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The Chicago Daily News Corporation, of which Strong was the major stockholder, bought the newspaper for $13.7 million (equivalent to $238 million in 2023) [5] —the highest price paid for a newspaper up to that time. [6] Strong was the president and publisher of the Chicago Daily News Corporation from December 1925 until his death in May 1931.
This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf, gif or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
Library from Washington Square on a c. 1910 postcard. The Newberry was established in 1887 as the result of a bequest by Walter Loomis Newberry, an early Chicago resident and business leader involved in banking, shipping, real estate, and other commercial ventures. Newberry died at sea in 1868, while on a trip to France.
Chicago Herald-Examiner, 1918–39 (became Herald-American) Chicago Journal, 1844–1929 (absorbed by Chicago Daily News) Chicago Mail, 1885–1894. Chicago Morning News, 1881 (became Chicago Record) Chicago Morning Herald, 1893–1901 (became Record-Herald) Chicago Post, 1890–1929 (absorbed by Daily News) Chicago Record, 1881–1901.
Legacy.com is a United States-based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
The death of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough has led to delays in issuing vital records, including death certificates. Newly issued death certificates for Cook County residents are being updated ...
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" [2] [3] (the slogan from which its integrated WGN radio and television received their call letters), it remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region.
Chicago American. Chicago Herald-Examiner headline; in reality, the death toll was in excess of 695, not 1,000. The Chicago American[ 1] was an afternoon newspaper published in Chicago under various names from 1900 until its dissolution in 1975.