Word: chicago
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Otis, Chicago, Ill.; L. S. S.; age, 21; weight, 156 lbs.; height...
...FERRY, of Yale, recently obtained a subscription of nearly a thousand dollars for boating purposes among the graduates of that College in Chicago. At Wesleyan, Middletown, Conn., in order to raise funds for the crew, two concerts are to be given, and, in addition, a lecture by James T Fields...
...clerking in Chicago...
...class of these words sprang into an immense use as a consequence of the Chicago fire, and have retained their place in the journalist's dialect ever since. Doubtless the man who invented the expression "Fire-Fiend" thought he had done a good thing in the way of personification, and the first six or seven editorials on the great fire were perhaps strengthened by the use of that bold figure. At any rate, its popularity was insured by the indorsement thus received. The "Phoenix" had also manifested himself to a few hopeful minds at this time, and these two some...