Underhanded Methods Threaten Illinois Elector Tickets
A Chicago Eagle critique of Illinois 1912 electors linked to graft, fraud, and corrupt influence peddling. It alleges a Wilson elector with ties to a criminal network pressed contractors and city graft, naming a state legislator as a conflicted figure and warning voters about improprieties surrounding Dunne and Hoyne.
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Wilson
Ilinois
Illinois
Cook County
Gray-Berg-Burns
Federation of Labor
Chicago Eagle
Eagle
Publi Utilities” Committee
Gag
Deneen
Dunne
Edward F. Dunne
Chicago's Automatic Telephone Rise Sparks Monopolist Fight
Chicago area readers learn of a duel between the new Automatic Company and the Chicago Telephone Trust. The piece argues for competition, cites subscriber counts, and criticizes rate hikes while praising Mayor Harrison and the Illinois Tunnel Company's progress toward better service and lower prices.
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Chicago Tunnel Company
Chicago
Trust
Bell Company
New Automatic Company
Illinois Tunnel Company
Trust Press
Tunnel Company
The
Eagle
Telephone Trust
Harrison
Council Committee On Gas, Oil and Electric Light
Cermak
Automatic Company
Craig
Sexton
Everett Audit Company
Public Utility Inspector
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Minots
Maclay Hoyne
Irwin R. Hasen
Maclay Hoyne Willrive
Grafters' Union
Maclay Haynes
Andrew McAnsh
Union St
Irwin R. Hazen
Andrew J, Grahaw
the Telephone Trust
Hoyne
James A. Pugh
David M. Pfaelzer
U. 8
W. R. Skidmore
Internal Revenue
Thomas J. Cawson
United States
James J. Kelly
John Minnegen
Stanley H. Kunz
Irwin R. Hagen
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago Telephone Company
Chicago Telephone Com