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The Everleigh Club was a high-class brothel which operated in Chicago, Illinois from February 1900 until October 1911. It was owned and operated by sisters Ada and Minna Everleigh.The Everleigh sisters were born near Louisville, Kentucky in the 1870s. After early marriages ended in failure, they became actresses. In 1898, the came into a legacy of $35,000, retired from acting, changed their last name from Lester to Everleigh and opened their first brothel in Omaha, Nebraska. By 1900, they closed their Omaha brothel and purchased a flourishing brothel in Chicago.
Located on South Dearborn Street, the Everleigh Club was described by Chicago's Vice Commission as "the most famous and luxurious house of prostitution in the country." In addition to gold-framed paintings and leather-bound volumes in the library, the club housed a $15,000 gold-leaf piano and $650 gold cuspidors. The clientele of the Everleigh House included captains of industry, important politicians and European nobility and royalty. By 1902, the club expanded and the sisters were making donations to the First Ward Aldermen, "Bathhouse" John Coughlin and Michael "Hinky-Dink" KennaMichael "Hinky Dink" Kenna ( 1858- 1946) was First Ward Alderman in Chicago from 1897- 1923. Kenna's nickname came from his small stature. Kenna and his partner, fellow first ward alderman "Bathhouse" John Coughlin, were known as the "Lords of the Levee," to ensure their continued leeway.
Following a 1910Events January events January 13 The first live musical radio program. Lee De Forest broadcasts a live performance of Enrico Caruso from the Metropolitan Opera. January 26 ? Seine floods in Paris. February events February 8 The Boy Scouts of America is in Vice Commission report that noted there were nearly 600 brothels in Chicago, Mayor Carter Harrison, Jr.Carter Henry Harrison, Jr. born: April 23, 1860, Chicago, Illinois; died: December 25, 1953; buried in Graceland Cemetery) served as Mayor of Chicago ( 1897- 1915). Like his father, Carter Harrison, Sr. Carter Harrison, Jr. gained election to five terms a ordered the Everleigh Club to be closed. The sisters retired with an estimated million dollars in cash and travelled in EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se before eventually changing their name back to Lester and settling in New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,.
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