Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 9, No 2

Articles in this issue

  • Editor Esstee's opening leader explaining that a fire in the printing office and his own injured arm delayed the April 1911 issue, with a reflection on his cozy editorial relationship with readers.
  • A memorial poem to Sam Walter Foss, written by Nixon Waterman.
  • Report of the New Haven Bicycle Club Veteran Association's 13th annual reunion and banquet on Jan. 24, attended by 32 members including Wm. H. Hale, Wm. M. Frisbie and L.A.W. President Atwater, noting the Association's purchase of a burial lot at Evergreen Cemetery for departed club members.
  • A comic poem playing on anatomical puns (a cap for the knee, a key for a lock of hair, pupils in the eyes, and so on).
  • L.A.W. President Fred Atwater's notice appointing Charles J. Obermayer of Brooklyn, George L. Cooke of Providence and Alonzo D. Peck of Boston as the committee to nominate national officers for the next annual election, dated Bridgeport, Conn., March 27, 1911.
  • Announcement of a 45-page catalogue of periodicals with club prices and discounts, followed by sample price tables for popular magazines such as Bicycling World, Century, Good Roads Magazine and Scientific American.