Anxious Parties Vie In Illinois Judicial Elections
Illinois faces a pivotal November 7 with ten Superior Court judgeships and one Circuit Court seat. Democrats and Republicans rally their slates, meet voters, and clash over ballot order and forest preserve issues as investigations probe signatures and county treasurers’ funds.
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Illinois
Globe
Wabash Avenue
Harrison
Samuel Alschuler
Edward F. Dunne
Col
James Hamilton Lewis
E. G. Purkhiser
Henry J. Toner
Everett Jennings
C. N. Goodwin
M. L. McKinley
Denis ©. Sullivan
Daniel G. Ramsay
Thomas J. Dawson
Rose C. Hall
Walter T. Stanton
John J. Coburn
Daniel L. Cruice
John P. MecGoorty
Joseph H. Fitch
Charles Mitchell
Board of Election Commissioners
Forest Preserve Commission
Supreme Court
John E. Owens
Cook County
Owens
Cook
Phone Slavery in Chicago The Bell Monopoly Exposed
A Chicago plea decries the Bell monopoly owning the local phone firm and Western Electrical, calling for rate cuts. It cites massive lamp costs, improper city dealings, and profits skimmed from customers while urging aldermen to resist rate hikes and investigate past ties with utilities.
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Chicago
Department of Electricity
Bell Telephone Company
Local Telephone Company
Western Electrical Company
Bell Telephone
Telephone Company
Bell Monopoly
Seyferlich
City rates under five year revision proposal sparks debate
The city faces a proposal from the telephone company to raise rates and end the five year revision requirement. Officials question restricting residents from leaving and weigh the expert report’s sympathy toward the company. The discussion prompts thoughts on who bears the cost of service improvements.
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Chicago Department of Electricity
Council
Chicago
The
Telephone Company
Marshall Field & Co
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Edward F. Dune
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Henry Ericsson
Cook County Real Estate Board
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