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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1897
Page
3
The Star lists contestants in a prize watch contest with names such as Emma Ping Miss Junose Smith Susie Wilson Walter Waltman George Schooler and others. The article shows accumulated vote counts and mentions local merchants promoting watches and related sales.
In a Binghamton scene at Sears, a business man bet that among 200 entrants fewer than five could name the Democratic governor candidate. the test extended to the vice presidency with a win for cigars. Separate Pullman anecdotes recount a wart-faced man and a tall sleeper in Chicago then Lincoln’s berth dispute.
John Wilson of Port Jervis New York kept choicest chickens and a pet monkey. The monkey escaped from its leash at the coop door and разгaped the freshly laid egg by tapping the shell and eating the contents. Wilson now keeps the monkey chained.
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