Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 3, No 12
Articles in this issue
- A dialect poem voicing an out-of-work man tramping the streets in search of a job, sustained only by the brave, waiting wife at home who prays for him.
- A reader Q&A column answering miscellaneous queries, including why a hundredweight is written 'cwt.', the meanings of I.H.S. and I.N.R.I., the origins of 'Mizpah' and of a 'tinker's dam', and the world's greatest cataract on the Iguazu River.
- Reprint of the famous baseball ballad of mighty Casey of the Mudville nine striking out, published at a reader's request and credited 'Author unknown.'
- The League of American Wheelmen's official department states the association's aims and lists its officers, including President Geo. L. Cooke of Providence, R.I., Secretary-Treasurer Abbot Bassett of Boston, and Foreign Consul Joseph Pennell in London.
- A long farewell poem by L.A.W. President Geo. L. Cooke (Jan. 1, 1906), preceded by his prose 'Epilogue', reflecting on decades of fighting for wheelmen's rights as he prepares to hand over the League's highest office.
- Announces the winners of the L.A.W. contest for the best reason why the bicycle should be ridden, with first prize ($50) to Miss Alice Lund Kirby of Bloomfield, N.J., and further prizes to Mrs. I. M. Mason of Chicago and Mr. W. K. Thomas of Middletown, O.
- A whimsical poem by Pearl Rivers personifying chestnuts, almonds, walnuts, peanuts and other nuts as a cast of comic characters.