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LongWalker:
See if you can find results of Chicago-area live pigeon shoots of the day.  You may find a competitor with those initials.

38OVI:
The 1890 Census was partially destroyed in a fire in Washington, D.C. after it was taken.  The "powers that be" at that time decided to destroy the rest of the 1890 Census.  The only part that was not destroyed was the "Veterans Census" portion, but I do not know if it is online.  It was to be the first census to be tabulated by an early form of a computer.

matt45:
So far, a perusal of The Chicago Blue Book from the year shows an Earl S. Shlacht, who lived in Hyde Park- at least he is the most obvious candidate.

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--- Quote from: matt45 on November 23, 2022, 09:22:28 AM ---So far, a perusal of The Chicago Blue Book from the year shows an Earl S. Shlacht, who lived in Hyde Park- at least he is the most obvious candidate.

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That's as good a start as any - I'd suggesting finding someone with a newspapers.com account and running that last name for Chicago area papers with a 1875-1935 time span. Second search would be for Shlacht and guns/shotguns/somesuch.

I get notzink, Lebowski, in the 1900 Chicago Directory (most sources charge, but here's free copies). See pg 1735
https://www.chicagoancestors.org/sites/default/files/downloads/1900s.pdf
Closest in 1892 is SHLACK. See pg 1374
https://www.chicagoancestors.org/sites/default/files/downloads/1892s.pdf
Nuthin in 1885. See pg 1261
https://www.chicagoancestors.org/sites/default/files/downloads/1885s.pdf

Because I was there, I checked phoenetic misspellings SChlack/SChlackks. No Earls, p.1217
https://www.chicagoancestors.org/sites/default/files/downloads/1885s.pdf
No Earls in 1892, pg 1326
https://www.chicagoancestors.org/sites/default/files/downloads/1892s.pdf
Nor 1900, pg 1675
https://www.chicagoancestors.org/sites/default/files/downloads/1900s.pdf
The existing gun clubs in Hyde Park weren't founded until around 1940, so maybe he'd show up on the membership roles of this (defunct) club?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/5/28/22457525/lincoln-park-gun-club-park-district-skeet-trap-shooting-shotgun-wadding-lake-michigan

matt45:
Thanks ;)

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