Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 8, No 10

Articles in this issue

  • A December editorial full of seasonal humor, including a joke about Switzerland's proposed calendar reform and assorted Christmas one-liners.

    p. 1
  • A note on cycling pioneer and artist Jo Pennell's visit to America and his characteristically forthright opinions about American cities.

    p. 2
  • An obituary for Peter Gendron, the old-time maker of the Gendron bicycle, who died in Toledo, Ohio.

    p. 2
  • A report that A.D. Meiselbach, who retired from cycle manufacturing in 1899, plans to re-enter the field with a new company in North Milwaukee capitalized at $250,000.

    p. 4
  • A description of a French engineer's twelve-foot clock built entirely from bicycle parts, with wheels for a frame, spokes for numerals, and bicycle bells striking the hours.

    p. 6
  • An account of the St. Louis Cycling Club's celebration of H.G. Wolzendorf's twenty-fifth anniversary as a dedicated cyclist, held at a club dinner in his honor.

    p. 6
  • A note on the Buffalo Rambler Bicycle Club's tradition of carrying election returns on bicycles, ensuring the city gets its results before the newspapers.

    p. 4