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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1918
Page
2
Tuesday set a new high in registration with Chicago surpassing 800 100 voters and the aldermanic slate on April 2 rising above 100 000. Canvassers will erase few names as clerks revise books Saturday night keeping nearly the same total as the last big quadrennial in November. Socialists show strength in tough wards with Second ward alone adding over 8 000 registrations.
The article details petitions and challenges over signatures and copying errors in a petition drive. It notes inspectors, droppings of numbers, and objections to names not listed, with talk of rechecking names and potential disqualification of petitions. It quotes officials and discusses implications for an election.
Governor Lavden spoke at a centennial celebration in Abevano hotel criticizing pacifists and lukewarm supporters while warning the state must decide whether its history will record a brief but turbulent youth or ultimate triumph in world affairs. The address emphasized wartime choices and national duty.
An Associated Press dispatch says government control likely soon extends to leading express companies. The Railroad Administration officially listed Adams, American, Wells Fargo, Southern, Great Northern, Northern, Canadian, and Western as affected. Last year earnings fell from a prior peak, with Adams posting a deficit late in the year amid ongoing talks with rail officials.
The Chicago Liberty Loan committee plans letters to 200000 prior buyers urging them to purchase the third issue and recruit neighbors. Executive secretary Alvin F. Kramer also has 20000 names of Red Cross and similar donors to mobilize support.
City committees study an ordinance to merge surface and elevated routes in a six year program. Projects include Subway under State street and Wells Street deck, additional South Side tracks, four track rapid transit to Blue Island Avenue, and rolling stock purchases totaling about 21 million in the first periods, with rapid transit reaching a large city share.
A garbled wartime text fragment references a conflict, depots, and a group called Hyius squadron of alesmen Ledex, with mentions of volunteers and expected more corks. The passage reads like a stray OCR dump with multiple nonsensical phrases and invented terms.
President Wilson nominates Marshall Bradley Ley of the Northern District of Illinois for reappointment. The nomination goes to the Senate for confirmation. Ley serves as U S Marshal with headquarters in Chicago.
A garbled note from Florida reports Chief Herman Schuett Ten, resting away from duty, says he is peeling back to the job in April. The message claims the chief is fine and eager to return to face the city hall at once.
Fragmented readable text describes street and elevated rail plans near Clinton Street and Lake Street, mentioning connections to Metropolian and loop district. References to Durie period, ordinance, and construction of elevated roads and tracks amid near term transit proposals.
An alderman discusses crime issues and the town crime committee’s work. The dialogue covers police procedures, community safety measures, and proposed reforms to policing and public order.
The readable OCR presents a jumble of letters and partial phrases with no coherent events or names. It cannot establish a concrete person, place, or action.
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