Campaign notes and political clashes across Chicago scene
A sprawling report outlines campaigns for McKinley and Bryan, local officials, billboard ordinances, and party activities. It notes Senator Mason's first campaign appearance, Hamilton Club events, McAndrews pushing billboard removals, Swift and Co offering aid in water investigations, and calls for voter registration ahead of October ballots. The piece blends factional clashes with municipal issues and campaign paraphernalia, including buttons and badges distributed at factories and stores.
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Senator Hanna
Hamilton Club
Senator Mason
McKinley
Mason
President McKinley
Detecting Water Theft Aids Harrison Department Work
The Harrison water department weighs measuring water delivery to curb theft. Officials consider installing large meters to compare delivered volume with paid bills, noting no meters large enough yet and the high cost of digging to trace pipes.
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Harrison's Water Department
Bertrand wins North Chicago supervisor post in contested case
The court declared Stephen A. Bertrand the duly elected North Chicago town supervisor by judge Orrin N. Carter. The ruling followed a pulled-republican legal challenge in a case Bleplen A. Bepteath versus Vincent H. Perkins with postoned entry of the decree due to bond disputes. Perkins plans appeal and Bertrand claimed a thirty six vote margin.
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Lincoln Park
Perkins
Lincoln Ark
Tle
Carter
Steplen A. Bertrand
Chicago
Orrin N. Carter
Bleplen A. Bepteath
Vincent H. Perkins
Supreme Cou
Else Furuieh
Newry
North Chicago
Hagier Court
Une
Button men mobilize to push Republican campaign items
Historians note a new GOP tactic where paid “button men” roam streets pinning notices of candidates to nonresponsive citizens. Managers claim voter apathy has risen since four years ago when mass parades and buttons drew crowds, prompting a strategy that brings campaign material directly to people.
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Caine Palen Oi
Republican Catse
No clear single event headline emerges from fragment
A scattered 1900s style report mixes labor activity at Armour & Co. and Swift & Co. with local political jabs, social musings, and stray anecdotes about tax votes, fashion, and a water walker. The text shifts rapidly among topics with no cohesive incident.
Provocation Rule Raises Legal Debate Over Profanity
A Washington judge rules profanity excusable under great provocation prompting lawyers to argue the boundaries. An injunction protects a girl from a man making advances, offering new material for government-by-Injunction advocates to press.
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Washington
County Officers List Names and Titles
Recorder Robert M. Simon Sheriff E J Magerstadt Clerk Circuit Court John A Cooke Clerk Superior Court John A Linn County Clerk Philip Knopf County Treasurer Sam B Raymond President County Board James C Irwin State s Attorney Charles E Deneen.
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Robert M. Simon
E. J. Magerstadt
John A. Cooke
John A. Linn
Philip Knopf
Sam B. Raymond
James C. Irwin
Charles 8. Deneen
Prairie Dogs Well Drink Source Across Deep Cut
An observer describes prairie dog wells found in a deep railroad cut near Lamont California. The wells reach water-bearing sand below the colony and provide evidence for the long-debated well theory of prairie dog drinking.
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Harvey Geer
Lamont
Cal
Sternberg
Washington Star
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Lorimer
Tanoilton Club
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Congress
Chilly Dan Mills
Water Department
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Mills
Anstey
Bharaptur
Claston Blple
J. W. Clarke
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Hibernian Banking Association
Fred L. Wilk
Cashier Union Trust Bank
Boutell
Mer. Boutell
Cou
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Li Berteaud
Bertrand
Ater
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Michael Galan
Armour & Co
Exchange Avenue
Foreman Gahan
Michael Gahan
Recorder
Linor
Ile
China
Cape Nome
Solomon
L. A. Goddard
Fort Dearborn National Bank
Andrew J. Graham
Graham & Sons’ Bark
E. A. Potter
American Trust and Savings Bank
City Corporation
Carter H. Harrison
Adam Ortseifen
William Loefflef
James C. Strain
Andrew J. Ryan
Charles M. Walker
Robert B. Burke
Edward B. Ellicott
James O'Brien
Lawrence E. M'Gann
Henry Lutzenkirchen
John A. May
Fortune
Fortune Brewing Company
van Buren Street
Desplaines
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