Annals of Cleveland

Gambling and Lotteries

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Abstracts: 4

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977

Cleveland Morning Leader, 28 March 1864 (2 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

977 - L. Mar. 28:4/3 - A dog fight was staged on the river bank at the
foot of Michigan st., yesterday. From 50 to 100 men watched and made
bets for half an hour. (2)

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Michigan st.

978

Cleveland Morning Leader, 8 April 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

978 - L Apr. 8; ed: 2/2 - Hammett and Company of Covington, Ky., propose
to furnish the LEADER, if we take ten dollars worth of tickets, a prize
worth at least $5,000, with the understanding that when the LEADER
gets the prize we are to circulate the news among our friends that we
drew the prize from "Hammett Co's Lucky Office." -
"We won't bite, therefore, we won't ask our friends to bite." (3)

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Cleveland LEADER; Hammett and co.