TAD coins "hot dog" (1928, Atlanta Constitution)

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A re-check for the myth origin in print. The Atlanta Constitution material
here is newly digitized by ProQuest.
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4 November 1928, Atlanta Constitution, "New York Skylines" by Charles
Estcourt, Jr., pg. 2F:
Newspapers are announcing that Tad Dorgan, who strangely helped Harry
Stevens to fortune as a caterer, by first calling a frankfurter a hot dog, is  going
to resume a column about sports that was suspended while Tad  rested.

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