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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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
July 16
1909: President William Howard Taft appoints Chicagoan Charles R. Crane as minister to China.
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
July 14
1917: In a gesture of friendship to France, Chicago observes BAstille Day with ceremonies in Lincoln, Garfield, and Washington Parks.
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.
