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Newspaper

Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1909

Page

2

Illinois political cries and dock property controversy

A chaotic editorial rants about who should hold office and the value of prime dock property leased to Goodrich. It blasts public officials, rail and traction graft, and calls for Hopkins for Senate while denouncing the Illinois Steel Company and dock leasing practices. It praises John F. Holland for Circuit Court judge and accuses various interests of corruption.

Goodrich Company Chicago Ery John ¥. Holland

City Officials Listed For Chicago Government Roles

A long list of city offices and officeholders for Chicago includes Mayor Fred A. Busse and multiple department heads such as Commissioner of Public Works John J. Hanberg, City Clerk John R. McCabe, City Treasurer John E. Traeger, and City Attorney John R. Caverly. Also named are health, buildings, police, fire, water, and election officials with their floor and street addresses. The document names ward leaders and county officers, including Sheriff Christopher Strassheim and County Clerk Joseph F. Haab, with extensive staff roles and department heads.

Fred A. Busse Randolph Street Bernard J.mullaney Edward J. Brundage Franklin Street John R. Caverly Monroe Street John J. Hanberg Paul Redieskh Walter H. Wilson Randolph Wabash Avenue William B. Burke Fifth Avenue John Kjellander Market Street William Carroll L. Blake Baldwin Madison Street John R. McCade John EB. Traeger Michael J. Doherty William J. McCourt la Balle Street Board OF Civil Service Commissioners Elton Lower Vernon L. Bean Michael L. McKinley Hiram D. Fargo Board OF Election Commissioners Rand McNally John C. Cannon Thomas F. Judge Abel A. Bach Thomas B. Judge Isaac N. Powlell Frank D. Ayres Board OF Local Improvements Chauncey Dewey H. 8. Dietrich J. Minnegen C. A. V. Standish Felix Norden H. Herman John R. McCabe Michael Kenna Clark Street Harrison John J. Coughlin la Salle Street Main Geo. F. Harding, Jr Washington Street Thomas J. Dixon Central Wm. J. Pringle 4Th Ward John W. McNeal Archer Avenue John A. Richert Halsted Street Alex. J. Burke Marshfield Avenue William J. McKenna Linn H. Young Ft. Dearborn Arthur B. McCord Frank I. Bennett Chamber of Commerce Bernard W. Snow Marquette P. H. Moynihan South Chicago John H.jones Commercial Avenue Dennis J. Egan Chicago Opera House Henry L. Fick West 12Th Street Canal 10Th Ward Thomas F. Scully Washburng Avenue Rudolph Hurt Blue Island Avenue F. Cullerton Otto J. Novak Robey Street Ashland Michael Zimmer West 21St Place Arthur W. Fulton Ashland Bik James E. Evans Campbell Avennue Seoley James H. Lawley Chicago Avenue Humboldt Chas. J. Lucas Fulton Street Ogden Herman F. Kruger Mozart Albert W. Bedfuss Milwaukee Avenue Monroe Stanley H. Kunz Noble Street Frank W. Koraleski Lewis D. Sitts Grand Avenue William BE. Dever John J. Brennan West Michael C. Con Fred W. Upham Florus D. Meacham Frank A. Vogler Board OF Assessors Adam Wolf William HI. Weber William Kingsley William H. Weber A. W. Miller Walter EB. Schibidt Oscar Hebel Civil Service Commission Christopher F. Hafnor Charles D. Gastfield C. F

The Sins of Society at McVicker's Theater

The Sins of Society opens at McVicker's on Wednesday April 14 showing an English high society drama with gambling as the moral core. A large cast led by Dorothy Donnelly and Louise Closser Hale plus 250 performers present fourteen dramatic scenes and lavish costumes across six baggage cars for scene transportation.

Mevicker's Brooks & Dingwall Drury Lane MeVicker Bridge Avhiat Cnat Dorothy Donnelly Louise Closser Hale Louise Mutter Lucy Sibley Vincent Serrano William Abingdon Leslie Kenyon Oscar Adye William Evfille Frank Dekum Edward Lester Charles Flemming Florence Raney Litin Colling Grace Thorne Elsa Payne Nance O'Neil McKee Rankin Masie King Girls Franklin Underwood Chas Fannie van Woods Allison Frank Tinney Buckingham Olympic

The Golden Girl at La Salle Theater in Chicago

The Golden Girl continues a record run at the La Salle Theater on Madison Street. The show features Winona Winters and Harry Tighe among its headliners with a splendid cast, scenery, and music in a highly praised production. A rural comedy, The Village Postmaster, comes to the College Theater next week, praised as one of the season’s top country idylls with a real rain storm and a threshing machine scene.

Alaskan Great Northern The W. P. Cullen Knickerbocker Theater New York Richard F. Carroll Edward Martindel Gus C. Weinburg Forrest Huff Billy” Fables Lora Lieb Arnine Boling Pearl Elaine Roberts Chicago Princess Theater Harry Woodruff Georgia Caine Bert Baker Adele Rowland Frances Demarest Harry Pileer Vennewers la Salle Theater Madison Street Playhouse Winona Winters Harry Tighe Helen Cullinan Hamilton Coleman William Robinson College Great Northern Theater

The Three of Us at Marlowe Theatre

Charles B. Marvin announces for the attraction at the Marlowe next week Rachel Crother's play The Three of Us showcases the real west and stars Carlotta Nilsson. Ieska Shaw Frannie Fraunhois and Norine Harrington perform in this western drama noted for avoiding cowboys and villains.

Charles B. Marvin Marlowe Rachel Crothér Carlotta Nilsson Ieska Shaw Frannie Fraunhois Norine Harrington

Capitals proposed for South African federation

Europeans shrug at danger as wild fauna terrifies Seattle residents in the Fourteenth Ward while Buffalo and Chicago folklore evoke frontier days. A South African confederation convention debates three capitals Cape Town Pretoria and Bloemfontein for Parliament administration and judiciary with vast distances noted between cities.

Fourteenth Ward Seattle Buffalo Chicago Cape Town Pretoria Bloemfontein Kloenfontein Ie Ithode Island

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