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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Commissioner of the
General Land Office
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Charles Reade
The
Steuben County Wine Company
East
Thompson Brothers
Kedzie Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Dearborn Street
21St Street
Twenty-sixth Street
Thirty-first Street
Lake Park Avenue
Pitney Avenue
Elst Street
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Handbook
Jim” O'Leary
Independent Handbookmaker
George R. Baker
Clark and
Randolph Streets
Lena A. White
White's College OF Shorthand
Fine Arts
Michigan Ave
Tom Murray
Jackson Boyl. and
Clark ST
Board OF Trade
Thirty-ninth
67Th Streets
Fifty-fifth
Lake Avenue
Butler
79Th Street
Center Avenue
75Th Street
John P. O'Shaughne
Francis O'Shaughne
O’shaughnessy
O’shaughnessy Attorneys AT Law
Ashland Block Central
Isidore H. Himes
the Superior Court
Ashland Block
Illinois
Ashland Blk
Loeb & Adler
Ry Guite
Chamber of Commeres
LAW Office
Louis J. Behan
Stock Exchange Building
Roosevelt
Congress
National Business League
Edward B. Esher
Oxford
la Salle
Goodrich, Vincent & Bradley
the Rookery
Adams A, Geofrich
William A. Vincent
R. Bradley Harrison
General Land Commissioner
Persia