Some New News About Old Stuff.
1. MAXWELL STREET MARKET ON THE MOVE AGAIN-- The September 8th Chicago Tribune reports that Chicago's famous Maxwell Street Market is on the move again. This past September, vendors sold on Canal Street for the last time and then moved a few blocks away to Desplaines Street.
It was on Maxwell Street for 120 years. In 1994, it moved to Canal Street because of University of Illinois at Chicago's expansion.
What would the Blues Brothers think?
2. OLD SHIP FOUND-- UPI October 30-- A ship that sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana sometime between 1808 and 1820 has been discovered to have a vast amount of weapons on board.
The so-called Mardi Gras wreck was found in 2002, but only recently has been filmed by remote vehicles and it appears that it was up to questionable activity.
3. BLACKBEARD'S CANNON-- Greenville, NC's Eyewitness News reports that another cannon has been recovered from what is believed to be Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge which ran aground at Beaufort Inlet in 1717.
Twelve cannons have been raised so far. This one will be brought to a conservation center in Greenville and will undergo a year of work before being returned to the Beaufort Maritime Museum.
Now, You Know. --Old Coot
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