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Electrification debate and Harvester case dominate city notices
The document covers civil service and city reform remarks by Alderman Wilson and Inspector Borsch on Milwaukee enameled water pipes, Brundage’s career, a government move against the International Harvester trust, tariff discussions on beer taxes, and a calendar of 1911 1912 political events plus committee makeups. It also critiques railroad electrification and outlines liquor licensing costs and motives in New York and Chicago.
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Frank Wilson
Harry J. Borsch
Milwaukee
Wilson
Borsch
the Harvester
Chicago Tribune
Washington, D. C
International Harvester Trust
United States
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
International Harvester
Wickersham
Chicago
Harvester Trust
Herbert Knox Smith
Senate
International Harvester Company
Canada
Edward J. Brundage
Busse
Brundage, Wilkerson & Cassels
Wilkerson & Cassels
the Rookery
Tuley
Brundage
Teachers’ Union
Round House Reform Club
Western
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Federal Treasury
United States Treasury
Congress
Uncle Sam
Lquor
New York
State Board of Excise
New York City
St. Louis
Champion of Fair Play
Europe