"I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail."-- H. L. Mencken
Remembering the Iroquois Theater Fire
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I love the theater. I particularly love attending performances in Chicago.
But, I must admit that every time I have visited The Oriental Theater I
recall t...
The Story of the Christmas Ship
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Title: The Story of the Christmas Ship by Lilian Bell (1867-1929) Location:
Google Books Date: 1913 CHAPTER XIV How Chicago’s City Council
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a.k.a. Sharon Williams. I'm a frustrated amateur historian, bibliophile and student with an unnatural and utterly romanticized view of Chicago's history. So sue me...
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