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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1908
Page
1
Chicago politics run with Hoyne family holding multiple city posts and speculation over state and county offices as McKinley enters the governor race. Factions debate delegates and reform themes while Shurtleff seeks reelection as Speaker and leaders push for returns on county fees.
X F Belcler announces Democratic bid for Secretary of State with a recommendation from Lawrence B Stringer for Governor in 1904. Henry W Lee petitions for Republican nomination as Drainage Trustee Calumet district. Rumor links Foss to Hopkins Mason Webster for a senatorship advisory vote not binding on Legislature.
The piece argues an outsider could gain advantage in the senate contest over insiders and blasts the Goodrich Transportation Company for dodging Chicago taxes via Duluth ports. It details dock sizes, fleet names, past vessel identities, and cites local firms paying property taxes while accusing reformers of selective enforcement. It links Beef and Tobacco Trust prosecutions to campaign capital in 1908.
A Chicago editorial voices strong opposition to appointing women as school inspectors, arguing against petty public offices held by women and urging the mayor to appoint no more. It also calls for municipal banking regulation to curb unsafe small banks and protect depositors, praising established banks as stabilizing for the city.
A historical warning asserts appendicitis stems from bad meat in cheap sausages like Trust brand, made from inferior cattle and trichina pork mixed with potato flour. It warns micro-organisms inhabit the gut and the vermiform appendix becomes inflamed, linking troubling meat practices to fatal infections.
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