Chicago Ward Ballot Roll Call and Mayor Candidate Speech
A long list of ward by ward Republican and Democratic candidates with addresses, plus a Chicago mayoral speech by William Hale Thompson at Cort theater. Thompson pledges to pursue a cleaner healthier Chicago and urges Judge Olson to respond to voter questions or let primary voters decide.
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Fourteenth Ward
James H. Lawley
Chicago Avenue
William Kells
Sawyer Avenue
Henry At Patel
Sacramento Avenue
Peter A. Anderson
California Avenue
Thomas P. Keane
Iowa Street
Joseph Strauss
Division Street
Jenge A. Dott
North Hoyne Avenue
Leopold J. Arnstein
Crystal Street
Robert R. Noap
Claremont Avenue
Edward J. Kaund
Sixteenth Ward
Janiey H. Kunz
Noble Str Vincent
Zwietka
Ashland Avenue
Seventeenth Ward
Lewis D. Sitts
W. Grand Ave
Stanley Sielczynski
William Hale Thompson
Cort Theater
Chicago
Olson
Thompson
Commodore Thompson
Lorimer
Ruppert Wins New York Baseball Ownership Move
Colonel Jacob Ruppert, a New York brewer and four term congressman, gains control of the Highlanders signaling a new big park for New York akin to Polo Grounds and Comiskey Park. Players threaten to jump teams over salary limit rules while Magee joins Braves to bolster their outfield.
Baker as a Speed Marvel and Baseball Salaries Rise
Homer Baker, born Buffalo 1893, rose to major sprint glory in 1914 with a record British half mile, European wins over top rivals, and a Travers Island triumph over Olympic star Meredith. Separately, pro baseball salaries reveal minor leagues pay about 3.1 million yearly with roughly 20 thousand dollars daily to players. Cleveland’s team name change flags Indians branding in the American League.
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Mercury
Homer Baker
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Europe
Wide
Sweden
Braun
Germany
Travers Island
Baseball scraps and signings echo 1915 season prep
Summary of 1915 season chatter includes Buffalo Feds planning a suit against Ray Caldwell, Lee Marty O Toole’s trial with the Red Sox after release by Pittsburgh, the Chinese University of Hawaii baseball team touring the U S, Charlie Herzog naming Alexandria Louisiana as Reds spring training camp, Harry McCormick’s .338 batting mark in the Southern League, and St Louis American League staff adding 17 pitchers with a combined height of 102 feet.
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Buffalo Feds
Ray Caldwell
Lee Marty O'Toole
Pittsburgh
McGraw
Boston Red Sox
Charlie Herzog
Reds
Alexandria
Cleveland Naps
St. Louis
Horse Racing Notes on Etawah Anvil and Other Entries
Etawah and Anvil to debut season at Castleton farm near Lexington. Mr. Billings may exhibit Harvester and Uhlan at the San Francisco fair. Dr. J A Scott of Jackson bought Loretta Woodcliffe, a 3-year-old winner of Michigan breeders stake in 1913 at 2.28 percent. Among trotters from last year’s 2:30 Het race, 200 were aged ten or older, Gertrude by Elyria the oldest at twenty-one with a 2:27 mark.
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Billings
San Francisco
J. A. Scott
Jackson
Loretta Woodcliffe
Michigan
Gertrude
Elyria
Notre Dame Star Ray Eichenlaub May Lead St Louis Eleven
Notre Dame star Ray Eichenlaub could become coach of the St Louis University football team next fall. A gridiron argument looms as Fordham faces Carlisle, with Notre Dame and Harvard's 1914 captain Charles Brickley set to assist in spring practice under Percy D. Houghton.
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Ray Eichenlaub
Notre Dame
St. Louis University
Gotham
Fordham
Carlisle
Red Man
Charles Brickley
Harvard
Percy D. Houghton
Pugilist Fame Hopes Highlight Papke Brothers
Bill Papke's brother Jack aims for fame in boxing while Jess Willard helps shovel snow and cites a good use for never gun. The New York boxing commission probes the Reich Flynn bout with allegations Flynn won improperly.
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Bill Papke
Jack
Jess Willard
Texas
New York State Boxing Commission
Reich-Flynn
Jim Flynn
A. A. U. Star Homer Baker Slowed by Illness
Procrastination aside the national half mile champion Homer Baker is unable to perform due to illness. The piece notes Duke Kahanomoku's claimed time and references the Panama-Pacific Exposition events. The A. A. U. downplays the Meredith dispute and dismisses regional concerns.
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Homer Baker
National League Forty Years Old Forty Years and Spiders Named
A meeting of club officials and baseball writers settled on retiring the name Naps for Napoleon Lajoie after his move to the Philadelphia Americans and adopting Spiders as the Cleveland American Association team name. The National League marks its 40th anniversary this year, formed in 1875 at the Broad Street Central hotel in New York with ex governor Bulkeley as its first president. A G Mills and N E Young remain among the living former presidents.
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Cision
Naps
Napoleon Lajoie
Philadelphia Americans
Spiders
Cleveland American Association
National League
Broadway Central
New York City
Bulkeley
Connecticut
A. G. Mills
N. E. Young
Coombs Aims to Return as Pitcher and Minor League Manager
Jack Coombs, wintering in Texas, plans to train with the aim of returning to pitching next year. If he recovers his form, he hopes to land a managerial job with a minor league club, preferably in New England.
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Lcombs
Jack Coombs
Texas
Ing
New England
Prohibition Pushes Beyond Liquor Into Coffee and More
A serialized critique argues that Arizona style prohibition threatens tea coffee cigars and chocolates as well as clothing and cosmetics. It contrasts liquor with other beverages and warns national prohibition would overburden government while targeting everyday choices. The piece cites Taft on enforcement and lists officers of the Illinois Brewers Association for 1915 16.
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Arizona
Hobson
St. Louis
Tolman and Moloney Play Notable Roles in Circuit Court Race
Major Edgar B. Tolman, a prominent lawyer and former Corporation Counsel, is repeatedly named as a candidate for Circuit Court judge. General Maurice T. Moloney of Ottawa, ex attorney general, is cited as a leading, popular Democrat in the state.
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Edgar B. Tolman
Circuit Court
Maurice T. Moloney
Ottawa
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Charles F. Kramp
Winchester Avenue
Charles Martin
Emerald Avenue
John J. Sheahan
Thirty-fifth Street
John True Beynon
Oakley Avenue
Sixth Ward
Joseph Frank
East Fifty-fifth Place
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Hiram I. Keck
East Fifty-third Street
William R. Kerr
Blackstone Avenue
Seventh Ward
Charles E. Merriam
University Avenue
Eighth Ward
John H. Jones
Bond Avenue
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Minnickcourt
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Hiram W. Vanderbilt
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Joseph Daroczius
Kensington Avenue
Tenth Ward
Joseph Curin
Fisk Street
Frank Klaus
South Racine Avenue
John J. McNeill
Washburne Avenue
James J. Marek
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Gerhard H. Lohman
Edward F. Cullerton
West Harrison Street
Christ Bullinger
West Twelfth Street
Otto A. Wulfer
Heath Avenue
Twelfth Ward
Otto Kerner
Clifton Park Avenue
Thirteenth Ward
John P. Cahill
Adams Street
William F. Cramer
Monroe Street
Thomas J. Ahern
John Brady
Jackson Boulevard
George A. Dalton
Eighteenth Ward
Frank Sullivan
So. Hoyne Avenue
Bernard J. Grogan
Racine Avenue
Patrick J. Flaherty
Peter Sullivan
Loomis Street
James Bailey
Nineteenth
John Powers
Macalister Place
Twentieth Ward
Herman E. Miller
West Twenty-first Street
Matt Franz
South Halsted Street
Twenty-first Ward
Henry F. Wubbell
Wells Street
Samuel A. Stern
Maple Street
W. Collins Lamb
Ohio Street
Ellis Geiger
Cass
Timothy R. Sammons
North Clark Street
Thomas J. Murphy
East Grand Avenue
William P. Ellison
West North Avenue
Victor J. Schaeffer
North Halsted Street
Thomas ©. Wallace
Andrew G. Johnson
Henry Klein
Frank J. Harrington
James N. Kearns
Walter F. Brophy
Herman E. Gnadt
John H. Fichter
Frank M. Becker
Charles L. McGilliin
August Krumholz
John T. Meyers
Twenty-fifth Ward
Harry Quinn
Waveland Avenue
Henry M. Walker
Leland Avenue
Henry D. Capitain
Kenilworth Avenue
Frank J. Link
Magnolia Avenue
George R. Reese
North Racine Avenue
Charles Plotke
Clarendon Avenue
John N. Chapman
Wilton Avenue
Twenty-sixth Ward
William F. Lipps
Wilson Avenue
Arthur W. Hausburg
North Western Avenue
Chris L. McGrane
Kenneth Avenue
Paul P. Tamillo
North Central Park Avenue
Harry E. Littler
North Washtenaw Avenue
Ben M. Sharvey
North
Campbell Avenue
Twenty-ninth Ward
John Hrubec
W. Fifty-first Street
Hubert Kilens
Emmett Whealan
Felix Janovaky
West Forty-seventh Street
Albert Levera
South Honore Street
Joseph E. Gross
Laflin Street
Thirtieth Ward
Geo. P. Latchhford
South Union Avenue
Wm. J. Lynch
West Forty-third Place
Axel J
James A. Kearns
Garfield Boulevard
Robert R. Pegram
Sangamon Street
Frank J. Carr
West Sixtieth Street
Albert J. Fisher
Seventy-second Street
Irwin R. Hazen
Midway Park
Robert M. Buck
Erie Street
Sim J. Stevenson
Waller Avenue
Marshall Solberg
Long Avenue
Lars Larsen
Joseph C. Blaha
Douglas Boulevard
L. M. Gordon
Homan Avenue
Charles Weseley
Ogden Avenue
W. J. Held
Twenty-sixth Street
William H. Marks
Thirty-fifth Ward
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Grand Avenue
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