Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1895 — Bicycle Notes. [ARTICLE]

Bicycle Notes.

F. B. Meyer, aiderman from the Fifth Ward, got an elegant new bicycle Monday. The whole family is now on wheels; Mrs. Meyers and each of the children, having already been provided. Albert Overton rode down the gravel pike from Burk’s bridge to Ellis & Murray ’s store, Tuesday evening, just 5 miles, in II minutes. This is at the rate of a mile in 2:12. Bert Hopkins, Bert Brenner and Louis Wilcox rode to Lafayette Sunday, nearly 50 miles, in 5 hours. Misses Mamie Williams and Ura M cGowan are among the latest additions to our lady bicyclists.