The Wheelmans Gazette, Vol 4, No 8
Articles in this issue
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A humorous dialect story by Charles Alexander Persons presents a letter from 'Uncle Kerlumbia,' a club member who has been sick, in which he recounts in African-American vernacular how he was first introduced to cycling by helping a friend on a moonlit midnight chicken-stealing adventure.
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The comic yarn continues as the narrator discovers his friend has quietly ridden off into the night on a bicycle laden with bags of purloined poultry, leaving the narrator to trudge four miles back to town in the dark.
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Gormully and Jeffery again publicise Frank Bodach's Pullman Race victory and their two wheels finishing the Irvington-Milburn race as evidence of the superiority of their American cycle line against specially built racing machines.
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The Eagle Bicycle Mfg. Co. repeats its report from the Washington Post about William Robertson's new Cabin John record of 38 minutes over ten miles on an Eagle, describing it as the lightest-running wheel in the world.
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Strong and Green Cycle Co. of Philadelphia continue to advertise the Ivel Tandem Safety as holder of all tandem records, urging readers to apply for agency terms as distribution is being established.
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Strong and Green Cycle Co. again promote the Quadrant Safety as the strongest, most rigid, and lightest safety ever built at 43 pounds, noting nearly all European cycling tourists are choosing it for the summer.
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The White Cycle Co. publishes further endorsements of the White Flyer Safety from physicians and long-distance riders, arguing its design is superior for country doctors and professional users who need reliability and comfort.
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Gormully and Jeffery confirm their full 1889 line including the Rambler, American Champion, and Ideal cycles will be on exhibition at the Chicago cycle trade meet, with the 80-page catalogue available on application.