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In 1948, Armour, which had made soap for years as a byproduct of the meatpacking process, developed a deodorant soap by adding the germicidal agent AT-7 to soap. This limited body odor by reducing bacteria on the skin. The new soap was named Dial because of its 24-hour protection against the odor-causing bacteria. Armour introduced the soap ...
On June 12, Chicago's Lake Park was re-named Lincoln Park in his honor. 867 Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas (Chicago) died, bringing the total death toll at the camp to 4,454. The majority of the Confederate prisoners were buried in a mass grave at Oak Woods Cemetery. Corporal punishment was abandoned in schools. [6] Population: 178,492 ...
The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition (1995); essays by scholars covering important mayors before 1980; Green, Paul M., and Melvin G. Holli. Chicago, World War II (2003) excerpt and text search; short and heavily illustrated; Gustaitis, Joseph. Chicago's Greatest Year, 1893: The White City and the Birth of a Modern Metropolis (2013) online
True soaps, which we might recognise as soaps today, were different to proto-soaps. They foamed, were made deliberately, and could be produced in a hard or soft form because of an understanding of lye sources. [16] It is uncertain as to who was the first to invent true soap. [15] [20]
The Encyclopedia of Chicago is a historical reference work covering Chicago and the entire Chicago metropolitan area published by the University of Chicago Press. Released in October 2004, the work is the result of a ten-year collaboration between the Newberry Library and the Chicago Historical Society .
Review: ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ is the story of a business across generations, told by TimeLine in Chicago Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune Updated October 2, 2023 at 7:35 AM
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Here is a brief history of the R&B singer’s success and troubles.