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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1917
Page
1
A letter denounces Chicago’s control of 12 000 sidewalk news stands and permits, arguing the city suppresses abutting property rights, bans weekly papers and magazines, and taxes cleanups after storms to benefit favored outlets, warning of crime and loss of local ownership.
A criticized sidewalk cleaning ordinance will allegedly keep about 2,000 police officers occupied daily in winter as notices are issued to residents. The claim frames enforcement as a burden on law enforcement resources and raises concerns about impact on policing.
The city passes the Nance ordinance forcing abutting property owners to maintain sidewalks and keep them sanitary. It argues the ordinance grants private ownership of the sidewalk rights to the property owner, making them responsible for cleaning after snow or ice to avoid fines.
Alderman Otto Kerner drafts a measure to grant Chicago authority to regulate liquor locally and pursue a referendum on open saloons including Sunday closing. The council also reviews 1917 tax levies totaling 47.1 million for city funds and pending ordinances while finances face unpaid bills and urgent borrowing needs.
A controversial ordinance on sidewalk cleaning spurs calls for ten additional municipal court judges to handle at least twenty thousand daily violations. The piece ties broader market pressure to legal expansion and notes figures from 19th century retail history and early banking reform efforts.
A brief notice references an additional five dollar tax per day after the snowstorm day. The line implies a follow on charge or fee starting the day after the snowfall.
Corporation counsel sent a city notice asserting that a sidewalk cleaning ordinance forcing citizens to clear snow is unconstitutional. Aldermen acted on advice from a man named Rex described as the city librarian.
Beginning March 1 the Chicago post office will become the central depot for disposition of dead letter mail from ten states besides Illinois. The states contributing dead letter mail include Wisconsin Indiana Michigan Minnesota Iowa Missouri and others. The move centralizes handling and disposal of unreturnable correspondence.
The Chicago Eagle profiles E. J. Lehmann founder of The Fair in Chicago, praising the store as the first department store and a world leader in dry goods. It credits his insight into family shopping, affordable pricing during 1875 post–panic era, and his aim to offer everything for everybody under one roof.
The Morris plan bank, capitalized at 1 million dollars, aims to curb loan shark activity with character as security. J Allen Haines announced the decision as 50 plus captains of industry align with the effort. executive committee meets Tuesday to organize.
A city council member named Nance from a pigeon roost ward pushes an ordinance provoking public ire. The Hyde Park ward residents live in crowded one or two room apartments, and critics say the measure harms working people exhausted after long days.
A column argues abolishing the city librarian and similar posts as unnecessary. It notes a city library with over a dozen publications including Mike Evans on Thumb Prints and How to Soak Citizens Make Them Clean Sidewalks for Trust Newspaper Stands, suggesting public access to books suffices.
Lawmakers discuss raising elective state officer salaries to 10000 a year after code becomes law. Other bills allocate funds for staff and committees. Prohibition politics tilt as wets and dries brace for tight votes while calendars forecast action by March 1.
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