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Box 1

 Container

Contains 20 Results:

"Activity in Police Circles" (Police Chief Steward as a puppet)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....

Afraid to Look (Christmas stocking possibly holding more graft news), Dec. 26, 1909

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....
Dates: Dec. 26, 1909

"And the Jury Said: 'We Do!' " (Commentary on the Erbstein case)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....

"Another Hold Up!" (Mayor Busse demanding new, huge bond issue from the Chicago tax payer)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....

Bouncing Bartzen" (Bartzen vs. McCormick on a seesaw called "The County Board

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....

"A Business Necessity" (Mayor Busse and his coal company pushing F. W. Blocki for County Board of Review)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....

The Busse Administration's First Defense of the Public Treasury (Mayor Busse et al. on the Battlements built by Shale Rock, Coal Ring, Cummings Foundry, fighting the Merriam Commission), Jan. 24, 1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....
Dates: Jan. 24, 1910

["But we know you..."], a line from a verse which begins: "Come to me, Charley E...." Drawing is untitled. (The Busse gang dances around Charles E. Merriam)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....

By Decree of the Court (Judge Barnes finds Busse cohort Redieske innocent), July 16, 1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....
Dates: July 16, 1910

"Chicago's Latest Vice Crusade" (Grand Jury pushing past State's Attorney J.E. Wayman

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....

"Cornelia Tribune Before the Senate Committee" (The Tribune shows off her paid sources)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....

The Difference (City Hall and Mayor Busse about to explode from scandals), Sept. 21, 1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....
Dates: Sept. 21, 1910

"The Eighteenth Annual Report "(Voters League looking closely at the Chicago City Council)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....

Exit! (Direct plurality primary law [a cat] being drowned by the Illinois Supreme Court), June 18, 1909

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....
Dates: June 18, 1909

"A Fair Field for the Merriam Investigating Committee" (Report of the City comptroller for 1908 depicted as a huge construction "the most expensive year in the history of Chicago")

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....

Follow It Up! (Grand Juries seeking indictments for Shale Rock and Cummings Foundry scandals), Feb. 7, 1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....
Dates: Feb. 7, 1910

"For the Uplift of the Home - " (Illinois Commercial Federation works for better civic conditions)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....

The Gentleman from Illinois Arrives (Senator Lorimer hustled by Washington's demands), June 16, 1909

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....
Dates: June 16, 1909

The Gentleman from New York (Taking a look at the Busse administration, John T. Fetherston runs back to New York), Jan. 8, 1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....
Dates: Jan. 8, 1910

"The Grave Robber" (Busse resurrecting "Shale Rock Judge Barnes)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Sixty original cartoons, each measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches, produced for the Chicago newspaper the Inter-Ocean between 1909 and about 1913. Twenty of these are dated; possibly some were never published. The drawings primarily are commentaries on Chicago politics of this period, and depict such figures as Chicago Mayor Fred Busse, "Shale Rock Judge" A.C. Barnes, William Lorimer, Charles E. Merriam, and State's Attorney John E. Wayman....