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THE COMMON STUFF

by dick bales

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- Strip Clubs, Bars, and Shot Glasses in East Dubuque,
Illinois

Dick Bales discovered the joys of pre-pro shot collecting relatively recently, but has long been fascinated by this country's history, particularly in relation to his home stomping grounds of Northern Illinois.

In addition to juggling the demands of family and a hectic job (he's Assistant Regional Counsel for the Wheaton branch of Chicago Title Insurance Co), he's managed to research and publish the TRUE story of the Great Chicago Fire. This definitive work finally debunks many widely-held beliefs about the role of Mrs O'Leary and her much-maligned bovine in the 1871 disaster. Visit his website for more details and buy his book! Dick is currently working on a book about another infamous Chicago figure, Cap Streeter. Visit Dick's new site www.capstreeter.com to learn more!

Previous issues of
" The Common Stuff " by Dick Bales:

    Vol. 4, No. 1 : Pyramids in pre-Prohibition Illinois
    Vol. 4, No. 2 : The Name is Bond, Bottled in Bond
    Vol. 4, No. 3 : The Devil (and Shot Glasses) in the White City
    Vol. 4, No. 4 : The Old and the New (Part I)
    Vol. 4, No. 5 : The Old and the New (Part II)

    Vol. 4, No. 6 : The Old and the New (Part III)

    Vol. 3, No. 1 : The Commercial Side of Truog (Part I)
    Vol. 3, No. 2 : The Commercial Side of Truog (Part II)
    Vol. 3, No. 3 : eBay, The internet and Glass Research
    Vol. 3, No. 4 : Fields of Dreams: Shot Glass Collecting Specialization
    Vol. 3, No. 5 : A New Series Glass?
    Vol. 3, No. 6 : Hanging Around Arkansas

    Vol. 2, No. 1 : Chasing Hayners
    Vol. 2, No. 2 : Pre-pro Glasses in the Hard Rock Cafe
    Vol. 2, No. 3 : Security in Glass
    Vol. 2, No. 4 : Desperate Housewives and Glass Research
    Vol. 2, No. 5 : Grand Glass of the GAR
    Vol. 2, No. 6 : Starving for glass in Illinois

    Vol. 1, No. 1 : Building a new collection via eBay
    Vol. 1, No. 2 : Putting eBay into its proper perspective
    Vol. 1, No. 3 : A collection of "Sunny Brooks"
    Vol. 1, No. 4 : Ferreting out "glass gaffes"
    Vol. 1, No. 5 : The Shot Glass - Art or History?

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