In the following list of men and women who have lived in the city or its suburbs for sixty-three years or more, there are doubtless many omissions, though an effort has been made to make it as complete as possible. …
Allison, John - aged ?, resides at Northfield
Heartt, Adaline N. - aged 82, resides at 3219 Prairie avenue
Keenon, Mrs. Eleanor H. - born in Chicago or Cook County, aged 81, resides at 2145 W. Adams street
Outhet, Miss Elizabeth - aged 82, resides at 522 Pleasant street, Oak Park
Brooks, F. T. - aged 87, resides at 5224 Ainslie street
Foote, George O. - born in Chicago or Cook County, aged 80, resides at 1123 W. Van Buren street
Vanatta, Charles - aged 81, resides at 2336 Grand Avenue
Ludwig, Catherine - aged ?, resides at 1465 West Superior street
Dewey, Mrs. Mary R. - aged 81, resides at 5700 Jackson avenue
Gordon, Nelly Kluzie - born in Chicago or Cook County, aged 78, resides at Savannah, Ga.
Harman, William - aged 79, resides at 3840 West End avenue
Healy, Daniel E. - aged 79, resides at 2700 Lime street
Hubbard, Elijah K. - born in Chicago or Cook County, aged 78, resides at Middletown, Conn.
Sinclair, George - aged 79, resides at 4327 Berkeley avenue
Thies, Mrs. A. C. - aged ?, resides at 1157 West Van Buren street
Whitehead, William II - aged 78, resides at 1808 Chicago avenue, Evanston, IL
Young, Mrs. George II - aged 80, resides at 327 Warren avenue
Brooks, Mrs. E. O. - aged 81, resides at 1072 Sheridan road
Gooden, Angel - aged 79, resides at 1900 Estes avenue
Hampton, Mrs. S. A. - aged 88, resides at 661 Warren avenue
Lewls, Mrs. Jane - aged 91, resides at 5004 Blackstone avenue
Morrison, E. W. - aged 77, resides at 4145 Kenmore avenue
McNulty, Mary - aged 78, resides at 1751 West Erie street
Ashman, Thomas - aged 95, resides at 106 N. Washtenaw avenue
Bohlander, John - born in Chicago or Cook County, aged 76, resides at Hinsdale
Calhoun, William A. - born in Chicago or Cook County, aged 76, resides at 1043 Wilcox avenue
Colby, Mary A. - aged 76, resides at 2839 Indiana avenue
Collins, Miss Elizabeth - aged 94, resides at 2700 South Park avenue
Doty, Harvey O. - aged 80, resides at 1104 Grand avenue
Fraser, Mrs. D. R. - aged 78, resides at 1245 Washington blvd.
Goodrich, H. A. - born in Chicago or Cook County, aged 76, resides at 522 Deming place
Howland, Mrs. Jane E. - aged 79, resides at 5405 Woodlawn avenue
Kimbark, Mrs. Seneen D. - born in Chicago or Cook County, aged ?, resides at Chicago Beach hotel
Pratt, Charles O. - born in Chicago or Cook County, aged 76, resides at 2119 Wilcox avenue
Satterlee, Emily T. - aged 93, resides at 2704 Michigan avenue
Startup, Jane D. - aged 77, resides at 1414 Garfield court
--Chicago Daily News, 1913 Nov 15, contributed by Dori Leekley
_. N. Arnold 1837
George Davis 1837-1838
William H. Brackett 1839
Thomas Hoyne 1840-1841
James M. Lowe 1843
?. A. Rucker 1844-1845
William S. Brown 1845
Henry B. Clarke 1846-1847
?dney Abell 1848-1850
?. W. Zimmerman 1851-56 * 1863-64
H. Kreisman 1857-1859
Abraham Kohn 1860
A.J. Marble 1861-1862
Albert H. Bodman 1865-1869
Charles T. Hotchkiss 1869-1873
Joseph K. C. Forrest 1873-1875
Caspar Butz 1876-1878
P. J. Howard 1879-1883
J. G. Neumeister 1883-1885
C. Herman Plautz 1885-1887
D. W. Nickerson 1887-1889
Franz Amberg 1889-1891
James R. B. Van Cleave 1891-1893 * 1895-1897
Charles D. Gastfield 1893-1895
William Loeffler 1897-1903
Fred C. Bender 1903-1905
A. C. Anson 1905-1907
John R. McCabe 1907-1909
F. D. Connery 1909-1915
Alex. Lloyd 1837-1838
?. Calhoun 1839
?. Nicholl 1840
?. Sherman 1841-1843
?.F. Gale 1844-1846
C.E. Peck 1847-1848
A. Gilbert 1849
C. P. Bradley 1850-1851
U. P. Harris 1852-1853
J. M. Donnelly 1854
S. McBride 1855-1857
D. J. Swenie 1858-1901
U.P. Harris 1859-1867
R. A. Williams 1867-1873
Matt. Benner 1873-1879
D. J. Swenie 1879-1901
Wm. H. Musham 1901-1904
John Campion 1904-1906
James Horan 1906-1910
C. F. Seyferlich 1910
--Chicago Daily News, 1913 Nov 15, contributed by Dori Leekley
One Philander Pierce lived unhappily with
his wife, and she went alone to Chicago, where she received several sharp
letters from him. One afternoon the clerks in the post-office, at the city
named, were thrown into consternation by a series of agonized screams,
evidently coming from a woman. Hastening to the spot whence the noise
proceeded, they found Mrs. Pierce speechless with terror, but able to point
to a green adder, then crossing the floor and seeking the air of perfect
freedom. Some of the men fled, but enough remained firm to capture the
serpent, which was taken to the City Marshal's office. There an explanation
ensued. It seems that the woman had found a thin pasteboard box and a letter
at the office, and had hastened to open the former, not doubting that it was
a pledge of returning affection. She was surprised to hear from within at a
slight hiss, and was quite transfixed with horror when, from the uncovered,
prison, shot the ugly green head of the snake. Just then she dropped the box
and the screams came in. The letter accompanying this infernal machine was
hideously sarcastic, but not otherwise entertaining.
--The Daily Dispatch, Nov 6, 1861
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
THE GREAT WEATHER VICISSITUDE
THE APPALLING SNOW TEMPEST OF
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31
INTENSE COLD - THE MERCURY 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
GREAT SUFFERING IN MISSOURI AND WISCONSIN
THOUSANDS OF CATTLE AND HOGS FROZEN
TO DEATH
--The Chicago Daily Tribune, Monday, January 4, 1864
Contributed
Nov 1997 by Sharon I. Dickson
The library directors failed to meet on Saturday afternoon. There was no quorum.
A successor to Judge Lambert Tree will be elected on Nov. 2. Governor Beveridge has so ordained it.
Thomas Murphy, aged 14, fell off the pier at the foot of Fourteenth street on Saturday afternoon and was drowned.
The "hoodlums" who infest the leading thoroughfares have invented a new outrage — throwing paint on ladies' dresses.
Three grangers from the county were caught in the toils on Saturday, and assessed in the aggregate sum of $230. No arrests.
David Humphrey, a watchman employed at the Palmer House, died in Joliet on Saturday from an overdose of laudanum.
On Saturday the Board of Public Works awarded a contract for 1,000,000 sewer bricks to H. Jones & Co., at $6.95 per thousand.
On Saturday the City Collector received $21,000 on account of city taxes. One-half the amount came from J.V. Farwell & Co.
Any one expecting to purchase a good gold or silver watch should call upon or address Hamilton, Rowe & Co., corner State and Washington streets.
The residents along Wentworth avenue south of Thirty-ninth street object to the building on that throughfare of the Englewood horse and dummy railway.
The reunion meeting called for yesterday afternoon at Judge Rogers' room did not take place, owing to the want of interest taken in the reunion organization.
On Wednesday Colonel Dickey, Corporation Counsel will attend a reunion of the Fourth Illinois Cavalry at Bloomington. He was the first Colonel of the regiment.
Coroner Dietzsch held an inquest at Hyde Park on Saturday on the remains of George Adams, which were found in a cistern. The jury decided it was a case of accidental drowning.
William Wilson and John Dobbins indulged in a fight on Saturday evening at the corner of Lake and Canal streets. The former had his right hip joint fractured. The latter was arrested.
The Coroner held an inquest on Saturday on the body of Robert Woodstein, who had lived on North Wells street. The jury found he died from the effects of poison, administered by his own hand.
An unfortunate creature, whose name could not be learned, made the Armory very uncomfortable for the lodgers in that hotel last night. She will be taken before the County Court this morning.
If Isaac Taylor, from Ohio, or Richard Cusach, from Canada, will make known their whereabouts at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association they will relieve the great anxiety of their parents.
Last Friday morning, on the anniversary of the copartnership of W. H. Banks and W. J. Hanna, under the firm name of W. H. Banks & Co., each of the gentlemen was presented with a very rich bouquet by their employes.
There is a great demand for the Aromatic Bitter Wine of Iron, prepared by Mr. James Boland, the druggist, at 53 Clark street. We advise those suffering from nervousness, loss of appetite, weakness, headache, indigestion, and dyspepsia, to try it.
The Sovereigns of Industry met at the Palmer House on Saturday evening, where brief addresses were made by the Hon. W. H. Earle, president of the National Council; Dr. J. S. Avery, President of the Illinois State Council, and other members of the order.
A slight fire in the two-story brick building in rear of No. 504 South Morgan street, owned by John Holland, and occupied by James O'Brien as a barn, caused the alarm from box 362 at 11:30 yesterday morning. Loss, $25. No insurance. Cause unknown.
Two young fellows named Edward Cunningham and Albert Litzinger were collared and lodged in the Armory last evening for stealing iron from the Bridgeport station of the Chicago and Alton Railroad. Justice Summerfield will pass upon their cases this morning.
A meeting of the survivors of the United States Zouave Cadets was held in the Sherman House clubroom on Saturday evening. Major E. B. Knox in the chair. John R. Floyd, from the Committee on Organization, presented a constitution, which was adopted. A committee of three was appointed to make arrangements for a banquet on the 15th prox.
Mr. Simon Loger, of No. 297 Sedgwick street, reported at the Union Street Station last night that as he was proceeding through the lumber yard at the Northwestern Railway bridge, near Kinzie street, on the previous night, he was assaulted by two men who rifled his pockets and carried off all his wealth—$20 and a watch. He is unable to identify them as it was quite dark when the deed was done.
On Saturday afternoon, while Oscar Gamble and Jacob Evans were riding along in a buggy, the horse became frightened and ran away. The occupants were thrown out and severely injured. They were taken to the Massasoit House and cared for. The horse plunged into the river at Rush street bridge, and after keeping afloat until he reached Goodman's dock, was fished out.
--The Inter Ocean [Chicago IL] August 23, 1875
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
Sheriff Agnew starts for Joliet to-morrow with twenty-three convicts.
Billy Manning will go on the "bone end" with the California Minstrels next week.
Ellsha Marks is a prisoner at the Union Street Station, charged with tapping the till of William Vender, at No. 60 South Sangamon street, yesterday afternoon.
The Rev. A. E. Kittredge is preparing a sermon to preach especially to young men next Sunday evening in Farwell Hall at the request of the Young Men's Christian Association.
The Free Employment Bureau, 145 Fifth avenue, can furnish employers with good, experienced business young men, laborers, mechanics, and errand boys. Call and see the help.
The Coroner yesterday afternoon held an inquest on the body of a newly-born female infant, found under the sidewalk in front of No. 12 Green street. A verdict of "found dead" was returned.
A hard and well-known character named Andrew Hickey was arrested yesterday and confined in the Armory on suspicion of being one of the trio who robbed General Anson Stager's house some time ago. He will have a hearing on the 10th inst.
For stealing an overcoat from a West Madison street store while the owner was at the polls defending the ballot-box on Tuesday afternoon, a woman named Mary Kearney was sent before the Criminal Court under bonds of $300 by Justice Scully yesterday.
A sneak named Richard F. Green was collared by an officer and yesterday held to the Criminal Court to answer to the charge of stealing property from the Rock Island Depot. His bail was fixed at $500, in default of which he was committed to the County Jail.
Yesterday afternoon about 1:30 o'clock, while some boys were playing on Halsted street between Erie and Fourth, Michael Mahoid accidentally stabbed Peter Malloy in the right eye with a knife he had in his hand. Malloy will in all probability lose the use of the optic.
On last Monday afternoon Mr. George Hercher, a farmer residing near Washington Heights, while climbing a fence, accidentally discharged a gun which he was carrying. The load entered his body in the region of the heart, and caused almost instant death. The deceased was 26 years of age and unmarried.
A gentleman named Rudolph Ruch, residing at 201 West Twelfth street, died yesterday afternoon from injuries received by being kicked by a horse last Monday. The deceased's face and breast was lacerated and bruised in a frightful manner, and the wonder is that death did not immediately ensue. The Coroner has been notified.
--The Inter Ocean [Chicago IL] November 4, 1875
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
During the past week the Recorder has received on the average 200 deeds a day.
The hotels were crowded to their utmost yesterday, and cots were at a premium.
The Executive Committee of the First Ward Republican Club met in private session at the Grand Pacific Hotel last evening, and disposed of some routine business.
The Underwriters' Association of the Northwest will give a banquet at the Grand Pacific Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. It being the decennial anniversary of the association.
Louisa Wright, of 108 Pacific avenue, informs the police that she would like to recover her pocket-book, containg $55, which she thinks she dropped in Fritz's saloon, on Clark street.
The temperature yesterday as reported by Ed Maucher, optician; 7 a. m., 56; 9 a. m., 60; 12 m. 67; 3 p. m., 72; 5 p. m., 70; 7 p. m., 67. The weather cloudy, wind southwest, barometer failing.
A laboring man, drunk and unknown, walked off the dock into the river at the foot of Laflin street at 11 o'clock Sunday night, but his cries brought night watchman J. Whalen to his assistance, who rescued him and sent him home.
Isaac Teterdean, 40 years old, French, of 70 Foster street, had his right leg broken at 11 o'clock yesterday morning by falling through a broken sidewalk in front of the vacant lot, being No. 92 West Harrison street. Not dangerous.
Justice Prindiville has met with a sad affliction in the death of his mother. He was absent from his office yesterday afternoon attending the funeral of this aged lady, which took place at the Cathedral of the Holy Name at 2 o'clock.
A horse belonging to Michael Burke, of Franklin street, ran away at noon yesterday, colliding on Madison street with William Schinek' furniture wagon, smashing a wheel. The runaway was stopped at the bridge, with a bad cut on the right shoulder.
The Joseph H. Brown Rolling Mill Company will erect a number of large blast-furnaces at South Chicago this fall. The works are to be completed before cold weather begins, and will employ a large number of men when completed and in running order.
At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon Geo. Brown, 41 years old, engineer at the North Side Water Works, left his home, 235 Goethe street, to proceed to his work, and when about 150 feet from his door he suddenly dropped dead. Deceased leaves a wife and seven children. Coroner notified.
The sale of fine paintings at Hazeltine's, corner of Wabash avenue and Adams street, will continue every night this week. The collection includes some very fine pictures, which are on free exhibition, and must command ready prices from the patrons of the fine arts. Sales begin at 8:30 each evening.
A workman met with an accident by falling through the skylight over Chapin & Gore's bar on Monroe street at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Catching the sash above he broke his fall somewhat, and, a waiter procuring a step-ladder, he was rescued. The heavy glass came near striking the bar-tenders upon their heads.
They all do it. A colored man named Charles Brown shot and killed an alleged mad dog on the corner of Thirty-first street and South Park avenue yesterday afternoon. Policemen and the ordinary citizens of the county have figured largely in slaughtering "old dog Tray" of late. Now if a half-breed Indian and a Chinese assassinate a pub? apiece the thing will be complete.
Michael Davie, a switchman employed at the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company, was severely hurt about the shoulders by being struck with a bar of iron while coupling ears in the company's yard at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. He was removed to his home, corner of Wood street and Waubansia avenue, and attended by Dr. Cox, who pronounces his injuries not dangerous.
The Coroner's work: William McCarthy, 16 years old, of 73 Finnell street, accidentally killed by being struck by the elevator at the Anglo-American Packing Co.'s place at the stock yards; Clara Castro, aged 3 years, of 712 West Lake street, death by falling from an unguarded window; George Brown, aged 41 years, of 235 Goethe street, death from heart disease.
Jaues Henry, 15 years old, 57 North Market street, slipped while trying to board a freight train on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad near the Wells street viaduct at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and falling beneath the wheels, his left leg was cut off close to the hip, and his left arm broken in several places. The unfortunate young fellow never lost consciousness, but dragged his maimed form from off the track. He was removed home and attended, but died soon after reaching the house. Coroner notified.
Mrs. Catherine Prindiville, an early settler of Chicago, died at her residence, 351 Chestnut street, Sunday morning, at 6 o'clock. Mrs. Prindiville was 83 years old at the time of her death. She leaves two sons, ex- Commissioner Redmond Prindiville and Captain John Prindiville, four daughters, and a host of friends to mourn her loss. She was a member of the Catholic Church, and the funeral ceremonies were conducted at the Cathedral of the Holy Name yesterday afternoon. The remains were taken to Calvary Cemetery for interment.
A horse attached to one of Fleishmann & Co.'s wagons, ran away from the corner of Church place and the C. A. and St. L. Railroad, taking fright at a passing locomotive. At Archer avenue the wagon upset, and was badly smashed. John Meyers, the driver, was thrown out, striking on his head on the edge of the sidewalk, causing a fracture of the skull. The unfortunate man, who is 20 years old, single, was taken to the boarding-house on Thirtieth street, near Butterfield, and attended by Dr. G. M. Cooper, who considers his injuries dangerous.
Goods received at the Custom House Sept. 15: Mandel Bros., l case dry goods; Rand, McNally & Co., 1 cask paints; C. McKord, 2 cases dry goods; C. W. Webster, 5 octaves brandy; Robert Walsh, 1 case dry goods; Lyon & Healey, 8 cases musical instruments; Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., 3 cases gloves; Wilson Bros., 3 cases dry goods; Hanscom & Co., l case machinery; Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., 3 cases hosiery; Beach & Austin, 3 cases plate; Fowler Bros., 118 sacks salt; Burley & Tyrrell, 15 crates earthenware; Turner Casing Co., 1 cask sheep casing; W. E. Burlock & Co., 1 case cotton hosiery. Collections, $8,823.11.
In answer to a call signed by Mr. P. D. Doyle, a large meeting of workingmen of the Eighth Ward was held in the saloon of James Nolan, No. 72 Blue Island avenue, last evening. It was voted to form a political club, and one, to be known as the Workingmen's Club of the Eighth Ward, was organized by the choice of Dennis Doyle as Chairman; Michael O'Grady Financial Secretary; Lewis Laflamme, Corresponding Secretary, and Fred Mallette, Treasurer. A membership list was started, and was signed by forty-six persons. The club after organization adjourned to meet at the same place on Monday evening, Sept. 22.
Ninety-eight prisoners on the Armory docket yesterday, forty-one of whom took changes of venue.
George Young, of 172 Carroll avenue, wants the police to find his ex-roommate, Charles P. Shaw, who has decamped with all his clothing.
William O'Leary, who shot Henry Vogt in Bridgeport a month ago, was yesterday remanded in $3,000 to the 25th by Justice Wallace.
Arlington Ray Carpenter, clerk at Lichtenstein's boot and shoe store, 81 Clark street, is a North Side prisoner, charged with robbing his employer.
Before Justice Hudson: The case of the young woman against her grandparent for alleged incest was yesterday continued, by agreement, to the 18th.
Owner wanted at Lake Street Station for a valuable cloak, found at 3 o'clock yesterday morning by Watchman J. D. Andrews, in an alley near Hoyne street.
S. M. Johnston, the newly married man who about a month ago nearly caused the death of his wife by dancing on her, was yesterday discharged by Justice Walsh for want of prosecution.
Some West Side prisoners: Robert Rist, Thomas Doyle, and William Heisch, disorderly; saloon row. Mary McGee, aged 8 years, destitute of parental care. Lot of very ordinary drunks.
John Butler, alias "Bouquet Johnny," a despicable character, was fined $50 at the Armory. There are plenty of these well dressed vagrants around the streets. Why are not more arrested?
Those Sunday assaults: Martin Statman, shooting his tormentor: Alexander McCabe, $l,000 to the 25th, Ed Parton, colored, stabbing George Carroll, colored, $500 to the 18th. Both held from the Armory. Samuel Malcom was up yesterday, before Justice Hudson, on the charge of feloniously making away with a horse and buggy. It wasn't his. He had venued over from Kaufmann. He was held in $500 to the Criminal Court.
W. G. Conkright, a junk dealer, was held in $500 for appearance at the Criminal Court by Justice Summerfield, yesterday, on a charge of receiving pieces of brass metal, knowing them to be stolen from the Illinois Railroad Company's premises. i
The case of John T. Cowles, the heating apparatus manufacturer, who was arrested for perjury on a warrant sworn out by Mr. John A. Hamlin, proprietor of Hamlin's Theater, was dismissed in Justice Summerfield's Court. Mr. Hamlin declined to prosecute defendant. Some thirty inmates of dens of infamy on Pacific avenue were before Justice Prindiville yesterday, and fined $2 and costs each. The keepers of the same, Rubey Bell, Katie Pollock, Emma Bond, Hattie Brooks, Mary Hamilton, and Lizzie Wright, were held for trial on Saturday.
Stephen McGarry and another thug went into Henry Porges' saloon, 747 South Halsted street, last night, and after drinking considerable whisky settled the score by banging the landlord over the nose with a beer glass. Both broke—the nose and the glass. McGarry is arrested.
Eugene Pratt, the crippled tramp who alleges brutal treatment at the hands of the police, is a fraud. So far from having ever been ill treated, he has been accorded exceptionally kind attention, owing to his condition. Yesterday the fellow was removed from the Sherman for disgusting conduct. He had better be sent to the Bridewell.
Mary Touse, of 149 West Jackson street, who has already served a term for abusing her children, was yesterday fined $20 for a simlar offense. It seems Mary had a party at home, and in a dispute with a guest, flung a beer glass, which descended on her daughter's head, inflicting a nasty wound.
Cearles Miller, alias "The Double-headed Negro," is a West side prisoner, charged with burglarizing L. D. Carcioth's barber-shop, 83 Madison street, and also breaking into the LaPierre House, corner of Halsted and Washington streets, and stealing $25 worth of property. Prisoner admits doing both jobs.
Some South Side prisoners: John McNamara said to be wanted at some place called Winstone, and marked "not to be let out without orders from headquarters." Charles Vail, riotous conduct in Morris Finkelstein's saloon. Amanda Hamilton, larceny of two cheap rings from a man she was hack-riding with.
Some North Side prisoners: Nicholas Glasket, assault and battery, on complaint of John Mitchell. Henry Hottinger, assaulting F. Walter, of 159 Clybourne avenue; two charges against prisoner. Fritz Walter, on two charges for assaulting Annie Shaffer and Mary Hottinger. William and Charles Otto, disorderly.
From the North Side Police Court: James Pluuket, larceny from Peter McNarriman, to the 16th. Joseph Felton and John J. Kelly, disorderly, $15 each.
Pat Sweeney, a troublesome dock laborer, disorderly, $25. Carl A. Scherer, assaulting Wm. Fisching, $10. Everybody else fined $5 and the fine suspended.
Detective Morgan is still following up the horse thieves. Yesterday morning he arrested, on the corner of Lake and Clark streets. Louis Cook, a notorious freebooter, who is said to have sold about a dozen horses in this neighborhood within a few days, the proceeds of raids into Michigan City, Berrien Springs, and Big Rapids, Mich. His confederate, J. Evans, is in custody in Michigan.
Charles Kurtz, 53 years old, laborer, of 4 Shaughnessy place, has just returned home after spending 200 days in the Bridewell for maltreating and neglecting to support his wife. Last night he got drunk, and commenced quarreling as usual. The abused woman remonstrated, when the vagabond drew a knife and plunged it into the woman's left arm, inflictiog a wound to the bone, and two inches long; not dangerous. Kurtz was arrested.
"This," said Justice Kaufmann, as he leant on the Station Keeper's desk at Chicago Avenue station last night, "is the quietest spot in the city; we don't allow any criminals here; everything is lovely, everybody is peaceable, and nothing occurs—." Just here the door opened and an officer threw in a ruffian named William Kurtz, who had just been chasing his wife around at the end of a big knife. The Judge hid himself behind the coal-box, and the prisoner was booked for assault with a deadly weapon.
Kate Higgins is at the Armory, charged with being drunk. Kate is a practical drunkard. Last night she stretched herself out on the corner of State street and Harmon court, and pretended to be dead. A policeman came by, lifted up her limp hand, shed a tear, called a hack, lifted the body in, told the driver to drive slow, and departed for the Armory, followed by a big crowd of mourners. At the station Kate raised up and laughed at the fun she had had, till she was transplanted to a cell.
The eighteen milk venders whose article of merchandise Dr. Sawyer has found creamless and adulterated, and who are under arrest at the instigation of Health Commissioner De Wolf, were before Justice Prindiville yesterday, having taken a change of venue from the South Side Police Court. The milkmen were represented by Messrs. Trude and Krause as counsel. They claimed not to be ready for trial, and received a continuance of their several cases until Friday. Each furnished bail in the sum of $200 for his further appearance at court.
Police Officer Leuders, it appears by his own statement, was badly beaten a few nights ago by three men named Thomas Curley, Emil Bensinger, and Edward Morrill. He was knocked down, badly injured about the face, and both his pistol and club taken away from him. Morrill was yesterday before Justice Summerfield, charged with an assault on the officer with a deadly weapon, but the charge was not sustained, and he was discharged. Curley and Bensinger are to be tried before Justice Summerfield on Wednesday.
The village of Hyde Park was well represented in Justice Brown's court yesterday. The attractive feature of the day was the trial of Fred Busse, who with Hanley Lynch, Thomas McDermott, and Pat Ryan, had been arretted at the instigation of Hyde Park temperance people for keeping open tippling houses on Sunday. The offense is that of violating section 239 of chapter 38 of the statutes. The case was tried before a jury of twelve men, and much evidence was put in, but the counsel for the prosecution failed to sustain their charge. The verdict was "not guilty." The cases of Lynch, McDermott, and Ryan, have been continued to Sept. 22.
Louis Zimmerman, the young man that pounded Henry Larson for writing an insulting note to his sister, was discharged by Justice Kaufmaun yesterday, but Larson was fined $5. It came out in evidence that the latter had escorted Miss Zimmerman to the Exposition and taken special pains to point her out certain works of art of a character not to be dwelt upon by the youth of the land. The young lady, in her guilelessness, descanted upon these pictures at meal table, whereupon her father grumbled, and her brother very properly swung Indian clubs for twenty minutes, and then went out hunting for tbe other fellow.
From the West Side Police Court: Charles Rinkleman, aged 12, stealing grain from the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, $200 to the Criminal Court, and in $200 more for stealing coal from the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. Charles Smith stole a watch; $300 to the Criminal Court. Annie Costello, larceny of a ring from Mrs. Quinn, 32 Ogden avenue, $200 to the 20th. Thomas Connell, one of a thieving family, stole $24 from a Randolph street boarding-house, and assaulting Julia O'Donnell, $30. Caroline Weiss, tbe barn-stormer, $50; the Noble street coal merchant was not arrested.
Michael Breen, vagrant, $75. Henry Theis, another, $25.
From the South Side Police Court: John A. Duffy, pugilistic milk dealer, resisting an officer, $200 to the Criminal Court. T. Mahoney, larceny from G. Hoffmann, corner of Eighteentg and Canal streets, $200 to the Criminal Court. James Murphy, carrying burglar's tools, and vagrancy, $1,000 to the 16th. Ed Fenley, burglary of W. A. Jones' place, 107 Harrison street, to the 17th. Ann Kennedy, the drunk and disorderly would-be suicide, discharged. Fred Groskurst, disorderly, $50. Edmund Franches, disgusting behavior, $35. James, alias "Nipper" Murphy, bad man, carrying concealed weapons, $100 to the 16th. Cornelius Cronin, a brutal wife-beater, living at Hamburg, in the stock yards district, $25. Hattie Fitzsimmons, disorderly, $25. Nearly all the denizens of Pacific avenue took changes of venue; the few that remained were assessed from $5 to $50 each.
The alarm from box 386 at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon was caused by fire at 23 Hunt street; corn husks ignited; no damage.
Barn-burning appears to be an actual profession, but it is to be regretted that not one of the villains engaged in the dastardly practice has as yet been captured. Between 1 and 2 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Patton, of 85 Wesson street, observed a light burning in the barn in rear of the house, and sent her son, Thomas Patton, to investigate. The young man found that some person or persons had been in the premises and kindled a fire, but whether for the purpose of lodging there or destroying the place he could not tell, though he inclines to the latter idea. Mr. Patton extinguished the fire hurriedly and then ran into the alley, where he noticed two fellows running away. They appeared to be young men, one wearing a dark coat and hat and the other a light coat and white straw hat.
Budd Doble returned to the Palmer House yesterday.
The Hon. T. W. Ferry, of Michigan, is at the Palmer House.
Judge Peter P. Bailey, of Jackson, Miss., is at the Sherman House.
The Hon. A. L. Conger, of Akron, Ohio, is staying at the Sherman House.
Professor Theodore W. Dwight, of Columbia College Law School, is a guest at the Palmer House.
William R. Garrison, President of the New York Elevated Railroad Company, is at the Grand Pacific Hotel.
A. R. Winfield, Superintendent of the Wagner Sleeping Car Company, Detroit, is registered at the Palmer House.
Fred Wild, General Freight Agent of the Western Union Railroad, Racine, Wis., is registered at the Sherman House.
George W. Hays, Secretary of the Fire Underwriters' Association of the Northwest, Milwaukee, is registered at the Grand Pacific Hotel.
Charles Webber, Chief of Police at St. Paul, Minn., is in town, on a combination business and pleasure trip, and will remain a few days.
Frank E. Fowler, General Passenger Agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, St. Louis, is staying at the Grand Pacific Hotel for a few days.
M. R. McKeen, President of the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Road, Terre Haute, and Oliver Garrison, Vice President of the Missouri Pacific Road, are domiciled at the Grand Pacific Hotel.
Captain A. M. Loomis, of Wyoming, Iowa, a brother of Judge Loomis, of the County Court, is in the city purchasing goods for the fall and winter trade He is said to be an excellent buyer, and will return to Wyoming with a large list of Chicago's best.
R. R. Cable, Assistant President of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Road, Rock Island; C. E. Perkins, Vice President of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Road, and John B. Carson, General Manager of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Road, Hannibal, Mo., are guests at the Grand Pacific Hotel.
Sherman House. - John Davies, Leadville; Charles A. Eldridge, Fond du Lac; W. A. Gibbs, Negaunee; C. E. Sheldon, Akron; G. W. Fry, Pittsburg; J. L. Sterling, Cleveland; Charles X. Cordier, New York; J. C. Huston, Elmira; William F. Perry, New York.
Palmer House. — D. H. Merritt, Marquette; W. J. Harper, Toronto; J. D. Lehman, Cincinnati; J. S. Carleton, Toronto; C. H. Nettleton, Kansas City; F. C. Niergan, Omaha; Thomas D. Sanford, Edinburgh, Scotland; W. P. Perkins, Boston; R. S. Flower, New Orleans.
Tremont House. — W. J. Hopkins, San Francisco; James G. Daniels and O. B. Taylor, Leavenworth; W. M. Child, Boston: Geo. E. Grant, Oakland; Max Meyer, New York; Henry Worms, Muskegon; John Snyder, St. Louis; John Sullivan, Cincinnati; John M. Reynolds, Philadelphia; Charles E. Turner, Detroit.
Grand Pacific Hotel. — The Hon. W. C. Plunkett and G. V__hers, Briscoe, Ireland; Dr. A. W. de Rouldes, New Orleans; James Coleman, Wisconsin; T. H. B. Davis, New York; J. H. Ewing, Eldorado, Kan.; D. C. Adams, Omaha: A. V. Lorimer, W. T.; E. M. Hill, Nashville; E. S. Carroll, Baltimore; C. W. Phillips, Pittsburg; Harry Harden, Hartford; N. B. Hinckley, Boston; J. M. Osborn, Toledo; T. Penfield, Hannibal; S. B. Reed, Joliet; Walter Scott, Philadelphia.
--The Inter Ocean [Chicago IL] September 16, 1879
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
New York, March 21. A 10-year-old Russian immigrant, Antoin Kudenzski, arrived here on Monday on the steamship Rhaetia. He was all alone and started for Chicago with a ticket pinned to his coat. The little fellow left his home with his father seven months ago. They reached Hamburg, where his father died of cholera. The boy remained there until friends started him on his long journey to America. He has a brother at Chicago who has promised to take care of him.
--Decatur [IL] Daily Review March 22, 1893
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
Chicago, May 19.- Walter E. Harris, a loan agent, was horsewhipped at Clark and Adams streets by Mrs. Frank Cameron, who claims he was responsible for an insult offered her. Mrs. Cameron had a heavy horsewhip, which she laid on with such force that Harris sought safety in flight, leaving his hat. He went to his room at the Saratoga hotel.
--The Humeston [IA] New Era May 23, 1900
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
Lamp Explodes in Home and Blazing Oil Ignites Clothing
Patrick Canary, 60 years old, and his wife, about
the same age, were severely burned by the explosion of a lamp in their home
in Chicago Lawn. Both are now at the Englewood Union hospital and physicians
say Mrs. Canary probably will die. Canary is employed as a flagman and with
his wife has for many years lived on the second floor of a frame dwelling at
Sixty-third and Leavitt streets. Mrs. Canary had retired shortly before
10 o'clock and Canary was on his way to the bedroom carrying a lighted lamp,
when it exploded, throwing the blazing oil on the bed clothing. Before Mrs.
Canary was able to reach a place of safety her nightrobe caught fire. Canary
attempted to rescue his wife and his clothing caught fire. Both were
unconscious when members of engine company No. 64 arrived.
--Cook County Herald [Arlington Heights IL] May 18, 1906
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
As the result of a dispute growing out of an argument as to the proper way of sharpening a knife, Frank Hall, colored, fatally stabbed James Williams, also colored, with the knife at Matteson. Williams was arrested in the Kankakee railroad yards. He confessed the crime.
--Cook County Herald [Arlington Heights IL] September 21, 1906
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
By the sudden death of Mrs. Esther Wheelock, of McLean, Thomas Carr, a naval officer, and Mrs. W. R. Wright, both of Chicago, will receive a bequest of $25,000 or more.
--Cook County Herald [Arlington Heights IL] May 22, 1908
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
Eleven special delivery
letters arriving yesterday at the homes of the parents of High School co-eds in
Oak Park and River Forest told the story of the 11 hour session of the Oak Park
School Board on Friday. Seven of the letters contained notices of expulsion and
the others, notices of suspension. All the girls punished are either members of
the Phi Gamma Upsilon Sorority or pledged to join it upon graduation. When the
board opened its fight against Fraternities and Sororities a week ago by
expelling 14 boy members of the Omicron Kappa Pi Fraternity, they intimated the
returns were not all in.
These Are Expelled:
Miss Helen SHEPHERD
of 321 Wesley-ave., Oak Park
Miss Alice BURRAS of 111 Wisconsin-ave., Oak
Park
Miss Frances WRIGHT of 300 Chicago-ave., Oak Park
Miss Irene HAFNER
of 409 Chicago-ave., Oak Park
Miss Ruth SIMPSON of 412 North Scoville-ave.,
Oak Park
Miss Margarite WALBANK of 264 Thatcher-ave., River Forest
Miss
Marie TUTWILER of 374 Edgewood-pl., River Forest
Those Suspended Are:
Miss Charlotte BRUCE of 529 N. Cuyler-ave., Oak Park
Miss Maritine OLIVER
of 410 North East-ave., Oak Park
Miss Lucile YATES of 325 South Grove-ave.,
Oak Park
Miss Dorothy KRUEGER of 444 Keystone-ave., River Forest
Athletic Teams Crippled
Miss Hafner and Miss Burras were to have
graduated in June. Miss Tutwiler is a sister of Robert Tutwiler, who was one of
those expelled a week ago. The various athletic teams of the schools were
severely crippled by the expulsion of the boys, many of whom were stars on the
track, diamond and gridiron. Nearly all have enrolled at Lewis Institute to
continue their studies.
None of their parents has intimated the courts
would be resorted to in an effort to have them reinstated. Raymond HARDY of 299
Williams-st., River Forest, was ordered expelled by the School Board at a
meeting at night. He was a member of the Omicron Kappa Fraternity.
--Chicago Tribune, May 31, 1915, Contributed May 2001 by Colleen
John C. Bunting, of Chicago, Illinois, was the guest of his brother, W. A.
Bunting, and family of North Water street, the first of the week. --Loudonville
Democrat, Ashland County, Ohio, Thursday, 10 Jan 1918, page 4
Contributed Sep 2005 by Larry Hill
Mrs. Harriet L. Mitchell, 96 years old, lays claim to being the oldest voter and Chicago Tribune reader in Oak Park. Mrs. Mitchell lives at 515 North Cuyler Avenue, with her daughter, Mrs. W. T. Robinson. She was born in Canada and has been a resident of Illinois since the Civil War. She has two daughters, nine grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren living. Mrs. Mitchell voted at the last two presidential elections, and keeps well informed on all current events.
--Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Published Quarterly by the Illinois
State Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois. Vol. 14 April-July, 1921, No. 1-2.
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Doyle celebrated her ninetieth birthday, May 21, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Doyle, the wife of a Civil War Captain and the mother of Hon. C. J. Doyle, former Secretary of State, is one of the few women who carried messages through the confederate lines during the Civil War.
--Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Published Quarterly by the Illinois
State Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois. Vol. 14 April-July, 1921 No. 1-2.
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Garrigus, 1020 Lathrop Avenue, Forest Park, Chicago, celebrated their sixty-second wedding anniversary, May 5, Mr. Garrigus is 87 years old and his wife 81. They were married in Lacon, Illinois, and came to Chicago forty-four years ago. The couple belong to two of the oldest families in Illinois. The Garrigus family in the days preceding the Civil War, had the only hotel in Lacon and among their guests was Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Garrigus served with the Union troops throughout the Civil War. There are two grandchildren, Helen and Edna Davies, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Davies. The aged couple have also a son, Percy and another daughter Nettie C. Carrigan.
--Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Published Quarterly by the Illinois
State Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois. Vol. 14 April-July, 1921 No. 1-2.
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Pebbles, residents of Oak Park since 1865, celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary Sunday, June 26, 1921 in the home of their daughter Mrs. Fred G. Baker in Alameda, California. Three grandchildren and two great- grandchildren were among those present. Mr. Pebbles came to Illinois from Wisconsin to become "ornamenter and designer" in the "old round house" of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. In those days locomotives were named after various celebrities and it would be the duty of Mr. Pebbles to paint the countenance of the engine's namesake on the headlight.
--Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Published Quarterly by the Illinois
State Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois. Vol. 14 April-July, 1921 No. 1-2.
Contributed 25 Jan 2013 by Deb Haines
Two-Year Legal Battle Ends; Mystery will Discredited; Trust Company appeals
The two-year legal battle over the $5,000,000 estate of Edwin B. Jennings,
eccentric millionaire recluse, ended yesterday when Probate Judge Henry Horner
ruled it should be divided among eight first cousins, once removed.
A few
months ago, Judge Horner refused to admit to probate a "mystery will" alleged to
have been drawn by Mr. Jennings which left a large part of his estate to
Frederick W. Hall, a friend; John A. Jennings, a second cousin, and the
remainder for "the education of young people."
Jennings died in 1922,
apparently leaving no will to dispose of his vast wealth, but a year later a
will was mailed to the Northern Trust Company, which purported to distribute the
estate. On this document the signatures of Jennings and the two witnesses were
almost illegible.
Three of the eight cousins who will share the estate are
residents of Chicago. These are: Florence K. Brady, Charles R. Jennings and John
A. Jennings.
A fourth, George T. Jennings, lives in Glen Ellyn and the other
four are Sarah M. O'Carr of Sicoe, Ont., Norman C. Brizsc of New York City,
Cassie Bogart of Elyria, O., and Sarah E. Quest of Louisville, Ky.
The
court's ruling calls for an equal division of the estate, thus giving to each of
the cousins approximately $625,000.
The next step in the involved litigation
will be an appeal to the Circuit Court from Judge Horner's decision. Attorney
Hobart P. Young, counsel for the trust company, was allowed such an appeal under
a $5,000 bond.
--Chicago Herald Examiner, June 20, 1925, Headline, Page 1
Contributed May 2001 by LouAnn Cameron
These newspaper clippings, probably published in a Chicago paper, are from a scrapbook belonging to my Grandmother Alice Touhy McKinley (1878-1963). Her Grandfather was Philip McGregor Rogers, Sr., born Aug 15, 1812 in County Louth, Ireland, died in Rogers Park, IL Dec 13, 1856. --Maryl, 1997
Once a trading post and resting place for weary
travelers, the growth of Rogers Park has kept pace with the rapid growth of
Chicago during the 19th century although it was a separate village until its
annexation to Chicago in 1893. In 1816, the government traded the Indians 50,000
acres of land north of the Indian boundary line, which is now Rogers Avenue, to
get them to relinquish land south of the line.
Zender Early Settler - Early
settlers were John Zender, who established Zender House Tavern at 6726 Ridge in
1809, a building which still exists although it has been remodeled many times.
[Note: archives of Illinois Land Records show several purchases by Philip Rogers
between 1841-1847]
Philip Rogers bought the tract now bounded by Touhy,
Western, Ridge and Morse from the government for $1.25 an acre in 1836. Peter
Smith in 1840 bought 115 acres along Ridge from Pratt to Touhy and built a house
at Farwell and Ridge, and John O'Leary's farm, north of the Rogers acreage was
purchased in 1845. [Note: Philip's and John's wives Mary Masterson Rogers and
Margaret Masterson O'Leary were sisters.]
In 1844 the Marshall farm at
Ridge and Jarvis and the Schreiber farm on Ridge were purchased.
Dinner
Slants Ridge - Mrs. Sarah Marshall, grandmother of John Marshall, is credited with
having put the present slant in Ridge Avenue.
First Police Station in
1893. The first police station in Rogers Park was established in 1893 at the
time of annexation in the old village hall at the present location. At present
the station is in charge of Captain Harding who has over 200 men. Lieutenant
Healy was the first fire chief for Rogers Park fire station which was organized
in 1893 and housed for several years with the police. It moved to the present
location on Greenleaf in 1916. From three firemen the force has jumped to two
fire companies, an engine and a hook and ladder company, and is equipped with
the most modern fire fighting apparatus.
H. C. W. Laubenheimer was the
Village Assessor - With the growth of Rogers Park there came a demand for
books and a branch of the Chicago Public Library was formally opened Dec 27,
1917 in a small building at 6925 North Clark. Gertrude Husintetter was librarian
with three assistants. Mabel Maderwell succeeded her. Lida Pirritte, the present
librarian, took office in 1926. She has 14 assistants. The business
organizations of Rogers Park have done much to further the progress of the
community by working for needed improvements.
The Associations - Howard
District Business Association organized five years ago has been active in the
Howard Street district, which was annexed to Chicago in 1915. The association
helped secure the widening of Paulina, the annexation of Sheridan from Rogers to
Calvary in 1926, the new lighting system in 1925 and the stopping of North Shore
trains at Howard. At present it is working with Birchwood association to have a
Chicago and Northwestern station at Howard.
Clark Street and West -
Rogers Park Clark Business Men's Association, organized in 1921, secured the
cross town bus service for Rogers Park, installed festoon lighting on Clark,
secured a new hook and ladder for Rogers Park police, was instrumental in having
County ... [end of clipping]
Far up on North Clark Street, a few blocks from the Evanston line, are the ruins of the old Rogers homestead, where lived for many years one of our pioneer families. Rogers Park is named after this family, so is Rogers Park, which marks the old Indian boundary line. Up to within a few years ago the stately old house (note: called The Oaks by the Touhys, I think) stood in the midst of a large lawn surrounded by big trees and flowering shrubs. The dignified old house had, no doubt, seen many changes from the days when this section was "in the country," and a good half day's jog behind old Dobbin from town. On the lawn at that time stood a large round limestone ornament, about four feet high, a relic of the Chicago fire. This was one of a number of such ornaments which surmounted the old courthouse destroyed in that fire. It is easy to picture the many conversations which took place on the lawn about this historic stone, when on peaceful Sunday afternoons, friends "from the city" drove out to call. The many incidents thus recalled and discussed by these pioneers would make a valuable history of early Chicago if there had been any way to have preserved them. Now the old house has succumbed to the ravages of time and progress. Nothing remains but a hole in the ground strewn with crumbling bricks and mortar. The old stone ornament lies tumbled over and partly hidden in a tangle of lilac and wild currant bushes. Soon the chugging of the steam shovel and the rumble of trucks will, no doubt, will herald the advent of a new apartment building on this historic site and this relic of early Chicago days will be carted off as so much rubbish and consigned to some dump as "filling". A duplicate of this stone may be seen in front of the Academy of Sciences in Lincoln Park. This, too, came from the old courthouse at the time of the fire. Who will take steps to rescue this time honored relic of early Chicago and set it up in a place of dignity, perhaps as a companion to the one in Lincoln Park? Perhaps the Chicago Historical Society, the D.A.R. or some similar organization will be glad to do this. L. W. Wahlstrom
In a century Rogers Park has
evolved from a Pottawattamie Indian camping ground to a community of 70,000
containing progressive business districts and offering living conditions and
beauty of surroundings that have established this district as an ideal
business and home center. Ninety years ago Philip Rogers came from
Watertown, N.Y. and built the first log cabin on Ridge, then an Indian
trail. Rogers Park, at a later date, received its name from its first white
settler. Incorporated as a village in 1878, it was annexed to Chicago April
4, 1893. Up until a few years ago Rogers Park land was the last thing that
anyone wanted, and it was to be had in many instances on the bare promise of
the purchaser to improve the property and pay for the lot later. Today land
values have jumped sky high and lots purchasable a few years ago for a few
hundred dollars are now bringing thousands. The last 15 years have seen a
great change, for today large apartment buildings, immense theatres,
thriving places of business occupy the prairie of the past. Business
associations, such as Howard District Business, Loyola-Sheridan, Devon-Clark
and countless clubs and societies, as well as prominent and influential
citizens have also shared in the promotion and progress of the territory.
--Unknown newspaper, Thursday, Aug 12, 1926, contributed 1997 by Maryl
All of this came from the back of a very old and yellowed recipe clipping, which I found in my grandmother's recipe book. These businesses sponsored sporting events, i.e. "Ceskoslovensky Den Sportu" at Soldier Field; 2 Sep. 1934.
Contributed Jan 1999 by Beverly S Aylor.
Zaljesdova kancelar Sparty, 26 ulice a Ridgeway Ave.
Leader Dept. Stores, 26. ulice a Turner Ave.
Fenclova kavarna, 2609 jiz. Lawndale Ave.
Basta a Musil, preplav, Crawford Ave. u 26 ul.
Brown's Garage, 30 ul a Lawndale Ave.
J. BILY, spravkarna obuvi, 4056 zap. 26 ul.
BURDA, reznietvi, 28. ul. a Springfield Ave.
BATKA, reznietvi, 3917 zap. 26 ulice
CHOBOT, restaurant, Cermak rd. a Sawyer Ave.
Delight Utilities, 26 ulice a Lawndale Ave.
FORMANEK Shoe Store, 3735 zap. 26 ulice
GLASER restaurant, 3551 zap 26. ulice
J. HRBACEK, Stationary, 3549 zap 26. ulice
Kaplan hostinice, 3900 zap 26 ulice
KOLAR, Stationary, Cermak Rd. blize Kedzie Ave.
KOLAR, Groceries, 30 ui. a Trumbull Ave.
KOSTIKA restaurant, Ogden a Crawford Aves.
J. KRATOCHVIL Candy Store, 4331 zap. 26 ulice
MACHA Stationery, 4109 zap Cermak Rd.
LINKA, knihkupec, 3918 zap. 26 ulice
MACH'S Store, 3804 zap. 26 ulice
MATUS Dairy, 3152 jiz. Ridgeway Ave.
NOVOTNY hostinec, 30 ula Kostner Ave.
OBENRAUCH, zlantnik, 3635 zap. 26 ulice
PANCNER, knihupec, 3505 zap, 26 ulice
RIHA'S Restaurant, 27th. & Central Park Ave.
SVORNOST, 2520 S. Crawford Ave.
SPRAVEDINOST, Kedzie Ave. blize 26 ul
SOLAR Music Store, 26 ul. a Sawyer
STERBA, holirna, 2659 jiz. Ridgeway Ave.
VANCK A nt. & Sons, 3707 zap. 26 ulice
VODRASKA Sporting Goods, 3359 zap 26 ulice
VOPAT hostinec, 2801 jiz. Hamlin Ave.
BENEDIKT, reznictvi, 5632 W. Cermak R.
Casino Moderne, 5912 zap Cermak Rd.
FORT, pekarstvi, 2301 jiz. 52 ave.
JIRANEK restaurant, 5006 zap Cermak Rd.
JUSTIN Bros., 5205 zap 25 ulice
KESSLER Groceries, 25. ulice a 54 ave.
KOPECKY Louis, 2131 jiz. 61st ct.
KUCERA Service Station, 5927 zap 16 ulice
LANSKY , Emil, 5829 Roosevelt Rd.
PANCNER Stationery, 6135 zap. Cermak R .
PEJRIL hostinec, 5928 zap Cermak Rd.
PETRDYL, Frank, 5349 zap 26 ul.
PITNER, reznictvi, 2329 jiz. 56 ave.
POHAJDA, grocery, 5707 zap. Cermak Rd.
SKOREPA, restaurant, 5700 szp. Cermak Rd.
Sokol Slavsky, Cermak Rd. a Lombard Ave.
SVRCEK, restaurant, 5838 zap. Cermak Rd
VEPENKA, hostinec, 5532 zap. 25 ulice
ANDEL, restaurant, 2145 zif. Oak Park Ave.
KOUBA, Chas., 2441 jiz. Highland Ave.
KOUCKY, lekarna, 6348 zap. 26 ulice
STEPANEK, holirna, 2707 jiz. Ridgeland Ave.
Sokol Tabor, 16 ulice a Clarence Ave.
TROY Dry Goods, 6217 zap. Cermak Rd.
URBAN Grocery, 2502 jiz Clarence Ave.
VLASTNIK-SHOTOLA reznictvi, 6514 zap Cermak Rd.
J. AUBRECHT, 5135 jiz. Kedzie Ave.
BRABEC Dept. Store, 51 ulice a Damen Ave.
V. DVORAK, C.S.P.S. Hall, 48 ulice a Honore
KNAPAREK Gas Station, Kilpatrick & Archer Ave.
Americka sin., 1440 zap. 18 ulice
Bohemia Café, 1412 zap 18 ulice
Deuni Hlasatel, 18 ul. u Ashland Ave.
Little Bohemia, 18 ulice a Loomis St.
Narod, 18 a Allport ul.
SALTA restaurant, 2010 Blue Island Ave.
BEZVODA hostinec, 5215 sev. Crawford Ave
Leader Stores, Chicago a Ashland aves.
Sokol Cechi, 1643 sev. Cicero Ave.
Utuin a Sirotconee, 5065 sev. Crawford Ave.
(I can't translate this too well. Very, very loosely it is a listing of businesses in
various parts of the greater Chicago area not listed above.)
HOUDEK, restaurant, Lyons, Ill, Lawndale Ave., a Joliet Rd.
MEJDA, Stickney, 6914 zap. Pershing Rd.
SEDA, North Riverside, 2519 jiz. Desplaines Ave.
ZAHORA, Lyons, 8744 Ogden Ave.
ZATLOUKAT, Lyons, 7236 zap. Pershing Rd.
ZDENEK, (Libuse Cafe), Stickney, 4301 jiz. harlem Ave.
MELICHAR, Groceries, Westomont, Ill.
JOCH, Groceries, Downers Grove, Ill
by James M. Woodman
There are not many historical storries that are of greater interest than the one telling of the movement of population, in all directions from the settlement known as Chicago, in the years 1831-1835.
During those most epochal years in the developing of northern Illinois, men, women and children from New England and lands across the Atlantic, were frequently arriving by boat or crude overland conveyances, expecting to find a modern Utopia. The mud and swamps proved unattractive to many of these fortune-seeking adventurers. They soon tired of the settlement's monotonous life and struck off into the virgin country.
The well defined Indian trails that led to the north and north-west proved alluring to many, and soon there were erected along the north shore of Lake Michigan and the banks of the Des Plaines and Chicago rivers, the log cabins of the whites who had come to take over the lands wereon had tread none others than the tribes of red men.
One of the attractive locations reached by the old trail that traversed the lake shore country was Grosse Point, a settlement back some distance from the water's edge, later to become a part of the beautiful village of Wilmette. It was to this place, during those early pioneer days that Michael and Mary McCanney, natives of the Emerald Isle, came to make their home. It was here, as farmers, they reared a family of eight children, one of whom was the man whose life and residence in Waukegan, prompted me to present him to the readers of this newspaper--William Martin McCanney.
He was born March 4, 1867, on the McCanney farm at Grosse Point, in Cook county. His boyhood was spent working on the land and attending the common schools. His playtime was spent in the manner of youngsters of that period. Occasionally, visits to the lake shore and close-up investigation of the old Grosse Point lighthouse, sails of ships far out upon the water and exploration of grounds upon which the Potawatami chieftains had held their pow-wows, implanted upon his mind the glories of a time that would pass away, to live only in his memory so long as it might endure.
He engaged in the grocery and meat business in Wilmette and succeeded. He took
an active
interest in the affairs of the village. Politically he was a
Democrat, but in a strong Republican district, the voters elected him to the
office of commissioner of public works, where he officiated in a manner
satisfactory to those who had chosen him for a most important position.
In 1897 he came to Waukegan and engaged in the tavern business. He
purchased the Henry
Herman property, 34 N. Sheridan rd. for a home, later
erecting on a portion of it, the three-story building at the southwest
corner of Sheridan rd. and Madison st. He also built the three-story
building at 7 S. Genesee st., and occupied the ground floor as a place of
business. He acquired other properties in the city, among them the old Dr.
J.M.G. Carter place at Clayton and County sts.
In 1899 he was elected and served one term as alderman from the First ward. His interest in and for Waukegan was manifested in many ways. In 1924 he retired from the tavern business and became superintendent of public works at the Speedway hospital, Maywood, Ill. He remained in the place for ten years after which he engaged in the real estate business at Maywood.
He was married to Miss Christina Sasch who was reared on a farm owned by her parents and now occupied by Ravina Park. They had three children: Florence (Mrs. R.B. Johnston), William J., both of Waukegan, and Ruth (Mrs. M. Burkert), Beech Grove, Ind.
William M. McCanney passed away Oct. 2, 1941. Mrs. McCanney preceded him in death Oct. 28, 1937.
Contributed May 2000 by Brenda Gaetz [This newspaper article was clipped from a newspaper by the nephew of Christina Sasch McCanney. The date and name of the newspaper is not known.]
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