The Pineapple Primary was the name given to the primary election held in Illinois on April 10, 1928. The campaign was marked by numerous acts of violence...
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resided at 532 West 61st Place until it was destroyed during the "Pineapple Primary". Charles Deneen, 23rd Governor of Illinois (1905–1913) and later...
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mayoral race by a relatively slim margin. On the day of the so-called Pineapple Primary on April 10, 1928, voting booths were targeted by Capone's bomber...
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"Pineapple Primary" took place on April 10, 1928, so-called because of the hand grenades thrown at polling places to disrupt voting. The Pineapple Primary...
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and recognition of the campaign workers' efforts. In the violent "Pineapple Primary" of 1928, in which the organizations of Deneen and "Big Bill" Thompson...
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violence among rival political factions in Chicago in advance of the Pineapple Primary election. Deneen died in Chicago on February 5, 1940, and was interred...
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friend of Weiss. In 1928, the Capone gang was active in the violent Pineapple Primary election. Capone had previously donated $200,000 to Big Bill Thompson's...
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Thompson, and on the polling day of April 10, 1928, in the so-called Pineapple Primary, voting booths in the wards known to oppose Thompson were targeted...
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Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. (ML&P, NYSE: MLP) is a land holding and operating company founded in 1909 and based in Kapalua, Hawaii, United States...
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Lanai (redirect from Pineapple Island)
the chain. It is colloquially known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The island's only settlement of...
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