See the newspaper article below. Have you heard of this term? What does it mean? Thanks. =============================================== "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Sunday, July 30, 1911 OUT FOR A "JOHN O'BRIEN." Wagons loaded with sandwiches, cases of soda pop, meats and vegetables for an old-fashioned "John O'Brien," trailed over the Wyandotte County hills to Seifert's Grove on the Quindaro Station of the Kansas City-Western electric line yesterday afternoon. The provision trains were hauling the refreshments which will be served at the Wyandotte County Eagles' clamless clambake today. =============================================== johnobrien@kc.rr.com =============================================== neirbo10

I've never heard of this term, John. As we can surmise from the context clues, it appears to be a picnic of some sort. I think this term needs to be resurrected and put back into circulation in everyday language. :) ~kate ============= See the newspaper article below. Have you heard of this term? What does it mean? Thanks. =============================================== "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Sunday, July 30, 1911 OUT FOR A "JOHN O'BRIEN." Wagons loaded with sandwiches, cases of soda pop, meats and vegetables for an old-fashioned "John O'Brien," trailed over the Wyandotte County hills to Seifert's Grove on the Quindaro Station of the Kansas City-Western electric line yesterday afternoon. The provision trains were hauling the refreshments which will be served at the Wyandotte County Eagles' clamless clambake today. =============================================== johnobrien@kc.rr.com =============================================== neirbo10 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message