Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 11, No 5
Articles in this issue
- p. 2
Summer editorial for July 1913, with cycling aphorisms, summer news of members' holidays, and the announcement that the National Assembly will meet on 11 September and the Wheel About the Hub on 12 September.
- p. 4
A poem celebrating the democratic fellowship of cycling, where beer-seller, railway cashier, millionaire, and postman all mix freely and form friendships during a ride, contrasted with the social divisions of everyday life.
- p. 5
A poem by Quincy Kilby from the Irish Cyclist gently satirising cyclists who claim they never repair punctures, never dismount, and could easily ride fifty towns in a day.
- p. 7
A report on the Newton Bicycle Club's Ladies' Day outing to the Point Shirley Club at Winthrop, where members and their wives enjoyed a shore dinner of steaming clams and bluefish hosted by President Herbert Fuller.
- p. 7
A brief historical note pointing out the discrepancy between the traditional date of 4 July and scholarly opinions suggesting the engrossed parchment was not signed until 19 July or even 18 August 1776.
- p. 7
A note that the Monday Club of old Boston wheelmen, who gather weekly for lunch, has dispersed for summer but will reunite in autumn, with a reflection on how Boston's cycling community maintains its camaraderie better than any other city.
- p. 8
An account of 500 Spokane automobile owners who put on overalls and spent a day as common labourers improving county highways under the guidance of the Spokane County Good Roads Association.