Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen, Vol 17, No 8
Articles in this issue
- The lead editorial scrap-book column opens with seasonal verse and gathers short items, including a John Keats note on the velocipede (1818), the Cyclist's Touring Club membership figures (8,546), royal European wheelmen of the nineties, the blinded embezzler Charles F. Cossum's pardon plea to Governor Smith of New York, and Otto Ziegler regaining his sight.
- Account of the L. A. W. Nylaw automobile tour down the Delaware and Hudson valleys, including a mired-truck episode near Bangor, Pa., a visit to the Ashokan Reservoir of the Catskill water system, and lunches at Buckwood Inn and Briarcliffe Lodge, covering 400 miles over three days.
- Report of the Boston Bicycle Club's second annual automobile tour, a four-day, 600-mile run from Boston through Franconia, Crawford and Dixville Notches to Maine, with 24 in the party including President Whitney of the L. A. W. joining at Kennebunkport.
- A chronology of cycling milestones from 1870, covering the Pickwick Bicycle Club, James Starley's Ariel, Wm. M. Wright bringing a Meyer bicycle to America in 1873, the Philadelphia Centennial exhibits of 1876, and early racers John Keen and Wm. de Noielle.
- President E. G. Whitney addresses L. A. W. members, urging them to attend the September National Assembly and "Wheel About the Hub," and to recruit new members before the Annual Meeting.
- Secretary-Treasurer Abbot Bassett announces the Annual Meeting of the National Assembly at the Hotel Marliave, Boston, on Thursday evening, Sept. 11th, for officer reports and the annual election.
- Notice of the League's Annual Dinner at the Hotel Marliave, Boston, on Sept. 11th at 6 o'clock, tickets $1.50, with members asked to notify Secretary Bassett by September 8th.