Firemen and Police Pay Delayed to Fifth of Month
Chicago officials confront wage delays as firemen and police face being paid on the fifth after Alderman Snow framed a council deal. The mayor and Aldermen discuss bi monthly pay, city payroll reforms, and critiques of the administration amid graft and tax debates.
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Chicago
Comptroller's Office
Merriam
Comptroller’s Office
Bernard Snow
Arctic
Alderman Snow
Ald
Edward F. Cullerton
Cullerton
Busse
Snow
Ald. Cullerton
Finance Committee
Emerson
Buase
Bureau of Publicity and Information
Sunday Closing Drive Aims for Spring Ballot
Local activists press to place a local option on the spring ballot to enforce Sunday closing. They seek enough signatures and support to push the measure despite organized opposition.
Chicago fights Sunday closing push and temperance zeal
A long letter warns Chicago against Missouri style Sunday closing, arguing residents will resist dry laws. It cites Ann Hizer, Carrie Nation, and local breweries, claims Chicago is not a Puritan city, and notes political pressures from aldermanic primaries and the Harvester Trust amid temperance campaigns.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Ann Hizers
Evanston
Edgewater Sonks
Ann Hizer
Hyde Park
Oak Park
Missouri
Chicago railway books hide funds in slush payments
Money misstatements reveal that rail executives charged 120000 for property bought at 100000 with the excess funneled to a slush fund. A memorial meeting for Father Thomas P Hodnett was held with committee members Roy O West Homer K Galpin and Joseph F Haas. Petition drives on poll lists face wet weather and dwindling signatures after months of effort.
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Betzer
Fifth Avenue
Thomas P. Hodnett
Roy O. West
Homer K. Galpin
Joseph F. Haas
I. A. B. Tabs
Forgotten Tabs
Fio
Society Element
Chicago
Public Highway Pledge From Illinois Leader at Waldorf Astoria
Lawrence Y. Sherman, president of the Illinois State Board of Administration and former lieutenant governor, argues for the supremacy of good public highways. Speaking to the Automobile Club of America at the Waldorf Astoria, he notes a $20,000,000 appropriation could build 4,000 miles of hard roads.
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Sherman
Banda
Illinois
Harvester Trust
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Illinois State Board of Administration
Automobile Club of America
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Alinda
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Maxwell Edgar
Illinois Democratic League
Stepa
Egan
Scully
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Merry
Merry Man
The
Western Electric
Madison
State Streets
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Daily News
John C. Fetzer
Springfield
State Board of Equalization
Bernard J. Mullaney
Eagle
Mr. Mullaney
Bugle
Mullaney
B. J. Mullaney
Fred A. Busse
Republican County Committee
Doulygam
Anton J. Cermak
Landis
Drys
Jacob Hey
Internal Revenue
Washington Porter
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