Milwaukee Eyes City County Government Shakeup
Milwaukee leaders including Mayor Rose propose reorganizing city government to cut costs. They discuss consolidating city and county functions, adopting a Galveston style commission, and expanding city limits to absorb county areas. Officials plan a conference after civic groups review options.
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Rose
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Julius E. Roehr
Board of Aldermen
Galveston
Greet Corporation
Denver
Col
David Bispham to Appearing at Willis Wood Theatre
The renowned baritone David Bispham is slated for a recital at Willis Wood theater on Wednesday May 27. Tickets remain at Willis Wood prices with a May 21 seat sale opening and advance orders accepted through Miss Louise Massey.
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Kansas City
David Bispham
Willis Wood Theater
Willis Wood
Louise Massey
East Fortyseventh Street
Philadelphia
Gene Stynes
Poems and controversy surround Prof Bawden at Cincinnati
May 14 Cincinnati reports that Prof Bawden of the University of Cincinnati faces calls for resignation over poetry to a former Vassar assistant. Trustees oppose his retention while students praise him. A poem titled Destiny was shown from a waste basket amid domestic tensions involving his wife.
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Cincinnati
Gistere
Fioi
D. Heath Bawden
University of Cincinnati
Incendiary Attempt Reported At Clarke Public School
Detectives seek an arsonist who tried to burn Clarke public school at Ashland avenue and West Thirteenth street. The fire started at a stairwell. kerosene and shavings were used. The alarm prevented spread. Miss Martin, head teacher of the deaf and dumb department, helped evacuate pupils as the janitor and staff contained the blaze.
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Curcaco
Chicago Board of Education
Clarke Public School
Ashland Avenue
West Thirteenth Street
Miss Martin
Deaf and Dumbartment
Historic markers planned for Lawrence sites
A university committee will mark fifteen to twenty Lawrence historic spots, including Jim Lane’s old home and the Robinison house, to tell brief stories of their significance. Local contributions fund markers as scholars and students plan a one day tour of notable Quantrell raid and Civil War era sites.
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Kas
Strong
University of Kansas
American History Department
Charg
George R. Chrisman
History Department
Fraser Hall
Chrisman
W. H. Carruth
F. W. Blackmar
Ephraim Miller
W. Sterling
Jim” Lane
East
Santa Fe
Quantrell
Lane
Governor Robinson
West Lawrence
Eldridge
Free State
Great Divide at Willis Wood Theater Next Week
Henry Miller returns to town with The Great Divide at Willis Wood Theater for a week long engagement. The play, praised as a long awaited great American drama, previously appeared in New York at the Princess and Daly's theaters.
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Henry Miller
Willis Wood
Mr. Miller
Princess and Daly’s
New York City
Fullerton Declines Pay in Blackmail Scheme Case
St Louis May 14 S H Fullerton father of Robert W Fullerton held in San Francisco on charges from Miss Gladys Hobart of New York says if habeas corpus fails he will travel to New York with his son. He claims his son is innocent and a victim of extortion and will fight in every court rather than pay.
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St. Louis
S. H. Fullerton
Robert W. Fullerton
San Francisco
Gladys Hobart
New York
Mr. Fullerton
United States
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