9. The famed "Christmas Tree Ship" that sank in Lake Michigan in 1912 en route to Chicago was called the Rouse Simmons. Who or what was Rouse Simmons?
A. A duck dish popular among Norwegians
B. A Kenosha businessman
C. A Chicago alderman
D. A poor translation of the Potawatami word for "wet"
10. A 1908 Tribune article headlined :How Christmas Will be Celebrated One Hundred Years From Now Predicted that:
A. Chicagoans will be visiting grandma Christmas morning at her cozy home 245 stories above the ground.
B. Lights mounted on tall towers or on airships will illuminate every corner of the city.
C. Cars and trains are likely to be obsolete-- "there will not be a wheeled vehicle of any kind on the streets...." Rather, people will fly through the air or travel underground in pneumatic tubes.
D. Christmas shoppers will be able to look at store merchandise remotely through a combination of telescope and moving picture machine by means of which you connect your room with the toy department and see the display by wire-- or perhaps by wireless."
E. All of these.
Answers to yesterday's last post: #6. A, #7. E, #8. C.
Answers to today: #9, B, #10 E.
As Usual, Some Interesting Stuff. --Cooter
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