The Wheelmans Gazette, Vol 4, No 12

Articles in this issue

• Volume IV of the Wheelmen's Gazette — Bound Copies Ready

  The publishers announce Volume IV of the Wheelmen's Gazette is now available as a handsome cloth-bound volume of over 350 pages with 188 pages of reading matter and over a hundred illustrations, priced at $1.50 prepaid.

• Three Knot Skookum Oil — Reliable Lubricant Under All Conditions

  The White Cycle Co. of Westboro, Massachusetts continue to promote Three Knot Skookum Oil as the finest bicycle lubricant, noting it was long used by Native Americans and western hunters for guns and proven equally effective on cycles in all conditions.

• Gormully and Jeffery Photogravure Print — Seven Champions Portrayed

  Gormully and Jeffery again offer their 18-by-23-inch photogravure print of seven cycling champions including Prince, Whittaker, Dingley, Eck, Munger, Knapp, and Crocker, available for 20 cents postpaid or framed free to organised clubs.

• Star Bicycle 1889 Championship Record — Can Any Machine Beat It?

  H. B. Smith Machine Co. challenge competitors to match the Star's 1889 championship tally, listing nine race victories including L.A.W. national titles and state championships across California, Kansas, and Pennsylvania.

• Ben L. Darrow — Electrotypes for Dealer Advertising

  Ben L. Darrow of Indianapolis advertises electrotype printing cuts of all kinds for cycle dealers and manufacturers wanting to illustrate their advertising and promotional material at reasonable prices.

• Indiana Bicycle Mfg. Co. — Diamond Safeties in Exchange for Ordinaries

  Indiana Bicycle Mfg. Co. of Indianapolis announces it will take a limited number of ordinary bicycles in trade toward its Diamond safety models, offering cyclists a practical route into the growing safety market.

• Vandalia Line and Monon Route — Rail Connections from Indianapolis West and North

  Parallel advertisements for the Vandalia Line to St. Louis and the Monon Route to Chicago detail their Indianapolis departure times, sleeping car services, and connections to north-western and western destinations.

• Cycling Sheet Music — Final Season Promotions

  John F. Ellis and Co. of Washington D.C. close the year promoting their four cycling songs including the sentimental 'Swiftly and Silently' and the comic 'Listen to My Tale of Woe' with words by Eugene Field, at prices marked in cents.