march american librarian native sweden emigrated milwaukee wisconsin teacher librarian librarian significant figure city library profession seventh president left city profession permanently following arrest early life education born sweden orphan deaths mother father earned doctorate emigrated milwaukee taught classics married woman reported children son daughter lived pleasant street milwaukee public library dates february authorized city form public library taken interest libraries hired librarian new post joined ranks milwaukee elite family took residence grand avenue acquaintance numerous important figures library profession especially close leadership developed new charging system pencil dates widely adopted libraries wrote professional articles book eclectic card catalog rules based work numerous english language like published wrote topics book easy method acquiring universal language constructed language founder president february active serving vice president instrumental local arrangements annual conference milwaukee including day mile post conference train excursion arranged included trip elected follow president significant achievement arrangements construction library museum building wisconsin avenue national competition held designs proposed year old entry helpful career winning entry neo renaissance structure wisconsin architecture firm constructed cost opened october today building use central library listed national_register_of_historic_places charges beginning began large sums money library chiefly double billing board library expenditures difference provided motive theft widely speculated argued lawyer financial demands prestigious position society met modest public salary investigated collection library fines missing money reportedly members library board trustees matter dropped following revelation secretary subsequent suicide city wide conducted city discovered following meeting trustees including mayor confessed arrested april library profession stunned arrest news great shock green wrote later history profession green wrote soon suspected similar reactions disbelief wrote letters support acted swiftly damage image profession executive board moved appointed president following resignation officially recorded president entire term essentially historical record month later elected president term incident seen triumph newer like old guard represented seen milwaukee received strong support members board trustees city elite pushed city librarian local newspapers objected especially following revelations previous investigation stolen nearly twice initially thought july pleaded judge saying punishment wrong issued suspended sentence left milwaukee day promised job boston sentence met outrage city newspapers decision residents held meetings days urging mayor district attorney find new charges file ordered arrest boston left boston sighted england later month wrote let punishment chasing world arrest trial later life settled paris studied medicine wife children joined end life worked journal instead going paris eldest son dropped lived colorado joined commanders massacre noted aggression profanity assaulting allegedly murdering strike leader legacy ignored received treatment histories milwaukee library profession united_states including work immediate successor longtime assistant noted library historian wrote article published official magazine article expressed hope remember provide balance frequent treatment accorded library history officially acknowledge past president sake historical accuracy librarian responding article echoed sentiments noting absence dictionary american biography upcoming article dictionary american appeared official list past presidents centennial founding presidents began tradition annually passing non human ashes representing president end term inducted
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