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Show October 8, 1871 Mrs. O'Leary's cow "kicked the bucket," igniting the great Chicago fire which swept over 2,100 acres, burned more than 17,000 buildings, killed several hundred people, left 98,000 persons per-sons homeless. The total damage: dam-age: $196,000,000. Coming Events Alpha Beta Club The Alpha Beta Club Mil hold its annual spring luncheon and guest day, May 5 at 12:30 at the Riverside Country Club. Home Culture Club Members of the Home Culture Cul-ture Club and their guests will meet F riday M ay 5, at 3 p.m. at the Community Service Center. Cen-ter. A special program will be given by Kennecott Copper Corp. Hostesses are Mrs. Earl Cook, Mrs. A. M. Lyall, Mrs. Dean Nielson, Mrs. E. F. Per-ham Per-ham and Mrs. J F. Wingate. October 24, 1901 In a stunt to raise money to repay a loan due on her Texas ranch, Mrs. Anna Edson Taylor went over Niagara Falls In a barrel, the first person to survive such an attempt. |
