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.
Category Archives: Chicago
White Bone Demon (Ben 6)
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.
We’re Alive (Brian 9)
Mervin G. O`Melia was the first director of the Illinois Local Governmental Law Officers Training Board. His driving skills were otherworldly.
I Want to Hold Your Hand (Chris 25)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago produced great artists like Ray Yoshida, great rock bands like Shrimp Boat and an artist’s colony on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan.
Elevator Music (Chris 24)
In the 1920s Major General George Owen Squier designed the technology for piping muzak into homes and businesses. Ray Conniff’s orchestra perfected this easy listening sound.
Paul Mason Fotsch 