Chicago Editorial Calls Voters to Choose Honest Drainage Trustees
The piece urges careful discrimination in the fall election for Chicago drainage district trustees. It stresses nonpartisan pick of capable leaders to finish the city’s massive drainage system, cites the water meter scandal, commends Mayor Dunne and various officials, and cautions voters to elect trustworthy figures like Judge Willard McEwen, Judge Marcus Kavanagh, and Edward Tilden while critiquing ongoing traction negotiations and park governance.
Chicago garbage contract battle looms in graft warning
A Chicago editorial blasts grafting figures seeking the city garbage job, urges voters to support Judge Marcus Kavanagh for re election, and warns of plague if corrupt contractors win. It praises the Lilden regime for safeguarding teachers and children, urging civic duty.
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Lilden
Chicago
Chicago School Board Plans Harmony Under Dudleston Leadership
The city council recessing mid summer leaves expectations that laws and ordinances will not be forgotten as George Dudleston, whether as president or as board member, will prove a valuable public official guiding Chicago's public schools through united leadership and effort.
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Citye Council
George Dudleston
Chicago
Lawrence FE McGann Reappointed City Comptroller
Lawrence FE McGann has an irreproachable record as City Comptroller. His reappointment by Mayor Diane will boost his popularity and support for fiscal leadership in city government.
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Lawrence FE. McGann
Congress
Dunne
Lawrence Fe, McGann
Diane
Chicago Board of Review Guided by Trusted Tax Officials
The board of review works for taxpayers with Roy O. West Fred W Upham and Florus Meechan at the helm. Their leadership is presented as ensuring taxation decisions protect public and individual interests in Chicago.
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Board of Review
Roy O. West
Fred W. Upham
Florus Meechan
Chicago
Commonwealth
Cook County judges urged as election nears
A Chicago editorial argues for six judges of Cook County to be elected in November on nonpartisan grounds. It praises capable candidates from both parties and calls for stronger judiciary, referencing Fire Marshal Campion, Andrew J. Graham, and Lawrence E B McGann. It critiques civil service reform and notes issues in city departments and Fourth of July fatalities.
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Cook County
Chicago Begins Establishing Courteous Able Clerical Force
Under the watchful management of Commissioner of Public Works Patterson the city of Chicago is beginning to find out what it is to have a courteous as well as an able clerical force.
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Joseph Medill Patterson
Chicago
Patterson
Judge Kavanagh Earns Renewed Confidence in Cook County
Judge Kavanagh has shown by his decisions and conduct that he is an able jurist worthy of renewed public confidence in Cook County. If Chicago’s city council values public service it should act without delay.
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Chicago
Willard M. McEwen
Deneen
Ilinois
McEwen
West Chicago
Schuettler
Kavanagh
Cook County
City will prepare to clean out council in six months
The message urges protection of life and property under existing laws and says the people will be ready to remove the city council in about six months. It expresses a hope that residents will fulfill their duty.
St Paul Northwestern L road ordinance delayed until September
Council proceedings hit a hitch over the St Paul Northwestern L road ordinance. The measure was deferred until the council reconvenes after midsummer vacation. The article notes the ordinance is desired by North Side citizens and property owners, despite debates on passage and incidentals.
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St. Paul-Northwestern L
North Side
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