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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1901
Page
3
A short verse notes birthdays across ages from six to thirteen with images of cake plums dolls and birthday toys. It celebrates everyday birthday happiness and the idea that joy comes daily rather than only on special dates.
In western Maryland a shaggy dog named Bundy faithfully hauls a lunch basket to his coal miner master, Anthony. One day Bundy arrived at the weigh house without the basket, prompting worry. Walking home together, Bundy seemed uneasy, hinting at a hidden misfortune awaiting at home.
The Chicago Record reports Bundy the dog vanished with his master’s basket on a mountain trip. He later returned the basket with the luncheon intact, and a fresh hole in the ground along the path revealed the missing basket, proving Bundy’s supposed guilt was unfounded.
A Gordon Highlander invites his wife and six-year-old to visit at his Scottish barracks. The husband is on sentry duty in full dress, including a kilt, prompting the child to ask if he will recover her frock from the thief who stole trousers. The scene, recounted by Tit-Bits, blends humor with a domestic moment.
In Allentown Pennsylvania a boy named Cleveland Downs, a 14 year old messenger, waded into waist deep floodwaters to save a nine month old Italian infant after its mother dropped it. The act followed the child’s cries for help as the waters swept devastation down the mountains where a recent flood surged through the area.
In Naples two water rats, harmless boys raised by the docks, swim and dive to prey on pennies tossed from arriving American ocean liners. They surround ships, cry Penny penny in the water, and a swift rush yields a coin. Mostly sons of fishermen, they rely on the sea for a living.
The Jersey City News imagines the bicycle’s distant future as a mythic, world changing invention. It notes the wheel’s power to outpace horse and dog, unite rich and poor, and shape armies and public life, creating health and happiness beyond other feats of mankind.
Joseph P. Manton of Providence claims to be father of the horseless carriage. At a Providence Automobile club meeting he described a steam vehicle built in 1866 capable of 15 mph. The boiler and fuel needs made the carriage impractical, though differential gears and modern-style controls were noted.
An essay argues bicycles and motor bicycles improve health and happiness, attacking vanity and excess. It praises modern use, notes motor bicycles ease of handling, and cites a New York Tribune interview claiming quick mastery and simple operation on varied terrains.
The 1901 bicycle ar market favors lightweights with one-inch tubing, predicting strong season sales as riders discard older mounts. Heavy bikes fall from favor and chainless, cushion frame, and coaster brake models gain traction, with chainless sales expected to rise and prove suitable for general use.
A western inventor patents an improved bicycle carrier with a spring controlled reel in a circular rear barrel. Straps wind neatly when idle to prevent dangling and improve appearance while preserving easy attachment for packages.
Description of how straps are wound, locked, and secured on a package using a ratchet lock. The text explains tightness adjustment, slack release, and retraction after removal, leaving eyelets exposed. Chicago Daily News.
The bicycle may pass only after the cycle of human development that produced it has run its course. It stands today as the consummate achievement of mechanical development, reflecting service, pleasure, thought, skill, and adaptation to popular needs.
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