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1999 March/Apr Timeline Magazine

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TIMELINE

A Publication of the Ohio Historical Society
March . April 1999 . Volume 16/Number 2

2

WHITE CASTLE
Billy Ingram's Burger
by David G. Hogan
In the 1920s, few Americans ate hamburgers, and the concept
of a chain of fast-food restaurants was novel. White Castle
changed all of that.

20

PROFITS FROM PROHIBITION
Walter Kidder and the Hayner Distillery
by Michael W. Williams
An Ohio businessman turned votes for local option prohibition into a mail-order bonanza.


34

OH, JOHNNY
Forgotten Baseball Legend
by David N. Keller
When Cincinnati pitcher Johnny Vander Meer took the mound
in June of 1938, he established a record that has survived for
sixty years.

 

44

YELLOW SPRINGS ARTIST
Robert H. Whitmore
by M. Edmund Hussey
For half a century, Whitmore made paintings, etchings, and
drawings that reflected his connections with his community.


 

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