Gibbons Named Leading Sheriff Candidate in Chicago Polls
Seventeen ward clubs back Harry R. Gibbons for sheriff, praising his business honesty and Field-era start in shipping boxes. The piece ties his nomination to Chicago spring elections and a pivotal council debate over municipal ownership and the Mueller certificate, amid broader bids for aldermanic seats and county posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Gibbons
Gibbons
Marshall Field
Mr. Field
Mr. Gibbons
Chicago
Cook County
The
Eagle
Beef Trust Plague and Tuberculosis Fear in Chicago
A Chicago audience hears warnings of insanitary stockyard conditions blamed for tuberculosis and cancer in beef. Dr. Arnold C. Kleba urges cleaner slaughter practices while activists accuse the Beef Trust of evading inspection and preservative rules. Health officials press for more inspectors, cold storage labeling, and city rendering to curb diseased meat reaching consumers.
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Eagle
Arnold C. Kleba
Chicago Medical Society
Chicago
C. J. Whalen
Avery
Whalen
Finance Committee
Judiciary Committee
Dally
Larson
Pritchard
Health Department
Eity
Beef Trust and Grease Skimming In Chicago Waters
A historical view claims packing houses use skim mers to collect grease from river pans and sewer runoff, turning it into lard or toilet wrap. City officials press compensation for grease catch pans while warning Washington against weak pure food laws. the piece argues the Beef Trust fights federal regulation and expands influence abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beef Trust
la Salle Street
Trust
Illinois Pure Food Commission
Illinois
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Bureau of Chemistry
Chicago
Commissioner of Public Works
Public Works
Patterson
Council
Washington Dispatch
Chicago Tribune
North
Gov. Deneen
Dinois
Ilnois
Willard Hotel
Congress
United States Senate
Needham
New Orleans
Beet Trust Demands Reform and Pure Food Action
A statement argues workers and citizens deserve pure food and medicine and calls for government protection and action against the Beet Trust, indicating strong push for reform and accountability.
Pork trade trends and local political notes spill over
The report notes Britain imports large US pork without trichina testing while Germany tests all pork. It cites 2004 and 1904 import values, then shifts to Chicago politics with James J. Gray on the ballot and county party power, mentioning Burke, Gallagher, and local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard A. Eckhart
Citizens
Chicago
Eckart
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Robert B. Burke
Thomas Gallagher
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Marcus Pollusky
Pollusky
Ideal Drug Company
South Water Street
Joseph Medill Patterson
Henry M. Ashton
Ashton
City Hall
Corporation Counsel
Examiner
Edwin F. Rowland
Chicago School Board
Martin B. Madden
Charles M. Foell
Cooley
Newspaper Trust
Beef
Harris A. Wheeler
Norumbega Company
Michigan Military Academy
Orchard Lake
A. C. Clark
Boy Loafers
Mayor Dunne
Dunne
Ohio
A. C. Anson
Concern
Edward J. Brundage
Dunning
Board of Commissioners
Bulletin
Police Department
Britain
France
Netherlands
Russia
Beef ‘Trust
Senate
Henry Reach Needham
Newspaper
Trust, One
Colorado
Beet Trust
James J. Gray
Jacksonville
Harrison
John P. Hopkins
Charles W. Peters
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