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Newspaper

Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1903

Page

2

Democratic Exiles and City Graft Shakeups in Chicago

The Executive Committee faces expulsion motions for Burke Taderlin Veitehngh and Schonbeck, with county committee referral. Chief O Neil and detectives shuffled, ward superintendents suspended, graft probes widen. Public works and fire department changes reflect a broad administrative shakeup amid political turmoil and personal interests.

Messrs. Burke Taderlin Vfitehngh Schonbeck Alderman Melnerney Melherney Innteed Carey Peope Text Demos Democratic Party Robert E. Burke Easie Burke Alt

Immigrant Labor Fears and Flea Specimen Reward

A discussion on immigrant inrush and potential self defense, noting newspapers east and west may show growing sour sentiment toward unskilled laborers avoiding naturalization. London reports a billionaire offering five thousand dollars for a flea sample from arctic foxes, with the Forget Me Not vessel. A New York ad seeks a loyal boy who never swears at ball games, defying simple duties.

Forth London Tillionaire New York

Insolvency Appeal Highlights Women’s Financial Insight

An insolvent widow’s petition for debt relief in a U.S. court draws wide notice for its unusual appeal. The case, noted for its public interest, casts light on women’s grasp of financial obligations while quietly challenging stereotypes about insolvency proceedings.

United States

Franchises of City Traction Lines Expire in 1903

A long list details expiring franchises of the Union Traction Company and its North and West Chicago Street Railway lines. The record notes 27 franchises held by North Chicago and 26 by West Chicago, with many marked as subject to a prior act. The schedules cover streets from State to Canal and Halsted to Ashland, with dates and terminations through 1908. A separate section outlines Wabash and Cottage Grove lines with expirations through 1908 and notes for the Indiana Avenue, Clark Street, and Canal Street lines.

Union Traction Company George C. Sikes Street Railway Commission North Chicago Street Railway Company West Chicago Street Railway Company State Street Lake Clark Streets Division Street Clark Street Washington Street Fullerton Avenue Diversey Boulevard Welle Street Fifth Avenue Randolph Center Street Lincoln Avenue Belmont Avenue Askland Avenue Belmont Graceland Avenue Robey Street Roscoe Boulevard Western Avenue Wells Street Cly Clybourn Avenue Tne Hedgwick Street Chicago Avenue Garfield Avenue Racine Avenue Webster Avenue Racine Clinton Street van Buren Street Clinton Taleted Streets Halsted Street Hine Island Avenue Blue Island Avenue O'Neill Street 1Th Place 15Th Place Armitage Avenue Milwaukee Washtenaw Bryan Place Randolph Street Lake Street Ogden Avenue Madison Street 40Th Avenue Polk Street Canal Street Twelfth Street Fifteenth Place Jefferson Canal Streets Polk Streets 12Th Street Milwaukee Avenue Harrison Street Canalport Avenue Jefferson Street Leavitt Street Grand Avenue California Avenue North Avenue Chicago City Railway Company Wabash Avenue Cottage Grove Avenue Twenty Second Street 22D 80Th Street 220 Street S1st Street Indiana Avenue Eighteenth Street 18Th Street Twenty-second Street S0th Street Ulat Street Downtown Loop Washington Polk 22D Street Archer Avenue State Halsted Streets Halsted 38Th Street Thirty-ninth Street Vincennes Avenue 20Th Street Twenty-ninth Str Street Wallace Street 20Th Halsted Stre O'Neill 30Th Street Vhirtyeninth 60Th Street Canal Butler Cross-Town 31St Street 3Th Street Thirty-fifth Street Rhodes Avenue Michigan Avenue Ullman Street Wentworth Avenue Root Street Forty-third Street Llinde Central Forty-seventh Street Mlinois Central Ashland Avenue Ashland Western Fifty-first Street Grand Boulevard Wood Street Fifty-ninth Street Sixty-first Street Madison Avenue South Park Avenue Said Point Sixty-third Street Stony Island Avenue Ilinois Central Illnois Central Wentworth Central Park Avenue Sixty-ninth Street Seventy-ninth Street 71St Street Tog, Jefferson and Lake Avenues 61St Street Grant 68D Street Thirty-eighth Street 51St Street Phrca Tith Street Thirty-ninth 67Th Streets Lake Avenue Hutler 70Th Street

Army recruitment and youth in Civil War era debate

General Bates defends recruit quality in the US Army amid claims of undeveloped youths. He notes a perceived, likely temporary, deterioration but argues raw country boys become athletes through strict discipline and setting-up exercises. War-time photos show unpromising youths who made the greatest army.

Bates United States Army

Humane Guillotine Demonstrates Cruelty Free Fowl Culling

In Gottenborg Sweden a guillotine for fowl decapitation is installed by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The public purchased the device and will observe a humane method for a task often deemed cruel, presenting it as a needed lesson in ethical poultry processing.

Society For the Prevention of Cruelty

Impatience for Work From Quick Riches Example

The piece argues that some people tire of hard labor when they see quick wealth from semi gambling ventures. It notes men whose fathers would have died for a chance at wealth being drawn toward easy gains.

Drones and Debt to Nature in Arctic Tales

The passage argues that unearned living is owed to the government or the fortunate, contrasting it with King who Earns his living and feels no debt to nature. It questions Eskimo rumors of sunless days and strange beings, and dismisses Professor Prazzle's live manmooth as a traveler’s colored tale until proven.

Geldwinwood Broui

Women And Men Persists In Distinct Attire, Old Habits

The remark notes that women continue wearing high-heeled shoes just as men keep bob-tailed coats circus tent trousers. It uses a humorous comparison to highlight ongoing fashion traditions among genders.

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