Armour and Meeker Plan Palatial Homes on North Side Drive
The article reports J Ogden Armour and Arthur Meeker buying expansive lakefront and inner-block fronts between Barry Avenue and Wellington Street, intending lavish homes on the North Side. Estimated costs exceed $1,000,000 with a 350-foot drive frontage and 200 feet on Barry and Wellington, while current residences sit nearby on Michigan Avenue and Prairie Avenue.
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J. Ogden Armour
Arthur Meeker
South Side
Barry Avenue
Wellington Street
Sheridan Road
Lake Michigan
Armour
Mr. Meeker
Lake Forest
Armour Town
Michigan Avenue
Meeker
Prairie Avenue
Illinois News Clippings Highlight Political Debates and Utilities
A collection of fragments covers proposals to have gas utilities install devices at their expense, salaries for Chicago public schools workers, reformer George E. Cole’s firing, and Democratic county campaigns. It notes Tribune support for Roosevelt and critiques Bell system delays and ice cream quality.
Chicago Telephone Trust under fire in public defense
A Chicago public defense condemns the Telephone Monopoly for high rates wrong numbers and poor service while praising Mayor Harrison and the Automatic system. It argues the trust blocks competition, cites the Illinois Tunnel Company case, calls for continued dual service, and warns aldermen against rate hikes amid looming elections.
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Telephone Trust
Chicago
Trust
Carter H. Harrison
Illinois Tunnel Company
Trust Press
Eagle
Harrison
Council Committee On Gas, Oil and Electric Light
Cermak
Automatic Company
Ilinois Tunnel Company
Grafters’ Union
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North Side
Arthur’ Meeker
Daily News
Conocracy
National Advisory Committee
Illinois
Wilson
Seyferlich
Maine
Cook County
Bartzen
Chicago Tribune
Bulletin
Augusta
Cleveland Democrats
Plaisted
Haines
Burleigh
Gardner
John McGiffen
McGillen
Denver
Colo
McCormick
Ardent
Progressive Alliance
James A. Quinn
Judge Owens
John McGillen
Raymond Robinna
Jim Pugh
Progressive County
Harry Ol Bon
McCormicks
Prohibition Jets
Johnnie Evers
Evers
Pugh
Board of Underwriters
International Harvester
Union and
Erie Streets
R. R. McCormick
Illinois Rivers and Lakes Commission
Deneen
Bert Lester Taylor
The
Tribune
Roosevelt
Fred Blocki
Board of Review
Progressive
A. A. McCormick
Harry Olson
Union
McAnsh
Union Street
Erie
Donocracy
Murphy
Cubs
James J. Townsend
James 8. McInerney
Chicago Public Schools
George E. Cole
Rinaker
Atate
Tory
Illinoia
Craig
Sexton
Everett Audit Company
Public Utility Inspector
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