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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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A Final Resting Place for Jacob Mueller
My second great-grandfather Jacob Koebe Mueller was buried at Chicago’s Oak Woods Cemetery one hundred and four years ago today. During our trip to Chicago last weekend, my husband and I had the opportunity to visit Oak Woods Cemetery and see Jacob’s grave site in person. I had called ahead to…
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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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Happy Anniversary to the Love of my Life
Happy anniversary Husband ~ thank you for 15 wonderful years! May I have this dance?
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Suicide in Garfield Park
The details of deaths by suicide appear in nearly every extant issue of the 1894 newspapers I have been transcribing this year. October 10, 1894 was no different: I didn’t have any luck locating Mr. Scherthe in the Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922, 1959-1994 records collection on FamilySearch. He doesn’t appear…
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Twenty-seven Marriage Licenses Issued
Fifty four names appeared in the “marriage licenses” column of the October 10, 1894 issue of the Chicago Daily News; do you recognize any of them?
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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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