From Wikipedia.
I have been writing about the KKK in the Chicago area in the 1920s and their big initiation ceremony at the farm of millionaire Charles Weeghman in Lake Zurich, Illinois.
March 12, 1874-November 1, 1938
A founder of the short-lived Federal league (1914-1915). made a fortune running a type of early fast food franchise in the Chicago area.. he worked for Charlie King in his restaurant and came up the idea of serving only cold sandwiches and cramming his diners together at one-armed school desks so that he could fit more chairs into his stores.
He eventually owned 15 stores in the Chicago area. It was reported that his place at Madison and Dearborn in Chicago served 35,000 people a day. At one time his net worth was put at $8 million.
--Cooter
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