Who Will Be Mayor The Man Elected In April
Chicago voters face a five week window to choose a mayor for a four year term. The piece outlines needed city improvements including streets, sanitation, streetcar service, and a new City Hall, and notes a Liberal mayor is desired. It also covers the Fred A Busse Club formation led by William Hale Thompson and bits on a Springfield bill to redraw County Board elections by congressional districts, risking Republican control.
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Chicago
Fred A. Busse
Twenty-first Ward
Dearborn Avenue
Board of Trade
Madison Street
White Wings
Fred A. Busse Club
William Hale Thompson
First National Bank
Springfield
Evanston
John Reckinger
William Brosa Lloyd
Mack
Carpenter
Honore
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
West Side
Washington Boulevard
West Park Board
Clinton and
Canal Streets
Garfield Park
Dunne
Alderman Bennett
Bennett
Chicago Debates City Hall Plans and Elections Battles
The piece outlines political maneuvering five weeks from the mayoralty vote, including opposition to party centrism, eight ward candidates led by Hearst supporters, and court actions over Lake Front Park and the Field Museum dispute with South Park Commissioners. It notes bills to reform Municipal Court law, rail and transit developments, a push for a liberal mayor, and endorsements shaping the Chicago political scene.
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South Park Commissioners
Montgomery Ward
Lake Front Park
Ward
George W. Merrick
Fle
United Statesa
Beef Trust Porkers And State Meat Inspection Debates
A long critique of beef and pork inspection laws notes the lack of microscopic testing for pork and the Beef Trust's influence. It describes a Minnesota bill by Senator Chaffee to establish official state inspection of slaughter plants, licensing, penalties, and inspectors. It reports a coroner’s jury urging better food inspection after a pork sausage death, and mentions London and War Office moves to secure canned meats from Australia and New Zealand. It also covers Chicago health actions, city hall redevelopment plans, Illinois restaurant health checks, and praises for Chief Justice Harry Olson and Municipal Court reforms.
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Springfield
Olson
Park Commissioners
House of Correction
Supreme Court
Phat
Boot ‘Trust
State Senate
Chaffee
Shelbyville
Board of Livestock Commissioners
Fhve
Committee On Judicial Department of Practice
St. Paul, Minn
Ernest Goers
Goers
South St. Paul
London
War Office
Australia
New Zealand
Buchanan
Health Department Reports Meat Condemnations Rise in Chicago
Health Department figures for February 1907 show rising condemned meat at the Union Stock Yards. February 2 tally: 200,620 pounds destroyed. weekly total 326,504 pounds. year to date 1,514,005 pounds, vs 1,334,280 in 1906. February 9 report: 108,428 pounds condemned. year total 1,720,626 pounds, up from 863,680 in 1906. February 16 figures indicate continuing high meat inspections at the Union.
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Chicago
Health Department
Union
Union Stock Yards
Lumpy Jaw Beef Debacle Sparks City Hall Clash
Chicago faces a health scare as meat plants run wide open and the Health Department withholds merchant names while the City Council debates sales bans. Alderman Mathias J. Jacobs is praised for his integrity and ward service amid calls for stronger action.
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Chicago
Health Department
Mathias J. Jacobs
Beef Trust blamed for worker deaths and bad meat
Critics allege imports of foreign pauper labor and risky meat handling cause high worker fatalities, citing a Chicago plant where thirteen died in a single day. Tuberculosis is linked to meat quality, while John H. Jones praised as a strong candidate for City Treasurer and Charles McGavin lauded as industrious in Congress.
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Chicago
Cooley
Beef Trust
John H. Jones
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Herbert 8. Duncombe
John V. Clinnin
Shirley T. High
John P. Garner
Db. W. Scanlan
Arthur A. O'Brien
James BK. Aldrich
William G. Howe
Robert IH. McCormick, Jr
Dwight Lawrence
Edmund CC
Racey
Alderman Snow
Hearst” Fories
Michael Kenna
James Dalley
Charles Martin
Thomas F. Scully
E, F. Cullerton
M, P. Riley
John J. Brennan
John Powers
Michigan Avenue
Park
Busse Business Men's League
Clark Street
Clyde A. Morrison
Captain Anson
United States
Hopkins
Chicago River
Illinois
Copperas Creek
Laalle
The
Legislative Voters
Republican County Central Committee
Executive Committee
Bartzen
Northwestern Elevated
Ravenswood
United States Senate
Albert J. Hopkins
Illnois
Lawrence Tiven
Anton
Seventh District
Congress
Phillip Knope
Hiram T. Gilbert
William D. Barge
City of
Frank J. Shepard
O. F. Severson
Municipal Court
City of Chicago
Harold G. Hansen
William Sampson
Municipal Court of Chicago
Circuit Court of
Cook County
Homer Galpin
Thomas M. Hunter
Galpin
Hunter
Albert Hahne
Republican Club of
Grand Pacific Hotel
Franz Amberg
Christopher Strassheim
William Arens
Frank O. Lowden
Robert R. Hitt
House of Representatives
A. C."anson
Beef Trust Porkers
Senator Chaffee
Packers
China
Ilinois
Harry Olson
Lumpy Jaw Exchange
Stockyarda
Charles McGavin
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