Cook County Declared Legal Pauper Over Budget Delay
Chicago March 1 Cook county was declared a legal pauper after its commissioners failed to adopt a 1932 budget by the midnight deadline. The $22,000,000 expenditure plan stalled amid talks on retrenchment and employee cuts. County attorney warned of no operating funds. board president Whealan warned heads to operate under the economy budget.
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Chicago
Mar
Cook County
Haden Bell
Emmett J. Whealan
Five Generations of Schneck Family Portrait at Garnett
Five generations of the Eli Schneck family are shown in a Garnett photograph. Standing: Ed Kramer Garnett Mrs. Alice Kramer and Eli Schneck Sr. Lawrence. Sitting: Mrs Edna Goens Garnett and her daughter. Ed Schneck born 1846 in Lehigh County Pennsylvania served in the Civil War. He moved to Lawrence in 1879. Several descendants listed with birthplaces and marriages. Funeral details for Catherine Corcoran noted.
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Eli Schneck
Garnett
Ed Kramer
Alice
Kramer
Lawrence
Alice Kramer
Mr. Schneck
Edna Goens
Goens
Ed Schneck
Lehigh County
Pennsylvania
176Th Pennsylvania Regiment
F. J. Schneck
Muncie
Kan
W. FP. Schneck
Muskogee
Obituary Notice for Mary Swift McCaffrey
Mary Swift McCaffrey, daughter of Peter and McCali, is listed in the obituary. The text mentions her birth and is part of a scanned newspaper page with references to financial items and market listings.
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Mary Swift McCaffrey
Peter Andk McCali
Methodist commission May drop aged hymns from hymnal
A church commission in New York proposes removing certain hymns from the Methodist hymnal due to imagery of blood and antiquated language. The move aims to modernize worship and align with contemporary religious practice.
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New York, Mar. J
Scientists to Seek Dragons in Atlantic Deep
Dr William Beebe will head a summer expedition to Bermuda areas to search for deep sea creatures described as dragons their forms mythic yet claimed to exist in unearthly darkness Beebe says they emit a luminous spray from their mouths and are covered with spines and fearsome in appearance The note cites prior finds matching medieval dragon descriptions with luminous mouths and spines captured in accounts.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Bermuda Islands
William Beebe
New York
Beebe
Farewell Dinner for T B White at Leavenworth
T B White former warden of the Leavenworth federal penitentiary was honored at a farewell dinner amid plans to become warden of a new facility in El Paso Texas. Speakers included Fred G Zerbst who succeeded White at Leavenworth. The event followed White's wounding during an escape plot.
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Leavenworth
Kan
T.B. White
Federal Penitentiary
White
el Pago
Texas
Federal Pinar
Fred G Zerbst
Leavenworth Institution
Hospital reports birdshot found in appendix during surgery
A packing company patient in Passavant hospital yesterday had an appendectomy. Surgeons said they found birdshot in the appendix, likely swallowed by Mr Armour while eating. Firearm hunters are suspected. Washington baby contest note reports a black rhinoceros at the National Zoo weighing 600 pounds a year ago and 1,200 pounds now. Gandhi’s son in Meerut sentenced to six months for abetting civil disobedience. Kansas City talk includes Dean Robert M. Davis addressing Steuben Society on Washington’s statesmanship for world problems.
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Passavant
Armour
Washington, Mar. 1
National Zoo
Gandhi
Meerut
India
Davi Das Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Steuben Society
Robert M. Davis
University of Kansas, School of Law
Kansas City
Washington
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California
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