Hungry Seven Uproar Fails to Rally at Cohan's
The Illinois political roast at Cohan's Grand Opera House drew 226 attendees from Chicago and beyond, led by Comerford and Vrooman with Carlo and Sullivan targets. Reports say several opponents quit the gang, while a 35,000-strong Cook County Democratic vote endorsed a smoking ban on surface street cars and county reforms.
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Rainey
Washington
O'Hara
Senate
White
Sikes
Carlo
Frank
Sullivan
Hungry Seven
Waterloo
Illinois
Roger C. Sullivan
Cohan
Grand Opera House
Comerford
Piercy
Vrooman
Chicago Eagle
John Z White
Carlo Vrooman
Progressive Democrats
Cook County
Robert E. Burke
City of
Chicago
State Utilities Board blocks independent telephone firms
Owney Thompson chairs the board that denies new certificates and limits private phone competition. The decision prompts debate as the Phone Trust grows stronger and the public bears the impact of regulated service prices.
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State Utilities Board
Ilinois
Chicago
Phone Trust
Owney Thompson
Jacksonville
Owney
State Public Utilities Commission
Commission
City politics and court fight mix in broad update
A judge may dismiss a government case if the motion to strike most of the district response succeeds. A memo highlights unemployment relief and tenant fraud in municipal lodging houses. Taxpayers rail at the street department’s lingering spoils system labeled as scientific inaccuracy. A local aldermanic candidate faces derision over telephone service expansion. The Macon County Telephone Co seeks an injunction against Bethany Mutual to halt operations without proper certification.
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Chicago
City Civil Service Commission
F. D. Hanna
Municipal Expenditures Commission
Dlags
Civil Service of Chicago
Mr. Hanna
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City Street Department
Judiciary
Evanston
Hazen
Chicago and Oak Park
Austin
Lipps
Judiciary Committee
Merriam
Committee On
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Tthe
Macon County Telephone Company
Bethany Mutual Telephone Company
Bethany Company
Ald. Nance Announces Passed Ordinances and Civic Efforts
Alderman Nance outlines enacted measures to the Civic League women including lifesaving devices on boats and at stations, banning unclean advertising, cleaner bread handling, and bans on unclean bakeries. He cites his street noise focus, theater ventilation, housing improvements, sewage upgrades, and support for Maj. Funkhouser’s vice crusade.
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Nance
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Ald. Nance
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United States
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Joseph H. Defrees
Lincoln Park
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