some early "hot dog" cites

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:26 AM -0500 8/31/05, Mullins, Bill wrote:
>I can't find that any of these have been in ADS-L before.  They aren't
>antedatings, just early.
>
>Massachusetts | Fitchburg | The Fitchburg Sentinel | 1898-08-08 p. 2 col
>2.
>"-A West Fitchburg blacksmith was down town, Saturday afternoon, and
>left his horse standing on Oliver street, while he visited a lunch wagon
>for a hot dog."
>
>Ohio | Delphos | The Daily Herald | 1898-03-19 p. 4 col 5.
>"A hot dog fight occurred on First street, this afternoon, near the
>canal bridge."  [maybe this one refers to two dogs, which were hot,
>fighting each other, but since this is still winter, I don't think so.]
>
>
>Georgia | Atlanta | The Atlanta Constitution | 1902-05-25 [from page 2
>col 5 of "The Sunny South" insert in the Atl Constitution.]
>  "Far should it be from any accurate chronicler to charge the 'varsity
>man with being, like Ichabod Crane, a "huge trencherman," yet he is said
>to have been discovered purchasing certain savory sausage sandwiches
>between meals from a dusky vendor who conveys them about the Classic
>City, and who, under the tutelage of 'varsity men, hilariously arid
>persistently advertises them as "hot dog." "

Notice that this last one implies that even as (comparatively) late
as 1902 and this far away from the Ivies, "hot dog" is still
sometimes linked to college ("varsity") slang.

Larry