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[2] [4] Leslie Shumway, a cashier who worked there, testified in court that horse betting, roulette, craps, blackjack, and birdcage (chuck-a-luck) all took place there. [5] [6] The profits from the Hawthorne Smoke Shop were one piece of evidence used against Capone at his trial in 1931. [4] [7]
Chuck-a-luck, also known as birdcage, or sweat rag, [1] is a game of chance played with three dice. It is derived from grand hazard and both can be considered a variant of sic bo , which is a popular casino game , although chuck-a-luck is more of a carnival game than a true casino game.
An Antique toy show is one of several toy shows held throughout the United States (and around the world), usually on an annual basis, that is devoted to the exhibition, for sale, of antique toys, dolls and collectible paraphernalia. Toy shows are generally regional in nature, and cater to a certain geographic area of the country.
The museum contains an exhibit of collectors' autos from vintage to modern classics, with the main focus being American cars of the 1950–1980 period, over 50 famous TV and movie cars, cars previously owned by the rich and famous, animatronics from ShowBiz Pizza Place and Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre, and a large array of Disney and ...
By a stroke of luck, a deputy knows Altar as a saloon singer from his past, though not her current whereabouts. Vern learns that after Altar quit working for saloon owner Baldy Gunder, she bet her last $20 on his rigged game of chance, a wheel of fortune variant of chuck-a-luck. With the help of gunslinger Frenchy Fairmont, she won a great deal ...
The ability to avoid losing streaks fueled the Chicago Cubs in their surge from a sub-.500 team to a postseason contender. They hadn’t lost more than two straight games since the start of July ...
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Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was formed by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a vast centralized processing area.