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Plucky Bachelor Wins Wager Carrying Baby in Utica Street
A well known Utica bachelor, famed for looks and charm, carried a seven month old baby through Genesee Street from Baggs Hotel to Oneida Square to settle a $15 wager with a married friend. The scene drew attention from stores and windows as bystanders watched the man juggle the infant through a public route, finally delivering the child to its mother amid laughter and cheers. The tale ties in with other notes on local social life and a separate mass-poisoning arrest report from Halleston, Mass.
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