September 28, 1911 – After Mayor Carter Harrison
ventures forth with his brother, William Preston Harrison, and walks from the
north side of the city as far south as Harrison Street “under the cover of
darkness … to learn how his people conducted themselves,” [Chicago Daily Tribune, September 29, 1911] he informs his police
chief, James McWeeny, that he has found Sate Street “rotten … a cheap imitation
of a Midway show”. In the letter to
McWeeny he directs the chief to clean up the street, saying, “One of the last
acts of my administration before leaving office in 1905 was to give orders
looking to the cleaning up of the old time levee. Today State street, south of Van Buren, while
not so vile as it used to be, is a cheap imitation of a Midway show. At 408 State street they advertise the
‘grizzly bear’ dance. They have also
suggestive pictures of women in costume.
They have a barker in front and regular Midway music. This character of show has no place in a
city.”
September 28, 1911 – After Mayor Carter Harrison
ventures forth with his brother, William Preston Harrison, and walks from the
north side of the city as far south as Harrison Street “under the cover of
darkness … to learn how his people conducted themselves,” [Chicago Daily Tribune, September 29, 1911] he informs his police
chief, James McWeeny, that he has found Sate Street “rotten … a cheap imitation
of a Midway show”. In the letter to
McWeeny he directs the chief to clean up the street, saying, “One of the last
acts of my administration before leaving office in 1905 was to give orders
looking to the cleaning up of the old time levee. Today State street, south of Van Buren, while
not so vile as it used to be, is a cheap imitation of a Midway show. At 408 State street they advertise the
‘grizzly bear’ dance. They have also
suggestive pictures of women in costume.
They have a barker in front and regular Midway music. This character of show has no place in a
city.”
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