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May 19
1899: Hetty Green, a wealthy eccentric from New York, registers at the Great NOrthern Hotel and bargains with the clerk for a $2.00 Room.
May 17
1904: Merchants and proprery owners from the State St. improvement Association for the purpose of transforming State St. into one of the best paved, cleanestm and handsomest business thoroughfarest in the world.
May 16
1898: City bakers serve notice that the price of break will soon increase from $.05 to $.06/loaf
May 15
1908: The Socialist Party national convention, in session in Chicago, nominates Eugene V. Debs as the party’s candidate for the presidency of the United States
May 14
1897: Ex-president Benjamin Harrison and Mrs. Harrison enjoy a short visit to the city. They are guests of honor at a dinner given by Mrs. George M. Pullman.
May 13
1908: In an inverview in Chicago, Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans of Spanish Chicago-American War fame advocates building a navy of 48 battleships.
May 11
1899: The city’s first public golf course is offically opened in Jackson Park by President Joseph Donnersberger of The South Park Commission
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May 9
1908: The City Council announces that the demolition of City Hall will begin no later then Aug. 1 and that a new building will be ready by Nov. 1, 1910
May 7
1899: St. Ansgarius Swedish Epsicocpal Church, celebrates its 50th anniversary. It had been the first Swedish church established in the city.
May 6
1899: Police Storm “Stretterville” and arresr Captain George Wellington Streeter who had claimed squatter’s rights to the lakeshore strip.
