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A a post office was first established in Chicago on March 8, 1831, with Johnathan N. Baily, a fur trader, being appointed Chicago's first postmaster. [1] [2] Chicago was long the hub of the Railway Mail Service of the United States. Chicago saw particularly large volumes of mail in the peak era of mail-order business by Chicago-based retailers ...
Chicago portal; Pages in category "Postmasters of Chicago" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Washington Hesing (1849–1897) was an American newspaper editor and political figure primarily known for his ownership of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung and his term as postmaster of Chicago during the second term of President Grover Cleveland.
As mayor, Busse was a strong supporter of the Plan of Chicago. He and the City Council established a 328-member Chicago Plan Commission in order to realize the plan. [6] Busse ultimately lost his bid for reelection in 1911 to Democrat Carter Harrison Jr., and was succeeded by Harrison on April 17, 1911. [9]
Postmasters of Chicago (12 P) Pages in category "Illinois postmasters" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Former postmasters whose lives were ‘ruined’ by the Horizon IT system scandal said bosses should be forced to apologise and pay back their bonuses.
On Friday, 39 former subpostmasters who were convicted and even jailed for theft, fraud and false accounting had their names cleared. On Friday, 39 former subpostmasters who were convicted and ...
An public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon system heard from victims who had to ‘make good’ on unexplained losses.