Chicago Scene Sees Public Works Shake Up and Pressing Reforms
Commissioner Hanberg begins a sixty day appointment following a judge ruling as Chicago eyes street department reform. Mayor Busse criticizes Harvester Trust and praises city leadership while calls to expand platforms and trains promise better service amidst a wave of reform proposals addressing banks, taxes, and public health concerns.
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John J. Hanberg
Kickham Scanlan
Fowler
Chicago
Five Big Municipal Crimes From Chicago History
A list recalling five major municipal scandals from Chicago: the Iroquois Theater fire of 1903 with alleged official neglect. Illinois Central Railroad control of the lake front. vast Sanitary District expenditures for water purification with boiled drinking water. Municipal Ownership alleged fraud affecting the Chicago Traction System. and paving contracts leading to 996 miles of streets with nonrebatable special assessments, urging taxpayers to paste this on tax receipts.
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Iroquois Theater
Illinois Central Railroad
Lake Front
Chicago
The Great Battle of 1910 Democrats and candidates listed
A long list of Democratic and Republican candidates for national state and local offices. Names include Coburn Murray Owens McGoort Goodric Ryan Stevens Brown McDonald Guerin Finn Sabath Munhall Clifford Cain Mills Dever O'Donnell Burke Cruke Doyle Kehoe King Richberg Walk McShan Flanagan Mayer Reinberg Hildreth Mayer Duddleston Donnelly Bradley Neumeister Lyman Bauler Doggett Hall Donnersberger Gunther Caverly Clare Prindiville Martin Ramsay Mayer Sullivan Finn Dooley Levy Mahony Scully Jandus Mason Smietanka Mason Cruikshank Smith Holland Saunders Schmitt Richolson Tinsman Hopkins Paviacek Taylor Iles Pease Jamieson Burke Schmidt Clark Dewey Harding Branew Carter Sawyer Jones Zina Cooper Jampolis McCabe Rinaker Probate Cutting
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John J. Coburn
John T, Murray
John E. Qwens
John P. McGoort
Adams A. Goodric
Andrew J. Ryan
George M. Stevens
Edward O. Brown
Charles A. McDonald
M. H. Guerin
Nicholas R. Finn
Joseph Sabath
W. D. Munhall
R. W. Clifford
Frank R. Cain
George Mills Roy William E. Dever
Johnson J. W. O'Donnell
Richard E. Burke
Daniel L. Cruke
William
Clyde A. Morrison
Julius F. Smietanka
William E. Mason
Charles E. Cruikshank
Pliny B, Smith
John F. Holland
Ernest Saunders
Frank P. Schmitt
Benjamin F. Richolson
Homer E, Tinsman
James 8. Hopkins
Charles B. Paviicek
Thomas Taylor, Jr
Robert 8
Iles Warren Pease Stillman B. Jamieson
Edmund W. Burke
Elbridge Hancey
Edwin A. Olson
Arlea N. Waterman
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John T. Connery
Lockwood Honore
Cherles J. Vopicka
Fred W. Blocki
Andrew J. Graham
Daha E. Traeger
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William L. O'Connell
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Harry Hildreth, Jr
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Charles F. Gunther
John R. Caverly
John F. Clare
John K. Prindiville
James C. Martin
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Theodore C. Mayer
Francis J. Sullivan
Richard J. Finn
James C. Dooley
Louis Levy
Bernard J. Mahony
Thos. F. Scully
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Cyril R. Jandus
George K. Schmidt
A. C. Clark
Joseph F. Haas
It County Board
Charles BE. Merriam
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Frank Crowe
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Irwin R. Hazen
Henry Atpatel
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John R. McCabe
J . Lewis Rinaker
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