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July 10, Chicago's first legally executed criminal, John Stone was hanged for rape and murder. Population: 4,470. [4] 1843: Chicago's first cemetery, Chicago City Cemetery, was established in Lincoln Park. [5] 1844: Lake Park designated. [6] 1847: June 10, The first issue of the Chicago Tribune is published. 1848
Century of Progress World's Fair, 1933 poster. In 1932, the Chicago democrats got into power and Franklin Roosevelt achieved 98% votes from the Twenty Fourth ward. Eddy Kelly was elected mayor and the Chicago democrats, who ruled so overwhelmingly that they held office for nearly 70 years, until the end of the 1900s.
Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.
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The Slum and the Ghetto: Immigrants, Blacks, and Reformers in Chicago, 1880-1930. (1978). 437 pp. Posadas, Barbara M. "Crossed Boundaries in Interracial Chicago: Filipino American Families since 1925," in Unequal Sisters: A Multi-Cultural Reader in U.S. Women's History, ed. Vicki L. Ruiz and Ellen Carol DuBois (1994), 319+. Rangaswamy, Padma.
[1] [full citation needed] The 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated home-state candidate Abraham Lincoln. During the 1880s, 1890s, and early 20th century, Chicago also had an underground radical tradition with large and highly organized socialist, communist, anarchist and labor organizations. [2]
The history of hospitals in Chicago is rich with innovation, diversity, and rapid growth, reflecting the city's development as a major medical center. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Before the emergence of modern hospitals, Chicago relied on a neighborhood based dispensary system to provide medical help for poor people without charge.
Bertie McCormick's Chicago Tribune soon got the idea. Bertie is a direct person. He did not bother finding a man who could match Annenberg. He got Annenberg himself. "Moe's" older brother was employed on contract by Hearst as a circulation manager of the Chicago American. For $20,000 a year McCormick induced him to break the contract.