Chicago medium rare;: When we were both younger by Robert J Casey

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Chicago medium rare;: When we were both younger by Robert J Casey
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Unknown Binding: 347 pages

Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill 1950

Language: English

ASIN: B0007IX8T0

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Text extracted from opening pages of book: COPYRIGHT, 1949, 1950, BY THE CHICAGO HERALD-AMERICAN COPYRIGHT, 1952, BY THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, INC. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 52-10688 Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Chicago Herald-American for permission to reprint material originally published in that newspaper. To HARRY REUTLINGER Without whom much of Chicago ( Rare if not Medium) could hardly have existed. Contents PAGE PART I EXPANDING CITY 1. It Seems Like Chicago n 2. Dire Dangers 20 3. The City Rises 30 4. The Streetcar Comes 37 5. The General's Ghost 44 6. Gaslight 49 Mystery and Crime i: Sundry Irish Activities 54 PART II TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 7. The Clark Street Rope 65 8. The Bicycle Menace 73 9. The Wonderful Hansom Cabs 83 10. The Horn Was Extra 88 Mystery and Crime 2: Where Are They Gone? 94 PART III PRIMITIVE, OR PRETELEVISION, LIVING 11. Housekeeping or Something 105 12. How to Cure This and That in 13. And These Were the Modes 119 14. Home Carpentry 125 15. Games, They Called Them! 129 16. The Vapors 134 17. Revise Your Attic 139 Mystery and Crime 3: Mr. Luetgert's Wife 143 PART IV INSTITUTIONS FOR OUR COMFORT AKD SAFETY 18. The Galloping Fire Engine 151 19. The Talented Waffle Man 156 CONTENTS Continued PAGE 20. Buffalo Steak and Baked Owl 161 21. Simply a Drugstore 167 Mystery and Crime 4: The Mysterious Mr. Dove 172 PART V THE THEATRE AND ALLIED ENTERTAINMENT 22. Punch Versus Judy 179 23. To Die a Thousand Deaths 186 24. The Good Show 191 25. Old Jokes Never Die 200 26. The Gramophone Miracle 206 27. The Good Old Circus 210 Mystery and Crime 5; Bad-News Tillie 214 PART VI CULTURE AND THE ARTS 28. Lo! The Poor Wooden Indian 221 29. Art with a Capital A 228 30. The Music of the Corn 238 31. A Touch of the Comics 248 32. The Oratorical Business . - 253 33. The Whitechapel Club 262 Mystery and Crime 6: The Phantom Bridegroom 267 PART VII . . . THEIR VIRTUES BOLD 34. Marine Disaster 275 35. The Urge to Better Things 284 36. The Badly Damaged Customer 293 37. Ho! The Burning River 299 38. O Capt'in! My Capt'in! 304 39. Gold Bricks 315 40. The Able Walker 322 Mystery and Crime 7: Everybody Knew Him 328 PART VIII . . . TIME'S VISTA 41. UndSo Weiter 339 PART I EXPANDING CITY Chapter i It Seems Like Chicago G CHICAGO, according to the experts, is a city that took root in a swamp about 1826, grew to noticeable size before 1890 and reached its ultimate magnificence day before yesterday. Some observers may take issue with this pronouncement on the ground that there is nothing ultimate about the magnificence, that the old town is going to be much more magnificent tomorrow. But nobody quar rels much with the troubadours who continue to sing a song about the old days having been pretty good. Chicago today is truly an inspiring sight, although you mar have a little trouble getting around in it. It is filled with tall build ings which most of the citizenry forget were the invention of a local architect. It has parks and playgrounds and grandiose boule vards. It is administered by a large choir of politicians of no doubt noble character, entertained largely by television, concerts, moving pictures and outdoor sports, and fed by thousands of restaurants which, one may admit, are just about the same as those of any other big city. As one looks back through a memory not too much strained, it seems to be more crowded than it was in the days when Lake View and Jackson Park were vacant lots. But its transporta tion system which was terrific then is terrific now. ii CHICAGO MEDIUM RAJRE It is difficult for even the most enthusiastic citizen to realize that Chicago was not always as it is now. Its earliest settlers were fired with the idea that they were founding a community that would be important enough to last forever. They aroused the laughter of the lake and river towns by their boastfulness. They were long the stock joke of New Yo --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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