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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Dec. 9

1895; The Auditorium Theatre celebrates the sixth anniversary of its dedication with a miltary concert.

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Dec. 10:

1951: Bushman (Lincoln Park Zoo’s prize gorilla), mounted after his death on January 1, is on permanent exhibition at the Field Museum.

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Dec. 11

1920: A Waukegan boy’s wireless picks up dance music from a steamer 100 miles out of New York City.

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Dec. 12

1901: Before agreeing to extend their franchises, the City Council’s Local Transportation Committee requires that street railway companies sell 6-ride tickets for a quarter.

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Dec. 13

1910: Chicago businesses plan to distribute t least $1,250,000 in Christmas Gifts to employees.

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Dec. 14

1904: The Apollo Musical Club and the Mendelsohn Club join with the Chicago Syphony Orchestra todedicate the newly built Orchestra Hall on Michigan Avenue.

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Dec. 15

1896: The Chicago Historical Society hosts an elegant reception to mark the opening of its new building at Dearborn & Ontario Streets. The Romanesque-style structure of Wisconsin red granite was designed by Henry Ives Cobb.

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Dec. 16

1917: Chicago gropes through its first “lightless night” in a wartime effort to save coal.

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Dec. 17

1938: Ceremonies and celebrations are held for the ground breakinf of Chicago’s first mass transit subway.

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Dec. 18

1895: The Chicago Tribune encourages little boys to contribute to its Doll Fund, reminding them the George Washington had a rag doll of which he was very fond.

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Dec. 19

1910: The City Council sets 260 feet as the upper limit in Chicago.

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Dec. 20

1976: Mayor Richard j. Daley dies of a heart attach at the age of 74

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Dec. 21

1895: Two weeks of wet weather and flooding raind come to an end and delayed Christams Shoppers jam downtown stores.

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Dec. 22

1917: Mother Cabrini, founder of the Order of Missionary Sistersof the Sacred Heart, dies at Columbus Hospital in Chicago after a long illness.

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Dec. 23

1897: As a result of Montogmery Ward’s fight to clear the lakefront, Mayor Carter Harrison II order the armory north of the Art Institute to be razed.

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