Politics and the Press in Gilded Age Chicago
Jen JustConnecting stories of politics and the press in Gilded Age Chicago to today's world. Stories from my book-in-progress "Assassination Aftermath," about one of Chicago's craziest mayoral elections. Often go outside that specific zone.
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It's Hard to Be Glib in Times Like These
…good morning.
I keep trying to write a substack about election shenanigans then and now and am having a hard time finishing one. I think it’s because the stakes are so much higher now than they were then that it’s hard to use my usual joc...
Snow and ICE
January 26, 2026. Good afternoon.
I haven’t been posting a lot because I’ve been working hard on my book proposal. But it’s hard to sit by while the Trump administration reduces this country to a dystopia few of us could have imagined even...
Rembrances of Christmases Past in 1893
Wednesday, December 24th. Good morning.
It’s been a bleak year, to say the least, and we could all use a little bit of amusement. I found nuggets of same in the December 24, 1893 edition of the Chicago Tribune, where some of the bold name...
Thanksgiving 1895, Chicago.
Friday, November 21, 2025. Good evening.
I almost just “re-stacked” last year’s substack about Thanksgiving in 1896 because it’s honestly pretty good. But I decided to write a new one about how Thanksgiving was observed - and reported - 13...
The American Habit of Showing Up: No Kings Then, or Now.
Friday, October 17. Good morning.
As I was readying for the No Kings protest in New Haven - do I own ANYTHING yellow?? - I started wondering about the history of mass protest in this country, and which ones actually did what they set out t...
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