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Newspaper

Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1903

Page

2

Graft Campaign Tactics Questioned by Council Committee

A Chicago council committee seeks full disclosure on levy campaign contributions and police fund-raising methods. A letter to committing officers at various precincts with the postscript Earn this would provide insight into municipal campaign practices.

Cotineil Chivine

Citizens Association notes reforms at annual meeting

The article reviews the Citizens Association annual meeting in Chicago, praising reforms and criticizing graft in the city. It highlights Paul Pohl as a popular, punctual beer brewer who declines political honors. Lange Brothers in the Tribune Building advertises value and service to the public.

Citizens' Association Chicago America Paul Pohl United States Fireecass Lange Brothers Tribune Dearborn Madison Streets

Chicago streetcar franchises expire dates and lines list

A long notice details expiring franchises for the Chicago City Railway Company and related routes. It lists lines on the north and west sides including Clark Street, State Street, and Wabash lines with termini and expiration years such as 1903 1908 and notes about acts of 1865 1866 1805. It also notes changes to steerage on ships and immigrant accommodations elsewhere in the text.

Cabina Union Traction Company Ust George OC. Sikes Street Railway Commission North Chicago Street Railway Company West Chicago Street Railway Company Lake Clark Street Division Street Washington Street Fullerton Avenue Diversey Boulevard Wells Street Fifth Avenue Randolph Clark Streets Center Street Lincoln Avenue Belmont Avenue Avkland Avenue Belmont Graceland Avenue Lincoln Madison Street Milwaukee Avenue Lake and Halsted Streets Haleted Street North Avenue Armitage Avenue van Buren Clinton Street van Buren Street Clinton and Halsted Street Blue Island Avenue O'Neill Street 15Th Place Western Avenue Milwaukee Ave Washtenaw Avenue California Avenue Chicago Avenue Leavitt Street Californian Avenue Kedsie Avenue 40Th Avenue Grand Avenue Milwaukee Western Avenues Lake Street Wabash Avenue Union Park Court Fifteenth Place Jefferson Canal Streets Polk Streets Polk Street 12Th Street Randolph Street Canal Street Harrison Street Canalport Avenue Jefferson Street Chicape Avenue Chicago City Railway Company Cottage Grove Avenue 22D Street Twenty Second Street 80Th Street 224 Street Slut Street Indiana Avenue Eighteenth Street 18Th Street Twenty-second Street 39Th Street State Street 68Th Slet Street Downtown Loop Washington Polk Archer Avenue State Halsted 38Th Street Thirty-ninth Street Vincennes Avenue 20Th Street Twenty-ninth Street Canal Butler Street Wallace Street 20Th 30Th Street O'Neill 60Th Street Ashland Avenue Mr. Rockefeller Dr. Eaton Richford Rockefeller Eaton United States

Wide Open Gambling Rumors in Chicago Saloons

Under this mayoral period wide open gambling is said to operate in Chicago saloons in violation of state statutes and city ordinances.

Chicago

Handbook trust expands betting books through city

The Chicago Daily News reports a syndicate backing a hand book network extending to suburbs with a goal of 1000 books citywide. Independent bookmakers are ousted as saloon raids and police pressure target gambling rings. Frank Lyons and Tom Tobin’s Wentworth Avenue venues show shifting bets under a new regime.

O'Neill Daily News Central Police Trust Frank Lyons Wentworth Avenue Lyons Tom Tobin Murray Tobin

Book running in saloons linked to city crime ring

Police acknowledge a circulating handbook called combine in a saloon network. John Burns at 3905 State Street handles district South of Hoth Street and oversees syndicate books while ex-Alderman John Rogers arranges handbooks along West Lake and West Madison. Twelve new books started in ontoons in two weeks.

Stock Yarda Sth Street John Burns State Street Hoth Street John Rogers Trust Rogers West Lake West Madison Streets

Lengthy street and trolley line expirations noted

A long list of street and trolley rights of way with expiration years from 1900 to 1916 is detailed, naming streets such as State, Wentworth, Ashland, Cottage Grove, and Western avenues, with intervals to Indiana and Halsted streets across multiple districts. Also mentions an overhead trolley permit expirations and a stray Alaskan dog case notes.

State Street Ullman Street California Avenue Thirty-ninth Street Cottage Grove Wentworth Ave Wentworth Avenue Halsted Street Root Street State Forty-third Street Lilinote Central Ashland Avenue Ashland Wemern Avenue Western Archer Avenue Grand Boulevard Indiana Avenue Wood Street Fifty-ninth Street Western Avenue Sixty-first Street Madison Avenue Cottage Grove Avenue Point South Park Avenue Said Point Sixty-third Street Stony Island Avenue Illinois Central Ilnols Central Wentworth Central Park Avenue Sixty-ninth Street Vincennes Avenue Leavitt Street Seventy-ninth Street South Chicago Avenue T1st Jefferson and Lake Avenues Loop List Street Grant 68Th Street Thirty-eighth Street 1St Street 30Th Street T5th Street Alaska United States Court of Appeals

Promoters Promise Rich Returns on Public Lands

An editorial notes promoters and managers will take charge of interests with profits seen as abundant. It cites a General Land Office report accusing wealthy speculators of fraudulently securing lands, depriving actual settlers and defeating public land policy.

Commissioner of the General Land Office

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