Milwaukee graft scandal overwhelms county board
Ed Wand Strauss, a confessed grafter, reveals a widespread system of county graft touching nearly every official and contractor. He names scores of deals in hospital repairs and other contracts, with district attorneys eyeing grand jury action and possible trials next term. A county official has turned state's evidence and plea deals may follow as the graft mess roils Milwaukee county government.
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Milwaukee
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Amleone
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Streuss
Pete Tween
Strauss
Jose Munty Campaten
Two unfurnished rooms for rent in city article
Classified notice offers two unfurnished rooms for rent with apply at The Journal office and contact by phone 97. A separate item notes Richard Hughes arriving from Cotter for a cousin’s wedding with Miss Wells. Mrs Tom Kyle and daughter Bessie leave for Brighton to visit relatives for a few days. Miss Lucy Wilson arrives from Auburndale Mass to spend the summer at home after attending LaSer Seminary.
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Journal
Richard Hughes
Cotter
Miss Wells
Tom Kyle
Miss Bessie
Brighton
Lucy Wilson
Auburndale
Mass
LaSer Seminary
Wilson
Prairie Flower Church to Host Handkerchief Bazaar at Knapp’s
Friday evening the Prairie Flower church will hold a handkerchief bazaar at Harvey Knapp's north of the city. Ice cream and strawberries will be served and the community is invited.
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Prairie Flower Church
Harvey Knapp’s
Chicago Field Museum Eyes African Big Game Expedition
Field Columbian museum plans a summer voyage to Mombasa and into Masailand to shoot giraffes rhinos lions and leopards for its collections. Led by Carl E Akely and Vernon Shaw Kennedy the party will employ natives as hunters and porters and aim to complete new species finds before railroads open the interior.
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Vernon Shaw Kennedy
Field Columbian Museum
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Chicago Post
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America
London
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East African Protectorate
Equator
Masailand
Victoria Nyanza
Lake Taganyika
Field Museum
PD. G. Eliot
Interior
Pield Museum
Banks
Elliot
Columbian Museum
Field
Dressmaking Pride Sparks Friendly Debate
In a playful exchange Mary asks if telling friends she made her dress would seem conceited. Edith replies it would be not conceited but superfluous, revealing light household banter about craft and self expression.
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Edith
Startling tale of graft in county contract awards
A detailed report describes a plot among county supervisors to award revenue contracts to favored bidders, ignoring low bids and paying kickbacks. The article names Strauss and Lotter, cites bribes totaling thousands, and notes implicated officials, including some still serving on the board, with Strauss found guilty on May 17 for a $1,200 bribe related to hospital roof repairs.
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Lotter
Lotier
Board of Supervisors
Allan Corrugating
Old County Hospital
Des Moines Pioneering Lawyer and Publisher Granger Dead
Des Moines mourns the death of June Barlow Granger, the first Iowa bar member and founder of The Star, Iowa’s first newspaper begun in 1849. A former mayor of Des Moines, Granger shaped city and state journalism and law.
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June & Barlow Granger
Iowa
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