Swat the Fly Health Dept War in Chicago Opinion
A sharp critique of Chicago’s Health Department lampoons its duties and argues for reform. The piece links fly swatting to the free lunch scene near City Hall, accuses inspectors of corruption, and notes failures in meat safety and sewer systems. It references tariff debates, brewing political factions, and local infrastructure issues, weaving a broader critique of city governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Health Department
Chicago
Daily Press
Health Department
Governor Deneen Attacks Speaker Adkins In Illinois Fight
Gov. Charles Deneen delivers strong charges against Speaker Adkins accusing him of anti public harm and interference to block reform bills. The clash follows claims of missed subway plans and political maneuvering tied to Lorimer and the 1909 jackpot. Real estate news notes Augusta Lehmann purchasing the Rector building and surrounding loop holdings in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. White
Adkins
Gov
Deneen
Speaker Adkins
Senate
Lorimer
Cook County
General Assembly
Assembly
Gov. Deneen
House
House of Representatives
Augusta Lehmann
Charles Rector
New York
Rector
Clark and
Monroe Streets
Loop District
Dexter
Adams Street
Todd
Baltimore
Quincy Street
Clark Street
Thomas M. Hoyne
Lehmann
Lessing
Lessing Annex
Evanston Avenue
Surf Street
Charles Greve
Lehmann Estate
Europe
Willis Smith
Fred J. Tucker
Fortune & Co
Bressey & Kirkley
Printers Union Memorial Marks 50 Deaths At Chicago
John W. Hastie, president of the Chicago Employing Printers' Association, denounced sluggers who misrepresent labor in a speech at the Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 memorial meeting. More than 1,000 printers with wives and friends attended at Garrick theatre to honor fifty members who died in the past year and to praise the union’s charitable work, including the Union Printers' Home at Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Hastie
Chicago
Hastie
Printers’ Union
Colorado Springs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Country
Calumet-Blue Island Canal
Washington
The
Tribune
Means Committee
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Ways and Means
Congress
Clark
Underwood
Chicago Tribune
Halsted Street
Clybourne Avenue
Webster Avenue
Grove Court
Orchard Street
Board of Local Improvements
Fifty-ninth Street
Ashland Avenue
Paulina Street
Fifty-ninth
Reinberg
Bion J. Arnold
Corps of Engineers
Fred W. Upham
Republican National Committee
Chauncey Dewey
Public Utilities Commission
Hurburgh
Senate Appropriations Committee
Gilbert
Supreme Court of Three Commission
Illinois
Charles 8. Deneen
William Lorimer
United
EBC
West Fifty-ninth Street
South Hoyne Avenue
Street
R. F. Conway Company
Charles A. V. Standish
Mullaney
Commissioner of Public Works
Peter Reinberg
Arnold
Harrison
Industrial School
Park Ridge
Sena
Harpe
Hancock County
Charles
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!