Awash in Bartletts
The name Bartlett appears frequently in reference to the Iroquois fire:
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Bartlett was the maiden name of Iroquois
theater co-owner, and wife of manager
Will J. Davis—Jessie
Bartlett Davis. For publicity purposes, celebrity
contralto Jessie always included her maiden name.
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Prosperous and influential Chicago
industrialist, Adolphus C. Bartlett, wrote to the AFL to object to
reports of bad behavior by striking livery drivers immediately
after the fire. Adolphus's brother, Frederick Clay
Bartlett, created murals in Chicago city council chambers.
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William Alfred Bartlett, pastor at
Congregational church, was one of many Chicago ministers who
addressed the fire in their first sermon after the fire.
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William Bartlett's wife, son and daughter died
at the Iroquois.
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The maiden name of Iroquois victim,
Elma Julia Adamek, was Bartlett.
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Among the victims were people from a village
west of Chicago, Bartlett, Illinois.
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A hardware store that donated lanterns and
supplies to the Iroquois rescue effort was named Hibbard,
Spencer, Bartlett & Co.
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