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Newspaper

Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1908

Page

2

Parks Commission funds approve large city improvements

The Parks Commission adopts a 441 400 budget for extensive upgrades including 177 800 for parks, 108 600 for playgrounds and bathing beaches and offices, 125 000 for a juvenile court adjoining playground, 330 tw for a Twenty-eighth Ward playground, 50 000 for a cement protecting pier at East End Park, 1 000 for Wood Street playground, and 21 000 for a bathing beach at Ohio Street. Also notes on balloon racing and city baseball uniforms for public playgrounds with organized leagues and strict discipline.

Porks Commission Twenty-eighth Ward BSO East End Park Wood Street Cly Tourna Ohio Street

City Officials and Ward Representatives List for Chicago

A detailed roster lists city officials led by Mayor Fred A. Busse and numerous department heads with floors and addresses at 200 Randolph and related streets. It enumerates City Clerk John R. McCabe, Treasurer John E. Traeger, Water Supt. William J. McCourt, and many ward residents and their addresses in a formal directory style.

Fred A. Busse John St. McCabe Michael Kenna Clark Street Harrison John J. Coughlin la Salle Street Main

County Official Roster For Board Of County Commissioners

The document lists county offices and personnel including President William Busse Superintendent William McLaren Attorney H. B. Duncombe and a long slate of commissioners, clerks, sheriffs, treasurers and department heads with names such as Joseph Haas Abel Davis Abel Davis John Thompson Peter Hoffman and Martin Hoffmann among others. The roster covers Comptroller Chief Clerk Recorder of Deeds Registrar of Titles Civil Service Commission Sheriff County Clerk and more with deputies and examiners named.

Board OF County Commissioners William Busse William Mclaren Duncombe Louis ‘Hl Mack Joseph Carolan Alfred van Steenberg August C. Boeber Max Blumenfeld Carl R. Chindblom Joseph M. Dennis Joseph J. Elias Alfred G. Lanie Walter Schroida William ©. Hartray William J. Umbach Oscar de Priest Board of Commissioners Joseph F. Haas James Monaghan EB. J. McCarthy Board OF Review Roy O. West Civil Service Commission Christopher F. Hafnor Charles D. Gastfield C. F. Hafnor Charles F. Mason Christopher Strassheim Henry Spears Charles Peters Frank L. Pasdeloup Recorder OF Deeds Abel Davis John V. Clinnin Leopold A. Dunne

Loeffler's Mr Mack Named in 1903 Caucus Controversy

William Loeffler named Mr Mack in the 1903 caucus. The note asserts he favored the settlement workers in the juvenile court while presiding, reflecting tension over its functions and influence.

William Loeffler

Catholic Criticism of Chicago Settlement Workers Flares

The article critiques J W Mack and Loeffler backing in Chicago politics over alleged Catholic anger. It cites Father Curry of New York’s Chicago address condemning settlement workers as misleaders in tenement districts, detailing types of workers, alleged misallocation of funds, and the harm to communities as a reflection of broader political and social tensions in 1908 Chicago.

William Loetter Chicago J. W. Mack Father Curry New York Record Herald Cherry Hl Ous

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Ory Goods Farness and Ladd Che Fair Temo Georbere Ste George W. Jackson, Inc. Contractors W. Jackson Boulevard Quincy Street Elston John M. Ewen the Rookery Alexis Russia Ohio Stave Journal Trenton Noo Corporation OF the City Randolph Street Bernard J. Mullaney Edward J. Brundage Franklin Street John R. Caverly Monroe Street John J. Hanberg Paul Redieske Walter H. Wilson George M. Shippy James Horan Eprnest J. Magerstadt Fifth Avenue W. A. Evans Madison Street Murdock Campbell Charles W. Andrews Wabash Avenue William B. Burke John Kjellander Market Street William Carroll I. Blake Baldwin John R. McCabe John E. Traeger Michael J. Doherty Water Department William J. McCourt 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 Isaac N. Powell Frank D. Ayres Board OF Local Improvements Chauncey Dewey H. 8. Dietrich J. Minnegen C. A. V. Standish Felix Norden C.H. Herman Sth 2D Ward Geo. F. Harding, Jr Washington Street Thomas J. Dixon South Halsted Street Alex. J. Burke Marshfield Avenue William J. McKenna Archer Avenue 6Th Linn H. Young Ft. Dearborn Central Arthur H. McCord Ith Frank J. Bennett Chamber of Commerce Bernard W. Snow Marquette P. I. Moynihan Pd Place South John H. Jones Commercial Avenue 6Th Ward Dennis J. Egan Chicago Opera House Bik Henry L. Fick West 12Th Street Canal 10Th Thomas F. Scully Washburne Avenue Rudolph Hurt Blue Island Avenue 11Th E. F. Cullerton Otto J. Novak Robey Street Ashland Michael Zimmer 21St Place Seph Z. Ubiir Arthur W. Fulton Ashland Bik James E. Evans Campbell Avenue Seeley 14Th James H. Lawley Chicago Avenue Humboldt Chas. J. Lucas Fulton Street Ogden Herman F. Kruger North Mozart Albert W. Beilfuss Milwaukee Avenue Monroe Stanley H. Kunz Noble Street Frank W. Koraleski 17Th Ward Lewis D. Sitts Grand Avenue William E. Dever 18Th Ward John J. Brennan West Madison Street Michael C. Con Atwood Arthur Josetti East North Avenue Lincoln B. F. Clettenberg Jacob A. Hey North Halsted Street Fred A. Britten Dearborn Peter Reinberg North Robey Street Edgewater Tenry J. Siewert Armitage Avenue James F. Clancy, Jr Troy Street 28Th Ward F. D. Connery North Washtenaw Avenue Wm. H. Blencoe Humboldt Boulevard 20Th Ward John Downey Hermitage Avenue John Golomblewski 48Th Street 30Th Michael McInerney Lowe Avenue John Burns Union Avenue Elst Patrick J. O'Connell Normal Avenue Wentworth William J. Roberts Peoria Street Albert J. Fisher Homer BE Tinsman la Salle William C. Hunt Mth Street Burnside Ernest Bibl Fred W. Upham Florus D. Meacham Frank A. Vogler Adam Wolf Willian H. Weber William Kingsley Adan Wolf William H. Weber A. W. Miller Walter E. Schmidt Oscar Hebel Charles F. Gunther Loeffler MR. Mack Silver Lake Wis Lake Geneve Boyle Ice CO Northwestern Lake Street Ravenswood Park Lake View Clark & CO Makers OF Grand Crossing
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