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  • July 27, 2005 at 2:34 pm #929
    hpdog259962
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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 27, 2005 at 2:49 pm #15998
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    Jan. 16

    1836: The first Chicago Railroad, the Galena & Chicago Union, is charted

    July 27, 2005 at 2:50 pm #15999
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    Jan. 17

    1893; The Calumet Clib building at Micahigan Av. & 20th St. burns

    July 27, 2005 at 2:51 pm #16000
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    Jan. 18

    1913: The Auditorium Thatre sells out for Italian soprano Luisa Tetrazzini’s Chicago debut in “La Traviata,” her most famour role.

    July 27, 2005 at 2:52 pm #16001
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    Jan. 19

    1921: Dr. Herman N. Bundesen of Chicago Health Deparrtment announces that a new chlorine-mesasuring device for the city water system will end occasional overdoses of that chemical in the water.

    July 27, 2005 at 2:53 pm #16002
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    Jan. 20

    1901: A test conducted by the Columbia Phonograph Company indicates that the intersection on Lake St. & Wells St. is the noisiest spot in the city.

    July 27, 2005 at 2:54 pm #16003
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    Jan. 21

    1897: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony arrives in Chicaog to stay with Mrs. S. E. Gross, wife of the influential rael estate developer.

    July 27, 2005 at 2:54 pm #16004
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    Jan. 22

    1919: Mrs. Joseph M. Cudhay is elected president of the Visitng Nurses Association

    July 27, 2005 at 2:55 pm #16005
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    Jan. 23

    1907: Several hundred anarchists, socialists, and unemployed line up to march on city hall. The oragnizer of the protset in arrested.

    July 27, 2005 at 2:56 pm #16006
    hpdog259962
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    Jan. 24

    1921: Chicago’s gasoline prices drop by $.02 to $.27/gallon (Now around 2.27/gallon)

    July 27, 2005 at 2:57 pm #16007
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    Jan. 25

    1848: Scottish-American celebrate Robert Burn’s Birthday with a ball at the Sherman House.

    July 27, 2005 at 2:57 pm #16008
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    Jan. 26

    1881: The press learn s of the sale of Field, Lieter, & Co. to Marshall Field.

    July 27, 2005 at 2:58 pm #16009
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    Jan. 27

    1897: Mrs. William McKinley arrives in Chiocago to superviise the making of her “inagural robe” at Marshall Field & Co.

    July 27, 2005 at 2:59 pm #16010
    hpdog259962
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    Jan. 28

    1905: A Local Physcian warns debutanted that “tea & coffee drinking and eating of much rich food bring stagnation of the arteries and eventually heart trouble or apoplexy.”

    July 27, 2005 at 2:59 pm #16011
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    Jan. 29

    1896: The Central Prebyterian Church is Organized

    July 27, 2005 at 3:00 pm #16012
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    Jan. 30

    1871: Dr. George M. Shipman start a hospital for foundlings at 54 S. Green St.

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