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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1917
Page
2
Washington, the capital, asserts itself as the largest dry city in the nation as prohibition tightens. A court challenge tests the act’s constitutionality while residents lament lack of local say. Saloonkeepers expect permanent closure. bars repurposed as cafes amid rising hotel vacancies and wartime employment demand.
A detailed list of Illinois Democratic National and State Committee officers, county and ward chairmen, and multiple headquarters. Includes names such as Charles Boeschenstein and James M. Dailey, plus ward-by-ward offices, presidents and secretaries across Chicago districts.
A scanned page lists numerous fraternal club headquarters with addresses and contact details. It notes meetings on varying Thursdays or Fridays, officers such as presidents and secretaries, plus phone numbers and street locations across Chicago areas including Belmont, Lincoln Park, Avenue districts, and notable halls. Multiple lines provide headquarters numbers and officer names for clubs numbered 19 through 35 with scattered incomplete data.
Historic Armory in the District of Columbia, built by the National Rifles in 1882, is to be torn down for a ten story office building costing 250000 dollars. The 1674 square foot structure fronts 67.5 feet and sits on 118 feet depth. armory funds and past ownership are recounted, including a May 1909 sale for 79000 dollars to a Chicago buyer who paid ten dollars per square foot.
The Red Triangle clubhouse for soldiers opens at Ninth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. Operated by the Y M C A war work council, it offers rooms, meals, books, magazines, writing materials, games, and music for enlisted men from the army navy or marine corps. The facility, one of 13 similar buildings, is supervised by William Knowles Cooper and aims to function as a centralized information and comfort center with local church cooperation and home room listings for soldiers in transit.
Washington women gather at a department store knitting class to make items for soldiers and sailors. A new recruit draws mockery when her dog Billy becomes the humorous source of confusion, causing the class to laugh at her four armed joke before she stops knitting at home.
A paragraph notes a European process converting water to hydrogen peroxide with recoverable chemicals. A new gasoline gauge uses a float to move a dial hand instead of a tank cap. Alaska tin production since 1902 nears 1,000 tons with 1909 projections at 800 tons. Uruguay requires wireless telegraph gear on arriving ships. Italian advice says eggs stay fresh up to a year with unsalted lard in a cool place. A New York inventor designs a motor-truck sewer cleaning unit with a built-in dredging plant.
The piece praises several Chicago figures including Charles Doyle veteran letter carrier Frank H Jones financier Charles Hastertix brewer and Best men of Chicago leader Q J Chott lawyer and former justice bench member It also promotes the American Auto & Taxi Company with contact numbers Lincoln 4008 and Calumet 2798.
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