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# 1920’s Chicago

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A Notorious Gangster Started One of the First Soup Kitchens in America During the Great Depression

The famed boss of the New England mafia, Raymond Patriarca, conducted his business from outside of a money changing shop in the centre of Federal Hill, one of the Italian American neighborhoods…

By Mike Wood · 9 min

Crime

Today In History: 1929 Roared With A Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre

February 14, 1929. It was the last year of the roaring 1920s and it ended with a bang when a…

Jeanette Lamb · 4 min