All posts tagged "saloons"
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6.9K1Arts and LeisureFred Allen Jokes His Way Through Dirty Old Boston
Before Groucho Marx, before Johnny Carson and before Saturday Night Live, there was Fred Allen. A wildly popular radio comedian, he created...
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47.0KBusiness and LaborThe Working Man’s Friend Who Busted the Hartford Newsies Strike
The New York-based newsies strike, immortalized in the Disney film of the same name, succeeded in 1899. The Hartford newsies strike 10...
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