Achievements For Wagers Walkers Defy Time and Distance
From Cusaiders Journal a survey of historic walking feats and wagers. Powell walked London to York and back in six days totaling 294 miles for a hundred guineas. Other runs include 112 miles in 24 hours, 90 miles in 20 hours 30 minutes, and 600 miles in ten days. Trials feature loaded loads and peculiar stipulations, with figures from Barclay Wood Mullins and others in hot races.
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Eapieverente
Foster Powell
London
York
Stamford
Doncaster
Ferrybridge
Grantham
Eaton
George
Powell
Canterbury
London Bridge
Fammersmith
Captain Barclay
Ury
Kincardineshire
Boroughbridge
Yorkshire
Wentworth
Wead
Knaresborough
Mullins
Shoreditch
St. George's
Boecsugh
Macdonald
Westminster Bridge
Chatham
Barclay
Mr. Wood
Wood
Chelsea
Toroun
Lyde Park Corner
Brentford Road
Wandsworth
Borough Market
Thames Street
Botolf Lane
Spitalfields Market
Blackman Street
Vauxhall
Ceodan Lees
Charles SI
St. Albans
James Smith
Falkirk
Halifax
Bradford
Incredible wagers and feats from old London wagers
A historic column recalls bets and stunts from George II’s era including endurance walks at Newmarket, riders moving 20 horses 2,900 miles in 1,000 days, and bizarre challenges such as jumping into seven feet of water with clothes on. It notes wagers, odd journeys, and oddities recorded by chroniclers, with emphasis on daring and spectacle.
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Harelay
Newmarket
Saton
Jona Barclay’s
Faker
Mer. Shafto
Reynall
Woodcock
Turkey
Persia
Frazier
James
Paris
London
Hunter
Calvert
George HI
Temple Bar
Thames
Somerset Stairs
Richard Jenkins
York
London Bridge
Spithead
Heideger
George II
England
St. Giles’s
Ford
Bonnet
Napoleon
Betas Hlezal
John Throckaworton
Tsel
John
Old Fashioned Mother and a Michigan Boy Who Dared
A Berrien County incident recounts a mother who disciplines her fourteen year old Samuel Buckel with extreme and brutal means. She coerces him to take a dangerous tonic and uses a slipper to harm him as punishment before moments of alleged dramatic defiance. The tale closes with the youth suffering through multiple emetics and purgatives, enduring severe household punishment.
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Buckeleye
Berrien Co. Mich
Sanuel
Samuel
Michigan
Sam Buckelthy
Man Swallows Armory on Medical Stage
Carl Beneditta the celebrated sword swallower appeared at Jefferson Medical College for a lecture by Professor Maury. He swallowed a 22 inch sword bent it, then a 20 inch saber to the hilt with the point reaching the stomach area. He later swallowed a 16 pound musket with bayonet, and six sword blades at once, all without apparent injury and with no malformation.
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Carl Beneditta
Jefferson Medical College
Wis Ure
Maury
Beneditta
Cmedieal
Heneditta
Philadelphia
Lawyer Pleads Dramatically For Woman In Night Theft Case
A Milwaukee lawyer defends a young woman charged with stealing from an empty building. He delivers a florid speech praising her beauty and seeks jury protection, but the jury convicts. Interspersed items note Boston promoting women’s civic work and a Kentucky farmer’s remark about bulldogs guarding a yard.
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Milwaukee
Brazil
Scondrel
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Cusaiders' Journal
Daniel Webster
Boston
Kentucky
Caldwell
Wine and Leon Bitters
W. H. Faulaner & CO
Scropul
South Side Public Square
Lima
Ohio
Toiver
Comophinis
Bremen
They Taye Noobge AL
Pitt’s
Birdsell Huller
Ube
Travask
Studebaker
Bak
USCS
Kings & Parham
Isaac Bailey
Main Street
A. N. Smith
Ty. E
L.ancurr
Oa. M. Karr
Rsicheldenfer & Breps
Pemedy
Taldwell
Suletes
Rox
Man
Shoe
Vreelan
Jenny Lind
Tae
Vee
Ake
Die Es Lavrate
Eee
Petevene
Wwe
JUABT
Verda
Phe
Pers
Abel
John C. Pantery
G. E. Poage
Anes Pigaarst
IBA
Bailey
NEW Stove Store
Mit
James A. Armstrong
Kbnade, Ata
Falk's
Lily Bala
Toledo
TEX
A.N. Smith
Auktman & Taybor
Daly
City Hospital Meaty
Honteen
Nhia
Cooper & Cs
Psbtic
Frank Bitner
Eastside
Bess
W. C. Caldwell
Srebina
Pur Sale Abifto mi ‘Mae OM
Oni
Excelsior Carriage Shop
Vangert
Lestettriani
Tene
Tuonler
Elm Street
Cuberrewell
Rolfe
Joas-Phl
Andresa
Gong Ht
Stewart & Mills
Uss Call
Stewart & Mill
Lina
Mu Wen
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