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Domestic News
November 9, 1912
The Lake County Times
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana
What is this article about?
K. W. Crawford and F. H. Hannebohl of Buffington will settle an election bet in Hammond on Sunday afternoon by having Crawford ride in a wheelbarrow pushed by Hannebohl down Hohman Street, with music and a crowd invited.
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Will Pay Barrow Bet on Sunday.
Buffington Men to Pay Off Their Freak Election Bet.
One of the freak election bets of the region will be paid in Hammond tomorrow afternoon between one and two o'clock, when K. W. Crawford, master mechanic of the Universal Portland Cement company, of Buffington, and F. H. Hannebohl, mechanical foreman at the same place, will settle.
Crawford, a warm bull mooser, bet Hannebohl, an enthusiastic Wilson fan, that Teddy would be elected and that if he lost he would ride Hannebohl in a wheelbarrow down Hohman street from the four corners, south. There will be music and a hooting populace and Mr. Crawford, the wheeled, and Mr. Hannebohl, the wheeler, invite a large crowd.
Buffington Men to Pay Off Their Freak Election Bet.
One of the freak election bets of the region will be paid in Hammond tomorrow afternoon between one and two o'clock, when K. W. Crawford, master mechanic of the Universal Portland Cement company, of Buffington, and F. H. Hannebohl, mechanical foreman at the same place, will settle.
Crawford, a warm bull mooser, bet Hannebohl, an enthusiastic Wilson fan, that Teddy would be elected and that if he lost he would ride Hannebohl in a wheelbarrow down Hohman street from the four corners, south. There will be music and a hooting populace and Mr. Crawford, the wheeled, and Mr. Hannebohl, the wheeler, invite a large crowd.
What sub-type of article is it?
Social Event
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Election Bet
Wheelbarrow Ride
Hammond
Buffington
Teddy Roosevelt
Wilson
What entities or persons were involved?
K. W. Crawford
F. H. Hannebohl
Where did it happen?
Hammond
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Hammond
Event Date
Sunday Afternoon Between One And Two O'clock
Key Persons
K. W. Crawford
F. H. Hannebohl
Outcome
settlement of election bet via public wheelbarrow ride with music and crowd.
Event Details
K. W. Crawford, a bull mooser, bet F. H. Hannebohl, a Wilson fan, that Teddy would be elected; Crawford lost and will ride in a wheelbarrow pushed by Hannebohl down Hohman street from the four corners, south.