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t5And it is Vouched for by no Less a Personage Than George Evergreen Wolf, Chief Clerk of Hotel La Salle,Chicago.holed,Mr.jse,in a rick etor o\v-s ofaw-ephin ix andM-lore the ren, nis, ies, , inOur good friend George K. Wolf,who presides with grace, dignity0and marked ability at the room clerk’s desk in Hotel La Salle, Chicago, tells the following good story and vouches for its truthfulness:On Wednesday night of last week when.all the hotels in Chicago were crowded, a stranger came up to the counter of the Hotel La Salle and asked for a room.After telling him it was impossible to accommodate him, he started out and in crossing the street at LaSalle and Madison, he saw the policeman and going up to him the following conversation ensued:Stranger to Policeman:—“Where is the Yimsav Hotel”?Policeman:—“The WHAT”?Stranger:—“The Yimsay Hotel”?Policeman:—“Nothing like that ifi this man’s town”.Stranger: —“There sure is”.Policeman:—“How do you spell it”?Stranger: — “Y-M-C-A.”A sympathetic pedestrian, passing by, called the ambulance for the crossing cop.Aw in a I one Ji to the tom. usual high lt;of his ing th raisethe C stirre lie f cesse: lessly neces him f allperis!guarddied.old.Th
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Chicago Daily National Hotel Reporter
Chicago, Illinois, US
Fri, Oct 17, 1919
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