The Bearings, Vol 6, No 18
Articles in this issue
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Satirical multilingual salute to the new International Union president, mocking the pomposity of his triumphal entry into American cycling affairs.
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Report of unseemly behavior by the Chicago 'push' at Milwaukee tournament hotels, with the editorial glad to have been absent from the pastoral scene of rowdy cyclists in main corridors.
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Advice to broke travelers to deploy all available discretion at the end of a journey, prompted by sympathy for a man knocked insensible in Milwaukee by a Chicago cyclist who objected to having his trousers playfully removed.
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Warning to anyone planning to make southern records that any attempt to have figures accepted without the full corps of LAW-prescribed officials will be met with a cold wave.
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Full account of the Snaix the dog membership story: a Lincoln Cycling Club collection for a collar, League membership, and other items fell short, and the treasurer wisely let the dog remain among the great unwashed.
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Brief satirical account of Milwaukee and Chicago patching up their differences by getting drunk together — a compact sealed with what the editorial calls eminent respectability.
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Touching personal note about a canary that froze both feet on a window sill after a bath but continues hopping about without complaint, offered as a model of sporting fortitude.