Moon Motors

1920 ad

   Moon Motor Car (1905 - 1930) was a United States automobile company that was based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company had a venerable reputation among the buying public, as it was known for fully assembled, easily affordable mid-level cars using high-quality parts. Often this meant the manufacturing process required more human intervention, leading to operating losses.

   The company was founded by carriage maker Joseph W. Moon. Moon produced both cars and trucks  and their  peak production year was 1925 when the company produced 10,271 vehicles.

   In addition to the Moon name, they were sold under the Hol-Tan name in 1908. Moon produced the Diana via its subsidiary the Diana Motors Company in 1925 - 1928. Another subsidiary produced the Windsor in 1929-1930.

This is a beautiful image..click to see it in full size

   The firm also produced a Cotton picker .
   Beginning in 1924, Moon was increasingly unable to meet dealership orders. The company went out of business at the start of the Great Depression; the Moon factory was purchased by Ruxton automobile.
Moon automobiles are on display at the Missouri History Museum and Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri. The amusement park Six Flags St. Louis also features a ride using the Moon automobile body.

 

Does Two Things, Neither Well

Comic Book Short Story~Too Many Meeces

Hanna-Barbera Bandwagon #2 (January 1963) Gold Key

June Lockhart, Medicine Woman

Decades before Dr Quinn graced the small screen, June Lockhart played a frontier lady doctor in two episodes of CBS TV's "Have Gun-Will Travel". Hard looking Shakespeare-quoting gunslinger Paladin is smitten by her, but something comes up before their romance goes beyond longing looks.

Here's June Lockhart a decade later, a typical 60s mom lost in space in a series is set 125 years or so after HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVEL

Dr. Phyllis Thackeray and the  man in black first cross paths on the Oct 5, 1957 episode. She's a female doctor, and of course the ignorant townsfolk will be having none of THAT nonense.

The official blurb:Paladin's patience is tested when a settlement, believing typhoid to be a direct result of divine will, condemns innocents to death.

Could I interest you in a haiku or a sonnet before I fill you full of lead?

On the May 17, 1958 episode , Dr Thackeray telegraphs Paladin for help. He drops everything, and at some considerable cost, rushes to her aid:  Paladin again assists his friend Phyllis Thackeray, M.D., when impatience and panic threaten to generate a smallpox epidemic.

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Saturday Morning Comics: Tasmanian Devil

Taz was created by Robert McKimmson in 1954, first appearing in the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Devil May Hare".
  Gold key did a one shot comic book in 1962. Here is one of the stories from that issue, art by Pete Alvardo, of the Mr Magoo comic strip fame.

When The Roses Bloom For The Bootlegger

Robert Earl Johnson (born August 24, 1886 Gwinnett County, Georgia - died May 31, 1965) was an old time fiddler who was influenced by the music of Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers.

Comic Book Short Story~Checkmate:Poison Pen Pals

Checkmate was an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Future Mr French Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. 70 episodes were aired on CBS between 1960 and 1962. It was produced by Jack Benny's production company, JaMco Productions. Universal also had a lesser hand in production.

Johnny Williams provided a jazzy score.

Gold Key published two issues of a comicbook adaption. Here is a story from issue #1

issue #1, Oct. 1962
back cover

art by Jack Sparling