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Automotive News Briefs: April 5, 1914


Automotive News Briefs: April 5, 1914

Glidden Tour Starts July 1.
The New York Times

CHICAGO, April 4.—The Chicago-Boston non-motor stop run for the Glidden Trophy will start July 1, it was announced to-day by the Chicago Automobile Club.  The event was sanctioned yesterday by the American Automobile Association, after the Chicago Automobile Club had agreed to make the tour a national event.

Roadsters for Cigar Salesmen.
The New York Times

The increasing adoption of utility cars for the use of salesmen and others who must cover a large territory is emphasized in the purchase of five roadsters by the firm of Waitt & Bond of Boston, for the use of its cigar salesmen.  Each of the new roadsters is built with a special trunk to contain samples of the different brands and sizes of cigars.




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