Spiteful Election Fight Shrinks Chicago Budget Prospects
A Perry Hull gang backed campaign urges voters to rebuke Mayor Harrison, claiming public revenue will drop 30 percent if municipal taxes and budgets are not cut. The piece details proposed reductions across departments, including public schools, police, and waterworks, and notes the city faces a drastic budget revision after a 80 percent assessed value cut by the Board of Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Hull Gang
Cook County
Perry Hall Gang
Frost
Department of Public Works
Kerfoot
Ald. Mavor
Finance Committee
McGann
Ripley
Swenle
Board of Review
Election calendar and political notices from October 1900
Attorney W. W. Wheelock outlines a detailed fall election calendar with key dates for filing nominations registration canvass and revision. The notice also covers withdrawal deadlines county court procedures and certification by the Secretary of State amid wider political commentary on Chicago Northwestern operations and local figures including D. W. Mills James McAndrews and Thomas J. Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Wheelock
Board of Election Commissioners
Registry Board
Secretary of State
Grand Army encampment to fill Chicago crowds next week
Chicago opens its doors for the Grand Army of the Republic thirty fourth annual encampment from Aug 26 to Sept 1 with President McKinley arriving, Coliseum dedication, concerts, and a citywide program. Major committees, state reunions, naval parades, and many ceremonies are planned with wide rail and hotel usage.
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McKinley
Chicago
Hamilton Club
Fhe Club
Washington
Woodstock
Grand Army of the Republic
Phinney
United States
Gabriel Katzenberger
Vala
Santiago
Coliseum
Lake Front
William 4. Harper
Joel M. Longenecker
John C. Black
John R. Walsh
Francis A. Riddle
E. A. Bigelow
J. H. Wood
Edward D. Redington
John McLaren
Thomas J. Robeson
Aaron FP
Walcott Patriotic Services
Rt. Re Fallows
George HH
Heatford
Charles Fits Simons
W. H. Harper
Grand Army
Unols
Grant
Logan
William J. Rutledge
Petersburg
Indianapolis
Stephen A. Hurlbut
Tifois
Philadelphia
John A. Logan
Samuel
Ilinois
Illnois
Jacksonville
John M. Palmer
Shiloh
Corinth
Metamora
Vicksburg
Jackson
Fort Beauregard
Meridian
Fifteenth Infantry
General Hood
Andersonville
Iron Brigade
Wisconsin
Brage
Naval Arch
Michigan Boulevard
Naval Reserves
Sons of Veterans
National Association of Union
Illinois National Guard
Boys’ Brigade
McKintey
Tanner
Harrison
George L
Shaw
Memorial Hall
Katzenberger
Woman's Relief Corps
Palmer House
Studebaker
Cour
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Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Northwestern
Frank Parmelee
Nicholas Hunt
Parnell Order
Chicago and Northwestern Rrail
Northwestern “L
C Civil Service
Board of Education
D. W., Mills
Cook County Hospital
Mills
Congress
D. W. Mills
James McAndrews
Northwestern Railroad
The
Milwaukee
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
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