Word: thompsons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chicagoans awoke one morning last week to find that 512,740 of their number had elected William Hale Thompson as Mayor...
Said the liberal New York World: "The majority which voted for Thompson are not intelligent, free, self-governing citizens of a republic. "They are suckers. They are not the only suckers in the land, but at the moment they are the most conspicuous ones...
...Chicago Tribune, which had fought against Mr. Thompson, sold 909,448 copies (its high water mark for the daily edition) and soon boasted, the fact with figures five inches high, meanwhile trimming its political sails with a weak-kneed editorial hoping that Mr. Thompson would turn over a new leaf...
Paunchy Mr. Thompson was scheduled to be inaugurated with pomp on April 18. He was reported to have offered the job of press agent of his administration to Maurine Watkins, authoress of the sensational, successful murder play, Chicago, now playing in Manhattan...
Hyde, young attorney of the Cleveland firm, Thompson, Hine & Flory, which represents many dissatisfied Goodyear stockholders who hope to overthrow the present control of the company...