Milwaukee mayor turns down stage role for lecture tour
Milwaukee June 18 mayor Sherburn M Becker nicknamed the kid mayor declines leading stage role in The Man of the Hour to focus on a post term lecture tour. He cites duty to free the city from corporate influence while backing reform minded plays as civic education. The piece notes his father is a prominent banker.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Sherburn M. Becker
George W. Lederer
Serbie
United States
City urged to fund neighborhood houses and public playgrounds
Judge Neele B Neelen and Judge A C Brazee back constructive urban projects including neighborhood houses public playgrounds and municipal theaters. Mrs Julia Kurtz and Miss Mary Serry push child centered initiatives while Catholic clergy warn against settlement work and prefer parish schools. A reform mood is shown by proposals for truancy officer expansion municipal laundries and social centers to reduce crime and jail costs.
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Emil Seidel
Milwaukee
H. H. Jacobs
University of Wisconsin Settlement
Seidel Committee
Elizabeth H. Thomas
Social Democratic Party
New York
Hull House
Chicago
Neele B. Neelen
Juvenile Court
A. C. Brazee
Municipal Court
Julia Kurtz
Milwaukee House of Mercy
Mary Serry
State Industrial School For
A. J. Eimermann
Woman’s School Alliance
Frederick Edwards
St. James’ Episcopal Church
T. J. Neacy
Milwaukee House of Correction
H. F. Fairbanks
St. Patrick's Church
Agnes Fohsel
How to Exercise the Bowels Cascarets and safe bowel care
An old health note explains digestion and constipation, arguing castor oil and strong laxatives harm bowel muscles. It promotes Cascarets as a safe, natural stimulant, available in enamel boxes and priced at 10 cents. The advice urges using Cascarets when you first suspect need, and to seek genuine quality.
The Coloratura Cat Concert Fiasco
A street coloratura performer wowed neighbors with a rooftop recital last night until a cake of soap was tossed from a bedroom window, knocking her off the fence and ending the show abruptly.
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Tom Cat
Skin Tortures Afflict Children In This Area News
Obstinate eczema cases torment a young girl with running sores on limbs while a boy contracts poison oak on hands and arms. Relief follows as sufferers improve rapidly with treatment. a grateful mother reports full recovery and renewed comfort for her children.
Cuticura Remedies a Household Standby
A Tenn family credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills with curing a child’s eczema and a boy’s poison oak after abandoning a physician. They report rapid healing within weeks and note living twelve miles from a doctor. Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas Fairmount Walden's Ridge Oct 13 1905.
Cuticura Skin Cure Ad Promises Relief for Babies
An old advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura as a complete skin cure for infants, offering instant relief and restful sleep. It touts external and internal treatments for all humorous conditions across babies, children, and adults, promising cleansing of the skin and soothing emollients.
Hunter Up Tro The President: Wolf Killing and Wolves
Charley McBride known as Horse Thief Mc Bride, famed Rocky Mountain hunter, visits an old partner in New York. He defends President Roosevelt amid the nature taking dispute, arguing wolves rarely kill, noting packs and coyotes drive deer death while wolves seldom strike alone.
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New York
Charley Mc Bride
Rocky Mountain
McBride
Panhandle
Texas
Hudson Bay
E. Thirtieth St
Rockies
Pike's Peak
Leadville
Cripple Creek
Indian Territory
Roosevelt
Dr. Long
Public Works in Indianapolis Seeks Street Improvements
Notice from the Board of Public Works dated June 19 1907 outlines proposed improvements on multiple streets in Indianapolis Indiana including Sixteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Seventeenth and Eleventh Streets and Montcalm Street with cement sidewalks curbs grading and paving as plans show A public hearing on remonstrances is set for Friday July 5 1907 at 10 am with Board President Joseph T Elliott and members Preston C Trusler Fred J Mack.
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Board
Majestic Bldg
Indianapolis
Ind
Board of Public Works
Indiana
City of
Sixteenth Street
Milburn Street
Rembrandt Street
Aley
Fourteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
Seventeenth Street
Eleventh Street
Central Avenue
New Jersey Street
Montcalm Street
Twenty-First Street
Twenty-Second Street
Maree and
Davidson Streets
Noble Street
Michigan Street
Market Street
Davidson Street
Joseph T. Elliott
Preston C. Trusler
Fred J. Mack
Department OF Public Works
Majestic
Delaware Street
Coventy
Alabama and
Harmon Streets
Board of Public Worke Os
Rity
Deard
Rrr
J. MA
Indianapois
Indianapolis Avenue
Thirty-First Street
Indianapoli Avenue
Oseph T. Elliott
Kealing Avenue
Lasalle Street
Sherman Avenue
Gray Street
Board of School Commissioners
Meridian Street
Pennsylvania
Thirty-third Streets
Foltz & Parker
JOHN _E. CLELAND
Department OF Public
Illinois Street
Bird Street
North Street
ST. Clair Street
Walnut Street
Piroressert
Insylvania Street
Merrill Street
Madison Avenue
Virginia Avenue
Maryland Street
Delaware Treet
Louisiana Street
Peeve Trusler
Fred J. CK
South Street
Bosart Avenue
Washington Street
Wallace Street
Board of Pubiic Works
Majestic Bidg
Tenth Street
College Avenue
Ashland Avenue
Fred
Ls CK
Open LaSalle Street widening in Indianapolis in 1907
Department of Public Works announces a widening of LaSalle Street from Michigan to Tenth Street. A public hearing is set for Monday July 8 1907 at 10 a m at the Public Works office to hear remonstrances and take final action. Joseph T. Elliott, president.
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Geo.t. Evans & Son
Indianapolis, Ind
M. Becker
The
Common Council
Children’s Theater
Hunter
M’bride
Rocky Mountain Hunter
Russia
Ds. Roose
Canyon of
Las Animas
San Juan
Colorado
Navajo Country
Stas
Pever
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