Spiteful Gangs Threaten Chicago Public Improvements
A Perry Hull backed campaign argues taxes on corporations and loan sharks must fall, predicting a 30 percent drop in Cook County assessments to 242 million for 1000, shrinking city revenue and forcing deep budget cuts. The plan targets Public Works, water mains, bridges, street cleaning, and parks while defending police and school funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Hull Gang
Cook County
Perry Hall Gang
Frost
Department of Public Works
Kerfoot
Ald
Finance Committee
McGann
Ripley
Swenle
Board of Review
Election calendar and political notices for Chicago fall 1900
Attorney W W Wheelock posts a calendar of fall election events with filing and registration deadlines, revisions, and hearings. The piece also blasts Chicago Northwestern depots for poor service and political squabbles over candidates D W Mills James McAndrews and Chilly Dan Mills, and notes McKinley’s upcoming Hamilton Club visit.
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W. W. Wheelock
Board of Election Commissioners
Chicago G A R encampment to open August 2
Chicago will host the thirty fourth Grand Army encampment from August 2 to September 1 with record crowds expected. President McKinley will attend, the Coliseum dedication, patriotic services, and a full schedule of music, fireworks, and parades. Local leaders and committees plan ceremonies, receptions, and multiple state reunions throughout the event.
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McKinley
Chicago
Hamilton Club
Washington
Woodstock
Grand Army of the Republic
Patn
Santiago
Lake Front
William H. Harper
Joel M. Tongenecker
John C. Black
John R. Walsh
Praneis A. Riddle
A. Bigelow
J. H. Wood
Edward D. Redington
John McLaren
Thomas J. Robeson
Musse
Aaron EF
Walcott
Patriotic Services
Samuel Fallows
George IH
Heatford
Charles Pita Simons
Vinance
W. H. Harper
Grand Army
Milneis
Grant
Logan
William J. Rutledge
Petersburg
Bunkle
Benjamin FB. Stephenson
Springfield
Decatur
Decatur No. 1
Springsfield
John M. Palmer
Indianapolis
Stephen A. Hurlbut
Illinois
Philadelphia
John A. Logan
Cieneral Logan
Jacksonville
Shiloh
Corinth
Metamora
Vicksburg
Jackson
Fort Beauregard
Meridian
Fifteenth Infantry
General Hood
Andersonville
Iron Brigade
Wisconsin
Bragg
Naval Arch
Michigan Boulevard
Gal
Reserves and Sons of Veterans
National Association of Union
Illinois National Guard
Boys’ Brigade
Tanner
Tlarrison
George L. Seavey
Shaw
Memorial Hall
Coliseum
Katzentyr
He- Het Corps
Palmer House
The
Studebaker
Harrison
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Secretary of State
Tod
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Northwestern
Frank Parmelee
Northwestern Railroad
Milwaukee
Nicholas Hunt
Farwell
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Civil Service
Board of Education
D. W. Mills
Cook County Hospital
Mills
Congress
James McAndrews
Cook 1
Nick Hunt
Hyde Park
Parnell
Chilly Dan Mills
Congressman Cusack
Dan Mills
Fourth Congressional District
North Side
Democracy
Thos. J. Webb
Twelfth Ward
Thomas A. Smyth
Tom
Hon. T. N. Jamieson
Republican Executive Committee
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