Chicago Street Names.
A man from tho country wna riding , west on a Madison street cnblo car tho | other day. Pretty soou tho conductor called out, "May!" stopped tho enr, and a •lady got oil 1 . A moment or two nftor ho crillcd, "Ann!" stopped tho car, and two ladios gathered their bundles and stopped off. Another block or tyro, ami lie called, "Elizabeth!" and tho samo performance was repeated. Then camo "Ada!" and a woman and child alighted. After a fow moro blookg ho saug oiifc, "Paulina!" and threo ladios loft tho car. Tho stranger had looked on open mouthed, but this was too much for him. Clutching tho conductor's coat, ho asked, "Say, mistor, do you know tho namo of overy woman in Chicago and whoro sho wants to gob off?" — Advance.
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Manawatu Herald, 3 May 1898, Page 4
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134Chicago Street Names. Manawatu Herald, 3 May 1898, Page 4
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