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GEMS FROM GERDES

By Virgil Cerdes

Route 4, Morrison, Illinois 61270

On page of the Mar-Apr. G.E.M. we see the picture sent in by Roger Eshelman of the Northome engine owned by W.F. Rieckens of Bellevue, Iowa. Roger states that he has seen a Monmouth just like the one pictured and would like to know who built these engines.

I have a 3 Hp. Montgomery Ward Sattley of the very same type except it has a Webster make and break igniter and magneto. So maybe Col. Herndon guessed right that his engine of this type had Sattley flywheels, even though mine has real heavy spoked type.

From what I have been able to learn, I feel these engines were built by Nelson Bros. The older type Monmouth and the Nelson, Jr. were identical and the late model Monmouth was like the Northome and the Sattley.

I have been rather puzzled as to why Montgomery Ward apparently sold both the Nelson and the F...

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