The Telegraph-Herald Tuesday June 1, 1920 CITY MANAGER TAKES HOLD BUDGET SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED TO CUT EXPENSES Plans Street And Sewer Work; No Immediate Dismissals. O. E. Carr became city manager of Dubuque Tuesday forenoon. The oath of office was administered by Mayor James Alderson in the presence of Commissioner Louis Brede and City Engineer […]
The Telegraph-Herald Sunday May 30, 1920 O. E. CARR, NEW CITY MANAGER, IS HERE AFTER MAKING TRIP FROM SPRINGFELD IN AUTOMOBILE. WILL TAKE OATH NEXT TUESDAY Meets With City Commissioners to Be Sworn in; To Relieve Alderson. O. E. Carr, formerly of Springfield, O., who is Dubuque’s first City manager, arrived from Meadville, Pa., at 7 […]
The Telegraph-Herald Thursday November 28, 1940 DUBUQUE AS A CHARTERED TOWN Beginnings Of City Described By W. J. Petersen (Editor’s note: This is the third of a series of articles by William J. Petersen, a native of Dubuque, entitled “The Beginning of Dubuque.” The entire sketch was published in the November issue of “The Palimpsest,” monthly […]