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A defunct Detroit Thanksgiving tradition

by amy • November 24, 2010 • Best of THE NIGHT TRAIN, Books, History • 0 Comments

Shoot your own turkey. At the bar.
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- “Of course Mr Brooks has a hobby, and it is dogs. His fancy runs exclusively to Boston bull terriers, and he has owned some fine specimens of this breed. His dog ‘Tip,’ shown in the accompanying halftone, was his almost constant companion for seven years. ‘Tip’ passed to his reward four months ago and his place has been taken by a terror known as ‘Grover.’ He was so named because his collar can be put on or removed without being unbuttoned, a feat ascribed to a noted ex-president of the United States.”
  
  - Photo of Alanson Brooks, secretary of the pharmaceutical wholesaler Williams, Davis, Brooks, & Hinchman Sons, and his dog Tip. From “The Pharmaceutical Era,” vol. 39, no. 21, May 21, 1908.
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