Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 6, No 11

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PublicationBassett's Scrap Book
Volume6
Issue11
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Articles in this issue

  • BESIDE THE GATE OF OPENING YEAR.
    The January 1909 New Year editorial leader, noting good resolutions (citing Pepys and Macaulay) and offering rhymed advice on the company a wheelman should keep when riding.
  • [Death of R. Lindsay Coleman, last president of the bicycle trust]
    Obituary of R. Lindsay Coleman of Somerset, Va., second and last president of the great bicycle trust, recalling the 1895 banquet he hosted for New York, Boston and Chicago wheelmen at the Atlanta exposition.
  • [New Pope Mfg. Co. incorporated in Connecticut]
    Reports the incorporation of a new Pope Mfg. Co. under Connecticut law with $6,500,000 capital, listing the incorporators (Albert L. Pope, George Pope, Charles E. and Wilbur C. Walker) and new directors, and noting Colonel Pope is no longer actively in business.
  • WALTER MONTFORT MESEROLE,
    Biographical sketch of the new President of the League, born in Brooklyn April 5, 1861, a Columbia-trained civil engineer who joined the L.A.W. in 1896 and served as Vice President in 1904.
  • PLEDGES FROM LIFE MEMBERS.
    Lists the pledges received up to Dec. 28 in response to the Ways and Means Committee circular asking life members to pay yearly sums for five years to sustain the League's official magazine.
  • SOME MORE OLD TIMERS.
    A roster of members who joined the League in 1883 and are still enrolled, introducing the senior lady member and giving each member's number, name, city and date of joining.