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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
3
Geraldine Farrar, famed soprano, is named as the Kaiser’s favored court songbird after persuading him to forgive a past romance. The piece notes American audiences lack her artistic appeal and hints at a distant political-royal romance amid wartime bravado.
The Rev. Harry B. Stevens of a Baptist church resigned after officiating at the marriage of Leonard S. Wignet and Lucy Miller, a pair both previously divorced. He will abandon the ministry to become a missionary in Africa. The minister discovered on signing the certificate that both spouses had prior divorces.
The famed American soprano Miss Geraldine Farrar becomes the subject of royal publicity as the Kaiser nominates her imperial court singer. A sensational Die Welt report sparked a defamation suit after details of the prince’s affections leaked, while Farrar’s past and her father Sid Farrar’s baseball legacy are recalled amid public intrigue.
Helen Maroney plans to marry Samuel Clarkson the young Englishman she eloped with after annulment proceedings in New York. Papal marquis Martin Maloney admits he preferred Arthur Osborne as a husband for his daughter, while a referee’s report on Miss Maloney and Osborne’s marriage is awaited.
Chicago, April 3. Mr and Mrs Frank L Bond petition Judge Carpenter for annulment of their marriage from March 11 claiming moral grounds. Mrs Bond, formerly R O Kruger’s wife, obtained a June divorce on cruelty. The couple wed in Crown Point Ind and plan a June ceremony.
Ten hat salesmen from different Eastern factories registered at a Kansas City hotel this morning. Their fall sample styles show college influence with shapes like a telescope felt hat and a two-tone brim. Favorite hat colors include black white Maduro brown and dolphin green. derbies feature flat-set brims and are mostly black.
Kansas City patrons flock to the library to study municipal topics like water supply, public utilities, gas and electric light, and government reform. Librarian Mrs. Sara Judd Greenman notes high demand for reliable works on parks, boulevards, and city improvements as residents seek guidance on franchising, water works, and the commission form of government.
Eli A. Smith, former Alaskan mail driver, completed a land route from Nome to New York in two and a half years with seven dogs on an Alaskan sledge. He won a reported $10,000 wager by arriving one day and nearly a month early, visiting Mayor McClellan at City Hall Park.
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