Wagers and wagers in early American politics
Betting on elections in the early republic featured taverns, ale, and odd wagers. Noted tales recount steamboat bets, a duck suit for a Winter, and a fatal church bet after a blizzard, with dramatic consequences and no names in print. A large 110,000 pound bed plate cast at a Milwaukee foundry exceeds prior records.
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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
Rhymes and Runes From a Fractured Century
An oblique verse set reflects on machines and horses, memory, and autumnal motifs. A speaker recalls Ames and Alsorans while lamenting progress and loss, pairing lines from W. H Bremmerman and a Washington poet with nature’s decay.
China Examingsi and cultural notes from Peking
Content describes early Chinese examinations, imperial honors including a Black Eagle insignia, Hi Foo Choo’s public message about a religious honor, a Chinese beauty standard, a Boxer outrages peace terms suspending provincial exams for five years, and resulting limits on official appointments.
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China
Peking
Pea
Itis Ruskineer
Abe
William
Phina
Switzerland Facts From a Fragmentary Tale
A fragmentary article notes Swiss staples such as boiled chestnuts with whipped cream and mentions a Consumers' league in Zurich. It lists the St Gothard tunnel on the Milan Lucerne line as long and costly and gives rough population and army figures in a garbled form.
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Switzerland
Consumers’ League
Zurich
St. Gothard
Milan
Lucerne
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Washington
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Martin H. Scott
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Safe Deposit Company
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