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A brief history of PBR's real blue ribbon
For RedEyePabst Blue Ribbon is most associated with its birthplace in Milwaukee, but it’s the city of Chicago where the beer made its name—literally. Not to be confused with the television channel that airs "Sesame Street," PBR was originally known as...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), PBS (tv network)
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Ripley's to mark World Sword Swallowers Day
Several Ripley Entertainment attractions, including the Odditorium on Orlando's International Drive, will mark World Sword Swallowers Day with activities on Feb. 23. More than 20 sword swallowers will put on free shows. In Orlando, Chris Steele will be...
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Dunes Country choo-choo
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — To the uninitiated, driving along 11th Street through the downtown of this northern Indiana community can be an unnerving experience. While most motorists are accustomed to sharing the road with bicycles, few have ever had the...
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'Weasel' of nursery rhyme referred to yarn winder
What's a weasel? It's an animal, of course, but in some parts of Montana you might put weasels on your ice cream - because some Montanans used to call M&Ms "weasels." And in the 1700s, when the nursery rhyme "Pop Goes the Weasel" was composed,...Tags: Toy Industry, New York, Germany, Iowa, Hawaii
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Old School frozen custard
Q13 FOX News OnlineOld School has been proudly serving up delicious frozen custard in the Puget Sound area since 2007. It is a smoother, creamier, and more flavorful than any super premium ice cream. And it contains fewer calories, too! At Old School frozen custard...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Ice Cream, Coney Island
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City Beautiful, City Park and the museum
By Rebecca Massie Lane Special to The Herald-Mail When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' that is all ...Tags: Washington, DC, England, Hudson River, John Keats, University of Paris
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Magic bus: GM's Futurliner
![When the lights were switched on at the Chicago World's Fair on May 27, 1933, the city was celebrating "A Century of Progress." By the time the last visitor left the park two years later, 48 million people had marveled at the displays, including General Motors' technical tours de force: How Sound Stops Sound, The Magnetic Stove, a Photo Elastic Stress Study and Music on a Light Beam.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/61588883-13151509.jpg "When the lights were switched on at the Chicago World's Fair on May 27, 1933, the city was celebrating "A Century of Progress.\" By the time the last visitor left the park two years later, 48 million people had marveled at the displays, including General Motors' technical tours de force: How Sound Stops Sound, The Magnetic Stove, a Photo Elastic Stress Study and Music on a Light Beam.")
When the lights were switched on at the Chicago World's Fair on May 27, 1933, the city was celebrating "A Century of Progress." By the time the last visitor left the park two years later, 48 million people had marveled at the displays, including General...Tags: Vehicles, California, Arts and Culture, Reggie Jackson, Auction Service
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Chicago Ridge's homespun values lure homebuyers
Shaped like a string of boxcars that tumbled off the CSX rail line, Chicago Ridge is a working-class southwestern suburb known for the regional mall that attracts shoppers like a magnet.
Thanks to its abundance of modest multifamily housing, Chicago...Tags: Animal, Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Chicago Restaurants
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Book review: 'The Last Greatest Magician in the World' by Jim Steinmeyer
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Last Greatest Magician in the World Howard Thurston Versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards Jim Steinmeyer Tarcher/Penguin: 377 pp., $26.95 It takes some courage to write the biography of a man the reading public has mostly forgotten....Tags: Forests, Fraud, Pennsylvania, Versus, Corporate Crime
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Verdugo Views: Niece's memories of life at El Miradero
Austeene George Cooper Watkins, niece of Mary Louise Brand, grew up at El Miradero, the estate built by L.C. Brand, but little is known of her childhood years here in Glendale. L.C. Brand was a powerful force in Glendale in the early 1900s. He brought...Tags: Vehicles, Bars and Clubs, Hybrid Vehicles, Texas, Lifestyle and Leisure
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June 5 - Author Cheryl Ganz
Staff reporterThe 1933 Chicago World's Fair To purchase a copy of the book: The 1933 Chicago World's Fair: A Century of Progress Event: Saturday, June 6 12: 15 p.m. Panel and Book Signing at Printers Row Lit Fest University Center 525 South State Street Chicago -
'The Real Wizard of Oz' by Rebecca Loncraine
The Real Wizard of Oz
The Life and Times of L. Frank Baum
Rebecca Loncraine
Gotham Books: 416 pp., $28
In contrast to the rambling text that follows, the title of this biography couldn't be more cogent. L. Frank Baum, inventor of the magical Land of...Tags: L. Frank Baum, Entertainment, New York, Movies, Newspaper and Magazine
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