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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1917
Page
5
A Dublin letter describes despatch riders as skilled sport minded riders pressed into war work. They endure extreme risk and uncertainty as they deliver through difficult conditions, with machines often wrecked and riders repeatedly required to push through.
Small listing notes seating capacity for four people and describes folding camp grills.
A friend at the front recalls risks from two wheeled transport. A shell tore off a rider’s top tube without injury. A motor bicycle sans front wheel was found by a canal with the owner missing. One comrade survived three bullets to the leg while breaking through a second patrol. Pedal cycles offer silence and cross country use when roads fail.
Morris Adler, owner of the Morris Adler Motor Co, denies reports he is closing his auto business while serving at Fort Sheridan. In a letter to his Quincy attorney he states his absence is temporary and his wife supervises sales, countering claims that women are unable to run the lot.
Adler declares cannot sell motor cars but will keep the business going in spite of enlistment. He notes a carload was unloaded Tuesday and another order for twelve cars is in. His wife handles Quincy sales. he intends to continue taking and filling orders and will not surrender to opponents who might seize his property in the future.
Frank Lusk of the Irwin Overland Co. cites 116,537 freight cars handled in Willys Overland yards in 1916 illustrating the company's business volume. The piece opens with that figure and closes with a generic simile about jewelerry.
The advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for croup and whooping cough in children. It claims to loosen mucus, ease breathing, soothe irritated membranes, and halt inflammation, noting pleasant taste and availability from druggists for 25 cents.
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