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1904
Justice of the Peace System abolished
1905
Mayor cleans up Old Custom House; over 200 houses of prostitution closed
Municipal Court of Chicago created
1906
Upton Sinclair’s exposé, “The Jungle” published
1908
Chicago has 1 million immigrants
1909
Burnham Plan for Chicago
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Frank Elerbrock, Who Shot at Judge Cutting
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Three-quarter length portrait of Frank Elerbrock, who shot at Judge Cutting, with his arms crossed, sitting in a chair in front of a stone wall.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Other images from this year
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