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Note: ADDRESSES:
House: 7619 S. Lincoln (Wolcott) Street, Chicago, IL. Lived there about 1920-1936.
Grocery Store:
Bought apartment building:
Summer Cottage: Long Lake, Illinois; Ingleside.
1923 W. 59th St. the building where Fred's grocery store was located, is now, (1999), a store-front, Baptist church.
TIMELINE
1889 - May 6, the Paris Exposition formally opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower.
1915 - May 7, more than 1,100 people, including 124 American, died when a German torepdo sank the British liner Lusitania, carrying weapons and ammunition, off the Irish coast.
Grandpa met Carrie when he was selling vacum cleaners. She was a customer. Had a cottage in Long Lake, Illinois. He went up there on weekends.
Carrie was a Christian Scientist.
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To Bob Colby:
Your grandfather must have been a salesman during this time. The songs you refer to were sung by the salesmen of the time during their sales conferences (conventions). They would get the men going in the mornings by getting out a tune or two. One of the most popular was "All the Dirt All the Grit..." and can still be heard around North Canton from time to time. These sales conventions were begun by Boss Hoover's son Herbert Hoover (H.W.Hoover) in 1922 when he took over the company as president. He set annual sales conventions in a field of all places adjacent to Boss Hoover's boyhood home in North Canton. The salesmen stayed in tents since there were no hotels and sang many of these songs. These sales conventions continued into the 1950's. The songs were taught to the children of the salesmen and became part of the culture of the town. I found a book of these songs though I don't know the melodies the words are very intersting. I hope this helps you!
Tom Anderson
North Canton, OH - Wednesday, May 24, 2000 at 21:28:38 (EDT)
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