Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 9, No 12
Articles in this issue
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A full account of Abbot Bassett's Silver Jubilee dinner held January 18, 1912, organized by the Newton Bicycle Club as a Ladies' Night at Dupont's Restaurant in Boston.
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A description of the gifts presented to Abbot Bassett at his Silver Jubilee dinner, including a silver fruit bowl and a set of gold coins from the assembled members.
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A poem sent by Quincy Kilby, unable to attend the Silver Jubilee dinner, celebrating Bassett's twenty-five years of faithful service to the League.
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A winter poem imagining the warm June morning six months away when cyclists can leave their houses and take to the open road again.
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A note on the formation of the Massachusetts Highway Safety League, formed to campaign for better road marking, lighting, and motorist behavior.
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A sad account of Otto Zeigler, the first man to ride a mile in under two minutes at the 1894 L.A.W. meet in Denver, who has now lost his sight entirely.
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A report that a federal grand jury has indicted several cycle parts manufacturers for conspiring to monopolize the coaster brake business by boycotting firms that refused to join their patent pool.