Around the World on Two Wheels

by Peter Zheutlin

  Loher, George T. The Wonderful Ride: Being the True Journal of Mr. George T. Loher who in 1895 Cycled from Coast to Coast on his Yellow Fellow Wheel. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1978.

  King, Gilbert. The Bicycle: Boneshakers, Highwheelers, and Other Celebrated Cycles. Philadelphia-London: Courage Books, 2002.

  Kinsman, Brian. Around the World Awheel: The Adventures of Karl M. Creelman. Hantsport, Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press, 1993.

  Kroeger, Brooke. Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist. New York: Times Books, 1994.

  Middleton, Dorothy. Victorian Lady Travelers. New York: Dutton, 1982 (first American paperback edition).

  Petty, Ross D. “Women and the Wheel: How the Bicycle Led from Social Control to Social Freedom.” Cycle History: Proceedings of the 7th International Cycle History Conference, Rob van der Plas, ed., San Francisco: Van der Plas Publishing, 1997, 112–133.

  Pridmore, Jay, and Jim Hurd. The American Bicycle. Osceola, WI: Motor-books International, 1995.

  Sarna, Jonathan D., and Ellen Smith, eds., The Jews of Boston. Boston: The Combined Jewish Philanthropies, 1995.

  Schriber, Mary Suzanne, ed. Telling Travels: Selected Writings by Nineteenth-Century American Women Abroad. DeKalb: Northern Illinois Press, 1995.

  Sherr, Lynn. Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words. New York: Times Books, 1995.

  Sims, Sally. “The Bicycle, the Bloomer and Dress Reform in the 1890s,” in Dress and Popular Culture, edited by Patricia A. Cunningham and Susan Voso Lab. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1991, 125–45.

  ———. “The Bicycle, The Bloomer, and The ‘New Woman’: Images of the American Woman Awheel, 1890–1899.” Unpublished masters thesis (George Washington University, 1975).

  Smith, Robert A., A Social History of the Bicycle, New York: McGraw Hill, 1972.

  Starrs, James E., ed. The Literary Cyclist: Great Bicycling Scenes in Literature. New York: Breakaway Books, 1997.

  Stevens, Thomas. Around the World on a Bicycle. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books 2001. Originally published in two vols.: 1887; 1888.

  Tye, Larry. Home Lands: Portraits of the New Jewish Diaspora. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2001.

  Verne, Jules. Around the World in Eighty Days. New York: Modern Library Classics, 1993. Originally published in 1872.

  Ward, Geoffrey C., and Burns, Ken. Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

  Willard, Frances E. A Wheel Within a Wheel: A Woman’s Quest for Freedom, Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, 1997. Originally published in 1895.

  News Articles About Annie’s Around-the-World Ride

  Note: Gathering this collection of contemporaneous newspaper and journal accounts of Annie’s journey required reliance on many different people and methods. In some cases, I was assisted by librarians in distant cities or hired local researchers. Copies were not always entirely legible, depending on the quality of the microfilm or the microfilm reader and printer, and page numbers were not always noted. Many articles from the French press, and a few from U.S. newspapers, were in a scrapbook Annie kept and, in most cases, she did not note the name of the newspaper, the date, the page number, or even the city of publication, though that was often discernible from the text itself. In a few cases, I was able to locate other copies of these stories and to source them completely. An asterisk indicates articles in Annie’s scrapbook that could not be further identified. In writing this book I also relied on countless newspaper articles that had nothing to do with Annie directly. For example, old newspapers provided valuable information about local weather, about cycling in the 1890s, and about international events that were relevant to Annie’s journey, primarily the Sino-Japanese War of 1895. The articles listed here are only those that relate specifically to Annie. Where other articles are specifically quoted or referenced in the text, they appear in the endnotes.

  “A Woman to Rival Paul Jones,” New York Times, February 25, 1894, 12.

  “New Feature in Globe Trotting,” Washington Post, February 25, 1894, 1.

  Item, Boston Evening Transcript, June 25, 1894, 1.

  “Emulating ‘Paul Jones,’” Boston Evening Transcript, June 25, 1894, 8.

  “Going Woman,” Boston Post, June 26, 1894.

  “Will Journey on a Wheel,” Boston Journal, June 26, 1894.

  “Female Paul Jones on a Wheel,” Boston Daily Globe, June 26, 1894, 2.

  “Mrs. Kapchowsky Has a Big Contract,” Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, June 26, 1894, 1.

  Item, Chicago Tribune, June 26, 1894, 1.

  Item, Oswego (NY) Daily Times, June 28, 1894, 3.

  “A Female Globe Pedaller,” Poughkeepsie (NY) Weekly Enterprise, June 8, 1894, 1.

  Item, Pittsburgh Press, July 2, 1894.

  “Wheeling ’Round the World,” New York World, July 3, 1894.

  “Wheel Around the World,” New York Herald, July 3, 1894. “Wheeling ’Round the World,” Washington Post, July 15, 1894, 7.

  Item, Freeborn County (Albert Lea, MN) Standard, July 18, 1894, 2.

  “Wheeling ’Round the World,” Cambridge (OH) Jeffersonian, July 19, 1894.

  “Boston’s Globe Trotter,” Atlanta Constitution, July 19, 1894, 5.

  Item, New York Daily Tribune, July 27, 1894.

  “Mlle. Londonderry Coming to Albany,” Albany Times-Union, July 27, 1894, 1.

  “Off on a Long Journey,” New York Times, July 29, 1894, 3.

  “Around the World on a Bicycle,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 29, 1894, 3.

  “Miss Londonderry Heard from Again,” Boston Daily Globe, July 29, 1894, 7.

  Item, New York Herald, July 29, 1894, 11.

  “Will Circle the Globe,” Elyria (OH) Republican, August 2, 1894, 8.

  “Mlle. Londonderry Starts,” The Referee, August 3, 1894.

  “Another ’Round the World,” Bicycling World, August 3, 1894, 326.

  “Around the World,” Hagerstown (MD) Herald & Torch Light, August 23, 1894.

  “Around the World via Brocton,” Brocton (NY) Grape Belt, August 31, 1894, 1.

  “To Encircle the Globe,” Westfield (NY) Republican, September 5, 1894, 1.

  “Around the World on a Wheel,” Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, September 25, 1894.

  “Annie Londonderry’s Long Ride,” Chicago Daily Tribune, September 25, 1894, 11.

  Item, Cycling Life, September 27, 1894, 9.

  Item in “Among the Wheelmen,” New York Times, October 11, 1894, 6.

  “Londonderry, Globe-Girdler,” Cycling Life, October 11, 1894, 19. (Same image in L.A.W. Bulletin on the same date.)

  “Miss Londonderry Ready to Start,” The Bearings, October 12, 1894.

  “Miss Londonderry Away Again,” The Referee, October 12, 1894.

  Item, Chicago Daily Tribune, October 14, 1894, 6.

  “Plucky Miss Londonderry,” Chicago Sunday Inter Ocean, October 14, 1894.

  “Miss Londonderry to Start Again,” Chicago Sunday Herald, October 14, 1894, 8.

  “Miss Londonderry Departs,” Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, October 15, 1894.

  “A Brave Woman,” South Bend (IN) Daily Times, October 15, 1894.

  Item, Elkhart (IN) Daily Review, October 17, 1894, 3.

  Item, South Bend (IN) Daily Times, October 17, 1894.

  “Around the World,” Elkhart (IN) Daily Truth, October 17, 1894.

  Item, Pittsburgh Press, October 18, 1894.

  Item, Cycling Life, October 18, 1894, 9.

  “An Earth Navigator,” Kendallville (IN) Weekly News, October 18, 1894.

  “A Couple of Transcontinentalists,” Goshen (IN) Daily News, October 18, 1894, 1.

  “She Rides in Bloomers,” Oakland (CA) Daily Evening Tribune, October 18, 1894.

  Item, Mishawaka (IN) Enterprise, October 19, 1894.

  “A Woman of Accomplishments,” Los Angeles Times, October 19, 1894, 1.

  Item, Fort Wayne (IN) News, October 20, 1
894.

  “A Woman with Nerve,” Sandusky (OH) Register, October 22, 1894.

  “Item, Newark (OH) Daily Advocate, October 22, 1894.

  “Round the World on a Wheel,” Boston Herald, October 22, 1894, 10.

  “Miss Londonderry’s ’Cycle Ride,” Syracuse Post, October 22, 1894, 6.

  “The Female Globe Girdler,” Middletown (NY) Daily Argus, October 22, 1894, 7.

  “On a Long Journey,” Toledo Commercial, October 22, 1894.

  “Even with Her Schedule,” Boston Daily Globe, October 22, 1894, 1.

  “Three Cents and a Bicycle,” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 22, 1894, 6.

  Item, Tacoma Daily News, October 22, 1894, 4.

  “Miss Londonderry’s Trip,” Dallas Morning News, October 22, 1894, 7.

  “Touring on Three Cents,” Salt Lake Tribune, October 22, 1894, 2.

  “Turning the World on 3 Cents,” Ogden (UT) Standard Examiner, October 22, 1894, 1.

  “Daring Woman Cyclist,” Buffalo Evening News, October 23, 1894, 1.

  “Annie Londonderry in Norwalk,” Sandusky (OH) Register, October 24, 1894, 1.

  Item, Goshen (IN) Democrat, October 24, 1894, 3.

  “Around the World on a Wheel,” Davenport (IA) Weekly, October 24, 1894, 3.

  Item, Ligonier (IN) Leader, October 25, 1894, 5.

  Item, Ligonier (IN) Banner, October 25, 1894, 5.

  Item, Elyria (OH) Republican, October 25, 1894, 1.

  Item, Cycling Life, October 25, 1894, 9.

  “Around the World in Bloomers,” Freemont (OH) Democratic Messenger, October 25, 1894, 5.

  Item, Butler (IN) Record, October 26, 1894, 5.

  “Long Bicycle Rides,” Freemont (OH) Journal, October 26, 1894.

  “Bicycling,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 26, 1894.

  “Around the World,” Cleveland Leader, October 26, 1894, 7.

  Item, Chicago Tribune, October 26, 1894, 11.

  “Chat About the Pedal Pushers,” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 28, 1894, 24.

  “Cycling Up to Date,” Syracuse Post, October 30, 1894.

  “Cycling Up to Date,” Syracuse Standard, October 30, 1894, 8.

  “Around the World in Eight Months,” Erie (PA) Morning Dispatch, October 31, 1894, p. 2.

  Item, Syracuse Courier, October 31, 1894.

  “Ramblers’ Halloween Party,” Buffalo Express, October 31, 1894.

  “Miss Annie Londonderry,” Les Journal de Vélocipédistes, November 1894.

  “Miss Londonderry’s Ride,” Buffalo Commercial, November 1, 1894.

  “A Globe Trotter,” Elyria (OH) Republican, November 1, 1894, 7.

  “Rambler’s Social Season,” Buffalo Commercial, November 1, 1894.

  “Round the World,” Buffalo Express, November 1, 1894.

  “Social Cyclers,” Buffalo Express, November 1, 1894.

  “Miss Londonderry,” Buffalo Courier, November 1, 1894.

  Item, The American Farmer, November 1, 1894, 63.

  “Miss Londonderry in Cleveland,” The Bearings, November 2, 1894.

  “Miss Londonderry Continues,” Buffalo Express, November 2, 1894.

  “Miss Londonderry,” Syracuse Post, November 2, 1894, 6.

  Item, Syracuse Courier, November 2, 1894, 2.

  “Will Soon Reach Syracuse,” Syracuse Daily Journal, November 2, 1894, 6.

  “Around the World,” Rochester Post-Express, November 2, 1894.

  “Another Dead Broke Rider,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, November 2, 1894.

  Item, Syracuse Courier, November 3, 1894.

  Item, Syracuse Daily Journal, November 3, 1894.

  “Miss Londonderry Coming,” Syracuse Post, November 3, 1894.

  “Starts Tomorrow,” date and source unknown (probably Rochester).*

  “Likes Bloomers,” Rochester Herald, November 3, 1894.

  “Globe Circling Cyclers,” Rochester Herald, November 4, 1894 (reference to Annie in first paragraph but not by name).

  “The Woman Globe Girdler,” Syracuse Standard, November 4, 1894, 6.

  “Miss Annie Londonderry Coming,” Syracuse Herald, November 4, 1894, 3.

  “Miss Londonderry Here,” Syracuse Herald, November 5, 1894, 5.

  “Bad, Bad Roads,” Syracuse Daily Journal, November 5, 1894, 5.

  “A Young Woman on a Wheel,” Geneva (NY) Advertiser, November 6, 1894, 2.

  Item, Geneva (NY) Advertiser, November 6, 1894, 3.

  “Mlle. Londonderry En Route,” Syracuse Daily Standard, November 6, 1894, 8.

  “Is it a Girl?” Syracuse Courier, November 6, 1894.

  “A Daring Young Woman,” Syracuse Post, November 6, 1894.

  “On Her Way Round the World,” Wheeling (WV) Register, November 6, 1894, 1.

  “Working Eastward,” Lowell (MA) Daily Sun, November 6, 1894, 1.

  “A Brave Woman,” date and source unknown.*

  “Plucky Lady Rider,” date and source unknown (Cleveland).*

  “Miss Londonderry’s Novel Adventure,” date and source unknown.*

  Item, Cycling Life, November 8, 1894, 9.

  “Off on Her Wheel Again,” Syracuse Post, November 8, 1894.

  “A Fair Traveller,” The American Athlete, November 9, 1894, 385.

  “A Plucky Wheelwoman,” Illustrated Buffalo Express, November 11, 1894, 8.

  “A ‘Dead Broke’ Girl,” Utica Sunday Journal, November 11, 1894, 1.

  “Where is Cyclist Lenz?” Utica Sunday Journal, November 11, 1894, 1.

  “Miss Londonderry the Cyclist,” Utica Sunday Tribune, November 11, 1894.

  Item, Salt Lake Tribune, November 11, 1894, 9.

  Item, Los Angeles Times, November 12, 1894, 8.

  “Miss Londonderry in Town,” Utica Daily Press, November 12, 1894.

  Item, Utica Observer, November 12, 1894.

  “Anna Londonderry in Utica,” Utica Morning Herald, November 12, 1894.

  Item, Syracuse Courier, November 13, 1894, 2.

  Item, Canajoharie (NY) Courier, November 13, 1894.

  “A Riding Advertisement,” Cycling Life, November 15, 1894, 12.

  Item, Syracuse Courier, November 15, 1894, 2.

  Item, Nairn’s News of the Wheel (London), November 28, 1894, 27.

  Item, Cycling Life, November 29, 1894, 8.

  “Passengers on La Touraine,” Journal de Havre, December 2–3, 1894, 3.

  Items (2), Le Vélo, December 4, 1894, 2.

  Item, La Libre Parole (Paris), December 5, 1894.

  “Le Tour du Monde d’une Américaine Sans Argent,” Le Figaro (Paris), December 7, 1894.

  Item, Echo de Paris, December 8, 1894.

  Item, Le Charivari (Paris), December 8, 1894, 2.

  Item, Paris-Sport, December 8, 1894, 4.

  “Annie Londonderry,” National Police Gazette, December 8, 1894, 13.

  “Miss Londonderry,” New York Herald (Paris Edition), December 8, 1894, 3.

  “Poor Miss Londonderry!” New York Herald (Paris Edition), December 9, 1894, 3.

  “An American Lady on Tramp,” Galignani Messenger (Paris), December 10, 1894.

  “Le Tour du Monde d’une Parisienne sans Argent,” Le Journal (Paris), December 10, 1894. (Cartoon spoof.)

  “Le Tour du Monde en Bicyclette,” Le Jour (Paris), December 14, 1894.

  “Fantaise Américaine,” La France (Paris), December 18, 1894, 3.

  Item, Nairn’s News of the Wheel (London), December 19, 1894, 62.

  Item, L’Autorité (Paris), December 19, 1894.

  Item, L’Autorité (Paris), December 20, 1894. 4.

  “Whitworth,” Le Vélo (Paris), December 21, 1894.

  “Daily Gossip,” Le Vélo (Paris), December 21, 1894.

  Item, Journal de Débats (Paris), December 22, 1894, 3.

  Item, Le Vélo (Paris), December 22, 1894.

  Item, New York Times, December 23, 1894.

  Item, La France (Paris), December 23, 1894.

  Item, Echo de Paris,
December 23, 1894.

  Item, Le Vélo (Paris), December 24, 1894.

  Item, Syracuse Standard, December 25, 1894.

  Item, Le Vélo (Paris), December 25, 1894, 2.

  Item, Le Charivari (Paris), December 26, 1894.

  “Le Tour du Monde: Avec 5 Centimes!” Le Figaro (Paris), December 27, 1894.

  Item, Patrie (Paris), December 27, 1894.

  Item, Le Voleur Illustré, December 27, 1894, 802.

  “Le tour du monde en vélocipéde,” La Bicyclette (Paris), December 28, 1894, 4129.

  “Le Tour du Monde avec Cinc Centimes,” Le Vélo (Paris), December 28, 1894, 2.

  Item, Le Petit Parisien, December 29, 1894.

  “En route pour Marseille,” Le Vélo (Paris), December 29, 1894.

  “Le Tour du Monde avec 5 Centimes,” Lyon-Vélo, December 29, 1894, 3.

  Item, Echo de Paris, December 29, 1894.

  “En Route pour Marseilles,” Le Vélo (Paris), December 29, 1894.

  Item, Journal de Débats (Paris), December 29, 1894, 4.

  Item, Le Vélo (Paris), December 30, 1894, 3.

  Item, New York Herald (Paris Edition), December 30, 1894, 3.

  Item, Le Figaro (Paris), December 30, 1894.

  Item, La France (Paris), December 30, 1894.

  Item, Nation (Paris), December 30, 1894, 3.

  Item, Nouvelliste de Seine et Marne, December 30, 1894, 3.

  “Miss Londonderry,” Le Quotidien Illustre, December 31, 1894, 6.

  Item, Revue Mensuelle du Touring Club de France, January, 1895.

  “Sur la route de Chine,” Le Vélo (Paris), January 1, 1895, 1.

  Item, Le Quotidien Illustre, January 2, 1895, 7.

  Item, Le Voleur Illustré, January 2, 1895, 2.

  Item, Cycling Life, January 3, 1895.

  “Sur la Route de Chine,” Le Vélo (Paris), January 3, 1895.

  “Le Tour du Monde avec 5 Centimes,” Le Véloce-Sport (Bordeaux), January 3, 1895, p. 18.

  “Vélocipédie,” Le Nouvelliste (Melun), January 3, 1895, 3.

  “Le Voyage de Miss Londonderry,” Le Jour (Paris), January 4, 1895.

  Item, L’Abeille de Fontainebleau, January 4, 1895, 1.

  “Sur la route de Chine,” Le Vélo (Paris), January 4, 1895.

  “Miss Londonderry,” La Bicyclette, January 4, 1895, 4156.

  “Le Tour du Monde à Bicyclette,” La Revue Vélocipédique, January 4, 1895, 8–9.

  “Miss Londonderry,” Boston Daily Globe, January 5, 1895.