Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen, Vol 12, No 8
Articles in this issue
- Abbot Bassett's lead editorial scrap-book column for August 1914, ranging over cycling as the best roller coaster, August-born celebrities, the pending International Cup yacht race, the charm of cycling's freedom, Capt. Walter G. Kendall of the Boston Bicycle Club turning 60, the 1916 Berlin Olympic cycling program, F.A.M. membership figures by state, and club runs by the Newton Bi Club, Boston Bicycle Club and 400 Cleveland wheelmen to the Strongsville experiment station.
- Reprints a London Daily Mirror report that young London women popularise motor-cycle makes by touring on machines lent free by the firms, acting as paid advertisements while never revealing the bicycle is not their own.
- A letter from J. M. McGinley (L.A.W. 384) describing his bicycle tour across the country, the curiosity and ridicule he meets in towns, and his loyalty to his faithful Humber bicycle over any "smoke wagon or benzine buggy."
- Notice by Secretary-Treasurer Abbot Bassett that the annual National Assembly meeting will be held at the City Club, Boston, on Thursday evening, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. to elect officers and decide questions of League conduct.
- Notice that the L.A.W. annual banquet, at $1.25 per plate, will precede the National Assembly at the Boston City Club on Sept. 10, 1914, with members asked to notify Abbot Bassett by Sept. 7th to reserve a place.