Category: Chicago Daily News
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1894 Obituaries: October 30
The following deaths were listed on page 2 of the October 30, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News: Owen F. Casey (Baby Boy) Haley Esther Lillian Hegberg Additional deaths were reported on page 7 of the October 30, 1894 issue of the…
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1894 Obituaries: October 25
The following deaths were reported on page 8 of the October 25, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News: Ellen Armstrong (nee Lynch) Amy L. Baxter Mary Boyle (nee Norton) James C. Carmody Joseph Falk Thomas Gleeson Margrett Kressler (nee Cottor) Joseph T. Leonard Mary Luebke Julius Mandelbaum Ronald B.…
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Attorney Creates a Little Scene
Drama in a courtroom was one of the stories that made the front page of the Chicago Daily News October 25, 1894. A stolen pet and a bungled burglary were the others that caught my eye. Which story is your favorite?
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1894 Obituaries: October 20
The following deaths were reported in the October 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 3: Ernst Grotefend William Warder The following deaths were reported in the October 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 6: Mamie Becker Mrs. Susan Smith Bennett Pauline…
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Hero’s Family Needs Help
Charities of the past worked in much the same way they do today. In the October 20, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, a Bishop asks the public to help the family of a man who died saving children from a fire: The next two stories could also have…
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1894 Obituaries: October 15
The following deaths were reported in the October 15, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News, page 7: Mathias J. Becker Louisa Biagi Timothy Connelly (unnamed male) Conley Bridget Deely (nee Quirk) Mary Dinan Ann J. Finley Andrew Friederich Charles Gunderson Anton Franz Graf Margareth Gergen Katherine Goelz John Hagerty…
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The Latest Political News
My favorite line in this article? “The objections are mainly the same old ones.” We could probably say the same thing today!
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1894 Obituaries: October 5
The following deaths were reported in the October 5, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News on page 11: Edward Anglem Ada. M. Austin H. Baltzer Julia Busse (nee Dettmar) Margaret A. Castleberry, Mrs. Hugh Cunninghamh Peter Thomas Dasso Mary Downs (nee Mangler) Frances Doyle John Foley John Garrity John…
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Tragedy in Joliet Illinois
I was horrified when I read the following article on the front page of the October 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News: The pain this poor man must have endured is unimaginable. After being notified of his death, Louis Burdelle’s family may have clung to the hope that…
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Violence in 1894 Chicago
Like every city, Chicago has its fair share of violent incidents. Here is a sample of what appeared on the front page of the Chicago Daily News October 5, 1894: Everyone involved in the incident above refused to talk? Hmm. Perhaps Paul Fisher would have been safer if he’d remained silent…
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