Motorcycle notes and tours across America and beyond
A Servian count M Rauchevitch travels in America for motorcycle tours. The Gale sburg Illinois Motorcycle Club completed a 125 mile sociability run to Kewanne. Buffalo police advocate buying twenty more patrol motorcycles. Phoenix Motorcycle Club plans a Grand Canyon sociability run in August. Dixie Motorcycle Club Roanoke Virginia held its first summer outing with about 100 riders. Yonkers Touring Club completed a 216 mile trip to Hudson New York. Richard Strauss Berlin son of the composer is an avid motorcyclist preferring American bikes to continental ones.
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M. Rauchevitch
America
Kewanne
Motorcycle Club of
Galesburg
Ill
Police Department of
Buffalo
N. Y
Phoenix
Ariz
Grand Canyon
Dixie Motorcycle Club
Roanoke
Yonkers
National committee targets prison slavery and reform
At Heather Dell farm near New York City the national committee on prison labor debated ending the slave like system. They praised wage labor and scientific prisoner rehabilitation while urging fair sentences and an end to contract labor practices nationwide.
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National Committee On Prison Labor
Heather Dell Farm
Adolph Lewisohn
New York City
National Committee
Rhode Island
National Committee On
Cadillac Dealer Finds No Tool Box Key For A Year
A Cadillac dealer in Ireland, W. F. Peare, demonstrates a car’s features and finds the tool box key missing. He notes he has driven the car for nearly a year without needing the tools, raising questions about the necessity of tools and lockable compartments.
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Cadillac
J. P. Holland
W. F. Peare
Ireland
Peare
Atlanta Cyclists Plan June Ride to New York
A party of a dozen or more motor cyclists from Atlanta will start about June 20 for New York, aiming to reach the city in five or six days. They seek pleasure from the ride and will be joined by two New York riders who recently toured the southern capital.
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Atlanta
New York
First across the continent motorist warns on overpacking
C J Gidney arrives in Detroit as the season’s first transcontinental traveler, detailing a Studebaker trip along the Santa Fe Trail. He warns motorists against overloading, noting his 3000 mile fall journey will use far less gear, relying on hotels and gasoline along the way amid harsh mountain and desert conditions.
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Detroit
Studebaker
C. J. Gidney
Gidney
Cadillac Axl e Actron g Feature
Cadillac engineers describe the 1914 two speed direct drive axle offering two gear ratios 3.66 to 1 and 2.5 to 1 to boost efficiency, reduce fuel use and vibration while improving comfort. The Bay City Michigan F A M convention gathers 1000 motorcyclists June 18 19 90 21 with a 200 file endurance run and dirt track race.
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K. P. Drysdale
Cadillac Motor Car Company
Cadillac
Michigan
Bay City
Fair Grounds
Buyers Now Want Usable Value In Cars
An advertising executive argues buyers seek real usable value over flashy specifications. He notes cars at similar prices offer similar power and stresses avoiding gimmicks that raise cost without improving essential running or durability.
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G. H. Bryant
Velie Motor Vehicle Company
Bridge orders from multiple railways and cities
The New Haven Railroad placed a small bridge order with Boston Bridge Works for about 100 tons of steel shapes. Boston and Maine ordered about 100 tons from an independent fabricator. Erie ordered a 100 ton span from Alterlonely Manufacturing. Pennsylvania Railroad took bids on a Pittsburgh bridge for about 900 tons. Cleveland Railway awarded 1450 tons of steel shop construction to Riverside Bridge Company. the same fabricators will also supply 526 tons for a Wheeling building for Stone and Thomas.
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New York
New Haven Railroad
Boston Bridge Works
Boston and Maine
Erie
Aiter- Lonley Manufacturin Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Cleveland Railway
Cleveland
Riverside Bridge Company
Wheeling
Stone & Thomas
Attitude shift guides buyers to suitable car classes
Velie Motors manager C E Giltner notes buyers now seek cars matching their needs and budgets. Demand shifts from high priced models to mid range, with growth across $1000 to $2500 cars and varied interest from high and low end makers, promising healthier industry growth.
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Crispen Motor Car Company
S. Cameron Street
Oakland
Flander
KRIT
Hudson
Chalmers
Maxwell
Gorson’s Automobile Exchange
North Broad Street
Philadelphia
PENNA
Vulcan
Penbrook
BELL
Reo
Haynes National
Chase
Harrisburg Auto CO
Sterling Auto Tire CO
Zarker St
National Committee On Labor Advocates
BY K. P. Drysdale
Keystone Motor Car CO
Market Street
Robert L. Morton
Pennsylvania
BY C. E. Giltner
Ford Clampon
Bolton
OMON
Benton
Splitdorf
Anaes V-Ray
Bethlehem
A. C
Hamilton “Perfection
E. Mather CO
Walnut Street
NY ‘Phone
Harrisburg
Popular Department
Tires
Gfield anti-Sky
al Fon-8kkii
Bowman’s
Riverside
North Front Street
Riley
Cal‘der Streets
George R. Bentley
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