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Kori Rumore Finley @chicagorumormill.bsky.social · Dec 27
EXTRA! EXTRA! 📰

The Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter will be delivered twice weekly starting this Monday! Marianne Mather + I have been curating this newsletter for almost 3 years and we're so excited to bring you more of it!

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Longtime @chicagotribune.com reporter Don Pierson called 1985 the “most memorable season” not just for the Chicago Bears, but for any NFL team.

The proof is in his dozens of notebooks. 40 years later, here’s his game-by-game look back at that season:
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Chicago Bears’ 1985 Super Bowl run: Don Pierson’s game-by-game breakdown from the ‘most memorable season’
Don Pierson called 1985 the “most memorable season” not just for the Chicago Bears, but for any NFL football team.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 29, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: Bears fire coach Matt Eberflus — 1st time they dismissed a head coach during a season
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 29, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 26, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: ‘Galloping Ghost’ Red Grange plays first game for the Bears
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 26, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 25, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: Mayor Harold Washington dies at his desk just 9 months after reelection
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 25, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 24, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: Dashcam video released in shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 24, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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#OTD in 1987: Viewers watching “Doctor Who” on WTTW-TV experienced one of the oddest things ever to cross Chicago televisions — a 90-second hijacking of the airwaves, featuring a person dressed as TV character Max Headroom
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Today in Chicago History: The Max Headroom incident
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 22, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 21, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: Holy Name Cathedral dedicated
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 21, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Naughty or nice, Christkindlmarket offers sugar and some spice.

For those who have been good this year, a heart-shaped gingerbread mug. ❤️

But if you’ve been bad, then maybe partying with Krampus is more your speed. 🐐
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Christkindlmarket 2025: Heart-shaped mugs, cultural tours — and partying with Krampus
Naughty or nice, Christkindlmarket offers sugar and some spice.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The real "Home Alone"

In 1992, David and Sharon Schoo took a 9-day vacation in Mexico, leaving their 9- and 4-year-old daughters alone for Christmas in their St. Charles-area home:
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25 years ago, St. Charles parents left their kids alone to vacation in Mexico. Their case changed state law.
While a comedic “Home Alone” sequel played in movie theaters across America, David and Sharon Schoo took a nine-day vacation in Mexico, leaving their 9- and 4-year-old daughters alone f…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Marshall Field’s has returned to State Street for the holiday season.

Many might wonder, “What took them (Macy’s) so long?” to revive the brand at the flagship. The merchant had been frequented by generations of Chicagoans:
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Remembering the lore of Marshall Field’s State Street store
Marshall Field’s has returned to State Street — almost 20 years since the brand was retired by Macy’s. Here are highlights from the Chicago retailer’s reign.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 20, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: Simeon basketball star and top prep recruit Ben Wilson fatally shot
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 20, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 19, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: Antioch’s Kyle Rittenhouse acquitted after fatally shooting 2 people during unrest in Kenosha
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 19, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 18, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: Standard Time adopted during convention at the city’s Grand Pacific Hotel
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 18, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 17, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: Tornado outbreak kills 6 people in Illinois
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 17, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 14, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: ‘Chicago’ opens on Broadway — and remains after more than 11,400 performances
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 14, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 13, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg named National League’s MVP
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 13, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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"Since being salvaged from the Fitzgerald in 1995, the bell has been rung every year on Nov. 10, though never to this much attention or with this many survivors attending."
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A ceremony remembers the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years later, gales of November included
Friends and family members gathered at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to ring the bell and remember those who died 50 years ago.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 12, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: First drive-in bank in the United States opens on LaSalle Street
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 12, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Panoramic View of the Northern Lights last night over the Chicago Skyline.
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 11, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: Municipal Grant Park Stadium renamed Soldier Field on Armistice (now Veterans) Day
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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"This is the story of the last two Code Talkers and the mastermind behind the top secret program whose Route 66 motel faces an uncertain future."

By Jonathan Bullington + e. jason wambsgans:
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In Arizona, a fading Route 66 motel hides a story of the Navajo Code Talkers
Only two of the Navajo Code Talkers are still alive. The Route 66 motel where some of these World War II heroes were recruited may not outlive them.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 10, according to the @chicagotribune.com's archives.
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Today in Chicago History: Bootlegger Dean O’Banion shot dead in his flower shop, igniting gangland war
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 10, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior 50 years ago today.

Here’s a look back at some of the shipwrecks — from small excursion boats to a massive German submarine — that rest near Chicago’s lakefront:
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Lake Michigan shipwrecks close to the city
Thousands of vessels — 6,000 or more — lie at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Several hundred could lie beneath the waves in the part of Lake Michigan that falls under Illinois’ jurisdiction.…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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It's November in Chicago — this guy must be stuck here
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: Lake Michigan shipwrecks close to the city
Thousands of vessels — 6,000 or more — lie at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Several hundred could lie beneath the waves in the part of Lake Michigan that falls under Illinois’ jurisdiction.…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM