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Title: The Wheel and cycling trade review
Year: 1888 (1880s)
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Subjects: Cycling Bicycles Cyclists
Publisher: New York : Wheel and Cycling Trade Review
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Falls, Mass., the makersof the Spalding bicycle, have decided that allagency business in that line shall be con-ducted direct from the factory at ChicopeeFalls, experience having shown that the bi-cycle business can be better conducted andevery agent better satisfied by being in directtouch with the factory, where A. B. Barkmanwill be in control as manager of the bicyclesales department. THE MOST REMARKABLE BICYCLE. To quote its makers, the Central CycleManufacturing Company, the most remark-able bicycle on the market—a Ben-Hur, ofcourse—will cost $125, a price which, whileabove the usual, is justified by the remark-ability of the wheel. There will, however,be Ben-Hurs at $60 and $75 for those who.cannot afford the larger sum. BIG DEMAND FOR WOOD HANDLE-BARS. J. T. Hildreth, a carriagemaker of Brattle-boro, Vermont, has added the manufacture ofwood handle bars to his business. A localauthority states that Mr. Hildreth has suffi-cient orders in hand to require night work. (897. 55
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56 January 8, HE ASTONISHED THEM. Some truckmen, in the usual leisurely man-ner of their kind, were unloading paperstock in front of a Park Place printery. Thestuff was done up in 705-pound packages, eachone of which seemed to tax the muscle andenergy of three brawny truckmen. A quiet and somewhat theological-lookingman stood awaiting a chance to pass, whichhe was kept from doing by the slow transferof the trucking trio. Why dont you get amove on with that? he observed to one ofthe paper carriers. See here, young feller, if you dont like theway we are doing this job, suppose you takea shy at it. The invitation was no soonergiven than it was accepted. Securing a goodgrip on the 700 pounds of paper, the mild-looking man carried it from the wagon acrossthe sidewalk and deposited it upon the eleva-tor which was to carry it up to the printers. Hully gee! exclaimed the leader of (hetruck trio, if dat aint one of dem Samsonfellers Ill eat my shirt. Say, mister, whatsyour name? But the quiet

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