I'm glad to see this tread also. I delivered the Chicago Daily News in the afternoons after school in the early 60's on my Schwinn. We could borrow a steel rack that went onto the handlebars that would hold your paper bag and papers. It made for a heavy load some days and precarious steering at times. When the snow and ice got too bad I would put a cardboard box onto a sled and drug it for several miles in the dark. The steel rack would slightly crush the handlebar tubing, so you could always tell when a bike had been used to deliver papers. We didn't have to collect, so we got fewer tips but had less hassle. My best customers got their papers placed in between the storm door and front door all year round.