Pike's Peak Hill Climb Attracts Top Drivers
Nearly thirty entries for the Pike's Peak hill climb August 10 to 12 promise a record setting event. Star drivers Mulford Hughes Whalen and others will compete on the 18 mile course with seven to ten percent grades. Prizes exceed 7800 dollars as motorists and enthusiasts head to Colorado Springs for trials and scenic viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike’s Peak
Colorado
America
Ralph Mulford
M. W. Colwell
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hughie Hughes
Hughie
Milwaukee
Neil
Whirlwind
Whirlwind) Whalen, Who Will Drive A Milac Car. Whalen
Buick
McCoy
Dawson
Barney Oldfield
Delage
Barney
A. W. Marksheffel
Cadillac
Mulford
Hughes
Whalen
Patterson
Rippingill
Brooks
Stentz
Studebaker
Haynes
Briscoe
Wisconsin
Hudson
E. A. Sanderlin
Pike's Peak
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Overland Engine Reused For Farm Tractor in Minn.
C G Bonnell & Son of Medford Minnesota bought a model 30 Overland engine used for a gasoline tractor. The Auto Supply Company sold it in January 1909 for 1250 dollars. It has traveled about 250000 miles in livery use and will power a tractor while its body and running gears become a trailer and beat cart. The engine alone sold for 100 dollars, about ten percent of its original cost. This showcases Overland motors lasting quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Bonnell & Son
Medford
Minn
Auto Supply Company
Overland
Overland Motors
Stewart-Warner Buys V-Ray Spark Plug Firm
The Stewart-Warner Speedometer corp of Chicago has announced the purchase of the V-Ray spark plug business from VW-Ray of Marshalltown Iowa. V N Hansen, president of V-Ray, will run the spark plug division. V-Ray plugs were high grade and in strong demand, and Stewart-Warner pledges ample supply with their expanded manufacturing capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation
Chicago
Vw-Ray Company
Marshalltown
Iowa
V. N. Hansen
V-Ray Company
Stewart-Warner
Stewart- Warner
Eight English ships sunk off English coast by German sub
Berlin reports via Sayville wireless that on July 28 eight English motor sailing ships and one English steam trawler were sunk off the English seacoast by a German submarine. The narrative ends with an unrelated remark about a boy and his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sayville
English
Milburn Electric Cars Tested by Edison Engineers
Milburn Wagon of Toledo received a big order for Milburn electric town cars from Chicago. Edison storage batteries power the cars and Edison engineers tested one stock car, running 101 miles at 19 mph in rain and mud, exceeding expectations. The Philadelphia Diamond Grid battery tops standard equipment, but Edison batteries are used by the rival electric taxi firm. A joke about marriage closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milburn Wagon Company
Toledo
Ohio
American Motor Livery Company of
Chicago
Milburn
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Edison
R. S. Woodhull
Milburn Company
Milburn Light Electrics
Philadelphia
First Entries For Harvest Auto Race In Indianapolis
Indianapolis Aug 6 The first entries for the Harvest Auto Racing classic to be held under the Indianapolis Motor Speedway direction on September 3 have arrived. Two Peugeots entered by Indianapolis Speedway Team Company will be driven by John Aitken and Charles Merz. The three races award $12 000 in prizes and run 20 50 and 100 miles. Aitken won the Coney Island cup earlier in May and Merz’s car is a near twin.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
T. K. Myers
John Aitken
Charles Merz
Aitken
Merz
Maddie Rickenbacher
Resta
Indianapolis Speedway
New York
America
Cincinnati Speedway
Hig
Cincinnati
American Automobile Association
Nordicka's Husband Loses Estate Fight in New Jersey
Freehold N J Aug 4 Judge Lawrence ruled George B Young husband of the late Lilian Nordicka failed to claim the million dollar estate of the singer. The 1914 will giving the bulk to three sisters of Mme Nordicka was admitted to probate while the 1910 will was rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freehold
N. J
George B. Young
Lilian Nordicka
Singer
Lawrence
Mme Nordicka
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cough Remedy
A brief 23 cent advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a cure for summer coughs and colds. It claims to soothe irritation, stop coughing, and kill germs, urging readers to buy at druggists to prove its value.
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A. Merrylees
Maine Street
Marshaluifown Company
Lucky
Chandler
Quincy
Bosch
Gray & Davis
Rayfield
Stewart
Henry Geise
Maine St
Quincy, Hl
Adams Co
Marion, Lewis, Knox
Scotland and Clark Counties
Milburn Electric Interests
Aitken and
Nordicka
F.o.b
Irwin-Overland Co Distributors
Illinois
The
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo, Ohio
U. S, AL
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