Re:       "Windy City" error of the day, Part II

RonButters at AOL.COM RonButters at AOL.COM
Fri Mar 7 21:43:09 UTC 2003


In a message dated 3/6/03 10:32:19 PM, Bapopik at AOL.COM writes:


>    I guess those thirty letters to the CHICAGO TRIBUNE and NEW YORK SUN 
> weren't enough.  By the way, the candy got the name "crackerjack" in 1896, 
> not 1893.
> 

Does this mean that the origin of the phrase WINDY CITY came about because of 
long-winded letters to the editor?



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