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Chicago Eagle in Chicago, Illinois

17 May 1913

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Chicago Eagle

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Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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May 17, 1913

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Fight for Mayor and Recall Push in Chicago Politics

Preparations for Chicago mayoral preliminaries stir reform demands to abolish precinct committeemen and elect ward leaders by direct vote. The measure would shift power to voters, threaten entrenched party machines, and spur debates over taxes, real estate boards, and municipal services amid ongoing harbor and bridge disputes.

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Cook County House Committee House Chicago Juul Senator Juul Jefferson Cook County Real Estate Board O'Connor Kleeman Harbor Citizens’ Association Rivers and Harbors Committee Chicago Harbor Commission Lake Front Lake Calumet Harbor Commission Kleeman
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Chicago Telephone Rates: Trust Faces Public Backlash

Chicago citizens condemn the Phone Trust and aldermen who back high rates. The critique highlights a alleged $920,000 annual reduction promised to the public, redirected instead to salaries and pensions, with subscribers paying more per call. The public calls for a referendum and recalls while noting a 1912 annual report showing $103,000,000 five year profit after wage increases.

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Chicago Nerve Phone Trust Trust Board of Boston Telephone Trust Council The Bell Companies
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United States James Hamilton Lewis Senate National Wage Commission Lewis Glackin State Senate City of Chicago Sanitary District Pennsylvania Railroad George A. Zinn Engineers’ Corps Federal van Buren Street War Department John Ericson Alonzo J. Hammond George Wisner Sanitary Ent Eagles National Bank of Millinois la Salle Franklin Streets Public Trust Dunne Telephone Illinois Chicago Railways Company la Salle Street Investigate Northwestern Washington Street City Hall
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