"WHERE I GO, HE GOES, OR I DON'T GO!"

WOMAN REFUSES ADMITTANCE TO POOR FARM WITHOUT HER DOG

Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On September 6, 1925, The Sunday Star reports that Mrs. Alice Hamilton, a 65 year old "destitute woman," was sent to the Poor Farm* but was not accepted because she refused to be admitted without her dog.

Mrs. Hamilton said...

"Trilby has saved my life twice, and where I go, he goes, or I don't go."

A municipal judge has "postponed a decision" on the matter.  In the meantime, she has been sent back to women's quarters at the South Clark Street station here in Chicago.

*Poor Farm, a.k.a. almshouse or county home, a publicly funded farm & residential institution providing food, shelter & basic care for the impoverished, disabled, and/or sick.  They were eventually replaced by professional social services & special institutions.

SOURCE

"Woman, 65, Destitute, Spurns Home That Refuses Admittance to Her Dog," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., September 6, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

Frederick County, Virginia Poor Farm

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"i'M ONLY RUNNING AWAY FROM MY HUSBAND"

WIFE OF MILLIONAIRE RESISTS ARREST IN ATTEMPT TO FLEE TO EUROPE

Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On December 3, 1924, the Associated Press reports Mrs. Dorothy Hillman*, wife of millionaire department store heir Edward Hillman, Jr.**, is determined to just "go away."  Mrs. Hillman apparently is bound for Europe by ocean liner...without Mr. Hillman.

Police attempted, directed by her husband, to detain Mrs. Hillman but she told them they would need a warrant.  Meanwhile, she jumped in a taxi to Fort Wayne, Indiana where she boarded a train.

Authorities boarded that train in Crestline, Ohio and when confronted a second time, Mrs. Hillman said...

"You can't arrest me.  You have no warrant and I'm only running away from my husband." 

*Dorothy Martin Hillman was from Evansville, Illinois, she married & divorced Edward Hillman, Jr. in 1924.

**Edward Hillman, Jr. (1900-1966) was born in Chicago, son of a wealthy family & 'something of a playboy.'  His father founded a successful department store chain & left his fortune to EHJ in 1927.  The son was also a successful polo player.  He would marry & divorce multiple times.

SOURCES

"Edward Hillman, Jr. (1900-1966), Wikitree, www.wikitree.com/

"Millionaire's Wife Defies Officers In Running Away From Her Husband," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., December 3, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

Madison & State Streets

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1920s

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"AND LEAVE SOMETHING TO THE IMAGINATION"

ENFORCEMENT OF BATHING SUIT ORDINANCE FUTILE IN CHICAGO 

Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On June 6, 1923, The Indianapolis Times reports authorities in the Windy City "have realized the futility of trying to enforce an antique bathing suits ordinance."

The Times says that "the one-piece suit is still the vogue," but, even so, "its...appallingly small."

Beach censor Walter C. Wright is quoted as saying...

"Just wear something and leave something to the imagination."

SOURCE

"'Just Wear Something,' Chicago Bathing Edict," The Indianapolis Times, June 6,1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

Suzanne Wurtz

1920

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