Chicago Daily News Obituaries; 05 Dec 1903
My transcription above is exactly as the notices appeared in the December 5, 1903 issue of the Chicago Daily News
The Sisters
In May I visited Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago. It’s an amazing place with winding lanes, mature shade trees, and lots of unique and interesting headstones. To me, the most interesting feature about Bohemian National was the sheer number of memorial portraits. This is the first cemetery I’ve been to where so many headstones had pictures of people on them. It…
Front Page News December 31, 1903
Chicago is no stranger to fires. After the Chicago Fire of 1871 burned a large portion of the city, much attention was paid to the construction of new buildings. The Iroquois Theater was billed as being fire proof, much the way the Titanic was said to be unsinkable. This new venue, a school holiday, a star…
1903 Obituaries – December 30
The following articles and death notices appeared on page 12 of the December 30, 1903 issue of the Chicago Daily News; “FINE FOR MOVING DEAD WOMAN. Night Watchman Punished in Mrs. Rosa Ganka Suicide Case. Spencer Cayson, night watchman of the Saratoga Hotel, who, with Manager Paschal Hicks, was arrested several weeks ago for smuggling…
1903 Obituaries – December 15
The following death notices appeared on page 20 of the December 15, 1903 issue of the Chicago Daily News; “BARRY-BRIDGET, beloved wife of Patrick Barry, mother of James, William, John, Matthew, Edward, Hugh and the late Thomas, at her residence, 134 Johnson-st. Funeral Thursday, Dec. 17. Rondout and Kingston (N.Y.) papers please copy.” “BURFEIND, Dec.…
1903 Obituaries – December 10
From the front page of the December 10, 1903 issue of the Chicago Daily News; “DROPS TO DEATH AS AID COMES John Warner’s Strength Fails and He Falls 100 Feet. Clinging to a projecting beam 100 feet above the bottom of the stairway shaft in the Railway Exchange building, John Warner, an ornamental iron worker,…
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