A Day In Chicago

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I recently found this little book that has an event that happend in Chicago for every day. I will post every day (try to) on this until New Years Eve, then this will end.

Good Reading.

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July 13

1908: Millitant anti-liquor crusader. Carrie Nation, lectires the patrons of the Pompeiian Room in the Auditorium Hotel. A clerk escorts her to her room.

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July 14

1917: In a gesture of friendship to France, Chicago observes BAstille Day with ceremonies in Lincoln, Garfield, and Washington Parks.

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July 15

1907: Chicago Edison & Commonwealth Electric announce the consolidation into the Commonwealth Edison Co. (ComEd) The capital stock of the new company is reported at $30,000,000

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July 16

1909: President William Howard Taft appoints Chicagoan Charles R. Crane as minister to China.

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July 17

1912: A banquet of the Ancient Order Of Hibernians at the auditorium Hotel draws a crowd of 1,457-at the time the largest number ever served in a Chicago Hotel.

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July 18

1925: The Largely Protestant of Area reports it has changed its name to Mundelien in Honor of Cardinal Mundelein’s esablishment of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary there.

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July 19

1904: With tempratures high, Alderman Michael Kenna procures an order keeping Chicago beaches open beyond their usual closing time of 6:00 PM

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July 20

1909: The cornerstone of the new City Hall is laid in simple ceremonies, Mayor Fed A. Busse, convalscing after an appendectomy, is unable to attend.

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July 21

1900: John Coughlin, 1st Ward Alderman, announces that his wardrobe for an upcoming Euopean tour “would make Solomon in all his glory look like thirty cents.

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July 22

1897: A Statue of John A. Logan bu Augutus St. Gaudens is unveiled in Lake Front Park

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July 23

1914: A capacity crowd at the Onwentsia Club wacthes the Austrailian Them defeat the Canadian team in the Davis Cub doubles.

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July 24

1915: Loaded with passengers for an excursion to Michigan City, the lake steamer Eastland rolls over in the Chicago River at Clark St. More than 800 lives are lost.
(Known as Eastland Disaster)

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July 25

1908: The Theodore Thomas orchestra draws a record crowd to Ravina for a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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July 26

1909: William Hale Thompson’s schooner Valmore win the Mackinac race for the second consectutive year.

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July 27

1912: The city’s rat population-estimated at 2,500,000-is thought to cause $3,000,000 worth of damage annualy. (More Than $1/rat) w00t.gif

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