ON WHEELS
AROUND THE WORLD
FOR
THE INTER OCEAN
[Contents]
THE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES
IN FOREIGN LANDS
IN FOREIGN LANDS
THE SUNDAY AND WEEKLY INTER OCEAN,
from April, 1895, to November, 1898.
from April, 1895, to November, 1898.
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[Contents]
THE TOUR AT A GLANCE.
INTRODUCTORY. PAGES.
Chicago Cyclists demonstrate theirenthusiasm at the proposed World’s Tour awheel—Friends ofthe Inter Ocean endorse the project by giving the McIlrathsletters to friends in foreign lands—The starting point leftbehind on April 10, 1895 5–7
Two and one-half days getting intoNebraska—Many friends made on the road—An unanswerableargument in favor of the “rational” costume forwomen—An encounter with the law at Melrose Park and what came ofit 9–13
Hard cycling in a hailstorm—A speederwith one leg arouses the admiration of the World’stourists—In Colorado at the one-time rendezvous of the famousJames Boys and their gang—The 1,000 mile mark covered by May 3 13–18
Made wanderers at midnight through the whimof an unreasonable woman—Breaking a coasting record at HotSprings, Colo.—Western railroad beds as dangerous as the SpanishMines in Havana Harbor—An explosion and a badly lacerated tire 18–23
Lizards, snakes
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