A swindle involving American Express Travelers checks allows purchase of a portable stereo with double cassette tape player.
Category Archives: Chicago
That Message Kicks
From 1983 to 1992, Medusa’s nightclub just south of Wrigley Field welcomed kids of all kinds to celebrate their freakiness on the dance floor.
Mrs. Murphy
In 1997, the Chicago City Council exonerated Catherine O’Leary for the Great Fire of 1871. For the fire’s 150 year anniversary, the Chicago Historical Society has an exhibit that includes the model painting for a grand Cyclorama of the fire displayed in 1892.
What Kind of Music Is That?
Party lines, where more the one home shared the same phone line, required a certain telephone etiquette. Although they were phased out in cities like Chicago by the 1980s, as late at 2000, thousands in the U.S. still shared a line with their neighbor.
White Bone Demon
Democratic Socialism has become increasingly popular among young people, in part thanks to Bernie Sanders, whose activist career can be traced back to his time as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago.
Paul Mason Fotsch 