All for Lowden Republicans Unite Behind Governor Lowden
Illinois Republican factions, city hall and Cook county groups rally behind Governor Frank O. Lowden for President. Delegates, including eight at large, are pledged to Lowden, with no anti Lowden slate in Chicago districts. Democratic ward committeemen names are listed for Illinois.
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Illinois
Frank O. Lowden
Republican State Committee
City Hall
Chicago
Lowden
Wood
Deneen
Brundage
Cook County
State Committee
Gov
Committeemen to Name Twenty One Circuit and Superior Court Judges
Republican and Democratic ward committeemen will choose twenty candidates for Circuit Court judges and one for Superior Court at the April 13 primary. The article lists Republican nominees by ward, naming multiple individuals such as Francis P. Brady and Edward H. Wright across wards, with more candidates in several divisions.
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Circuit Court
Superior Court
First Ward
Francis P. Brady
W. W. Scott
Edward H. Wright
Warren B. Douglas
Robert R. Levy
William A. Bither
C. Arch Williams
Arthur W. Sullivan
Bart J. Evans
Thomas J. Finucane
Henry L. Langosch
Lawrence F. King
Roy O. West
Robert J. McLaughlin
Willis O. Nance
Charles N. Goodnow
A. C. Metzger
G. W. Porter
P. H. Moynihan
Harry Harmon
Walter G. Davis
A. Zylstra
E. E. Ertsman
Thomas Curran
George J. Zrust
Charles W. Barrett
Lorenz Meisterheim
August W. Miller
W. G. Bock
A. W. Kalfas
David W. Clark
28Th Ward
Haas
Upham Hosts National Republican Committeemen Meeting
The National Republican Committee met in Chicago to plan the national convention. National Treasurer Fred W. Upham hosted a luncheon for committeemen and campaign chairmen as Hays led the thirty-one member body through routine matters.
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National Republican Committee
Chicago
Fred W. Upham
Hays
A. T. Hert
Kentucky
Gas Rates Less Through Subsidiary Plan Proposed
Samuel Insull told the city council gas litigation committee that lower rates may follow formation of a gas producing subsidiary approved by the public utilities commission. He cited 1918 19 fixed charges and blamed delays and rising costs for the company’s finances while urging cooperation with government bodies.
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Samuel Insull
State Public Utilities Commission
No Money for Schools Endangers 1921 Education Budget
Figures from Supt. Peter A. Mortenson show the Board of Education near the borrowing limit by end of 1921. Without new revenue it must cut teachers salaries by 35 percent or close about one third of the schools, the trustees estimate.
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Peter A. Mortenson
Board of Education
Peter Reinberg Celebrates Sixty Second Birthday
Peter Reinberg a Chicago native and long time public official marks his 62nd birthday. He served eight years as county board president and led the county forest preserves and the board of education. He was born near North Robey and Balmoral streets. his family still owns part of the Reinberg farm.
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Ty Commissioners
County Forest Preserves
Board of Education
Peter
Robey
Balmoral
Cook County
Reinberg
Notable Political Assembly Amid Real Estate Circle
The piece lists names from Twenty-fourth to Thirty-fifth, notes popular figures in real estate and business, and mentions a Republican tone. It cites Charles Agnew as alderman candidate at a dinner with Gus Corsiglia and others, and discusses a Peoples Gas subsidiary contract aimed at lowering consumer gas costs and strengthening company credit.
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Charles J. Agnew
Corsiglia
Peoples Company
Koppers Company of
Pennsylvania
City Hall plans major water tunnel and station funding
The city council finance committee approved 500000 for the new south west water tunnel from the lake to Western avenue under 73rd street. They rejected 500000 for Wil liam Hale Thompson pumping station initial construction this year, with station work slated for 1921. Combs sought 11765000 in water funds for the year, with 9360000 revenue and 7336000 expenses last year. he also proposed 2425000 for rehabilitation and 1994000 for new construction. The panel kept expenditures within revenue while listing station and plant upgrades and new electrical conversions. Revenue efforts to avert large city employee layoffs continued, alongside proposed license ordinances for music instrument makers, vehicle trades, and itinerant merchants.
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Western Avenue
73Rd Street
City Council
Combs
William Hale Thompson
Mr. Combs
Central Park Avenue
Chicago Avenue
22Nd Street
Harrison Street
7Th Street
Ald
Cermak
Political Gossip Voices on Delegates and Ward Committeemen
The article notes women cannot vote in the Tuesday primary for delegates to the national convention or for party committeemen. It covers candidates including Robert Levy for third ward committeeman and Arch Williams described as a stalking horse for City Hall, with Frank Wallace withdrawing in the Fourteenth ward.
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Michael Kenna
William J. Graham
Thomas D. Nash
John F. Bolton
Walter J. Nowak
Patrick J. Carr
Albert Binger
Fred Dahl
Rudolph Blanka
Samuel Burt
Nicholas Thul
John P. Gibbons
A. F. Coleman
James M. Whalen
Charles Bennett
Charles Brust
Joseph Lamb
John M. Mack
John J. Leonard
Joseph A. Mendel
Anton Stonek
A. J. Sabath
Anton J. Cermak
Otto Kerner
Martin J. O'Brien
Patrick A. Nash
Thomas P. Keane
Stanley H. Kunz
Frank W. Nowak
Joseph Ruskiewicz
Peter Mangela
Bernard J. Grogan
Clarence Potter
J. P. Pompel
Charles
Louis L. Emerson
Robert RB
Frank Wallace
Fourteenth
P. A. Nash
Three Way Fight for Sixth Ward Committee Seat Emerges
The Sixth ward race for Republican committeeman widens to three with Dr. Willis O. Nance entering as Brundage organization candidate. He will face Robert McLaughlin and Thompson.
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Sixth Ward
Willis O. Nance
Brundage
Dr. Nance
Robert McLaughlin
Thompson
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State Central Committee
William H. Dellenback
A. N. Todd
Paul H. Wiedel
James J. McComb
Joseph P. Kinsella
Daniel D. Coffey
Lewis D. Sitts
Fred. E. Erickson
James A. Fleming
Homer K. Galpin
C. F. Meinhard
Christopher Mamer
G. Cc. Esposito
Morris Eller
James F. Burns
Charles E. Peace
E. R. Litzinger
J. F. Peters
Alfred J. Schroeter
Titus Haffe
C. G. Kempff
Edward J. Halvka
Edward J. Brundage
Eugene H. Dupee
Leonard A. Brundage
Arthur A. Huhnke
Charles R. Francis
Charles W. Peters
George K. Schmidt
John C. Cannon
Willam H. Wesbey
J. Heine
Thomas T. Quinlan
Leroy Milner
W. C. Eggers
Joseph F. Haas
Thomas F. Byrne
Ernest Withall
Leonard G. Reid
Thomas J. Healy
James
Breen
William
Johnson
George Lyons
Robert Farmer
John Powers
Jeremiah Carmody
Dennis J. Egan
John F. O'Malley
Rudolph L. Schapp
Joseph L. Gill
Upham
Peter Reinberg
Board of
Coun
Frank
Frank F. Roeder
Harry R. Gibbons
Henry A. Zender
Neil Marley
Clayton F. Smith
Emmett Whealan
Joseph M. Fitzgerald
Michael K. Sheridan
Frank J. Walsh
Ed, Sheehy
J. J. Sullivan
W. T. McMahon
Thomas J. O'Neill
J. J. Callahan
W. J. Cummings
J. Kennedy
James Heffernan
Timothy J. Clowe
Joseph O. Kostner
William P. Feeney
James T. Igoe
Frank P. Sweitzer
Ments Committee
United States
Deneenman
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