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Otto Funk - The Great Chicago Library Book Thief
This story was a long time in the making and realistically too long for a blog post so I am including the link to the full story here. As a book lover myself, I was drawn to the story of Otto Funk, the...
View ArticleYou can't stop Evil and Crazy but you can make it more difficult for them!
So here we go again! Another deranged person shoots up a school and 17 lives are lost in a matter of minutes. The Facebook profile pics change, both sides of the political aisles throw up their...
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The Devil in the White City, Dr. H.H. Holmes, linked to Celebration of Flag Day
Much has been written about Dr. Herman Webster Mudgett and his murderous escapades in Chicago while using the alias Dr. H.H. Holmes. Thanks to Erik Larson’s best-selling book and many other books and...
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Three 9/11 September 11th Tributes / Memorials in Chicago
In honor of the lives lost 17 years ago, I thought it would be interesting to post an article on where you can find tributes or memorials in Chicago. It is hard to believe that if you are a high...
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A Former Cop's View of Police Use of Force, Jason Van Dyke, and the...
This is not one of my usual Chicago history related posts but after the recent verdict of 2nd-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm leveled at Chicago Officer Jason Van Dyke,...
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Pradamalia Mania and Jesus Taking the Wheel in the Oval Office. Take a Breath!
A former partner of mine in the police force once told me over the radio during a very stressful time to imagine myself in a beautiful forest meadow lying beside a babbling brook. It didn’t work but...
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Illinois was First State to Ratify the 13th Amendment Abolishing Slavery 154...
It seems fitting that Illinois would be the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution since Illinois' adopted son, Abraham Lincoln, would become known as the Great Emancipator on...
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Old Chicago: A Man, A Monkey, and an Amusement Park
Once upon a time, in Bolingbrook, Illinois, stood a very fun place, at least in the eyes of a nine-year-old kid from Cicero. Its founder was Californian Robert Brindle and the 500,000 square-foot...
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What I learned from Volunteer Day with 13th Ward Aldermanic candidate, David...
I, like many Illinois residents, have complained about the corruption that is rampant in our State over a beer with friends or on facebook but a couple of days ago I decided to see what was going on...
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Chicago mayoral candidate La Shawn Ford wants police to be nothing more than...
This is one of those things that I thought HAD to be fake news. I first heard of it through a facebook group I belong to and my comment was “Please someone tell me that this is not real!” It was so...
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R. Kelly, Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, and Trump’s Labor Secretary Alex...
I try to call balls and strikes as I see them and I really hope that President Trump is watching this travesty of justice carefully. First off, I am not defending R. Kelly although he, like everyone...
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The Day a Woman Rode on top of a Ferris Wheel Gondola at the 1893 World's Fair
I never run out of things to write about when dealing with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Fair took place from May 1, 1893, through October 30, 1893, and changed the way the...
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Is the Cubs "W" flag going to be our next symbol of hate?
Is the Cubs “W” flag going to be the next symbol of racist hate? Come on people! I had to write this blog because things are getting completely out of hand! Mostly that is the media’s fault and not...
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A 19th Century Chicago Horror Show – The Electric Light Bug
Alright, I am not squeamish by any stretch of the imagination but when I came across this little historic gem I have to admit it took a little while to get it out of my head. I was browsing through...
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Unsolved Chicago Grimes Sisters’ Murder - New Witness Info and a New Reward...
[caption id="attachment_1237" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Grimes Murders Reward GoFundMe campaign[/caption] REWARD GO FUND ME CAMPAIGN $10,000 Goal Case Summary Barbara Grimes (15) and...
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Help Pass Illinois HB4210 A Win for Public Information Access and Historic...
As Illinois taxpayers, we have become accustomed to the term “proposed legislation” translating to “how much more is this going to cost us?” That is not the case here. I have been doing historical...
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Navistar, Inc. Emptied my Father’s Bank Account without Authorization During...
My father worked for International Harvester, now Navistar, Inc., for 30 years and retired with a pension that he had to fight to receive at all as a member of the United Auto Worker’s Union. He has...
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1918 “Spanish Flu” Vs. 2020 CoVid-19, a Chicago Comparison
Since I love Chicago history so much and we can learn so much about our current and future condition from studying the past, I thought it would be interesting to do a comparison of the 1918 worldwide...
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FREE LIVE Virtual Tour of Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
Since we are all still working to limit the effects of this pandemic as much as possible, I wanted to let everyone know about something that I personally am doing this Friday that everyone can take...
View ArticleThe McCloskey Situation Serves as a Warning to Legal Gun Owners
This article is not legal advice. Please consult an attorney with regard to questions concerning legal advice. By now everyone has seen the video footage and endless memes regarding the St. Louis...
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