Hold-Ups and Taxes in Chicago Expose City Deficit
A Chicago-tinged oped eyeing hold-up violence and tax dodging targets Swift & Company Armour and other giants. It criticizes city officials for lax oversight while detailing a nearly seven hundred thousand dollar deficit and alleged tax underassessment. It also attacks Bryan-era reform efforts and praises payroll-centered politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Swift & Company
Res
Houstoun
Swift & Cumming
J. Ogden Armour
Block of Armour & Company
New Jersey
Armour & Company
Armour Car Lines
Armour Grain Company
Hammond Packing Company
Hammond Company
Kansas City Electric Light Company
Kansas City
Kansas City Railway and Light Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
National Packing Company
Stock Yards Savings Bank
Northwestern — Elevated — Railroad Company
Palon Stock Yards Company, of
Omaha
Lmited
Schwarnschild & Sulzburger
Central Leather Company
Vaulted States Leather Company
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company
Fort Worth
Texas
Hutchinson Packing Co
Hutchinson, Kansas
Northwestern National Fire Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Omaha Packing Company
Prussian National Insurance Company
Brettin
Germany
Bryan banquet mocks archaeology faculty in humorous dig
The Bryan banquet shames the University of Chicago archaeology faculty by joking that their Egyptian digs pale beside the banquet’s fine “specimens.” The piece references figures like Adlai Stevenson and Millard Dunlap and remarks on the preserved remains of a local social reformer appearing in the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Archaeological Faculty
University of Chie
John D. Rockefeller
Egypt
Rame II
Adlal
Stevenson
Alfred Ovendorfh
Owen T Thompson
Llenry Rainey
Millard Dunlap
Political feud taints city leadership history
The account accuses Mayors Dunne Harrison and Busse of bias against professional Irishmen. It claims the pro fought to leave Democratic administrations while Dunne and Harrison kept them on the payroll, depicting a cruel political climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunne
Harrison
Busse
MEN AND HOGS IN CHICAGO HEALTH DEPARTMENT INQUIRY
The piece attacks Chicago Health Commissioner Evans and the city health system over hog disease, milk purity, and laboratory practices. It cites government spending on hog health vs human protection, questions about sample handling, and urges Chicago to move from experimentation to decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ely
Elty
Lid
Dunne
Ferle
Columbus Memorial Laboratories
Coe Tumibis
Chicago ‘Tribune
Te. Evans
Pasteur
Koch
von Betring
Beard
Lister
Secretary of War
Chicide
Avinon Owes Hefty Amount on Personal Property Valuation
A fragment indicates Osten Avinon faces a payment obligation of around 200,000 in personal property value figures. The text shows figures like 82.8000 and 200, but the exact sum and context are unclear. The note references liability toward Sie OOL000 HWven Intines and AL00,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
L.A. Carton
Banelal
Bratch Noukon
Osten Avinon
Farm Owners Protest Tax Dodgers From Armour Swift
Farm owners and other victims of wheel tax argue that large meatpackers like Armour Swift avoid municipal dues. Assessors have spared Armour Swift and Company, prompting vehicle owners to cover the delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour, Swift
Armour, Swift and Company
Health Commissioner Evans Attacks Gov Deneen on Annual Statement
Health Commissioner Evans levels a sharp critique at Gov Deneen's administration over the annual statement and alleged lack of help stamping out bad meat. The dispute follows Evans withdrawing city inspectors from the stock yards despite a warning from the State Board of Health published on the paper's second page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Illinois Board of Health Bulletin Warns on Meat Inspection
In August 1906 the Illinois State Board of Health issued a public bulletin urging municipalities to protect their meat supply through careful local inspection by capable and honest officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Meeker
United States Grand Jury
Beet Trust
Ilinois
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Armour
Supreme Court
Bridewell
Tve
South Down
Tyde Park
Town of
Lake
North Town
Lake View
Switt & Company
Peter An Tot
Oor
United States
L. F. Swift
Edward FP
Swift
A. Carton
D. BK. Tartwell
C. A. Peacock
L, FP
Edward FB
Dumont Clarke
T. A. Carton
John Redfield
Charles AL. Swift
D. M. Anthony
Walter J. Gibbons
North Side
Les Bes
Mr. Gibbons
Temperance Society
Trinois
National ‘Total Abstinence Union
Northside Law and Order League
Uhiteh
Gibbons
Bryan Leagues
Othe Bryan
William J. Bryan
Tell
Bryan O Iso
Zina R. Carter
Board of Trade
Civil Service
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