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The United States and Spain (Editorial)

Illinois Staats-Zeitung, December 25, 1871

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The nameless atrocities which Spanish beasts are committing in Cuba with the express approval of their King, Gottlieb (Amadeus), begins to reconcile the American public opinion with the idea of intervention against the Spanish murder gang. This is not an annexation of Cuba that is b

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Spanish-American Club Trouble

Chicago Tribune, July 23, 1891

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The Spanish-American Club, which during a short existence has become favorably known as accomplishing a valuable but unique work, had a stormy time of it at the Grand Pacific last night. Before it had been long in session the President August E. Gans, left the chair and tendered his resignati

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Chicago's First Spanish Newspaper

Chicago Tribune, Sept. 16, 1891

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The first Spanish paper in Chicago has made its appearance, with the title of El Eco de Chicago. It is a handsome sixteen page sheet, and is issued under the auspices of the Parisian School, No. 24 Adams street. It is, as its name indicates, an echo of the city, but beyond this it aims to and

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Notice

El Buen Samaritano, June 1924

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By the Providence of God we have with us our Brother Felemon Sanchez Hernandez, who will preach and teach the Gospel in the Latin American colony of Chicago and suburbs every Sunday at 3:00 P. M. in our church at 1246 W. Adams St. He has just finished with success his first evangeli

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El Buen Samaritano, June 1924

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By the Providence of God we have with us our Brother Filemon Sanchez Hernandez, who will preach and teach the Gospel to the Latin-American colony of Chicago and suburbs every Sunday, at 3 P.M. in our church at 1246 W. Adams St. He has just finished with success his first evangelist

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Mexican Fiesta

Scrapbook of Robert C. Jones, 1927

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Thousands of invitations out for event Friday evening. The Women's Chicago Beautiful Association has issued several thousand invitations for a gala fiesta. "A Night in Old Mexico", to be held in old home of Abraham Poole, 645 North Michigan Avenue, on Friday evening March 12. The entire first

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Charming Program given at Goodman Theatre. Dances of Spain and Mexico were presented in a highly engaging manner by Clarita Martin and Milla Dominguez, at the Goodman Theatre last night. The two artists had appeared in a similar program early this season, but theirs is the kind of entertainme

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The Mexican in Chicago

Scrapbook of Robert C. Jones, 1927

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Meet Sunday, July 23rd, 2:15 P. M. North Door of Field Museum, Inside Left. Background - 2:30 P. M. Exhibits of Old Mexico - a lecture tour of the fine Mexican exhibits of the Field Museum- to form a basis of appreciation for cultural origins. Spanish and Indian beginnings. Adjustment - 3:30

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Milla Dominguez

Scrapbook of Robert C. Jones, 1927

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A girl who refused the opportunity to be an opera star because "I am Mexican, and to us the home is more important than any career there could be", will sing ancient Mexican, Indian and Spanish songs Chicagoans never heard before, with Mexico's Ambassador to the United States among honor gues

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Program for Mexican Fiesta at Cloister Club Tonight

Scrapbook of Robert C. Jones, 1927

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(Monday) 1. Mexican dinner, 5:30 to 6:45 - 50c complete. Enchiladas (you will have to guess the contents), tortillas, Mexican rice, frijoles (Mexican bean dish), Mexican slaw, guayaba paste (a very rich pastry dessert), Mexican cheese. Also Not tamales, 5c; for those who do not care for Mexic

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7:45 P.M. Grandiosa Fiesta Espanola del "Circulo Espanol" de la Universidad de Chicago. Srita Velia Garcia, Presidente. The Reconciliation group will participate in this Fiesta. Rate for our group 35c payable at the door. Each one will be presented with a flower in true Spanish style. All ann

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Shifts in Chicago Ghetto Are Changing its Complexion

Scrapbook of Robert C. Jones, 1927

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One time exclusive Jewish section gradually filling up with Mexicans and Negroes who are active Market men. Chicago-Maxwell Street, Chicago's famous Ghetto, is undergoing a change. For years its open-air markets, with wares displayed on the curbs of its narrow street, formed the hub

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Mexican Colony Enlisted in War on Tuberculosis

Chicago Daily News, Oct. 25-28

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Educational campaign is instituted by Municipal Sanitarium. An intensive campaign for the elimination of tuberculosis among the 10,000 Mexicans of Chicago is announced by the Municipal tuberculosis sanitarium. It will take the form of school of public health instruction and will be directed b

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Provides Aid for Mexican Babies

Scrapbook of Robert C. Jones, 1928

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Daily News Sanitarium works wonders for defective waifs. In that babel of tongues through which moneyless mothers pour out the illness of their children, only the Mexican mother is silent. She makes no headway in the language and has nobody to tell her that Mexican babies who are brought to n

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The Mexican Is Here to Stay

Mexicans in the United States, 1928

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Those who have worked with the Mexicans and those who have studied the situation say that the Mexican is here to stay. They point to Texas, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Denver, Topeka and many other places where Mexicans are known to have permanent residences and to have been in the country for se

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Societies

Mexico, Dec. 1928

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The gigantic fiesta which the "Femenil Mexicana" has announced for Saturday December 15th, at the West Side Auditorium, has awakened an unprecedented enthusiasm in the colony. The program is promised to be as pleasant as it will be in length. The main attraction will be a masquerade dance and

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The example has been set, dear friends and illustrious compatriots. This example will be perpetuated forever. It proves that there is not an obstacle that can paralize the will power, energies, and virility of men who wish to see crystalized that which at one time was only a dream.

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The following information was sent to us by our good friend, Jose R. Vega: On May 24, 1928 Refugio Vazquez died at the County Hospital of pneumonia. Vazquez, our compatriot arrived a few days ago from Montana, San Luis Potosi, Mexico accompanied by his wife and a brother-in-law. His

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Seven thousand votes were casted in her favor, this is a worthy work of the Mexican colony in South Chicago. To S. M. Carmen I.- Miss Carmen Gallaga, and her Court of Honor, we are pleased to dedicate this page of our special edition. Lamenting only that we are not able to present her picture

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Unscrupulous Employment Agencies

Mexico, Oct. 10, 1928

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From time to time reports have reached this newspaper about some of our countrymen who have come to this city in search of work and who have become victims of racketeering employment agencies. The system of asking money for a job which is never secured for the applicant is not confined to Chi