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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1911
Page
2
Editorial exposes the Telephone Trust pushing for measured service and nickel slots for emergency calls while seeking higher rates and broader control. It criticizes city maps, street naming schemes, and seeks a complaints bureau to fix service flaws amid a broad alliance with politics and elections in 1911 Chicago.
A heated outcry rails at the Bell Telephone monopoly in Chicago. The piece alleges rate hikes, ownership ties between Bell, Western Electrical, and the local company, and alleged corrupt influence over aldermen and officials. It calls for rate reductions, a new audit, and scrutiny of past actions by city leaders.
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