The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 7, No 8
Articles in this issue
- Front-page news paragraphs: the Hudson County Wheelmen's entertainment at the Jersey City rink, Zacharias & Smith's Star step and their new ball bearings for the Star, Martin Rudy of Lancaster's dishonorable failure, and Karl Kron's conversion to the Duryea saddle.
- Report by "Reflector" of a three-day racing meet at Athletic Park opened by Kansas City's first wheel parade, with heats won by Fred Westbrook, C. E. Stone, T. M. Hardwick and Mlle. Armaindo, plus a planned 20-mile match between equestrienne Lizzie Evans and Armaindo/Morgan combined.
- A Free Advertisement. How the Press Helps "X. M. Miles on a Bi." Costs and Prospects of the Canvass.A long letter from Karl Kron defending his strategy of "working the press" to sell "Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle," detailing the costs, the subscription canvass and the modest profit he expects from self-publishing the book.
- Editorial favoring the consolidation of the League of American Wheelmen's corresponding secretary, recording secretary and treasurer into a single salaried "Actuary," arguing it would save roughly $250 a year and speed up membership processing.
- A humorous account, signed "The Tramp," of three B. C. C. members' last-of-the-season forty-mile ride toward Greenfield, full of headers, hunger and late-night oyster stews at Algiers.
- City letter signed "X. Y. Z." previewing the Hudson County Wheelmen's entertainment and the Citizens Club's December 3d house-warming, which is to feature a sparring bout between Prof. Watson and Fred G. Bourne and Thomas Stevens recounting his San Francisco-to-Boston ride.
- Club notes reporting that the Kenton Wheel Club of Covington, Ky. elected officers (President Henry Nepper, Captain Robson C. Greer) at its October 15th annual meeting.
- H. C. Finkler's report to Karl Kron of a bicycle tour out of San Francisco through San Jose, San Juan and Monterey and up Mt. Hamilton to the Lick Observatory, totaling some 380 miles.