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Today in Chicago History: First Bud Billiken Parade rewards Chicago Defender newspaper hawkers

Chicago Tribune 11 Aug 2025
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug ... Former Rep ... 1911 ... 7, 1948 ... 1929. The first Bud Billiken Parade was hosted by Chicago Defender founder Robert Sengstacke Abbott as a way to thank the children who hawked his newspaper.
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France's last newspaper hawker gets Order of Merit from his old customer - President Macron

BBC News 10 Aug 2025
Ali Akbar has sold papers in Paris since 1973 and once counted President Macron among his customers ... .
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France’s last newspaper hawker gets Order of Merit from his old customer – President Macron

Virtual Jerusalem 10 Aug 2025
Ali Akbar has sold papers in Paris since 1973 and once counted President Macron among his customers.| �Read More��BBC News ....
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France’s last newspaper hawker to be honoured by Macron

AOL 10 Aug 2025
France’s last newspaper hawker is to be awarded one of the country’s highest honours by Emmanuel Macron ... Mr Akbar has sold newspapers in the tiny Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighbourhood of ...
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'He's An Institution': Ali Akbar, Paris' Last Newspaper Hawker, To Be Honoured By Macron

News18 05 Aug 2025
Ali Akbar (73) will receive France's National Order of Merit for his dedication to supplying newspapers in Paris. President Macron will honor him in September ... .
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Read all about it! Macron set to honour last Paris newspaper hawker with medal

The Daily Herald - St Maarten 05 Aug 2025
PARIS--A 73-year-old newspaper vendor originally from Pakistan is set to receive one of France's most prestigious honours after more than 50 years of selling dailies on the terraces of cafes and restaurants in Paris' fashionable Latin Quarter.
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Macron to honour Pakistan-born newspaper hawker with medal

Dawn 05 Aug 2025
A 73-year-old newspaper vendor originally from Pakistan is set to receive one of France’s most prestigious honours after more than 50 years of selling dailies on the terraces of cafes and restaurants in Paris’ fashionable Latin Quarter.
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Read All About It! Macron to Honour Paris' Last Newspaper Hawker With Medal

US News 04 Aug 2025
By Noemie OlivePARIS (Reuters) -A 73-year-old newspaper vendor originally from Pakistan is set to receive one of France's most prestigious honours... .
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Emmanuel Macron to honour Paris' last newspaper hawker

The Times of India 04 Aug 2025
Kerb-side newspaper sellers were already a dying breed in Paris in the 1970s as television steadily ...
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Extra! Extra! Read All About Last Newspaper Hawker in Paris

New York Times 18 Jul 2025
Ali Akbar started selling papers on the streets in 1974. He is still at it, winning over Parisians and presidents with persistence, humor and his signature catchphrase. “Ça y est!” ... .
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