Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1901 — Big Bets Compared. [ARTICLE]

Big Bets Compared.

Elections have not produced the biggest bets. In August, 1900, a New York firm wagered $250,000 on McKinley’s election, but in 1843 Lord George Bentinck bet $720,000 on one of his race .horses in England. Have you seen Mrs. Austin’s new dress? It costs $4 for ten words by the new telegraph line to Yukon. Some men’s idea of being a Christian 1b to look solemn.