Democratic Committeemen and Ward Headquarters Listed
The document lists Democratic officials for Illinois including Charles Boeschenstein as National Committeeman and Arthur W. Charles as Chairman with numerous ward headquarters across the city. It names officers such as Isaac B. Craig, Ernest Hoover, James M. Dailey, and William P. Feeney, plus ward-by-ward leadership and addresses for party operations in Cook County and Chicago suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Charles Boeschenstein
Edwardsville
Democratic State Committee
Arthur W. Charles
Douglas Pattison
Freeport
Terence F. Moran
Chicago
Ed. M. Spiller
Marion
Isaac B. Craig
Mattoon
Tressurer
Ernest Hoover
Taylorville
Jerry J. Kane
East St. Louis
Democratic County Committee
James M. Dailey
William P. Feeney
Democratic Party of
Cook County
Joseph Rushkewicz
Frank F
Chicago Headquarters Clubs List From City Directories
A dense roster lists many club headquarters with numbers and addresses. It records meetings schedules, presidents and secretaries, and contact phone numbers for groups at locations across Chicago including Lincoln Park North and West Side venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vanderburg
Sangamon St
W. 19Th
21St
Locust Street
Tel. Superior
Joseph P.mahoney
N. la Salle Street
Edmund L. Mulcahy
Larrabee St
Lincoln
W. North Ave
Rudolph L. Schapp
Hudson Ave
Math. J. Wagner
Lower
Lincoln Turner Hall
Sheffield
Diversey Aves
Jas. H. Poage
Belmont Ave
Bernard Jung
Mohawk St
Barry Ave
Lake View
Frank A. Stadler
Lincoln Ave
Gustav Seedorf
Grace Hall
Bernard St
Corner Grace, Elston and Bernard
Irving
Hans Blase
Pensacola Ave
Geo. J. Gercken
LeClaire Ave
Milwaukee Ave
Armitage
W. Garfield Blvd
Tel. Drover
Frank J. Ryan
John R. Cook
McNally’s Hall
S. Halsted St
Martin J. McNally
Halsted St
E. J. Kean
W. 45Th St
Frank J. Carr
60Th St
Chas. Sener
S. Peoria St
Anderson Bldg
Hodnett’s
Dennis E. Duffy
Lawndale Ave
W. Madison St
Garfield
R. W. Larkin
Jackson Blvd
Tohn
Clark
Keeler and
Northrow
Washington Weekend Lovers in Wartime Social Scene
The article portrays Washington as a romantic hub on weekends for soldiers and their sweethearts. It notes dances teas receptions and dinners across venues as civilian life briefly counters war anxieties. Greyhaired mothers also visit their sons amid mobilization and preparations for battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ameri Jen
Pennsylvania Avenue
America
Dan Cupid
Prominent Men and Their Wives Draw Washington Audiences
Washington concert crowds eclipse New York’s Diamond Horseshoe as world figures arrive by carriage and limousine to a twice weekly afternoon performance. Both military and allied officers mingle with society’s wives and notable businessmen, drawing sharp local curiosity about the era’s new center of power and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
France
Italy
England
America
Royalty Meets Democracy in Wartime Washington
A wartime piece observes foreign nobles, including Lord Northcliffe, dining modestly among American journalists to aid the U S war effort. The author notes today’s nobility share democratic aims and rejects romance fantasies of titles, praising common courage over birthright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Americ
Amerien
England
France
Italy
America
Lord Northcliffe
Two Months Dry and No Snake Bite in Washington
Washington reports no snake bite cases and zoo netting is removed from snake cages. A rise in Jamaica ginger purchases replaces alcohol use, with druggists raising prices or refusing sales to deter addicts. Shopkeepers note more women seek sedatives while few chronic Jamaican ginger drinkers exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jamaica
Slicker Draft Officers Flood Washington Clash
Congress hears that thousands of healthy young men seek commissions through political influence, flooding the War Department. Major General Sharpe notes about 2000 extra officers commissioned, with applicants from both sides of the Atlantic still pressing for safe billets rather than combat. Senator Wadsworth calls the letters from eager youths brazen and imprudent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Washington
Atlantic
Sharpe
William F. Walden
Buffalo
Wadsworth
New York
France
Quarterminster
Elevates seek fare hikes for Chicago L lines
Authority for higher fares on the Chicago elevated railroads will be asked of the state public utilities commission they say fares will start at 5 cents with increments of 1 cent and a 6 cent 7 cent scale the company also seeks authority to carry package freight elevated lines blame rising costs wages and longer hauls for the need the report notes increased purchasing power erosion since horse car days and argues electric lines can relieve congestion by handling package freight during idle hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Elevated
State Public Utilities Commission
Britton I. Budd
Elevated News
City Jobs in Peril
A list by the efficiency division of the finance committee outlines employees to be dropped under a retrenchment plan. Departments affected include Health 63, Board of Local Improvements 34, Building 34, Waste Disposal 20, Fire 20, City Hall 13, Comptroller 13, City Attorney 13, Election Commission 11, Civil Service 5, and other offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
Alderman Rea
Department of Health
Board of Local Improvements
Building Department
Bureau of Waste Disposal
Fire Department
Department of City Hall
Comptroller's Office
City Attorney's Office
Election Commissioner's Office
Civil Service Commission
Department of
City Agencies Involved In Public Works And Inspections
A list details numerous city departments including underground surveys, public service, bridge division, supplies, city sealer, treasurer, bureau of streets, house of correction, finance committee, sewers, prosecuting attorney, local transportation, harbor division, boiler inspection, matrons examiner, maps bureau, smoke and oil inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Department
Department of Supplies
Bureau of Streets
House of Correction
Finance Committee
Department of Sewers
Local Transportation Committee
Bureau of Maps
Department of Smoke
Congressman Mann Ill in Baltimore for Treatment
Congressman James R. Mann of Chicago, Republican floor leader, is seriously ill but stable at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He has neuritis flaring over the past year and seeks hospital care to strengthen his system and prevent a possible attack. Mrs Mann stays in Washington, visiting Baltimore three times weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Mann
Chicago
Baltimore
Wild Cat Stock Scandal Hits Chicago Banks
Illinois pursues a gang of oil stock scammers and bogus exchanges blamed for robberies of many investors. The ex convicts and alleged brokers operate under false pretenses, with thieves still at large as authorities vow action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Banko
Illinois
L B Kilbourne Noted Butter and Egg Department Chief
L B Kilbourne, manager of the butter and egg department at C H Weaver & Co on South Water street, is highly popular in and out of the trade. He is regarded as one of the best posted men in the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Kilbourne
Big South Water Street
C. H. Weaver & Co
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Fair State, Adams and
Dearborn Sts
E. J. Lehmann
Britton, Budd
Chicago “L” Lines
Democratic
Jacob Lindheimer
Fred W. Blockt
John J. Leonard
Michael Kenna
William J. Graham
Thomas D. Nash
Patrick J. Carr
John P. Gibbons
James M. Whalen
John H. Mack
Joseph W. Cermak
A. J. Sabath
Anton J. Cermak
Martin J. O’brien
Patrick A. Nash
Thomas P. Keane
Stanley H. Kunz
Joseph Rushke
Bernard J. Gro
Joan Powers
Dennie J. Egan
Joan F. O'Mal
Rudolph L. Lehaon
Joseph L. Gill
Frank F. Roe
Eoty
Harry R. Gib
Eaty
Henry A. Zen
Eaty-Aeveath
Nell Marley
Frank Posner
Emmett Whea
Irtieth Ward
James F. Heffer
Michael K. Sheri
Dar
Frank J. Waisn
Timothy Crowe
Joseph O. Kost
William P. Fee
Young's Hall
30Th
Wallace Sts
John F. Bolton
Union Ave
James J. Kropacek
Normal Ave
Kahn
Otto Kerner
Clifton Park Ave
Joseph J. Novak
Trumbull Ave
Kedzie
James C. Denvir
Congress St
John C. Morris
W. Adame St
Conway's Hall
Lake St
Western Ave
James B. Shiel
Grand Ave
Edward J. Kelly
Park Ave
Iowa St
Edward T Raindl
Chicago Ave
Morris Gevirtz
N. Francisco Ave
Joseph Petlak
North Ave
Frank Literski
Dickson St
Tel
Monroe
Walter Smith
Austin Ave
Teofill Weyna
James @. Gavin
Racine
Frank O. Lowden
John G. Oglesby
Edward J. Brundage
Louis L. Emmerson
Len Small
Andrew Russell
Francis G. Blair
Supreme Court
Charles W. Vail
William Hale Thompson
Clayton F. Smith
James T. Igoe
Eugene R. Pike
Samuel A. Ettelson
Frank J. Bennett
John Dill Robertson
M. D
Herman F. Schuettler
Thomas O'Connor
Maclay Hoyne
Henry Stuckart
Joseph F. Haas
John E. Traeger
Thomas F. Scully
Robert M. Sweitzer
Henry Horner
John A. Cervenka
Frank J. Walsh
John Kjellander
August Miller
Peter M. Hoffman
Peter Reinberg
Board of Review
Frank S.S. Ryan
Fred W. Blocks
Edward R. Litzinger
Board of Assessors
William H. Weber
Adam Wolf
George K. Schmidt
Charles Ringer
Michael K. Sheridan
Cupid
Ashington
Mister Din Cupid
National Capital
Conra
Ernest J. Magerstadt
Mann
William D. Manhall
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