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47-680: Historian John Gurda authored "The Drive To Lead," a history of Actuant , that highlights important events in Enerpac's history. Enerpac is a manufacturer of high-force tools and components for a variety of markets and applications. Enerpac has six key product focuses which include: Enerpac's Heavy Lifting Technology business provides custom hydraulic solutions for the controlled movement and positioning of structures. Enerpac combines hydraulics, steel fabrication, and electronic control with engineering and application knowledge, in design and manufacturing. Infrastructure & Bridges Enerpac plays

94-490: A 35-year contract with the city. On December 29 Pfister and Payne sued the Sentinel for libel, to which the paper replied that it had fallen prey to "probably the most formidable and influential combination of selfish interests ever found in the city of Milwaukee." Rather than going to trial and having his business practices revealed, Pfister bought the Sentinel outright on February 18, 1901, paying an immense sum to buy up

141-550: A 4-year-old boy imperiled by a mysterious disease, told with words, graphics, videos and other images." In 1965 the paper's women's section won the Penney-Missouri Award for General Excellence. In 2008, Google published the newspaper's archives as part of an initiative to digitize historical newspapers. Though the initiative ended in 2011, the archives remain accessible. The Milwaukee digitization used microfilm that had been scanned for ProQuest 's database. At

188-470: A crucial role in steel production and metal processing. From lifting and moving heavy steel components to precise metal forming, Enerpac's solutions support the entire manufacturing chain. Raptor Supplies is one of the authorized distributors for Enerpac products. Raptor Supplies is a leading industrial supply company that offers a wide range of products, including Enerpac hydraulic tools and equipment, to various industries and customers worldwide. They have

235-490: A delegate to the national Republican convention in 1876, the paper began running fierce editorials denouncing Keyes. The Sentinel later endorsed Carpenter over Keyes as senator in the 1878 election. Disappointed in the paper's weak defense of unregulated corporations , a new group of stalwart Republicans purchased the old Democratic Milwaukee News in 1880 and resurrected it as the Republican and News . Horace Rublee ,

282-566: A firetrap, but the Sentinel defended the hotel's management, which included a Sentinel stockholder. Historian Frederick Jackson Turner was the Sentinel 's Madison correspondent for a year, beginning in April 1884, while he finished his senior year at the University of Wisconsin . He covered various aspects of life in Madison, from campus news to the state legislature. He delivered

329-482: A five-year agreement to print the national edition of USA Today for distribution in the northern and western suburbs of Chicago and the eastern half of Wisconsin". The Milwaukee Sentinel was founded on June 27, 1837, in response to disparaging statements made about the east side of town by Byron Kilbourn 's westside partisan newspaper, the Milwaukee Advertiser , during the city's " bridge wars ",

376-664: A former editor of the Wisconsin State Journal and who had been the chairman of the state Republican party , was hired as editor-in-chief. Failing to put the Sentinel out of business, the Republicans bought the paper outright and issued it as the Republican-Sentinel . The next year the word Republican was dropped, but the paper remained a major force in the state's Republican party. This troubled managing editor Lucius W. Nieman , who had covered

423-635: A lease arrangement with the School of Engineering for radio station WSOE on November 15, 1927. The lease was for a minimum of three years. To reflect the new arrangement, the Wisconsin News changed the call letters of WSOE to WISN on January 23, 1928. The station was sold to the Wisconsin News in November 1930. Hearst's associate Paul Block acquired Pfister's remaining stake of the Sentinel in 1929. The News closed in 1939, being consolidated with

470-572: A local history column in the Sunday edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Gurda’s most comprehensive and best-known work is The Making of Milwaukee which has been released in four editions. The Making of Milwaukee was the first full-length history of the region published since 1948. Gurda published a companion piece to The Making of Milwaukee called Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods. Gurda's text, The Making of Milwaukee

517-560: A majority of its stock. After the death of his publisher, Lansing Warren, that summer Pfister assumed publishing duties, immersing himself in the paper's operations and directing political coverage. Owning the Sentinel expanded his conservative influence from the convention backrooms to the pages of the largest daily paper in Wisconsin. The Sentinel immediately opposed the newly elected Governor La Follette. During La Follete's successful re-election campaign in 1902, Pfister's political power

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564-478: A period when the two sides of town fought for dominance. A co-founder of Milwaukee, Solomon Juneau , provided the starting funds for editor John O'Rourke, a former office assistant at the Advertiser , to start the paper. On Juneau's request, O'Rourke's associate, Harrison Reed , remained to take over the Sentinel ' s operations on behalf of Democratic Party politician James Duane Doty . Reed continued

611-617: A public reading room of the nation's newspapers, the origin of Milwaukee's public library system. Fillmore employed a succession of editors, including Jason Downer , later a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, and Increase A. Lapham , a Midwestern naturalist who later helped establish the National Weather Service . After running through six editors in eight years, Fillmore sought a more stable editorial foundation and went east to confer with Thurlow Weed , editor of

658-585: A strong presence in the market and are known for providing high-quality products and excellent customer service. John Gurda John Gurda (born 9 June 1947 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ) is an American writer and historian . Gurda's book, The Making of Milwaukee , was turned into an Emmy Award-winning documentary series by Milwaukee PBS . He is an eight-time winner of the Wisconsin Historical Society ’s Award of Merit. He

705-590: A treaty that ended the Mexican–American War , commenting: "Peace upon almost any terms will be joyfully welcomed by the American People. They have long since tired of the war." The Sentinel prospered during the Civil War, sometimes printing five editions of the paper in a day. Though much of the war news was copied from Chicago papers, the Sentinel did dispatch a war correspondent for over half

752-400: A vital role in the construction and maintenance of infrastructure and bridges. Its hydraulic tools and systems are used for heavy lifting, bridge jacking, and precise positioning of structural components. Enerpac's solutions contribute to the safe and efficient completion of infrastructure projects. Power Generation In the power generation sector, Enerpac's high-pressure hydraulic equipment

799-492: A year. The war also resulted in a shortage of skilled printers, so in 1863 the Sentinel began hiring and training "female compositors" to typeset the paper, albeit in another building away from the men. This resulted in members of the Milwaukee Typographical Union leaving their jobs, but the war had already depleted their ranks to such a degree that the union later temporarily disbanded. Frustrated by

846-603: Is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , where it is the primary newspaper and also the largest newspaper in the state of Wisconsin , where it is widely read. It was purchased by the Gannett Company in 2016. In early 2003, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel began printing at a new facility in West Milwaukee . In September 2006, the Journal Sentinel announced it had "signed

893-545: Is also a local history columnist for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . John Gurda graduated Marquette University High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . He holds a B.A. in English from Boston College and M.A. in Cultural Geography from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee . Gurda has been described as a non-academic historian and is widely regarded as one of the most prolific historians of Milwaukee. John Gurda

940-528: Is the author of twenty-two books, including histories of Milwaukee-area neighborhoods, industries, and places of worship. Gurda received his first corporate commission in 1981 from Northwestern Mutual . He grew his professional profile through works for a variety of nonprofit and community organizations in Milwaukee. The City of Milwaukee put out a popular series of neighborhood posters for which Gurda wrote descriptions and histories. Since 1994, Gurda has written

987-422: Is used for turbine maintenance, bolt tensioning, and flange alignment. These solutions ensure the reliable and continuous operation of power plants, helping to meet the growing demand for energy. Oil and Gas Enerpac serves the oil and gas industry with its comprehensive range of hydraulic tools and systems. From wellhead maintenance to pipeline construction, Enerpac's solutions are employed for critical tasks in

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1034-669: The Albany Evening Journal and powerful Whig political boss of New York. Weed recommended his associate editor and protégé, Rufus King. King was a native of New York City, a graduate of West Point , a brevet lieutenant, the son of the president of Columbia College and the grandson of U.S. Constitution signer Rufus King . In June 1845 King came to Milwaukee and became the Sentinel ' s editor three months later. The paper provided thorough coverage of Wisconsin's constitutional convention, held in Madison in 1846. When

1081-845: The Journal Sentinel 's request, the Milwaukee Public Library loaned decades of missing microfilm volumes to complete the digitization. When Google's project ended, the newspaper began the process of creating its own archive via its relationship with Newsbank . Newsbank unsuccessfully attempted to sell Journal Sentinel digital archive access to the Milwaukee Public Library, which could not afford their asking price. The Library already subscribed to Newsbank's obituary and recent Journal Sentinel articles, as well as other proprietary databases with annual subscriptions costing less than $ 100,000. In May 2014, Newsbank suggested several purchase options, one of which

1128-573: The Milwaukee County pension system. In 2010, reporter Raquel Rutledge was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for her investigations and stories on abuses in a state-run child care system. In 2011, Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar, and Alison Sherwood were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for their "lucid examination of an epic effort to use genetic technology to save

1175-506: The Panic of 1893 a private utility monopoly run by stalwart Republican party bosses Charles F. Pfister and Henry C. Payne , The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (TMER&L), revoked commuter passes and raised utility rates during the depression. The Sentinel joined in the chorus of indignation that resounded from Milwaukee and beyond, particularly during 1899 when Pfister and Payne succeeded, by means of bribery, to push through

1222-574: The Sentinel as a single morning paper. In 1955 Hearst purchased television station WTVW and changed the call letters to WISN-TV . The Milwaukee Journal began as The Daily Journal in 1882. Edna Ferber , later a famed writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, was a Milwaukee Journal reporter for nearly four years, from approximately 1903 to 1907. The Journal followed the Sentinel into broadcasting. The Journal purchased radio station WKAF in 1927, changing its call letters to WTMJ . It launched an experimental FM station, W9XAO, in 1940, which

1269-413: The Sentinel endorsed Harrison for president in the 1840 election . Starr guarded the Sentinel 's position as the sole Whig organ in Milwaukee. Heavily in debt, he secured the partnership of David M. Keeler, who paid off the paper's creditors. Keeler took on partner John S. Fillmore (nephew of U.S. president Millard Fillmore ) and succeeded in ousting Starr, who kept publishing his own version of

1316-552: The Sentinel in 1874 with other pro-Grant Republicans, including Carpenter, who had failed to be re-elected. After Murphey loaned Carpenter $ 20,000 to also become a stakeholder in the paper, Carpenter hired A. C. Botkin as editor, formerly of the Chicago Times , to replace Thomson. The Sentinel was soon perceived as Carpenter's "personal mouthpiece" and an organ of the state Republican central committee. After committee chairman Elisha W. Keyes blocked Carpenter from becoming

1363-417: The Sentinel . Keeler and Fillmore trumped his efforts by turning their Sentinel into a daily on December 9, 1844, while still publishing a weekly edition. The paper finally began to prosper and establish itself as a major political force in the nascent state of Wisconsin. Having accomplished his goal of establishing the first daily paper in the territory, Keeler retired two months later, but not before opening

1410-451: The Milwaukee militia and sat on the University of Wisconsin 's board of regents, as well as being the first superintendent of Milwaukee public schools . In the wake of the Panic of 1857 King sold the paper to T.D. Jermain and H.H. Brightman, but remained editor, covering the state legislative sessions of 1859–1861 himself. In 1848, the Sentinel praised the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ,

1457-466: The adopted constitution fell short of Whig expectations, the Sentinel was instrumental in encouraging its rejection by territorial voters on April 6, 1847. The Sentinel launched a German-language paper, Der Volksfreund , to bring the city's large population of German immigrants to the Whig cause. Gen. King himself was a delegate to Wisconsin's second constitutional convention. He was also appointed head of

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1504-526: The company's " USA Today Network Wisconsin". The Journal Sentinel also collaborates with the Press-Gazette for Packers coverage, and adapted to Gannett standards, including newspaper layout, website and apps, in August 2016. In the spring of 2018, the Journal Sentinel press facility began to print all of Gannett's state papers (it already printed The Sheboygan Press and USA Today ) replacing

1551-511: The company's Appleton facility. By 2021, it was reported that about 90% of Journal Sentinel subscriptions were for its print edition despite a years-long push to increase the number of digital subscribers. In April 2024, the newspaper launched a redesigned Sunday edition. The Milwaukee Journal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have received Pulitzer Prizes : In 1934, cartoonist Ross A. Lewis won for his cartoon on labor-industry violence, " Sure, I'll Work for Both Sides ". In 1966,

1598-589: The daily edition and just under 338,000 for the Sunday edition. On April 8, 2016, decades of local ownership for both papers ended when Journal Media Group was acquired by the Gannett Company for $ 280 million. Gannett owns most of the daily newspapers in the central and eastern parts of Wisconsin (eleven in all), including the Green Bay Press-Gazette and Appleton's The Post-Crescent . The Journal Sentinel has been integrated into

1645-588: The exploration, production, and transportation of oil and gas resources. Mining The mining industry relies on Enerpac's robust hydraulic tools for heavy lifting, equipment maintenance, and installation of machinery. Enerpac's solutions enhance the safety and productivity of mining operations, contributing to increased efficiency and reduced downtime. Shipbuilding In the shipbuilding industry, Enerpac's high-pressure hydraulic systems are used for launching, lifting, and positioning large vessels. The company's solutions enable precise and controlled movements, ensuring

1692-539: The lack of skilled help, editor C. Latham Sholes tried building a typesetting machine, but failed. After becoming comptroller for the city a few years later, he invented the modern typewriter. After the war ended circulation fell off and the number of editions was kept to a minimum. A supporter of the Liberal Republicans , who opposed President Ulysses S. Grant , Thomson was ousted from the paper after Carpenter's former law partner Newton S. Murphey bought

1739-544: The paper after Republicans appointed him as the transcribing clerk to Wisconsin's state senate before later going on to teach history. In 1892–1893 the Sentinel moved temporarily from its home on Mason Street so that the old building could be torn down and a new, state-of-the-art structure could be erected in its place. With the dawning of the Progressive Era during the 1890s the Sentinel began to moderate its views, often echoing calls for political reform. After

1786-483: The safety and reliability of petrochemical processes, supporting the production of essential chemicals and products. Manufacturing In the manufacturing sector, Enerpac's hydraulic tools find application in assembly, positioning, and maintenance of heavy machinery and equipment. These solutions help manufacturers optimize their production processes and improve overall efficiency. Steel Production & Metal Production Enerpac's high-pressure hydraulic systems play

1833-406: The scoop that university regent and state political boss Elisha W. Keyes wished to remove university president John Bascom for political reasons and it was Turner's reports that resulted in a backlash of support for the president. Bascom had earlier offered Turner a position teaching elocution at the university that he turned down in favor of working for the Sentinel for nine more months. He left

1880-463: The series "Pollution: The Spreading Menace" garnered the award for public service. In 1977, Margo Huston became the first female staff member of The Milwaukee Journal to win a Pulitzer Prize. She won the award in the category of best general reporting for a series of articles on the elderly and the process of aging. In 2008, local government reporter David Umhoefer was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for his investigation of

1927-421: The state capitol for the Sentinel and had seen the control the powerful monied interests had over state government. When a Democrat was elected to Congress from a die-hard Republican county, the Sentinel ' s editor refused to print the fact. This led Nieman to resign and join the fledgling Milwaukee Journal . The Journal first received acclaim when Nieman's coverage of a deadly hotel fire revealed it to be

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1974-470: The struggle to keep the paper ahead of its debts, often printing pleas to his advertisers and subscribers to pay their bills any way they could. Meanwhile, the establishment of the Whig party in the territory thrust the Sentinel into partisan politics. In 1840 Reed was assaulted by individuals whom the Sentinel charged were hired by Democratic Governor Henry Dodge . When Doty backed William Henry Harrison ,

2021-527: The successful construction of ships and offshore structures. Buildings & Stadiums Enerpac's hydraulic equipment is utilized in the construction of buildings and stadiums for tasks such as lifting and positioning structural elements, and performing foundation repairs. These solutions aid in the timely and safe completion of construction projects. Petrochemical Enerpac serves the petrochemical industry with its hydraulic tools for maintenance, flange alignment, and bolt tightening. These solutions enhance

2068-641: Was diminished after it had been revealed that he had secretly purchased the editorial pages of some 300 of the state's newspapers. A majority stake was purchased by the Hearst Corporation in 1924. Operations of the Sentinel were joined to Hearst's papers, the afternoon Wisconsin News and the morning Milwaukee Telegram ; the latter being merged with the Sentinel as the Milwaukee Sentinel & Telegram . The Wisconsin News entered into

2115-443: Was licensed as a commercial station in 1941, originally as W55M, and later becoming WMFM and WTMJ-FM . This station was shut down in 1950. In 1959 a new WTMJ-FM was licensed, which later became WKTI-FM, WLWK-FM, and WKTI . WTMJ-TV , Wisconsin's first television station, went on the air in 1947. As of mid-2012, the Journal Sentinel had the 31st-largest circulation among all major U.S. newspapers, with circulation of 207,000 for

2162-649: Was one of four children, his sister Susie died in a car crash in 1968. At the age of 8, he and his family moved to the Milwaukee suburb of Hales Corners . Gurda returned to Milwaukee in 1969 after completing his B.A. at Boston College whereupon he worked as a housepainter. Since 1991, John Gurda and his wife have lived in the Fernwood subdistrict of the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin . He has three children and four grandchildren. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

2209-470: Was the basis for a documentary series that premiered on Milwaukee Public Television in 2006 and again in 2016. John Gurda also works as a lecturer, tour guide, and local history columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . In December 2022, Gurda announced that he would be stepping away from his role as a columnist for the newspaper. John Gurda was born and raised on the South Side of Milwaukee. He

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