Aristocrats Resist Tax Board in Illinois Protests
A Chicago public tax dispute shows packers and grandees balking at a Board of Review summons. Wealthy figures led by McCormick and Palmer estates deny tax demands while critics denounce tax dodging and call for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Packera
Prince of Lake Forest
John G. Shedd
Count
Anglo-American Provision Company
Armour & Co
Fairbanks Canning
PADDY
Swift & Co
Schwarzechild & Sulsberger
Boyd, Lanham @Co
E * McCormick
Belle- UC Diac
Cyrus McCormick
Huron
C. H. McCormick
Virginia McCormick
Potter Palmer
Lake Shore Drive
Jesse Spalding
Astor Street
Emmons Blaine
Erle Street
Chicago
Corner Stone Farce at City Hall Ceremony
A crowd of about 300 gathered on Washington and La Salle for the cornerstone laying of Chicago’s new City Hall. The event drew detectives and mounted police, with speakers including Alderman Dever and Mayor Busse’s absence noted. a copper box was sealed with a mix of city documents and mementos, while a brass band played as the ceremony interrupted street traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Linn H. Young
Washington Street
Ella Gingles
Ald
Dever
Busae
Record- Herald
Washington and
la Salle
Washington
LaSalle
Chicago
William Busse
County Board
Dan Healy
Mullaney
Cor
Poration
Brundage
William E. Dever
Francia W. Taylor
Busse
Frank I. Bennett
Finance Committee
Charles M. Foell
Snow
Redleske
Vernon L. Bean
Old City Hall
Valentine Smith
Scully and
Egan
Sabath
Hanberg
Redieske
T. J. Sullivan
Florence Clark
Commercial Club
Taylor
The Trust Sausage Controversy and Contaminated Meat Claims
A local notice warns of appendicitis linked to unsafe meat products from breakfast delicacies. It accuses low quality canner cows, trichina pork, and cheap trims from canners and dead cattle of being used in sausage production. The piece describes a toxic mix with potato flour and chemical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bull
Chicago
Germany
France
United States
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Porktown
Stanley McCormick
Stanley
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Old Town
Reading
Katherine Tynge
Radcliffe College
Rose Heinzen
Equal Suffrage Association of Massachusetts
Hartley Dennett
John B. C. Rowley
Phyllis Albertson
Mabel Ury
Richard Y. Fitspatrick
A. E. Murphy
Misslarke
Congress
McCormick
Wakefield
Professor Merriam
Merriam
Dunning
Police Department
St. Louis
Thia
Lincoln Park
John E. W. Wayman
Eagle
Alderman Hey
Dr. Evans
Health Department
Armour
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago Democratic Bulletin
The
Record-Herald
Jimothy D. Hurley
Hurley
Hamilton Club
Chicago City Railway
Chicago Railways Company
Samuel J. Tilden
Tweed
Traction Gang
the Reef Trust
State Street
Eddie Hillman
Trust Daily
Eec
Armour, Swift
Armour, Swift and Company
John O. Fetzer
Cock Roach
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