Half Smokes (1924); Coney Island Chicken (1924)

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   "Half smokes" is not the OED.
   DARE  has "half-smoke" (it's usually not hyphenated, as in the following examples) as "chiefly sNJ."  The first citation is from 1968.
   This "Coney Island chicken" is a little earlier than my 1933 citation in the archives.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS--NEW YORK TIMES)
      Everest A Mere Hill Alongside 'Mt. Hercules'
              New York Times  (1857-Current file).       New York, N.Y.: Jul 20, 1924.                   p. XX2 (1 page):
(Second article, below the Everest one--ed.)
_Hot Dog Is Having Its Day:_
   _World's Most Popular Lunch_
(...)
   The one-time "Coney Island" that the small town boy knew only as one of the delights of circuses, carnivals and fairs, has taken an all-the-year-round shanty on Main Street.
(...)(Col. 2--ed.)
   In the variety of local names applied to the same product a national term often proves useful.  The trade has already learned to respond to the names, "Coney Island chicken," "shore dinner," "half smokes," "weinies" and so on.  To one manufacturer came an order for reed birds.  He replied that he was not in the poultry business.  "Send hot-dogs," the customer wrote back; and the manufacturer understood.

      ' Hot Dogs' Top the List Of Sausages Eaten Here
              New York Times  (1857-Current file).       New York, N.Y.: May 7, 1935.                   p. 15 (1 page):
   "Hot dogs," known also as wieners, Coney Islands, half smokes, red hots and, on occasion, frankfurters, are New York City's favorite sausages.  This information was released to the public yesterday by George A. Schmidt, chairman of the governing committee of the National Organization of Sausage Manufacturers.
(There is also a similar article in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR for May 9--ed.)


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS--WASHINGTON POST)
      Display Ad 11 -- No Title
              The Washington Post  (1877-1954).       Washington, D.C.: Feb 4, 1933.                   p. 9 (1 page):
HALF SMOKED SAUSAGE lb. 25c

Display Ad 6 -- No Title
              The Washington Post  (1877-1954).       Washington, D.C.: Jan 16, 1942.                   p. 7 (1 page):
   Armour's "STAR"
SMOKED
SAUSAGE
(Half Smokes)
   lb. 35c

      Two Men Hoping for a Hot Dog Empire
       Washington Post Staff WriterBy Douglas C. Lyons.       The Washington Post  (1974-Current file).       Washington, D.C.: Mar 25, 1976.                   p. D_C_1 (2 pages):
Pg. 1, col. 5:  Their hot dogs sell for 55 cents and their half smokes for 70 cents.



(TRADEMARKS)
Word Mark
 HALF SMOKED
 Goods and Services
(ABANDONED) IC  029.  US 046.  G & S: SAUSAGE.
FIRST USE: 19811101.  FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19811101
 Mark Drawing Code
(1) TYPED DRAWING
 Serial Number
73502041
 Filing Date
October 2, 1984
 Owner
(APPLICANT) MASH, NATHAN INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 3709 BRETON WAY BALTIMORE MARYLAND 21208
 Attorney of Record
WILLIAM D. HALL
 Type of Mark
TRADEMARK
 Register
PRINCIPAL
 Live/Dead Indicator
DEAD
 Abandonment Date
July 2, 1985