Kansas City Star subscription and delivery rates
Information on address for letters and subscription options in Kansas City Missouri. Rates cover Morning Evening and Sunday papers at 20 cents weekly, mail subscriptions 15 cents weekly or $7 yearly, with advance payment required. Circulation figures are listed for each edition. Postage and single-copy costs are provided for varying page counts.
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Bosscrirroxs
Kansas City
Kansas
Second
Lasa Mail Matter
Supremacy of the City Rally Over Privatized Interests
The speech defends Kansas City as a unified force against privileged interests. It extols the Kansas City Spirit and the supremacy of the city over selfishness and short sight. The address contrasts Omaha’s rail-driven growth with Kansas City’s self-assertion and calls for voters to choose governance over party in tomorrow’s contest.
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Beardslley
Kansas City
Great West
Railroads
Omaha
D’artagnan
The Metropolitan System Valuation Among Chicago Ties
Analyzes the Metropolitan's track value under Chicago style supervision. Estimates per mile track value at 50 000 and railcars valued at 1 200 each. Calculates overall asset implications for 239 miles of track and related rolling stock.
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Chicago
Kanas City
E Street
Board of Supervising
Ens
Admiral Evans Praises Pacific Fleet Voyage and Strategic Value
Admiral Evans hails the United States fleet voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific as a landmark display of national power and sea strength. He stresses the Pacific’s growing prominence for commerce and rivalry, noting ships and crews performed exceptionally and Magdalena Bay inspections confirm improved condition.
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Evans
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Magdalena Bay
Atlantic Waters
Kansas City Voters Face Council Election Amid Franchise Fight
Citizens prepare to vote for Council members to block an electric light franchise grab. The piece notes the upcoming Commission form change and warns incumbents may seek franchise extensions before the new law takes effect. It cites J Pierpont Morcan's praise by royal figures and remarks on mayoral reforms.
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Kansas City
Kas
Electric Light Company
Public Service Corporation
Commission
Kansas City Faces Choice Between Progress and Old Politics
Four years of modern city management claim achievement with $800,000 in permanent improvements and a $300,000 debt from a Gamewell project. Campaigns hinge on Beardsley and a return to old political governance, while ex Reverend Granville Lowther is found in Washington state pursuing fruit growing.
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Kansas City
Beardsley
Granville Lowther
Kansas
Curbstone
Washington State
British Ministry Life and Recent Art Exhibitions in New York
The piece notes the seven year term for the British ministry with past failed attempts to cut it, and describes Prime Ministers resigning when Parliament is not controlled. It then surveys current New York art displays at Fine Arts Building, Architectural League, Montrose Gallery, Photo-Secession, Lenox Library, and National Arts Club, highlighting works by Sargent, Saint Gaudens, Homer, Weir, Bellows, Sloan, Rodin, and others. It mentions Spring and Fall academies and related exhibitions, with references to figures like Blashfield and Pamela Coleman Smith.
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Campbell-Bannerman
John Hay
Fine Arts
West Fifty-seventh Street
Fall Academy
Architectural League
E. H. Blashfield
College of the City of New York
Spring Academy
Sargent
Saint Gaudens
Winslow Homer
J. Alden Weir
John la Farge
George Bellows
Jonas Lie
John Sloan
Montrose
Dewing
Tryon
Weir
Horatio Walker
Dow
Hassam
Metcalf
Photo-Secession
Auguste Rodin
Pamela Coleman Smith
Lenox Library
Arts and Crafts
National Arts Cn
East Nineteenth Street
Knoedler’s
W. J. Baer
Laura Coombs Hills
Amers
Asquith Rise and Lords Reform in Campbell Bannerman Era
The article notes Asquith’s rise as premier and the shift in Parliament. It recalls the attempted abolition of the House of Lords under Campbell Bannerman and the later move to curb Lords powers within a Parliament. Cleveland, Ohio reports justify a postscript to the Metropolitan’s letter to the public.
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Asquith
Campbell-Bannerman
House of Lords
Lords
Commons
House of Commons
Campbell- Bannerman
Cleveland
Democratic City Committee Circular Issued April 2 1908
A circular from the Democratic City Committee dated April 2 1908 addresses voters and references the Star Times as a reader. It notes no one would deny the readership claim and frames upcoming political messaging.
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Democratic City Committee
Star-Times
Twilight Love Song With Lyrical Prayer
A fragmentary verse vignette echoes affection under a lattice with religious imagery. It names Sara Hamilton Brecwatn and references Madonna mia Ave Maria and worship at the beloved’s feet. The tone blends devotion and romantic longing in a serialized lyric snippet.
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Madonna Mia
Virgin
Sara Hamilton Brecwatn
Saint Gaudens Memorial Exhibit Elevates New York Art Scene
Ernest Knaufft notes New York's rise as an art center with a rich season. The Metropolitan Museum hosts Saint Gaudens Memorial, an unprecedented American solo show, alongside ongoing exhibitions at the Fine Arts Building and gallery spaces. The article highlights Lincoln statues, medals, and varied works illustrating Saint Gaudens’ genius and the sculptor’s craft.
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Ernest Knaufft
New York
United States
Fine Arts Building
West Fifty-seventh Street
Metropolitan Museum
Europe
Saint Gaudens
Metropolitan Museum of Art
George F. Watts
Lincoln
Publc
Stevenson
Edinburgh
Shaw
Homer Saint Gaudens
Kansas City Women urged to back utilities commission vote
A call to women in Kansas City to influence tomorrow’s election centers on supporting a proposed utilities commission. The plan promises better service with more cars, cleaner vehicles, and improved seating for riders.
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Kansas City
Billie Burke to Star in Love Matches on Broadway
New York theater news says Miss Billie Burke will star in a four act comedy Love Matches under Charles Frohman after return from Europe. Frohman notes Burke’s American success and audience prompting, with the Paris run already at one hundred performances. The play by MM de Flyers and Cavillet heads to America as Burke’s leading role.
Burke to star in My Wife with Trixie as lead
The actress will continue as John Drew's leading lady through June in a tour reaching as far as San Francisco. She then heads to London before returning to New York for Love Matches at the end of August and will play in London next spring under agreed rights.
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James Carroll
San Francisco
Smithers
New York
Federal Supreme Bench
Supreme Court
White House
Justice Fuller
Justice Harlan
Justice Brewer
Harlan
Brewer
Justice Peckham
General Bingham
New York Tribune
Fourth Street
Johann Most
Cooper Union
Hinaus
Works of Woman Sculptor Miss Jane Scudder Exhibit
Miss Jane Scudder displays miniature fountain designs in her Gibson building studio East Thirty-third Street including a dining room table fountain with a built in pump driven by a dynamo. Also shown are portrait medallions in Luxembourg collections and a three foot Sun Goddess model intended for the Brooklyn Institute facade.
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New York Herald
Jane Scudder
Gibson Building
East Thirty-third Street
Luxembourg
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Miss Scudder
Conscience Money Sent in Odd Ways From London Letter
A London letter explains how “conscience money” gifts to the British treasury are acknowledged after tax evasion and repentance. It notes a $1,800 gold offering in a tin box with 360 sovereigns, and mentions a $5,000 record, plus a capsule with 100 sovereigns placed in 100 holes of a wooden tablet.
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London
Treasury
Spring Song and Blossoms Spark Marion Beautification
A Ohio town credit 12-year-old Blanche Bain for launching a spring beautification drive. She has given thousands of flower seeds to Sunday school children for three years, launching a movement with potential to spread across Ohio and beyond.
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Fadt
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Marion
Blanche Bain
Addison Bain
Miss Bain
Tais
Ohio
Nation
Barnard Greek Games End With Sophomore Laurel Wreath
Barnard College girls revived Greek games at Thompson gym, seeing sophomores defeat freshmen 32 to 22. Events included chorus, javelin, discus, high jump, and hurdles, with awards to Grace Shaw and Mathilde Bosch and the sophomore chorus led by Lilian Egleston.
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New York Press
Barnard College
Thompson Gymnasium
Lilian Egleston
Frances Randolph
Louise Allen
Grace Shaw
Mathilde Bosch
Hazel Woodhull
Lillian Schoedler
Nasium
New York Favours Taft Over Hughes Says Buffalo Lawyer
George W. Pound of Buffalo told the Raleigh that New York’s majority supports Secretary Taft for president. He dismissed Hughes as a serious candidate and noted Taft’s magnetism and familiarity, crediting Roosevelt’s influence and Taft’s appeal as “Bill” to voters.
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New York
Taft
Washington Post
George W. Pound
Buffalo
Raleigh
Hughes
Greater
America
Roosevelt
Bill
Charley
All Wish to Live Happily Seneca
All men wish to live happily but misperceive what makes life happy. The harder they strive the farther they miss it, for choosing the wrong path turns happiness away and swift effort only pushes them further off course.
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Seneca
Gallio
Kansas Notes Tangles With Politics And Rural Life
The Wichita Eagle highlights a column of varied notes on Kansas public life from leaders like David Jayne Hill and Governor Hoch, along with anecdotes about Salina’s bid for a paid baseball team, revival scenes in Russell, and a critique of local press behavior. It cites misread names, election talk, and humorous vignettes including a Salina assessor mix up and a town farmer’s wife stereotype.
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Wichita Eagle
David Jayne Hill
Mayme
Lawrence Journal
Salina
Frank Organ
Elk County
Kidd
Augusta
Coffeyville
Coffeyville Journal
Council Grove Guard
State Senate
Hoch
Dave Leahy
Russell
J. W. Morphy
The
Reformer
Kansas
Morphy
Cyrus Leland
Nehemiah Green
Charlies Robinson
Thomas Carney
Howard Courant
Gig Childers
Brown County
Beef Trust
Erie
Main Street
Laxative ad for Bromo Quinine cold remedy
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine laxative as a one day cure for colds. It features a signature from E. W. Grove and lists the price as 250 in the ad copy.
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E. W. Grove
American Women Bad Horse Riders Say Central Park Expert
Count Baretto de Souza, riding master at the Central Park Riding academy, rejects American women's horsemanship as inferior to European standards. He cites lack of artful riding, praises a few named riders, and notes Americans seldom study horse movement. A Boston Herald piece discusses the word swank and its meaning.
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New York
Baretto de Souza
Central Park Riding Academy
de Souza
Boston Herald
London Globe
Missouri Notes Highlight Local Quips And Public Interest
Missouri notes cover political endorsements for Cannon in the Republican nomination, wool growers warned about sisal twine, and the Excelsior Springs club promoting a home talent minstrel show. Sedalia urges ballot integrity, while Nodaway Forum jokes about a Wyandotte hen atop a church. Missouri University plans a journalism school with a four year program and a daily paper.
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Missouri
Cannon
Mexico Ledger
Excelsior Springs Commercial Club
Sedalia Democrat-Sentinel
Nodaway Forum
Felix Grundy
Presbyterian Church
Lee’s Summit Journal
Public Utilities Commission
The
Columbia Herald
Public Service
Public Servant Corporation
Salisbury Press Spectator
Missouri University
State University
Argertean
Walter Williams
Law
Medicine
Voices of the Violin Poem Fragment
A poetic fragment by Sawa Hamilton presents pines lamenting under a blue Italian sky before the violin, linking ancient sighs to music. It imagines vanished loves stirring in the dust that makes human flesh and a shared breath between two beating hearts.
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Sawa Hamilton
BimcMate
Fragmented column items mix wit and politics in brief notes
readers glimpse a scattered set of remarks on actors, politicians, and social trends. references include Gillett Burgess on overworked words, Alfred Vanderbilt on his wife's freedom, and a New York scene with Anna Held. Meat prices and a boxing champion appear amid civic notes and a reporter’s anecdote.
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New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Ice Trust
Kansas City
Kas
Metropolitan
Micky O'Hearn
Cannon
Albany
Hughes
Houston Post
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Ave Maria
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Mr. Carman
April
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Missouri Notes
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Baltimore
Jenkins
Beau
Etelka Gerster
Steinway
Steinways
J. W. Jenkins’ Sons Music Co
Walnut Street
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