Wagers and wagers in early American politics
Betting on elections was common in the republics early days and is recounted with tales of tavern toasts at the Blue Anchor in Dock Street. Anecdotes describe steamboat bets, duck-suit wagers, and a fatal bet in Kansas lead to a church blacklist and bloodshed. The article also notes a massive Pittsburgh foundry bed plate casting weighing 110,000 pounds and poured with 126,000 pounds of metal, destined for a boiler engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Republic
Chicago Chronicle
Fed
Ladelphia
Blue Anchor
Dock Street
Night Watch
Fay Gould
Gould
George Francia
Omaha
Union! Pacific
Illicome
Ezekiel Timrock
Hunnewell
Kan
Cleveland
Timrock
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
New York
Central BR. R
Liberty Ti Street
Whitehall Strda
Penheylvania BR. R
Roonty
Third Street
Cortland
Ark
Liberty
Foc AD
Atroat
Desbre
Point Ploassint
Aoe
Red Bank
Long Branc
de. Fudgett
J. B. Wood
P. A
Penn. BR
H. P,b. BR
Rhymes and Runes in Autumn Leaves and Engines
A fragmented poem and quotation from W. H Bremmerman and James Evans reflect on machines and nature. The verses mix archaic diction with musings on life, decay, and the passing of seasons, ending with a Washington attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Evans
Washington
China Examinations Halted After Boxer Atrocities
In the Celestial Empire provincial examinations are suspended for five years in districts where Boxer outrages occurred. No appointments or promotions during this period, as examinations determine fitness for office. The note also mentions Imperial honors, Chinese customs, and a celebratory Chinese announcement about ancestral memorials.
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Memphis
Tenn
China
Peking
Pea
Itis Ruskineer
Abe
William
Phina
Switzerland Facts Incomplete Dish And Demographics
An old article fragment discusses Swiss cuisine with boiled chestnuts and whipped cream, notes a high lunacy rate, and mentions a Zurich Consumers league over 12 percent. It references St Gothard tunnel as long and costly, and lists military numbers and costs with several garbled figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Consumers’ League
Zurich
St. Gothard
Milan
Lucerne
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Philadelphia
Bullen
W. H Bremmerman
Sun
Ting
Enon
Foxy Quiller
Byron
DeKoyen
Smith
Foxy
Quiller
Harymons
First National Bank
Asbury Park
Mattison Avenue
Bond Street
Grover F. Krornt
O. H. Brown
Martin H. Scott
Onmouth Grust and
Safe Deposit Company
Monmouth
Hibury Park
Twining
Tubting
Icans
Ita
Bate Metres
Joana
B. Brown, Man Eee
Dibex Pal
G. B. M. Harvey
Sega
B.A
D. D. Cornell
A Mitchell, M. D
Ye Jobo P. En
A. BS
Attena
C. W. Simonson
Ballantine’s
William Griffin, JR
West Wanam
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Beerl
Asbury Park, N. J
United States
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul Railway
Chicago
Journal Advertising
Matti‘son Avenue
Journal
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Standard Railroad Ofmerica
Newark
Elizabeth
Rahway
Matawan
Branch
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Hedd Bank
Broad
I Trenton
Camden
Vis
Trenton
Hordentown
Fort Camdon
Tome River
Toms River
Island Heighte
Point Pleasant
New Brunswick
Monmouth Junction
West Twenty-third Street
Sandaye
Bee
Piro
Bprom Cortland Street
H Bunda
Aa. S
Interlaken
Avon
Jess
Wiart
Cam An Mton
Market Street Wharf
Jamesbore
Liskatofe
York and
Long
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Kew Jersey
Tims
Enterlaken
Easton
Bethlshem
Te Puenet
Interm Stajon
Wilkesberre
Scranton
Buffalo
RB. B
H. Olhausen
H.P
Ross
Fenton
Deal Lake
Main Street
Washington White
Giffard
Giffard, Township
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