Bicycles.
There are in England 180,000 families dependent on the- bicycle trade ; and the trade is sure to increase, as people will come to look upon a bicycle as they now do a suit of clothes, not as if it were an obelisk designed to lasfor ever. When this time comes, says
■muiv, v man will - »r ii.i. stem of thousands - into war vessels, tm- . - fleet of ships sufficient in nun power to make any of the small'--1 Can. tinental powers feel distinctly uncomfortable. One cannot eat bicycles. But bread is the staple food of many people, and thi- year we shall sp'-t.d more money for bievdes than f"i In end and nearly as much as we shall i d for meat.
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Lake County Press, Issue 788, 30 December 1897, Page 7
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122Bicycles. Lake County Press, Issue 788, 30 December 1897, Page 7
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