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Page 193
... continued to in- stall the " notorious instrument . " In November , 1877 , Grier and Company of Peoria installed the city's first business phone , connect- ing their office with the union elevator . They paid M. M. Buck and Company of ...
... continued to in- stall the " notorious instrument . " In November , 1877 , Grier and Company of Peoria installed the city's first business phone , connect- ing their office with the union elevator . They paid M. M. Buck and Company of ...
Page 232
... continued to climb , and in the winter of 1881 and 1882 , for exam- ple , prices in Chicago jumped an average of 60 percent on flour , meat , potatoes , butter , and milk . Examining the wage record of 114 different occupations in 1882 ...
... continued to climb , and in the winter of 1881 and 1882 , for exam- ple , prices in Chicago jumped an average of 60 percent on flour , meat , potatoes , butter , and milk . Examining the wage record of 114 different occupations in 1882 ...
Page 270
... continued legal pres- sure forced it to dissolve . Gas , however , was too big a money maker to yield easily to mere courts . In 1890 gas illuminating and heating ranked first in the city in capital investment at $ 40,851,246 . Although ...
... continued legal pres- sure forced it to dissolve . Gas , however , was too big a money maker to yield easily to mere courts . In 1890 gas illuminating and heating ranked first in the city in capital investment at $ 40,851,246 . Although ...
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