How the Census Card System Shaped Population Counts
A detailed look at the mechanical census process from paper cards to punched holes. Enumerators and machines transformed personal data into a national tally, explaining why early counts were slow and torqued by superstition. It traces 1790 figures to early colonial distrust and the move toward a federal decennial census.
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Caleb Johnson
Tncle Sam
Washington
United States
George Washington
Congress
Republic
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
New England
David
Joab
Dan
Beershba
Hunter
Homer
Lodon
Milwaukee City Of Clean Streets And Quick Justice
Milwaukee is praised as a modern prosperous city with clean streets and houses. Judge George A. Shaughnessy runs a fast moving Municipal court, clearing cases quickly and sending offenders to prison or probation. Crooks avoid Milwaukee to escape tough, speedy justice.
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Milwaukee
America
United States
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Lake Michigan
George A. Shaughnessy
State Penitentiary
Shaughnessy
Cystex 48 Hour Test Offered For Bladder Irritation
An old advertisement urges readers to try Cystex for bladder irritation causing sleep disturbance and back or leg pains. It promises quick improvement and a money back guarantee if not satisfied. The offer price is 60 cents, via Geo. W. Koenig, Druggist.
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Geo. W. Koenig
Milwaukee Brewery Boss Turns to Cheese Making
The Milwaukee Which Was, shut by Prohibition, develops a new line of blended cheese. The head of the largest brewery, after exploring dairy farming and tasting a superior cheese, plans commercial production with expert chemists and new machinery, investing hundreds of thousands of dollars to revive the plant and put Milwaukee on the industrial map.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Illinois
Furance
America
Milwaukee's cheese boom and civic calm amid growth
The writer notes Milwaukee's cheese industry with 4 million pounds ripening in vaults once storing lager beer and plans for 84 miles of billboard-free boulevards. He praises Marquette University as a strong regional college and highlights the citys unusually stable employment and peaceful social balance.
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Bankera
Great Vaulta
Milwaukee
Marquette University
Odd Observations From a Rural Utility Panel
A series of peculiar notes describe misaligned cross bars on a telephone pole, a single wire断, a rock under a tree, a doughnut box with doughnuts in place of plies, and a young man wearing a signaled ring on the left index finger. The items read like a checklist of small inconsistencies and oddities in everyday infrastructure and appearance.
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Marion Bolfins
Ketterman
California
Bobby” Jones
Atlanta
Marguerite Scott
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Confederated Southern Memorial Association
Reugion
Biloxi
Miss
Harley
Iowa
Ford
H.R. Harley Company
LE Mars
Ae. Pinkham
Torjuly
Brownbilt Shoes
Kehrberg-Schneider Company
LE Mars Best Store
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