Cal-Mex (1964); Say it ain't so (1930)

[Wilson Gray]

On Aug 13, 2004, at 1:39 AM, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

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> Subject:      Cal-Mex (1964); Say it ain't so (1930)
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> CAL-MEX
>
> I've been looking for "Tex-Mex" and "Cal-Mex" in the digitized Los
> Angeles
> Times, now stuck in the 1960s at 1965. Perhaps this helps for the
> latter term.
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> (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
> ROUNDABOUT... with Art Ryon
> Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: May 29,
> 1964. p.
> D2 (1 page) "
> First, I gave the wrong address for that fine Mexican restaurant, the
> Cal-Mex
> Cafe, in the industrial district. It's 3667 E. Olympic Blvd.
>
>
> (WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
> Next
>  La Verne Leader    Wednesday, December 04, 1968 La Verne, California
> ...RIB END i PORK ROAST HR FRESH TOFU CAL-MEX ABALONE From Can ARKANSAS
> BLUE..
>
>  Valley News    Thursday, December 05, 1968 Van Nuys, California
> ...lb. Bog 59 Blue Rose Type Rice f-WV mm CAL-MEX BRAND PRODUCT OF
> MEXICO
> Abalone..
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> "SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE"
>
> Ancestry.com has announced several Chicago newspapers in its new
> databases
> section. I didn't see "sport peppers" anywhere. The papers aren't of
> the 1910s
> "jazz" period. It's just a few scattered years.
>
> "Say it ain't so, Joe" is an alleged Chicago phrase from the "Black
> Sox"
> scandal of 1920. I re-checked it against the Chicago Tribune, Sporting
> News, and
> Newspaperarchive, but didn't find anything near 1920.
>
>
> (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS) ("say it ain't/isn't so" and "joe
> jackson")
> Majors Plan to Throw Parks Open Free To "Kids" Who Have Time But No
> Money;
> Movement to Admit Youths Gratis on Week Days Grows.
> The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Mar 27, 1930. p. 15
> (1
> page):
> It was a small boy who appealed to Joe Jackson with the "Say it ain't
> so,
> Joe," which went round the world when the White Sox star admitted that
> everything
> was not all that it should have been in 1919.
>
> LEGAL BETTING IDEA DRAWS WICKS' GIBE; Saying O'Dwyer Would Turn Sports
> Over
> to 'Tinhorns,' He Adds 'Say It Isn't So, Bill' Cites Spain,Italy, Cuba
> Recalls
> Black Sox Scandal
> By LEO EGAN Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times
> (1857-Current
> file). New York, N.Y.: Jan 16, 1950. p. 40 (1 page)
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> COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC
>
> WHERE DID BARRY POPIK GO FOR DINNER?--Ithaka, East 86th Street between
> First
> and Second Avenues. I'm trying some Greek restaurants this month. This
> meal
> "won the gold" from me. Eight dollars for an eggplant appetizer?
>

"Eight dollars for an eggplant appetizer"? It sounds more like they
"_took_ the gold" from you!;-)

-Wilson Gray