Gambling and crooked ballots taint Chicago mayor race
Ached with charges of payoffs and manipulation the amid the Harrison campaign and a $125 000 gambling fund critics claim swayed votes and corrupted election judges The Australian ballot is accused of masking marks while editors warn of trust backed raids and calls for police action as the city battles gamblers and political insiders across editorial pages and public notices
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Milk dealers fight red can law over impure milk
The city health department bans publishing names of milk dealers arrested for violating the ordinance while milk sellers raise 1600 to contest the red can skimmed milk rule. Officials mock the move as costly folly amid political quarrels, crime, and governance critiques in Chicago.
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Bathhouse plan afloat on Chicago River by Henry E Weaver
Henry E Weaver returns from Europe with a plan to run floating baths on the Chicago River. He proposes a one cent charge to maintain baths as barges moored in place or floated to different spots. Weaver aims to erect a fountain in the Ghetto and attract others to follow. Justice John Richardson is urged for Republican nomination to the Superior Court next year.
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Press disclosure of police secrets harms justice
The notice condemns the daily press for publishing arrest details and a prisoner's confession in a streetcar worker murder case. It argues such leaks alert the real killers still at large, blaming it on poor police practice and urging restraint to protect the pursuit and the integrity of justice.
Piano graft in public schools under investigation
The St Paul School Board fears pianos tempt frivolity and bans certain marches while Chicago's Board of Education expands music. Chicago buys four new pianos and repairs existing instruments in about 200 city schools, arguing music is essential to welfare.
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