City pawnshop ties with police spark graft probe
Citizens’ Committee uncovers alleged Weber gang ties to police and fire departments in Chicago. Reports say Jake Weber’s pawnshop routes salary advances at 10 percent monthly, with officers and officials linked to pay vouchers and department heads. Calls for mayoral action and enforcement follow.
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Citizens’ Committee
Weber Gang
Jake Weber
Sand
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Clark Street
Ifty-Two
Swenle
Princess Stephanie's second marriage changes royal path
Long article describes Princess Stephanie of Belgium leaving court life after her first marriage to Archduke Rudolf ended in tragedy. At 35 she wed Count Elemer Longay, sacrificing royal rank and contact with her daughter, now 16, amid a politically constrained ceremony unattended by her father or father-in-law.
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Stephanie
Archduke Rudolf
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Europe
Elemer Longay
Austria
Hungary
Legal Notice in Cook County Chancery Case
Public notice announces a case in the Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois in chancery General No 204268 involving John Schermann Thomas Nalepinski Dennis B Scherman against Man Pischke Barbara Pischke John Kolloch Western Stone Company and Artesian Stone and Lime Works Company. Master In Chancery William F Wlemers to preside on March 28 1000.
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Chicago Real Estate Board
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Chicago
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Phelix R. O'Boyle
Elizabeth O'Boyle
Christian F. Schultz
Bobuslav W. Nejedly
Charles C. Schumacher
T. Willam F. Wiemers
Prescott
Douglas Park
William F. Wiemers
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Edward F. Comstock
Chicago Opera Houwee
State of Illinois
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Thomas Nalepinski
Dennis
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Pischke
Barbara Pischke
John Kolloch
Western Stone Company
Artesian Stone and Lime Works Company
William F, Wlemers
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