Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 8, No 2
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
A poem praising the loyal League member who pays dues promptly, reads every word of the Scrap Book, and never asks what he gets for his dollar.
- p. 1
A report that fashionable society at Palm Beach and other winter resorts has quietly rediscovered the bicycle as a pleasant recreation.
- p. 2
A note on an experimental road-building technique in Georgia using ridges of earth filled with sawdust, claimed to last twenty-five years at a cost of $200 per mile.
- p. 4
An exuberant poem by Sam Walter Foss urging readers to greet strangers warmly and cheerfully, regardless of their station in life.
- p. 6
A history of the Cumberland Road, begun in 1806 at a cost of $1.8 million, which connected the District of Columbia to the Ohio River and became America's first major public highway.
- p. 7
A tender poem of devotion to the bicycle, celebrating cycling adventures, puncture repairs, and the bond between rider and machine.
- p. 7
A report on the second annual reunion of the old Brooklyn Bicycle Club, whose surviving members gather yearly to recall the golden days of cycling.