Do not be looking for regular “USPC Records Of The Day” posts from me. I leave USPC records to our resident USPC expert Rich Hanover. This one came by accident and it came over night.

This thread was posted yesterday by Roy Klein.
http://www.thechipboard.com/index.cgi/page/1/md/read/id/1144495/sbj/new-to-me-old-chips/

If you read the thread, I posted some info on the TO chip from the USPC records that Roy did not have.

I was then asked what the TO stood for. I had no clue but posted what I would look for if I had the chip.

El Queeno Cigar Company would have been a distributor that ordered the chips for a customer.

Chisholm, MN had a population of 6000 in 1908-4976 today. Should not have been many people there in 1919 with the initials TO.

This morning I got this email from a collector friend.
“ Ok….I got a TO coming your way, add that one to your research docket…;)

My note:
Chisholm MN web site:
http://www.chisholmchamber.com/
Welcome to Chisholm ~ The Heart of the Iron Range! Chisholm is host to many fun things for the entire family to see and do. While in the area, be sure to get a first hand look at mining history at Minnesota Discovery Center and the Minnesota Museum of Mining. Pay homage to the Veterans Memorial and the Iron Man, the third largest free-standing statue in the United States.

The Heart of the “Iron Range.” It is/was a mining town.

The 2nd email I got this AM was from our “Friend Of The Hobby.” He saw the TO thread and took pity on us.

Enter our “Friend Of The Hobby:

A thought on the chip below in the BB thread. Possibly Greek letters Theta Tau. Theta Tau is a professional fraternity for engineers. It was founded by mining engineering students at the University of Minnesota in 1904. Chisholm, MN was a big mining town.

My note:
Take a look at this link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta_Tau
Here is the Theta Tau fraternity logo.

The O with a wavy line T at the bottom could very well be our TO.

Were the chips used in a frat party poker game?
Did a frat member that lived in Chisholm have the chips made for his Saturday night poker game?

Not a 100 percenter, but I like the attribution. I am going with it until one of you guys come up with something better!

Wait a minute!!!! Did he rake the pots??? That would make this an “Illegal Of The Day.” Ok, that might be stretching it a “LITTLE” too far.