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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
10
The Kansas City Star lists address and service options for Morning Evening and Sunday editions with thirteen papers weekly. Subscriptions are 15 cents weekly by mail prepaid, one year seven dollars, paid in advance. average paid circulation figures for Morning Evening Sunday and Weekly are provided. Postage rates for single copies vary by page count.
An April editorial urges maintaining expert led city departments including food inspection water works street cleaning and city physician to keep efficiency in competing with larger cities. It cautions against returning to the village basis while noting possible naval expansion and praising Hagerman for saving the Erie road.
The piece critiques Speaker Cannon and his allies overreaching to protect administration policy with Republican and Democratic support, warning it could topple Cannon and shift Congress toward Democratic gains. It notes police corruption, opium policy in Pekin, and New York surface street railway findings on political influence and donations.
Grand jury reveals political contributions by the Metropolitan company totaling $97,000 and the use of public funds for maintenance and construction. Investigators note inflated charges and a $25,000 actual spend versus a $1 million claimed construction budget, criticizing public service monopolies and earlier bond schemes.
The poem evokes a rainy dawn with dreary skies and a striving to play the harp against wind and tears. A warm sun touches the speaker, lifting gloom as sunlight melts tears, revealing a brighter inner mood.
The Outing Magazine tale describes hiring a private railcar to Oban from Benderloch, Scotland. The author portrays Scottish crowds and local thrift as scornful of American excess, labeling the move a display of recklessness and wasteful spending.
Governor Johnson rejects being James J. Hill’s man though He may reside in Hill’s state. Mr Bryan calls this a suspicious circumstance in the dispute over Hill influence.
A long exposition asserts city interests trump individual property rights arguing that property owners must defer to communal welfare and that local value is built by the city. It contrasts rail rebating and Roosevelts remarks with calls for civic responsibility.
A Washington letter to the Boston Transcript argues that government supervision of railroads will be costly and burdensome, with the public needing to understand the financial impact and scale of oversight. It warns that extensive regulation could raise expenses and affect rates and services.
An American narrator and companion stranded on a dark Scottish coast await a special engine to move a flatcar with their motor from Ballachulish to Oban. After delays, the Oban office confirms an engineer will be found at a high cost to tow them nine miles, as Sunday rest notes slow action amid a broader report on railroad accounting oversight and a proposed 285 clerk board by the interstate commerce commission.
The 60th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Jesse A Courtney and his 83rd birthday were observed Tuesday March 31 with many friends. The couple married in Buchanan County Missouri and later lived in Leavenworth Kansas before moving to Southern California. He served in the Kansas militia during Price’s raid. Their family includes Rufus E Courtney their son, five other children, Sadie Wilkes of Glendale, 25 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
A poem depicts a man observing Lent as a gale tears his umbrella from him on the Bridge of Waterloo. He restrains language and proclaims penance, facing the loss calmly with saintly self-control amid a blowing, inside-out umbrella.
The Bohemian features Roy S. Durstine on Princeton's Tiger humor paper lampooning Harvard and Chicago. It recalls college clubs staging plays from Faustus to The Tempest, plus a Nantucket verse and plans for aluminum aeroplanes reducing weight by about 35 percent.
A Kansas sampler notes Topeka candidate disbursing bond bonds to woo women voters and Wichita’s heated municipal campaign. It cites Cyrus Leland, jokes about gas, cantaloupes in Finney county, Kansas natives Crooks and Campbell, a calliope for the Republican delegation, and other local items from Leavenworth, Atchison, Nortonville, and Topeka.
The New York Herald reports. Edward Duplessis Beylard of California gifted Vanderbilt a 4 horse whip with a famed history. It allegedly was used by W. G. Tiffany on the Brighton road in 1873.
A short excerpt urges daily or weekly reckoning of virtues in belongings and relationships to avoid loving in vain. The piece contrasts a thoughtful note from Judge with a comic line from Koarder about a pie, hinting at lighthearted daily life observations.
Rural notes sweep Missouri towns with odds and ends from Dent to Jasper. A Boonville man killed a blue heron six feet wide wingtip to tip, and Amoret Post urges better roads. The item also lists anniversaries, quips, county valuations, and curiosity about local lore.
Poem-like piece describes the Missouri River at Lexington under sunset. Vivid imagery shows dark waters turning gold with a magical touch, as evening shadows deepen and the Milky Way appears. The text ends with a fragmented name sequence.
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