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The Grand Rapids Police Department was established in 1871 with eight patrolmen operating under one chief. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The police department originally operated under the direction of the mayor and city council, though a separate board of commissioners was created for police and fire department in 1881, initially creating conflict between city ...
J.C. Nichols Company architect Edward Tanner designed the house. [2] The house was completed in 1927, and members of the Pendergast family lived in the home from the time of completion until Tom Pendergast's death in 1945. The house at 5650 Ward Parkway is one of the best known in Kansas City, because it was home to political boss Tom ...
The New England Society for the Suppression of Vice was founded in 1878 by a meeting of Boston residents following a speech given by Anthony Comstock.Comstock had founded the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice in 1873 as a vehicle for a crusade against numerous perceived ills of society, and sought to establish chapters of the organization in other cities.
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A driver died Wednesday morning after hitting a tree off Ward Parkway, police said. At about 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, a truck crashed near West 66th Street and Ward Parkway, according to the Kansas ...
Mack Barnabas Nelson was born in Arkansas in 1872. He came to Kansas City in 1894, where he worked for the Long-Bell Lumber Company.At the time of construction, Nelson was vice president of the lumber company, but he later came to the top position in the company after Long suffered financial reverses early in the Great Depression.
One of the people detained after shots were fired at the Ward Parkway Shopping Center Tuesday night had a 9mm handgun that was “warm to the touch,” according to audio from Broadcastify.com
Michigan Pioneer Collection Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, Annual Meeting of 1900, Memorials Report-Michigan Pioneer Collection, Volume XXIX 1899–1900, pp. 450–456; Baxter, Albert (2005) [1891]. "Manufacture of Furniture and Cabinet Wares". History of the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan.