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                <text>Name  and Place Index</text>
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                <text>An index of names, businesses, and events in the Manitowoc Collection.</text>
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                <text>Manitowoc Public Library</text>
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                <text>Manitowoc County</text>
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                <text>&lt;span&gt;The Proper NameIndex is a partial list of names occurring in newspapers, local history books, plat maps, church records and various other local sources. Much of the data was collected in the mid-1970s by the Manitowoc Genealogical Society. In 2012, the information on the index cards was transcribed by the Manitowoc Public Library into this database. &lt;/span&gt;</text>
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                <text>Manitowoc Public Library </text>
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            <text> Carl  Roeser</text>
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            <text>Born Prussia 1813. Editor first German paper Manitowoc, the Wisconsin Democrat. Had been a printer in Tribune office. Strong Republican partisan. It was a Free Soil then Republican organ started 1854. Preached violation laws in helping slaves escape. Roeser ran for state treasurer on the Republican ticket in 1855 but was defeated by Democratic Charles Kuehn. He Had been delegate to People State Convention in Madison 07/31/1854 founding Republican party. Elected County Clerk 1855-1856. Village Clerk 1855-1858 Moved to Washington to fill federal clerkship and died in Washington 1897.  November</text>
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            <text>Information found on card in Proper Name Index at Manitowoc County Historical Society, 1701 Michigan Ave, Manitowoc, WI 54220. 920-684-4445</text>
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              <text>Born Prussia 1813. Editor first German paper Manitowoc, the Wisconsin Democrat. Had been a printer in Tribune office. Strong Republican partisan. It was a Free Soil then Republican organ started 1854. Preached violation laws in helping slaves escape. Roeser ran for state treasurer on the Republican ticket in 1855 but was defeated by Democratic Charles Kuehn. He Had been delegate to People State Convention in Madison 07/31/1854 founding Republican party. Elected County Clerk 1855-1856. Village Clerk 1855-1858 Moved to Washington to fill federal clerkship and died in Washington 1897.  November</text>
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              <text>Proper Name Index Card Information found on card in Proper Name Index at Manitowoc County Historical Society, 1701 Michigan Ave, Manitowoc, WI 54220. 920-684-4445 </text>
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