Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 9, No 7

Articles in this issue

• England, France, America: Each Nation Leads in Something

  A patriotic reflection arguing that England led the world in bicycle construction, France gave the world the velocipede, and America is now leading in aeroplanes.

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• Dublin Doctor Cures His Gout by Cycling

  A report that a Dublin physician who gave up his motor car for a bicycle found his gout completely cured within a few months, now recommending cycling to his patients.

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• The Capital Club of Washington D.C.: Active Since 1879

  A note on the Capital Club, one of the oldest cycling organizations in America, which has remained continuously active since its formation in 1879.

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• J.C. Percy on British vs. American Bicycles

  A comparative assessment by J.C. Percy, editor of the Irish Cyclist, who after riding American-made machines concludes that British bicycles are better built and more comfortable.

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• Henry Strugnell and James Copeland: Two Cycling Industry Deaths

  Obituaries for New York cycle outfitter Henry Strugnell and Pope Manufacturing chief designer James Copeland, both long familiar in the trade.

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• The Brooklyn-Coney Island Cycle Path Under Threat

  A protest note on the efforts by property interests to destroy the famous Brooklyn-Coney Island bicycle path, one of the longest and best-known cycle paths in America.

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• Road Hogs on the Oak Bluffs Roads

  A complaint from a visitor to Martha's Vineyard about automobiles that refuse to yield the road to cyclists and pedestrians, a problem across American summer resorts.

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