Sources for Ep 460 - Rick Gellert’s Venus II

Articles

Newspapers

  • Wiltz, Teresa. “Arlington race retains a big chill.” Chicago Tribune. (March 29, 1993) Section 2, p 9

  • “Suburban Elections ‘93” [Cook County Election Results] Chicago Tribune (Apr 21, 1993) Section 2, p 6

  • Metz, Nina. “Treasure or trash, found footage fun.” Chicago Tribune. (December 18, 2009) Section 3, p 3

  • Anderson, Janine. “Man convicted of stealing $80,000 worth of corn from county farm.” Kenosha News. (June 3, 2015) p A3

Webpages

Sources for Ep 461 - Floyd Allen

Articles

Book

  • Caudill, Harry M., Slender is the Thread: Tales From a Country Law Office, University Press of Kentucky, 1987, Lexington

Source for Ep 462 - Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte

  • Lewis, Charlene M. Boyer. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte: An American Aristocrat in the Early Republic. University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. 2012

Source for Ep 463 - Lucy Parsons

  • Jones, Jacqueline. Goddess of Anarchy  Basic Books. December 2017

Sources for Ep 464 - The Pro Slavery Riots

Books

  • Crosby, Ernest. 19th Century American.

  • Tager, Jack. Boston Riots: Three Centuries of Social Violence. Northeastern University Press. (2001)

Articles

Newspapers

  • The Liberator (Nov 28, 1835)

Sources for Ep 465 - Zoo Man Cy DeVry

Articles:

Newspapers: 

  • “Battle of the Elks.” Algona Courier (09 Nov 1894) p. 7

  • The Quincy Journal (June 27, 1904)

  • “Major Feels Better: The Big Chicago Lion has a Tooth Pulled, and Eats Once More.” The Morning Democrat (10 Aug 1895) p. 2

  • “Ostrich Which Lost Its Mate Commits Suicide in Lagoon.” The Philadelphia Inquirer (24 July 1899) p. 5

  • Chicago Record. “Boy Sets Fire to a Lion.” Freeland Tribune (Sept 28, 1899) p. 2

  • “Wolves at a Board Meeting: Chicago Park Commission Upset by the Keeper’s Trick.” The Evening Times [Washington, D.C.] 30 Dec 1901 p. 3

  • Chicago News. “Conquers a Lion: Exciting Encounter in a Cage at the Chicago Zoo-Animal Sold to Circus.” Buffalo Morning Express (Aug 7, 1901) p. 2

  • “Kendall Meets Old Nebraska Chums in City.” San Bernardino County Sun. (April 8, 1925) p. 11

  • “Irish Societies Appeased.” The Nebraska State Journal. (August 14, 1904) p. 4

Sources for Ep 466 - Wicked Phenix City

Books:

  • Strickland, Edwin and Wortsman, Gene. Phenix City: The Wickedest City in America. Vulcan Press. Birmingham Alabama. 1955

  • Serafin, Faith. Wicked Phenix City. The History Press. Charleston SC 2014

Articles:

Sources for Ep 467 - San Jose Bees

Books: 

Articles: 

Newspapers:

  • Garland, Frankie. “Minor Notes.” The Modesto Bee (June 21, 1986) p 51

  • Rensing, Pamela K. “Cardinal player Ken Reitz speaks on drugs, alcohol.” The Herald [Mascoutah, IL] (Feb 24, 1994) p 1

  • Associated Press. “Howe barred from pro baseball.” Tulare Advance-Register. (May 16, 1986) p 8

  • Los Angeles Times (June 2, 1986)

  • Associated Press. “Howe Shocked at cocaine.” Santa Fe New Mexican. (July 16, 1986) p. 8

  • Associated Press. “Howe returns to San Jose.” Santa Fe New Mexican (June 25, 1986) p 10

Sources for Ep 468 - The Meat Riot

Books:

  • Seligman, Scott D. The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City Potomac Books. Dec 1, 2020

Articles:

  • Hyman, Paula E. Immigrant Women and Consumer Protest: The New York City Kosher Meat Boycott of 1902.  American Jewish History Vol. 70, No. 1 (September 1980), pp. 91-105. Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press

Sources for Ep 469 - The Ringer

Books:

  • Ashforth, David. Ringers and Rascals: A Taste of Skulduggery. Highdown. Compton, Newbury. (2003)

Articles:

Sources for Ep 470 - Frank Verdi.

Books:

  • Herman, J. David. Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard Of.  University of Nebraska Press. (April 2019)

Newspapers: 

  • “Brooklyn Rookie Signs Yank Pact.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Feb 7, 1953) p 7

  • Fox, John W. “Temple, ’51 Spikee, Seeks Offender, Eliminates Verde.” Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York) (Apr 5, 1953) p 4

  • Carroll, Dink. “Irate Chiefs Defeat Royals, Charge Umpire on Decision.” The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) (Jun 25, 1953) p 20

  • “Bisons Sweep Double Header from Chiefs, 4-3, 5-1: Lakeman Hurt Badly in Pileup With Verdi.” The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York) (Jul 1, 1953) p 15

  • “Third Down.” The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee) (Jul 10, 1955) p 17

  • Pinckney, Paul. “In the Pink.” Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) (Aug 23, 1953) p 51

  • Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio) (Jul 19, 2010)

Articles: 

Sources for Ep 471 - William Henry Ellis

  • Jacoby, Karl. The Strange Career of William Ellis - The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire W.W. Norton & Company. New York. 2017.

Sources for Ep 472 - The A-Team

Newspapers:

  • UPI. “Wirtz To Inspect Farms Firsthand.” Phoenix Gazette (23 Mar 1965) p 44

  • UPI. “Wirtz Holds Firm on Bracero Ban.” Phoenix Gazette (10 May 1965) p 72

  • Dotson, John L Jr. “Domestic Pickle Pickers No Match for Braceros.” Detroit Free Press (22 Aug 1965) p 1

  • AP “High School Boys to Be Recruited for Farm Work: Government Seeks to Put 20,000 On Summer Jobs.” News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) (05 May 1965) p 1

  • “Ordeal in Salinas.” Rio Grande Sun (12 Aug 1965) p. 2

  • UPI “People Willing to Pay More for Produce: Wirtz.” Santa Maria Times (27 Mar 1965) p. 2

  • UPI “Negotiations Continue.” The Californian (Salinas, California) (10 Aug 1965) p 14

  • “A-Team Coordinator Asks School Bus Help.” The Californian (Salinas, California) (23 Jun 1965) p 2

  • Donovan, Robert J. “LBJ Upgrading Cabinet’s Role.” The Miami Herald (04 Jul 1965) p 59

  • Allegato, Rose. “Bill Would Provide Basic Farm Pay.” The Miami Herald (04 Jul 1965) p 162

  • Margolis, Jon “U.S. Official Says: Celery’s Market, Not Work Force, Dims the Harvest” The Miami News (07 May 1965) p 79

  • AP “Growers Fight for Migrants.” The Miami News (07 May 1965) p 52i

  • Chamberlain, John. “Wirtz Sets Booby-Trap In Groceries.” The News Leader (Staunton, Virginia) (16 Jun 1965) p 4

  • “Wirtz Checks Produce Field Labor Problem.” The San Bernardino County Sun (25 Mar 1965) p 22

  • AP “1,000 Braceros To Join Harvest.” The San Francisco Examiner (20 May 1965) p 14

  • Fleeson, Doris “Boss Fights for Right to Rent Cheap Slaves.” The Vancouver Sun (01 Apr 1965) p 4

  • MacKenzie, Arch. “Farm Hand Policy Affects Canada.” The Vancouver Sun (01 Apr 1965) p 25

  • “Murphy Fights With Wirtz on California Farm Labor.” Valley Times (North Hollywood, CA) (08 Jul 1965) p 24

Websites:

Sources for Ep 473 - Toothpicks in America

Main - Book: 

  • Petroski, Henry. The Toothpick: Technology and Culture. Knopf - Doubleday Publishing Group. October 16th 2007

Articles: 

Newspapers:

  • Boston Globe June 25, 1886

  • New York Times Aug 7, 1858

Source for Ep 474 and 475 - Cabeza de Vaca

Book:

  • Reséndez, Andrés. A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca. Basic Books. January 6, 2009

Sources for Ep 476 - The Manure Pile

Article

  • Batlan, Felice. The Ladies' Health Protective Association: Lay Lawyers and Urban Cause Lawyering, Akron Law Review. (June 2015)

Newspapers

  • “Doing Away with Causes of Disease.” The New York Times (26 Nov 1884) p 3

  • “City and Suburban News” The New York Times (30 Nov 1884) p 7

  • “Looking After Nuisances.” The New York Times (03 Dec 1884) p 5

  • “Startling Theories as to Odors” The New York Times (23 Dec 1884) p 3

  • “The Removal of Manure.” New York Tribune (30 Nov 1884) p 10

  • “Manure as an Aid to Health: The Forty-Seventh Street Heap Highly Recommended.” New York Tribune (23 Dec 1884) p 8

  • New York Tribune (07 Feb 1885)

  • “Politics and Health” The New York Times (09 Dec 1884) p 4

  • “Dangers to Public Health: How the Ladies of Beekman Hill Intend to Fight Them.” The New York Times (17 Dec 1884) p 3

  • “Fighting Bad Odors.” The New York Times (20 Dec 1884) p 3

  • “Beekman Hill Ladies Aroused: Determined to Abate the Ill-Smelling Nuisances Along the East River.” New York Tribune (22 Nov 1884) p 10

  • “Is the Manure Heap a Nuisance?” New York Tribune (20 Dec 1884) p 3

  • “Livery Stable Men Asking Relief” New York Tribune (20 Dec 1884) p 7

  • “It is Not the Manure Heap: You Can Always be Sure, when you are Near One, that it’s Something Else you Smell.” The Sun (23 Dec 1884) p 1

  • “Ladies Enlisted For the War: Going to Extend All Over the City the Campaign Against Nuisances.” The Sun (07 Jan 1885) p 3

Sources for Ep 477 - Otto Wood

Article

Newspapers

  • “News Items of a Local Nature.” The North Wilkesboro Hustler (North Wilkesboro, North Carolina) (12 Apr 1907) p 3

  • “A Wilkes Boy on the Chain Gang.” Statesville Record and Landmark (Statesville, North Carolina) (27 Aug 1907) p 3

  • “Local Items of Interest.” The North Wilkesboro Hustler (North Wilkesboro, North Carolina) (29 Jul 1913) Tue p 1

  • Wellman, Manly Wade. “Otto Wood Kept Law On The Jump.” News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) (10 Jan 1954) p. IV-1/41

Sources for Ep 478 - Women on River

Article:

Newspaper:

  • United Press. “Canyon Holds Fate of Six.” The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee) (07 Jul 1938) p 18

Sources for Ep 479 - Harry Decker

Book:

  • Morris, Peter. Catcher: How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero. (2009).

Newspapers:

  • “Base Ball News” The Des Moines Register (July 13, 1883) p 3

  • “Don Juan of Shaven Head.” The Los Angeles Times (Jan 18, 1913) Part II p 1-2