Chicago History

Take a deep dive into Chicago’s storied history. In “This Week in History,” we revisit articles from the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News archives.

The daughter of one mayor and sister to another, Mrs. Martino “had extraordinary experiences,” Monsignor Kenneth Velo said. “And yet ... she was ordinary. She was down to earth.”
Mr. Todd’s focus on promoting civil rights ran throughout his groundbreaking law career. ‘I don’t care what technology you use, what app you have. You still can’t download freedom.’
The oldest child of the late Mayor Richard J. Daley and sister of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, Mrs. Martino, 86, died Saturday, according to a death notice.
Preservation Chicago’s annual list starts with two early 20th century towers on State Street, holdovers from prior lists, and includes neighborhood sites with architectural or historic interest.
Schroeder, who played for the Bears from 1951-1957, just turned 95. He played under Pro Football Hall-of-Famer and Bears legend George Halas. “He was like a father to me.”
The average temperature last month was 39.5 degrees, topping the previous record of 39 degrees set in 1882.
Through artwork, dance, readings and performances, students at Willa Cather Elementary in East Garfield Park share what they’ve learned this Black History Month.
Art
The museum denies the allegations, contending Fritz Grünbaum’s sister-in-law inherited Egon Schiele’s “Russian War Prisoner” after Grünbaum was killed and sold that drawing and other Schiele works to an art dealer.
Chicago reached 71 degrees Monday, breaking the previous record high for the date. Temperatures will begin to cool Tuesday evening with strong to severe storms expected. Snow is possible late Tuesday and early Wednesday. In other words, a typical run of Chicago weather.
It began in 1970 with the death of Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell, a colorful old school downstate pol known for cutting deals that benefited southern Illinois — and himself. And the long tawdry saga could soon see its final chapter with the expected sale of a country home in Vienna, Ill.
Robert Montgomery, the new executive director, was raised minutes from Pullman in the Rosemoor neighborhood. The foundation’s goal is to make Pullman a draw for visitors from across Chicago and the nation.
The museum, at 104 S. Michigan Ave., will close July 27 and join forces with the Pritzker Military Archives Center.
The bobblehead museum partnered with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to release 50 unique figurines, including models of the Chicago American Giants’ Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Foster.
For Route 66’s centennial in 2026, the National Trust for Historic Preservation wants to help tell a collection of stories along the highway.
Despite Chicago’s reputation as a two-fisted newspaper town, experts say it will mark the first time editorial employees have walked out at one of the city’s major daily papers. “There’s never been a newspaper strike in Chicago,” said Rob Warden, a longtime award-winning journalist. “It’s never happened.”
The Chicago Daily Times, a forebear of this paper, did its part to warn of those who wanted a Nazi America.