A STRANGE WAGER WON.
A Hull busines s man, living at Hornsea, has won a strange wager. Ho was having an overcoat fitted in a tailoring establishment when the proprietor offered him the coat complete if ho would wear it to Hornsea with only one sleeve and liberally fined with chalk and stitches. To the tailor’s surprise the offer was accepted, 'lhe wearer wa s the object of much attention travelling borne. He won the wager, but said he would not repeat tho proceeding for forty coats.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3583, 7 March 1914, Page 5
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87A STRANGE WAGER WON. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3583, 7 March 1914, Page 5
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