Antedating of "hot dog"

[sclements at NEO.RR.COM]

No, the issue was a change in the local government in Minneapolis which was taking a tougher line on serving liquor/beer only in a certain boundary of the city and no Sunday sales.  The wienerworst man got caught in the crossfire.
sc
---- "Carl W. Thiel" <rootinteuton at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> Sam Clements found an early mention of "hot dog" in the following quote:
> "Even the innocent "wienerworst" man will be barred from dispensing hot
>
> dog on the street corner."
> Sam, was this 1884 report due to some kind of municipal ordinance
> forbidding sales by street vendors?
>
> cwt
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