That Windy City (9 May 1876); Chicago Tribune

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

   Greetings from the Library of Congress.

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CHICAGO TRIBUNE

   I e-mailed ProQuest's Chris Cowan again, sending him "trick or treat."  If the 1890s are readable, could he give me a Chicago "sundae"?
   Nope.
   The _entire_ CHICAGO TRIBUNE digitization has been delayed until next year.

  Subj:    RE: "Trick or Treat" from Los Angeles Times (1938)
  Date:    10/20/2003 10:49:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time
  From:    "Cowan, Christopher" <christopher.cowan at il.proquest.com>
  To:    "'Bapopik at aol.com'" <Bapopik at aol.com>
  Sent from the Internet (Details)


Hi, Barry,  Thanks for the "find."

As for the Trib, it is not searchable in our database and won't be until the spring of 2004.

Chris
Chris Cowan
Vice President, Publishing
ProQuest Information & Learning
300 N. Zeeb Road
Ann Arbor, MI  48106-1346
Ph: 800-521-0600, ext. 6204
Ph: 734-975-6204
Fax: 734-975-6271

-----Original Message-----
From: Bapopik at aol.com [mailto:Bapopik at aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 2:13 PM
To: christopher.cowan at il.proquest.com
Subject: "Trick or Treat" from Los Angeles Times (1938)


Dear Mr. Cowan,

   You might be interested in knowing that the LOS ANGELES TIMES has given us our first "trick or treat."
    I'm sorry about the delay in the CHICAGO TRIBUNE.  The poor quality of the microfilm is something I've experienced all too often.  If the 1890s amd 1900s are readable, is there a "sundae" + "ice cream" citation?
    Happy Halloween.

Barry Popik
New York, NY

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THAT WINDY CITY

   It's earlier.
   No matter what happens, though, the Chicago Public Library's web page still retains the 1893 World's Fair myth.  DO THEY STILL NOT BELIEVE ME?  DON'T PEOPLE IN CHICAGO DESERVE TO KNOW THIS?
   Do I charge too much (free) for my work?


   15 April 1876, CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, pg. 4, col. 1:
   NONE of the obnoxious office-holders in Chicago have been murdered as yet.  Two or three Committees are thought to be preparing ropes and selecting lamp-posts, but the "probabilities" for the region may be summed up as follows: "Calm, with occasional newspaper gusts."

   17 April 1876, CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, pg. 1, col. 2:
   GARDEN CITY GROWLERS.

   28 April 1876, CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, pg. 1, col. 4:
   The Bristow Bazoo at the Garden City.

   8 May 1876, CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, pg. 4, col. 1:
   THERE was a little tornado in Chicago on Saturday, but it spent itself mostly on churches.  All the other buildings in Chicago were so heavily weighed down with mortgages that no whirlwind could affect them.

   9 May 1876, CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, pg. 2, col. 4:
   _THAT WINDY CITY._
_Some of the Freaks of the Last Chicago_
      _Tornado._
   [From Yesterday's Times.]
   The traditional fickleness of the wind was shown in strange odjects on which it exerted its force.


(It is not clear what "Yesterday's Times" is, but column six has a story from "New York Correspondence Chicago Times"--ed.)