Immigration, intoxication and celebrations made headlines in Chicago 100 years ago.
Belva Gaertner and her attorneys Thomas Nash, to her left, and Michael Ahern, to her right, were all smiles following the jury’s verdict that found her not guilty on June 6, 1924, in the murder of auto salesman Walter Law on March 12, 1924. , director of exhibitions for the Chicago History Museum, discovered as he continues to wade daily through page after page of the Chicago Tribune from each day in 1924. Many more can be found on his website,U.S.
President Coolidge issued the following explanation: “I gladly recognize that the enactment of this provision does not imply any change in our sentiment of admiration and cordial friendship for the Japanese people, a sentiment which has had, and will continue to have, abundant manifestation.”Walter Law, a young auto salesman, was found shot to death on March 12, 1924, inside Gaertner’s car, which was parked outside her residence.
Its memorial honored the 7,000 Elks who served in World War I. Its circular rotunda would contain tablets in memory of those who served and the fraternal order’s executive offices would be located in the building’s wings.A tremendous crowd flocks to the Evanston home of Charles G. Dawes to hear him outline party policies in a speech in August 1924.
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