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May 30
1958: The body of Samuel Cardinal Stritch, who had died in Rome in May 27th, is brought home to Chicago for burial.
June 2
1901: The audience of 6,000 at the Auditorium Theatre heard John Alexander Dowie decalre himeslef as the “Messanger of the Covenant, come to resotre all things”
June 3
1908: The Chicago Board of Education rules the no one over the age of 50 will be hired for teching poistitons
June 4
1911: The Rose Show, “the largest and reddest rose garden in the United States,” opens at Jackson Park.
June 6
1896: Bejamin Franklin’s statue in Lincoln Park is unveiled. It is the gift of Joseph Medill through the Old-Time Printers Association.
June 8
1900: THe prolonged drought and consequent bad crop brings a $.03 jump in the price of wheat in trading at the Chicago Board of Trade.
June 9
1842; The Council votes to issue dog licenses to be inscriped with the dog owner’s name and to be work on the dog’s collar.
June 10
1901: Fire Chief Denis J. Dwenie, a veteran of the 1871 fire, resigns his post after 51yrs. of service.
June 11
1907: Britsh Ambassador James Byrce is the speaker at the 63rd convocation of the University of Chicago. He asserts that Chicago “has no parallel in the modern world.”
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