Windy City (1885)
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Bapopik at AOL.COM
Sat Feb 12 16:53:36 UTC 2000
I always check and recheck stuff on the Library of Congress's American Memory database. They keep adding to it, so it's a good idea. You can check the database at home (you can find the site through any search engine).
It looks like I was wrong on "Windy City" after all.
CLEVELAND GAZETTE
"From the Windy City: Judge Foote's Civil Right decision."
September 19, 1885.
I had traced "Windy City" to January 1886. All throughout 1886, "Windy City" was regarded as a new term and newspapers began switching over from the old "Garden City" nickname.
The LOC American Memory source is the Ohio Historical Society, The African American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920.
The newspaper fragment does not show the 1885 date--I hope that's right. The Cleveland Gazette began in 1883--can we assume "Windy City" is not there in 1883, 1884, or earlier in 1885?
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