Official Bulletin American Wheelmen, Vol 17, No 1

Articles in this issue

• A New Year and a New Volume

  Opening of Volume 17 with optimism about the post-war future, noting that member subscriptions have been renewed generously, zone postal rates will be relaxed, and the Bulletin is assured of continuing for five years.

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• Forty Years in Action — Club Anniversaries of 1879

  A complete list of bicycle clubs organized in 1879 that will celebrate their 40th birthdays in 1919, from Buffalo in February to New York in December.

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• Hands Across the Sea Banquet

  Report on the November 26 Boston Bicycle Club banquet celebrating transatlantic cycling friendship, offered as an answer to the question of why cycling organizations should be kept alive.

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• Samuel Pepys on Privilege on the Seas

  Whimsical literary quotation from Pepys' diary of 1661 on the question of maritime privileges, offered as seasonal reading.

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• New Year Cycling Notes and Humor

  Short seasonal items including greetings to members, cycling humor, and observations on the post-war world.

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