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Wm. Hoyt, Moline, Ill., wins $1,000 prize, 1904
Posted by: kay (ID *****5332) Date: March 15, 2008 at 08:01:48
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Batavia (Illinois) Herald, Sept.8, 1904
Hitched to a Sulky cultivator, Wm. Hoyt, pulled his wife and 4-year-old son, form Moline to the World's Fair at St. Louis, arriving there recently. Mr. Hoyt set out on a wager and covered the distance of 315 miles, in one month, winning $1,000.

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