Judicial election victory and looming state campaign
Six Republicans led by Marcus Kavanagh and five Democrats won in a large judicial election with over 200 000 ballots cast. The piece notes post election political battles, upcoming gubernatorial and senatorial races, and tensions within the Chicago utilities and telephone sectors amid a charged partisan climate.
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Kavanagh
McLurely
Freeman
Barnes
Pam
Foell
Fitch
McKinley
Goodwin
Sullivan
McGoorty
Marcus Kavanagh
Superior Court
M. A. Kavanagh
W. H. McBurely
J. H. Fitch
H. V. Freeman
A. C. Barnes OR
Hugo Pam
M. L. McKinley
N. Goodwin
M. Foell
D. EB. Sullivan
McKenzie Cleland
J. J. Sullivan
R. Seres
D. G. Ramasay
A. J. Redmond
T. J. Dawson
Ross Hall
Pffce
Deneen
Richard Yates
L. Y. Sherman
Hurburgh
Magill
Frank O. Lowden
Sawing Wood
United States
Edward F. Dunne
Judge Dunne
James Hamilton Lewis
Walter Clyde Jones
Nickel phone monopoly standard shortfalls and excess
The telephone monopoly requires six cents daily per nickel phone user. If the monthly nickel deposit is short the renter pays the deficit. Any excess nickels go to the company with no credit to the renter. This describes the monopoly logic.
City debate on five year telephone rate revision ordinance
Proceedings reveal the telephone company pressing to raise rates and end a five year revision requirement. Aldermen consider sympathy for residents against higher charges while praising service improvements. The exchange hints at broader corporate influence on pricing.
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Bell Telephone
Local Telephone Company
The
Electrical Company
Bell Monopoly
Electric Company
Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company
Council
Chicago
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McSurely
Foell and
Daily Press
Ainda
Cook County
New West Side Park
North Shore
Waukegan
Bell
Western Electrical Company
Bell Company
Department of Electricity
Lawrence Y. Sherman
John McCarthy
Chicago Department of Electricity
John P. McGoorty
Thomas Taylor, Jr
Lake Forest
Bonde
Seyferlich
Circuit Court
Taylor. McGoorty
Rey Cord
Marshall Field & Co