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Continued from Chicago - Part 1

(26th Oct 1924, Letter 9, part 2/5)

On Saturday we took a rubber neck wagon around the city but it proved to be a dud as the guide had no voice for this job and we could not hear half he said but the drive was good. On the Sunday we went to church in the morning and I am enclosing a folder we received there. She is some church.

In the afternoon we did a vaudo show and at night, a theatre. On Monday we visited the Armours stock yard and saw that. [The smudged and corrected name in the pencil written letter appears to be "Camerons" but Harry must be referring to the "Armour & Company plant" within the Union Stock Yards.] It is the largest plant in the world. They kill 1200 pigs an hour. 350 cattle and 1000 sheep and we saw right through the whole of the processes but will tell you more of this on my return.

We left that night for Detroit but while in Chicago we saw four theatres in the four nights and they were all good. The ones we saw in order of my preference were: Ziegfeld Follies (opening night), Topsy and Eva (Duncan Sisters) [performed at Chicago's Selwyn Theater], No, No, Nanette and Abies's Irish Rose. The first two were especially good.

 

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