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Mother Love: The Townsends (Pt 1)
February 1921; Chicago One chill February afternoon in 1921, a call rang into the Englewood police station from a Greek restaurant on 63rd Street. Could they please come remove some patrons who wouldn’t leave? Police arrived to find two reluctant customers: Ruth Townsend (61) and her daughter, Marian (26). The pair had just been evicted…
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Cora: Anastasis (15)
Anastasis: Noun, from Greek. 1. A recovery from a debilitating condition. 2. Rebirth. 3. Resurrection. I wish I could tell you that Cora Stallman’s inquest led to a dramatic court case, full of more characters, searing accusations, and great and deep revelations about the people around her. I don’t have a good ending to recount…
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Cora: The Many Secret Things (14)
Read the full Cora Stallman series here. Aug. 31, 1925. Humboldt, IL. “…[I]t further developed that neither Mrs. Anna Seaman nor Tom Seaman, her husband, knew of the many secret things of Miss Stallman’s life.” — Mattoon Daily Journal-Gazette, Sept. 1, 1925 Late in the last hot afternoon of August 1925, Thomas Seaman stood up…
