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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 141

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The Brake that Brought the Bike Back. It doubles the pleasure of cyclingand halves the pedalling—it givesthe rider positive control—stopsthe wheel in its own length. The steepest hill can be coasteddown with safety and ease—you really ride all day, but coast onlyhalf way. Free to live boys! A gold… … Who Suffers More ? T HAT little scratch towhich you pay no at-tention will proba bly nealitself. But once every fewtimes the other thing hap-pens; blood poison sets inand causes pain,sometimesthe loss of an arm or leg. When Dioxogen will pre-vent this infection is itfair to take chances—fairto your…

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