Word: madison
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Many Democratic editors failed to exhibit the expected enthusiasm. They reminisced that Democratic troubles in Madison Square Garden last July received their due of publicity...
...Jacob Wertheim Research Fellowship for the Betterment of Industrial Relationships has been awarded by the Corporation for the academic year 1925-26 to Mr. William Haber of Madison, Wisconsin. Mr. Haber is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, where he received the John L. Mitchell medal for his thesis on the "United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners...
...neighboring Governors struck each a blow-in the interest, they said, of free institutions. In Madison, Wis., Governor John J. Elaine (LaFollette man) vetoed a bill aimed against rodeos. Pointing out that the bill would be rendered ridiculous by the natural struggle of "single-comb white wyandotte" roosters against "black Minorcas," would be barked to scorn by village dogs, the Governor concluded: "The innocent owner of midnight prowling cats not only is to be annoyed by their wails, but if he knows they are fighting and permits the fight to go on, he may be fined and thrown into jail...
Later, Mr. Debs repaired to Madison...
...With Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, scheduled for speedy demolition, artists, architects pondered on what could be done with Diana, Roman huntress by Saint-Gaudens, who, upon a Moorish tower by Stanford White, long adorned the summit of the famed hippodrome. After 56 conflicting proposals, it was last week decided to remove statue, tower, to New York University. Lawyer Elihu Root agreed to head a committee to raise funds for the transfer; architects McKim, Mead & White were appointed for the work...