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Young German completes wager across world by 1900
Emil Domiges of Berlin, 22, tours the globe on a $25 000 mark wager starting in Berlin. He describes years of travel on foot, ships, trains, and work in Paris and New York to reach Paris in 1900, aiming to report in the exposition building at noon. He traveled via Havre London Liverpool New York San Francisco Sydney Yokohama and Moscow. He leaves Winnemucca en route to continue the challenge amid public interest.
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Emil Domiges
Winnemucca
Berlin
University of Berlin
Borussia Boating Club
Oxford
Cosely
Paris
Havre
London
Liverpool
New York
San Francisco
Sydney
Yokohama
Hamburg
Elberfeld-Barmen
London Athletic Club
Athletic Club
Lloyd Steamship Company
Umbria
New Jersey
Springfeld
Maso
Hawking
Hote
Chicago
Paul Neuman
Borussia Club of
Chicago Athletic Club
Neuman
Australia
Ogden
8. P. Company
China
Siberian