"Bowl of Red" (chili)

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5 October 1934, Dunkirk (NY) <i>Evening Observer</i>, pg. 16  ad:
<i>Erie Hotel Grill</i>
Dance to the WOODCLIFFE
and Try
A Plate of Our Delicious
Fish or a Bowl of Red
Hot Chili
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<i>With or Without Beans</i>
by Joe E. Cooper
Dallas, TX: William S. Henson, Inc.
1952
(Some mentions--ed.)
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(Library of Congress record)
    Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)  Personal
Name: _Tolbert,  Frank X._
(http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Author&SEQ=20061024191643&PID=15184&SA=Tolbert,+Frank+X.)   Main Title: A bowl of
red [by] Frank X. Tolbert.  Edition Information: [1st ed.]  Published/Created:
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1966.  Description: 120 p. 22 cm.

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