Early (1873) link between Hot Dog and Sausage

[Laurence Horn]

At 1:06 PM -0700 9/24/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Missing Link Sausage Co.
>Pleasure Island
>Downtown Disney
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Ah, very nice--but I don't see a logo with an ape-man scarfing down
the wursts...

>http://allearsnet.com/menu/menu_ml.htm   (May, 2005)
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>JL
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>Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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>At 2:07 AM -0500 9/21/05, Mullins, Bill wrote:
>>I don't claim this to be an antedating of "hot dog" as we understand
>>the term. But it is relevant to the story, I believe.
>>  ...
>Nobody commented on the very nice subject line for the above message
>(which Bill sent out on Wednesday). I wonder if anyone has tried
>"The Missing Link" for a hot dog/sausage joint.
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>larry
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