Cooperation Plus Research for Wakefield City Government
An advocate argues for cooperation plus research and centralized responsibility as keys to efficient municipal government. He urges budget, accounting, and purchasing controls, a city manager form, periodic interdepartmental meetings, and public education to push legislation and realign government toward businesslike practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jacobson
City of
Wakefield
Finance Department
Ressograph
Husband Kills Suing Wife and Takes Own Life
Kansas City report says a husband shot and killed his wife who had filed suit, then ended his own life. Police describe a domestic dispute ending in tragedy with no survivors among the couple.
Woman Made Rich By Breach Of Promise Suit Declares It Over
Bertha Cleavenger, in a blue gingham apron, receives a final 65 000 payment from Southern Surety in Michigan breach of promise case against John A Castle. Judge Ferguson had cut an initial 450 000 verdict to 150 000. total to be paid by March 15 with 12 000 interest due later. Cleavenger plans rest in California before returning for final settlement and hopes to buy a farm in Michigan.
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Detroit
Bertha B. Cleavenger
Michigan
Homer Ferguson
Miss Cleavenger
John A. Castle
United States
William Henry Gallagher
Southern Surety Company
Castle
California
Stolen 2c Pan-American stamps worth $5400 saved
Newark janitor George Chatham left his broom in the Cross Stamp office at 156 Market Street and, on returning, heard a burglar escape through a window. The thief left tools behind. Owner Felix Berg said the two rare 1901 two cent stamps, depicting a train, were valued at $2700 each and remained undisturbed in the safe area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
George Chatham
Market Street
The
Cross Stamp Company
Felix Berg
Chatham
Convict Demonstrates Quick Handcuff Escape in Prison
Ray Terrill, an Oklahoma inmate, reportedly unlocked his handcuffs using a so called bandit-proof lock after the keys were lost. The incident occurred during spare time at the state penitentiary where he is serving a term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlister
Okla
Ray Terrill
Torious
Oklahoma
Preglacial Age Plant Specimens Examined in Minnesota
University of Minnesota botanists study a vastly extensive bed of preglacial plants and mosses found at the bottom of a former well near Bronson Minnesota. The 50 000 year old specimens are preserved under ground moraine from the Wisconsin ice sheet. Partial identifications have been made by Dr. F K Butters Dr George Rosendahl and Robert Humphrey with remains uncovered when wood fragments surfaced after a pump brought light to the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minesota
University of Minnesota
Bronson
Minn
G Oo. Rosendahl
Botany Department
Wisconsin
Middle Western
F. K. Butters
Rosendahl
Robert Humphrey
Fishermen Battle Whale for Twelve Hours by Coast
In Copenhagen an enormous whale, 81 feet long, drifted into the Little Belt drawing fishermen who chased it. They tried to kill the giant with iron barge thrusts and rifle shots, but it lived for more than twelve hours before likely succumbing or retreating.
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Copenhagen
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Cving Secrament
Kansas City
Shaw Waller
Wakefield News
Wakefield, Michigan
Ji“Ted
Little Dairy
Madison
Casey
Robert J. Casey
Chicago Daily News
University of Wisconsin
Alfred Felly
Felly
University Avenue
Mr. Felly
Pve
A.A.A
Indianapolis Speedway
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