Official Bulletin American Wheelmen, Vol 15, No 7

Articles in this issue

• The Year Half Gone

  July editorial reflecting on Independence Day traditions and the midpoint of 1917, with note that the new war tax exempts bicycles but imposes a five percent factory tax on bicycle tires.

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• Oldest L.A.W. Members Identified

  Report of two claimants to the title of oldest League member: Jarvis C. Howard of New Rochelle, born 1840 at age 77, and Charles W. Reed of Boston, born 1841 at age 76.

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• Sterling Elliott's Pneumatic Sulky Anniversary

  Note that it has been 25 years since Sterling Elliott introduced the pneumatic sulky that revolutionized trotting, yet failed to make Elliott a millionaire.

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• Wheel About the Hub and League Banquet Notice

  Reminder that the Wheel About the Hub starts September 14 and the annual League banquet and officer election will be held on the evening of September 13.

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• President Belding's Liberty Bond Purchase

  Brief item noting that President Belding has purchased Liberty Bonds worth a million dollars in support of the war effort.

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• Bicycle Factories and Racing Agreement

  Report that seven bicycle factories have signed an agreement not to support bicycle racing or supply machines gratis to racing men.

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