Category: Chicago Daily News
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Chicago Woman Died of Alcoholism
A 32 year old woman died of alcoholism at the county hospital according to the front page of the December 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News:
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12 Horses Die in a Chicago Fire
The following tiny article from the December 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News made me cringe. Those poor animals!
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Funeral at Chicago’s Rose Hill Cemetery
“Prominent business and professional men from all parts of Chicago and from several other cities were present” at the funeral of John Worthy according to this article from the December 15, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News:
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1894 Obituaries: December 10
The following deaths were mentioned on page 2 of the December 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News; John Lawrence Conley, John J. Egan, Johanna O’Connor and Edward Wegforth: Page 9 of the same paper contained part two of two of the obituaries reported in the December 10,…
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Chicago Marriage Licenses Issued in 1894
26 marriage licenses were issued recently in the city of Chicago. The December 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News listed the names of the soon-to-be-married on page two:
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Late in Life Lovebirds
John Glader and Mrs. Louise Haase found love late in life as reported on page 1 of the December 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News.
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1894 Obituaries: December 5
The following names of recently deceased persons appeared on page 13 of the December 5, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News; Ella Quill, John William Berg, Ella Blaney, Patrick Cotter, Bridget Daly, Bridget Kearns, Annie V. Kane, Ida Mueller, F. Mahlman and Eliza Spence. See the image below for…
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Drank its Contents with Suicidal Intent
The young woman found lying in the shadows near Austin Avenue and Elizabeth Street was likely to die of carbolic acid poisoning. According to the December 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, Agnes Sorgan “drank its contents with suicidal intent”.
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Freight Train Kills Young Woman
Ida Schultz was killed and her brother Edward was injured when they were struck by a Burlington freight train according to the article below which appeared in the December 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News.
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1894 Obituaries: November 30
The Chicago Daily News listed deaths on page 9 of the November 30, 1894 issue. The following names appeared (see image below for complete obituaries): Charles Beilfuss, Katie Beyerau, Jeremiah Crowley, Daniel Emmet Donovan, Patrick Dowling, Aggie Foster (nee Williams), Mary E. Fuller, William Gallagher, John Geary, Joseph Gotthelf, Joseph…
