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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1914
Page
6
The West End Electric and Cycle Company reports motorcycles are growing in popularity due to 1914 model improvements such as electric starter lights and fuller equipment. Side cars convert one seat to two, boosting practicality. Lower operating costs, fuel and tire savings help hype rapid adoption. Motorcycle enthusiasts back good roads, aiming for nationwide highway networks.
Consumer alert warns against catarrh treatments with mercury as dangerous to smell and overall health. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo claiming mercury free internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Also notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and advertises the Hotel Shoreham in Virginia Avenue with rates and facilities.
The Abbott Bulldog car starts a new circuit with drivers from Detroit dealers. It will travel via Buffalo to the eastern and southern states, possibly Gulf regions, then home through the Midwest, reaching Harrisburg around July 10. The veteran car has a long history of world tours and a 160000 mile record, with a wooden body carved with route initials. George Beyers and William Hader begin a motorcycle trip to San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
One day of the automobile beach meet at Galveston Texas runs July 3 to August 3 with July 31 set for the top single tracker event. The beach course will host big auto events and two wheel records may fall. The Galveston Motorcycle Club backs the show plus a ten mile amateur race. The item also notes a serial film and an interview with Miss Lillian Hauer of Milwaukee who has ridden since 1911 and logged over 8000 miles without a puncture.
Reo Motor Car and Truck Companies invite the public to tour their factories by releasing a thirty two page illustrated book detailing the key manufacturing operations. The booklet is described as a depiction of machinery and equipment used to produce motor cars and trucks, and is offered free by local dealers or direct from the Lansing factory.
A report highlights a shipment of fifty Klaxon horns at Front Market Motor Supply and a new Stewart-Warner service station setup. It also notes a 177 mile Cadillac trip at 177-10 mpg, a portable steel motor home prototype, a special auto supplies sale by City Auto Supply Co, and a Saratoga Motorcycle Rally on July 3-5 with F A M convention and championship races.
The Automobile Legal Association expanded its motorcyclist patrol from a small test group to 30 riders across Rhode Island Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The four divisions based in Boston Springfield Providence and Worcester cover 2500 to 3000 miles daily, offering aid to motorists and reporting reckless driving. Members wear uniforms bearing the A L A emblem.
The canoe carrying Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Bignal and W. W. Johnson upset on Yellow Breeches creek at Cold Springs yesterday. The trio escaped drowning without injuries. The Bignalls lived at 133 Walnut Street and Johnson at 7 North Front Street. they were visiting a summer cottage at Cold Springs.
The Sunday School of Stevens Memorial Methodist Church plans its annual picnic for July 22 at Hershey Park. The church group is among the city’s largest with over 1,300 members and will offer a special train to transport attendees.
John Eisenhower will unveil a brass plate at Enola Cemetery honoring battles of the Civil War in which he fought. He will be joined by his children and grandchildren for the ceremony.
The report lists riders and clubs across the country. Paul Bushnell of Aberdeen S C is appointed tour master for a Northwest to St Louis F A M convention ride. Pittsburgh motorcycle police increase from six to ten men. Illinois Aurora plan July 4 motorcycle race. About 25 Galveston Texas riders sociability run. William Nerry rides Chicago to Washington with a dog in tow. Wheeling West Virginia contemplates Fourth of July contests. Iowa adds state MPP organizations. Washington plans July exclusive race meet. Alfred Leroy from Los Angeles rides to New York with a sidecar. Sixty riders organize in Houghton Keweenaw Michigan.Christian Hanson of Los Angeles also rides to New York. Harrisburg Pennsylvania clubs form Keystone Motorcycle Club. Chicago Motorcycle Club to run 24 hours to Indianapolis and back.
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