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Wrigley Field and the Abbott
"The key for room 103, please?" I asked.
"I'm sorry. No guests are allowed," replied the desk clerk at the Abbott Hotel on West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lake View district.
"I'm not a guest. My name is Jack Drury," I said, spelling out my surname. "I'm in 103, please check the register."
"We have a Mr. Lloyd and a Mr. John Drary, …
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