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Pick-Ups Around Town Highlight Civic Notes And Oddities
A row of lighthearted town items chronicles street musicians on East Washington and a blue clad showgirl, a dog pet aboard a vaudeville act, and civic talk on Sullivan's brick square paving and interurban plans. Anecdotes recall Captain Lucas’s Calvary days, auto accidents, odd animal stories, and a destroyed Ferris Wheel once famed at Chicago and St. Louis fairs.
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Guy Stock Company
East Washington Street
Bell Telephone Exchange
Hello Central
Turf House
Shaffer
Indiana
Sullivan
St. Peter
Chicago
St. Louis