Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1912 — BOY SCOUTS ON 2,000 MILE BICYCLE TRIP [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BOY SCOUTS ON 2,000 MILE BICYCLE TRIP

BOY scout* of Burlington,, la., who left that city June 10 on bicycles with a message for President Taft, .are now on their way home. They reached New York August 3, and were entertained for four days by the boy scouts of the metropolis at the Hunter Island encampment, and thetf went on to Washington, where they were received by Mr. Taft and complimented on their pluck in making such a long ride on their wheels.