A Chicago Tavern.A Chicago Tavern Rick Kogan Lake Claremont Press PO Box 25291, Chicago IL 60625 1893121496 $10.00 www.lakeclaremont.com WGN WGN Wellington WGN White Gaussian Noise WGN World's Greatest Newspaper (Chicago, IL, USA) WGN World Gastroenterology News WGN We Got Nomar WGN World's Greatest Network WGN Wireless Network Gateway WGN Wagon radio personality and Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper columnist Rick Kogan presents A Chicago Tavern: A Goat, A Curse, and the American Dream American dream also American Dream n. An American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire: , the true story of a baby goat who fell off a truck in 1934, hobbled into a tavern owned by Greek immigrant William Sianis, and became a Chicago icon. Known as The Billy Goat Inn, Sianis' tavern gained a lasting reputation as the leisure pub of choice for newspaper reporters, policemen, politicians, and more. But did Billy put a jinx jinx n. 1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing. tr.v. on the Cubs? After Billy and one of his goats were prohibited from entering Wrigley Field For the former ballpark in Los Angeles, see . • • [ during the 1945 World Series, the Cubs eventually lost to Detroit--and kept on losing. Today the single tavern has become a prosperous chain of seven, including one in Washington, D.C.; A Chicago Tavern acutely on the folklore, daily life, humorous anecdotes, and more revolving around the classy establishment that started the legend. Numerous vintage black-and-white photographs add a you-are-there touch to this history of a beloved Chicago hangout. |
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