Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-03-04

such ordinances should provide the op.
portunity for public ownership on fair
and reasonable terms? DO you believe
in the merit system of civil service and
In the enforcement of the present civil
service law? II elected will you spend
requisite time in looking after the
physical and sanitary needs of your
ward? Do you believe that in the or
ganization Of the Coupcil the best men
in it-that Is, those who have given
proof of their capacity and of their
fidelity to public nterests-should be
placed at the head of and I'M control OF
the committees, irrespective of party
politics?'
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The leading Republican candidate for
alderman in the Twentieth Ward Is
Mr.. w. J. voltmer, the well-known
druggist. Mr.. voltmer has the support
Of the best voters, and will undoubted-
~ receive the Republican nomination.
He was born in Chicago, Feb. 1, 1866.
Mr.. voltmer Is one Of the most prOml.
nent German.American business men
of the Twentieth Ward, and Is highly
respected by NIL who know him. He
was born Of German parents, his faith.
er having come to the United States in
1916, and was engaged in the grocery
business mt Sherman and Polk streets
for forty years. Mr.. w. J. vOltmer
moved into the Twentieth Ward Nov.
3. 1886, and has been engaged in the
drug business on North Halsted street,
where he resides, ever since. He is a
property owner, and owns his place
where he does business. He has been
lifelong Republican, and also has the
reputation Of being one of the best and
most reliable pharmacists in Chicago.
Mr.. voltmer has never been in politics
before, and his Is case of the Office
seeking the man, as he only consented
to be candidate for alderman Mt the
Republican primary, after being re.
peatedly urged to do 80 by the best Re.
publicans Of the Twentieth Ward. Un.
less a majority Of the delegates to the
aldermanic convention decide upon
Mr.. voltmer, he will not under any cir.
cumstances run rs an independent can.
dldate. II given the nomination, 1t IL
believed that he will be elected, and in
this event he il sure to make his mark
In the City Council.
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Republican leaders are said to be
unanimously In favor of nominal ting
Mr.. Louis G. Kuhnert for City Treas
urer. Mr.. Kuhnert Is president Of the
great New Era Bank, on Blue Island
avenue. and Is n self.madc man. Very
few, II any, Of Chicago's most promi.
nent business men stand higher In the
commercial world than does Louis G.
Kuhnert. Having started out In life a
poor boy, he has, by good habits, pluck,
energy and perseverance, accumulated
fortune, and IL to-day one Of Chica-
COS best known bankers and In the
front rank Of our solidest citizens
whose names will go down to posterity
for having made Chicago the marvel.
Gus city Of the mighty West. No
stronger candidate for City Treasurer
could he named by the Republican
party than Louis G. Kuhnert, as he IL
most highly respected In business cir.
cles, ana II beloved by all who know
him In private life. His whole business
career, from boy, and clerk, to the sue.
ccssful bank president, Is record Of
which he can well be proud, and his
career also one that our young men Of
to-day will do well to emulate. Louis
G. Kuhnert was born In Woodstock,
ILL.,, In 1856. He came to Chicago In
1868 and entered the employ Of II. Re.
gensburg as errnnd boy; he remained
with Mr.. Regensburg until 1872, when
he was bOOkkeeper and cashier. At
this time the wholesale house Of Steele,
| Wedeles & Co. were looking for a good
man. ana they engaged Mr.. Kuhnert
as cashier. He served the firm faith.
fully until he assumed control Of all
their statesmen until 1880, when he
went into the grocery business for him.
self on South Halsted street, corner Of
De KOven. He carried on most profit
able ana successful business here until
1888, when he sold out to become the
secretary and treasurer Of the Lartz
Wall Paper Co., the largest wall paper
company In the West. He was emf.
nently qualified for this place, and It
proved a splendid venture. for he made
money rapidly until the trust organ.
lied. when he sold out to the National
Wall Paper Company on his own
terms, but at good profit. In 1902 he
started the New Era Bank, Of which he
IL the president. 1t Is the finest bank
on the West Side. and one Of the
largest. most conveniently and hand
sOmely arranged banks In the West.
The New Era Bank also has the best
safety deposit vaults In connection that
can be found In Chicago. The fact that
the New Era Bank went through the
panic of 1S03-1S04 IL proof enough of
Its sOlidity, aside from the fact that
Louis C. Kuhnert, president OF the New
Era Bank, corner Of Blue Island ave-
nue., Harrison and Halsted streets, Ia
well and favOrably known by almost
every business man on the West Side.
As the candidate for City Treasurer,
Mr.. Kuhnert's name would prove a
tower Of strength to the Republican
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Friends OF Emil q. Harz are urging
him to run for Alderman OF the TWEEN