Chicago Birthday From Walter Wellman Tells Eighth Wonder Story
Special correspondence from Chicago recalls the city’s birth fifty years ago on March 4 1837 and traces Chicago 1887 from prairie to a sprawling metropolis. It notes early leaders like William B Ogden and Judge Caton, census data, the panic of 1837, and the city’s rapid growth aided by Fort Dearborn and the lake portage route, with references to Joliet Marquette and early traders.
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Chicago
Des Plaines
Lake Basin
Mississippi Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Louis Joliet
Father Marquette
Indiana
United States
Fort Dearborn
Joan Kinzie
Gordon Hubbard
Chicago's Rise From Fire to Great City of the Midwest
A retrospective on Chicago history from its early railway beginnings to the 1915 forecast. The narrative recalls the Pioneer locomotive of 1849, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern lines, widespread plank roads, and the 1871 fire that devastated three and a half square miles yet left Chicago advancing. It notes rebuilding, big loans repaid, and Chicago’s rapid ascent in population, industry, and rail leadership, with long term growth projections toward a city of a million to two million by 1915.
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Chcaco
Chicago City
Chicago
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
London
Paris
Berlin
Canton
Pekin
Yedda
Constantinople
Old Fort Dearborn
Leo
Naid
State Street
Hezinwich
Lymo
Pullman
Fort Dearborn
George M. Pullmann
Mississippi
America
Chicago and
Galena
Elgin
Great Northwestern
Pioneer
Lake Shore
Michigan
Ear
Western Energy Works
Mississippi River
Missouri
Lake Michigan
Archibald Claybourne
F. C. Sherman
Potter Palmer
Connecticut Insurances Company
Palmer
Great West
Iowa
York State
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Ohio
Minneapolis
Duluth
Omaha
Kansas City
Inner America
Old Curiosity Shop Tales of Rubens and Diamonds
A New York storage dealer describes a gallery of paintings claimed as Rubens originals, a confiscated diamond stash found in a bag, and a mournful tale of a curator’s daughter who vanished from a riverfront storage deal. The piece blends antiques with crime lore and oddities in a bustling market scene.
Silver Threads Author and His Work and Prospects
Milwarker March 7 One of the most popular songs, Silver Threads Among the Gold, was written by a small man in Shrocton Wisconsin. The article profiles EBEN E REXFORD born Johnsburg NY July 16 1838 who writes poetry and stories, edits floral departments, and enjoys a home with books art music and flowers. It also recounts a humorous note on Judge Robinson of Anderson using a rooster to expose guilt in a hog theft case, drawing praise from local observers.
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Tie Rn
Bull
Murillo
Gen. Grant
Taggart
Milwarker
Wisconsin
Shrocton
Gamin
Eas Wesk Lodge
Yauel Winaster
Theo Eben E. Rexford
Odie Commandin
Rexford
Johnsburg
N. Y
New York
Frank Leslie
Robinson
Anderson
Lim
Evolution of a Genius and the Transmission of Talent
The essay outlines how early stimulus through color and sound seeds future genius, detailing three generations. First lifespan seed imagery, second generation struggles with focus, third generation inherits, organizes, and creates. Julia A. Flisch notes talent matures through inherited perception, reflection, and constructive ability. A writer mentions a New York club for draw suit owners.
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Gioty
Julia A. Flisch
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Walter Wellman
Hicago
Madison Street
William B. Ogden
Judge Caton
John Wentworth
J. Young Seamnon
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Illinois
Cook
Empire
Warten Wenuuay
OLD Curiosity Shop
Alexander Hamilton
Robert Taggart
Mr. Taggart
Rubens
Bethlehem
Fort Sumter
North River
Werner
M. Werner
Swe
Tie
Buffalo Courier
Eben
Justice Robinson
Judge Robinson
New York Herald
Nelson Greenland
Exchange Block
Exchange Hotel
Warren
Upataira
Tephone Com Cions
D. Shear’s
Warren County
Shades
Peter Greenland’s
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Episcopal
High Street
Hazel and
Laurere
A. Jamieson & GO
Lake Shore and
National Tube Works
Syracuse
Disston’s
Simond’s
American
Dupont Powder Company
Reamery
Islus
A. H. Reid
Barker St
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