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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1908
Page
3
The old bronson pioneer log house near Kirksville Knox county was demolished to clear land for a new farmhouse. Built of oak and walnut logs over sixty feet long the two story structure stood thirty miles east of Kirksville and featured a central hall with a narrow stair to two upper rooms.
Governor Johnson and Ba Howe preside as Lindsborg prepares for the annual Messiah festival at Bethany College. By 1908 Handel’s Messiah will have been sung here seventy two times with Madame Frieda Langendorff as the star. Langendorff, a German mezzo soprano, gains notice at the Met in New York and has sung widely in European royal operas.
Mme Langendorff accepts Bayreuth invitation and is named honorary member of Prague's Duererbund. Recitals set for April 12 15 and 17 with Messiah performances spanning April 12 17 plus other works. Ed Howe lectures April 16 and Governor Johnson to speak April 19 amid growing out of town attendance and hotel reservations.
The 1827 Thrasher house near Kirksville Missouri built by John W Thrasher stands as a relic of early state life. Locals recall wartime tragedies and superstitions tied to the mansion and its yard black locust trees. The landmark was recently destroyed amid reverence for its storied past.
The American Museum of Natural History adds two articles from Leopold I through Congo possessions. The first shipment includes ceremonial instruments, gongs, rattles, trumpets, whistles, native instruments, carved paddles, pottery, ornaments and embroidered mats. Displays show native life and warlike tools such as shields bows and arrows.
Major Steinbrinck Lieutenant von Hanstein and Count Car war of Berlin arrive in New York after visits to Washington Boston Niagara Walls and West Point to study American life and report on matters of imperial interest. They praise New York bridges and subways as more wonderful than skyscrapers.
Wireless dispatches report the abandonment of the Norwegian tank steamer Helios after the crew, aboard Helios from Philadelphia March 25 for Blaye, was rescued in mid Atlantic at latitude 44 north, longitude 25 west. No further details are provided.
The 012 March The Agriculture Department reports winter wheat condition at 013 or 5.1 percent above the ten year April average and 14 percent above last year. December sowing reached 31002,000 acres with an implied ART million bushels, while prior winter wheat yielded 409 million bushels and JO 492 million bushels. Winter rye stands at 89.1 with 2.015,000 acres planted.
The British prime ministership was filled this morning at Biarritz during a royal audience between King Edward VII and Herbert Henry Asquith who had been summoned from London. Asquith first offered his resignation as chancellor of the exchequer and then accepted the post of prime minister and first lord of the treasury.
Perry Kimber narrates a near disaster when a gas leak at his new house spirals as his caretaker Jim battles faulty plumbing. A cork used to seal the pipe blasts into Kimber’s face, wrecking his opera hat and sparking a chaotic scene until a plumber arrives to shut off the flow. Repairs loom for the house and for Jim.
Brokers greet the stock exchange announcement that governors will decide today on closing the exchange for Good Friday and Easter Saturday. A petition signed by many brokers asks for a two day holiday, while the coffee exchange has already set Friday and Saturday as closed.
A dialogue shows two burglars debating entry to a house. The first praises the home as a good target while the second dismisses the plan, citing that keeping chickens and a garden signals poverty and deters crime.
Milwaukee April 8 Taft supporters claim victory in the Wisconsin delegate race with possible wins in the Tenth district and doubt over the Eighth district while La Follette delegates were chosen in most districts yesterday.
Miss Annette Loeb of New York marries Signor Arturo Luzzato a member of the Italian parliament in Rome. Luzzato is wealthy and has iron interests in Tuscany.
Miss Anabel Wilson of North Branch Michigan recounts a three month eczema outbreak on her face and head that left a painful scabred condition. After doctor advised Cuticura Remedies she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and was fully cured with no recurrence.
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