Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 8, No 6
Articles in this issue
- Opening editorial notes for the August 1910 issue announcing the Boston Bicycle Club's annual Wheel About the Hub on Sept. 3-5 and the L.A.W. National Assembly's annual meeting and election of officers at Hendries Hostelry, Dorchester, on Sept. 2.
- A poem cataloguing the many modes of conveyance that suit each rider, from the rich man's special train to the boy's bicycle, ending that the hearse will take us all.
- A poem celebrating the League of American Wheelmen and its Newport pioneers, recalling how cart paths were made into roads and boulevards while urging that the League's work is not yet done.
- Kirk Munroe, the League's number-one member, writes from Cocoanut Grove, Florida, rushing his renewal dollar and affirming that despite owning an automobile and motor boat he still finds his wheel a daily necessity, having ridden twelve miles that morning.
- Fred Patee writes to Abbot Bassett from Denver, Colorado, reminiscing about old wheelmen including Lon Peck, Charlie Fairchild, Will Pitman and Isaac Potter, and recalling how he helped organize the Century Road Club in Chicago with Billy Herrick and F. Ed. Spooner.
- A humorous poem by Joe Cone in which an aviator coaxes a girl into his airship, only for the machine to refuse to rise.
- A notice explaining the magazine's system of clubbing periodical subscriptions by class number, followed by a price list of leading magazines including the Bicycling World.