are dodge mortised in the hub, fourteen spokes in front wheels and sixteen in the hind wheels, and are driven with end dipped in boiling hot glue. Actual tests have proven that no other wheel will stand as heavy a load as the 14-16 spoke wheel. 4th. The axles have an end-to-end steel truss rod which stiffens the axle and maintains its strength under strains and this truss rod does not cut into the axle at any point but leaves it with its full strength. 5th. The skeins a
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- Brewer Public Library
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- Krouskop, Albein Houy 'A.H.' (1840-1930)
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- This work by Richland County History Room, Richland Center Wisconsin is licensed under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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- Wagon, Genuine T. G. Mandt. 12/22/05. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/1700. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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