Kansas City Exposition Plan Aims to Unite Livestock and Industries
A 1909 meeting at Savoy hotel discussed a proposed annual Kansas City fair combining the American Royal livestock show the kennel show poultry and corn show. The plan would begin with a 1909 October show with later industrial exhibits and Elm Ridge as the site.
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Kansas City
Savoy Hotel
Manufacturers’ and Merchants’ Association
E. L. Howe
F. B. Heath
I. W. Bigger
L. P. Rothschild
C. L. Merry
C. R. Murray
Irvin Baldwin
N. H. Gentry
A. D. Cottingham
Elm Ridge
Runyan
Missing insane woman found after escape in Kansas City
Mrs. Olive Reed once adjudged insane in probate court was found at J W Branch’s home 729 Sandusky Ave Kansas City Kansas and persuaded to return. She is held at police headquarters and arrangements by Colonel J C Greenman to take her to St Joseph tomorrow. She is widow of Dr A P Reed killed in 1907 in Raytown.
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Olive Reed
Penn Street
J. W. Branch
Sandusky Avenue
Kansas City
Kas
J. C. Greenman
St. Joseph
Borland Sets Campaign Platform for Congress Seat
William P. Borland formally announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination to succeed BE Ellis. He calls for ending duties on trust goods and a tariff limited to revenue, Missouri river improvements, a child labor law, an employers liability law, jury trial guarantees in constructive contempt, limits on federal courts to arrest state statutes, and states rights over local interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Borland
Congress
BE. C. Ellis
City Job Applicants Named for Administration Posts
Still filing on city jobs. Dan Howell of Jeme law shows six favorable mentions for assistant city attorney and is brother of Charles M. Howell. Thomas Phillips leads for license inspector. E. J. McMahon seeks the new light commissioner post created to oversee street lighting and city illumination bills. No offices abolished yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan” Howell
Charles M. Howell
Thomas Phillips
E. J. McMahon
Election Bet Out Ups: Rival Wheelbarrows Combs in Public Stunt
In Independence a defeated candidate John Jammontree wheeled rival Robert L. Combs, newly elected city marshal, around the public square in a wheelbarrow. Combs wore a new uniform and carried a banker emblem of victory. The wheelbarrow was auctioned by Judge Thomas E. Chinn and bought as a memento by Colonel Moss Hunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Combs
Independence
John Jammontree
Marshal Combs
Thomas E. Chinn
Moss Hunton
Dog Died From Hydrophobia At City Intersection
A dog showing signs of hydrophobia was killed yesterday afternoon at the Liberty street and Lea avenue intersection in Independence by J F Stephens. The incident caused excitement among local children.
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Liberty Street
Lea Avenue
Independence
J. F. Stephens
Homeopathy Meet Set for June Convention
The American Institute of Homeopathy will hold its annual convention in Kansas City from June 22 to 29. Members anticipate large national attendance and active participation at the event hosted by local members and exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homeopati
The
American Institute of Momeonathy
Kansas City
Kansas City Weather Forecast Today
Fair and warmer conditions expected today with light northeast or east winds. Tomorrow remains fair and warm with similar winds across Kansas City and surrounding areas in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Man Fights Death on Way to Worcester After Tuberculosis
Charles S. Cheney of Tulsa Oklahoma lay in an emergency hospital bed after being removed from a train at Union depot. The 50 year old carpenter pleaded I want to go home to die as he sought strength to continue toward Worcester Massachusetts where he grew up and where his brother William Cheney lives. Dr W L Gist said his condition is dangerous and he fears he may not survive the journey.
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Charles S. Cheney
Tulsa
Union Depot
Worcester
Mass
William Cheney
W. L. Gist
Massachusetts
Tenement Board Votes to Submit Resignations
The tenement commission voted to place the resignations of its seven members at the disposal of mayor-elect T. T. Crittenden. The formal announcement will wait until Crittenden takes office on April 20. Chairman J. W. Karnes cited allowing the incoming mayor to name his replacements as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. T. Crittenden
Frank P. Walsh
Crittenden
J. W. C. Karnes
Advertising solicitor attacked near Emery Bird Thayer store
E. T. Jones, an advertising solicitor living at the Ashland hotel, was beaten on Walnut street between Tenth and Eleventh after two men sprang from a alley behind Emery Bird Thayer Dry Goods. A club strike opened a small head wound. passersby rushed to help but could not stop the assailants. Jones was treated at the emergency hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Jones
Ashland
Walnut Street
Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods Company
Tenth
Eleventh
Jones
National Bank of Commerce
J. Park Neal
Motorman Rescues Man Found Jammed Under Streetcar
C H Beatty, motorman on Holmes street line, found a man wedged against the rear axle as the car failed to move at 11 tonight. The man, identified as W T Whitlow of 1334 Harrison street, was freed unharmed after the car was raised. He did not recall how he ended up on the track and was treated at Inergreey hospital.
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C. H. Beatty
Holmes Street
Second Street
Atty
Inergreey Hospital
W. T. Whitlow
Harrison Street
Delaware Democrats Favor Judge Gray in State Delegation
Delaware Democrats held primaries in Kent and Sussex for delegates to the state convention in Dover. In Newcastle county only the Eighth ward vote in Wilmington occurred. Sentiment favored Judge George Gray for President, indicating the Delaware delegation to the Denver convention will be instructed to back the jurist.
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Dover
Det
Kent
Sussex
Newcastle County
Wilmington
George Gray
Delaware
Denver
Street Car Accident Fatality Claims Mrs Greenwood
Mrs. Mary Greenwood of 1904 East Nineteenth street died at General Hospital from injuries after an eastbound street car struck her at Eighteenth street and Euclid avenue Friday morning. She was partly deaf and did not hear the approaching car and never regained consciousness.
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Mary Greenwood
East Nineteenth Street
General Hospital
Eighteenth Street
Euclid Avenue
Kansas City World Makes Sudden Quit
The Kansas City World ceased publication yesterday as its farewell issue announced the decision. The managing chain said it would abandon this newspaper field and related trades, reflecting a broader withdrawal from the area.
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Kansas City World
the World
From a Palace to a Cell Mrs Duke Accused of Forgery
Alice Webb Duke former mistress of a 25 million dollar fortune is jailed in Chicago after being identified by Bertillon procedures and charged with passing two checks for 75 dollars at the Great Northern hotel. The article notes her marriage to Brodie L. Duke and past business ventures and suit for divorce.
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Gurcaco
Alice Webb- Duke
Duke
Davies
Women’s Department
Thomas McFarland
Grand Jury
Great Northern
Grand Pacific
Brodie L. Duke
Alice Webb
Fatal car ride in Chicago claims Miss Susie Simpson
A motor car crash at Franklin boulevard and North Monticello avenue killed Miss Susie Simpson of 742 West Adams Street and injured three men. The chauffeur swerved to avoid an oncoming car and tipped over hitting a curb. Harry B. Hewett, a Seattle lumber merchant, suffered severe bruises.
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Chicago
Susie Simpson
West
Adams Street
Franklin Boulevard
Monticello Avenue
Harry B. Hewett
Seattle
Wash
Kolker to Act in Stock Here With Barker Company
Henry Kolker, star with Bertha Kalich in Marta of the Lowlands, will join Kansas City Barker Stock as leading man Tuesday. He first appears April 20 in The Admirable Crichton in the title role, not replacing Wallace Worsley but adding to the company according to C. J. Flaven.
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Henry Kolker
Bertha Kalich
Marta
Kansas City
Barker Stock Company
Ar Husband
Apri
Crediton
Kohler
Wallace Worsley
C. J. Flaven
Telegler Sentenced to Life for Meadows Murder
Rudolph Telegler was sentenced to life in prison by Judge C. M. Lowe in Kansas for complicity in the murder of J. R. Meadows a telephone lineman. He proclaimed his innocence and claimed he did not know who killed Meadows.
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Meadows
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Rudolph Telegler
Kansas Penitentiary
C. M. Lowe
J. R. Meadows
James R. Meadows
Telegler
Meeker Plans Motor Trek to Mark Oregon Santa Fe Trail Split
Ezra Meeker aims to locate the exact point where the Oregon and Santa Fe trails diverged about forty one miles west of Kansas City. He travels by motor car to place a marker at the former roadside sign “This Road to Oregon” and will later mark the site with a marble or bronze monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Meeker
Kansas City
Oregon
Wells Shot In Kansas City Dying. Conductor Improves
Motorman John Wells wounded in the breast at Fifth street and Oakland avenue Kansas City Kansas was reported dying at Bethany hospital last night. Conductor Charles Johns shot in the left lung shows signs of improvement as police suspect a Black assailant. Six jurors drawn in Ruef bribery trial in San Francisco before Judge Dooling. Photographers report new location at 1118 Watout street. Safe deposit ads note $8 to $35 yearly in modern vaults at Cora Belt Bank.
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John Wells
Fifth Street
Oakland Avenue
Kansas City
Bethany Hospital
Charles Johns
Kas
San Francisco
Dooling
Parade Against Temperance Draws 20 000 in Cincinnati
A parade and mass meeting in Cincinnati led by the Personal Liberty league drew about 20 000 marchers. German societies, labor unions, and industrial groups joined the procession in protest of recent liquor legislation and related measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Personal Liberty League
Five Die as New York Storm Rips Through City
A severe windstorm struck New York on April 11 killing five men and leaving several missing. Winds hit 40 to 60 mph, tearing chimneys and awnings and injuring many pedestrians. Two deaths were due to flying debris, while a boat with three men capsized in Pelham Bay.
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New York
John O’brien
Jersey City
Thomas Talbot
Brooklyn
Pelham Bay
Calls Bucket Shops a Menace
Washampton April 11 Representative Ferris of Oklahoma denounced bucket shop gambling in the House and introduced a bill to curb farm product speculation He cited telegrams from Oklahoma farmers and business men and urged action by the agricultural committee noting the vast contracts in New York cotton exchange harming farmers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washampton
Ferris
Oklahoma
Agricultural Committee
New York Cotton Exchange
Congress
Admiral Evans Remains at Robles After Medical Review
After a full examination by Surgeon McDonald and three doctors from Los Angeles, Admiral Evans should stay at Robles for continued treatment until his regular physician declares it safe to move him. He is weaker and has knee pain tonight.
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Paso Rosces
E. A. Bryant
George W. Lasher
W.A. Edwards
Los Angeles
Paso Robles
Fleet Reception Committee
Admiral Evans
Elopement and Public Ceremony in Panama Canal Zone
Gladys Squiers, daughter of Ambassador Herbert G. Squiers and Lt. H H Rousseau, wed in a secret Panama City ceremony and publicly married in Ancon chapel. Kin Goethals and Governor Blackburn attended along with canal commissioners and spouses. Minister Squiers reportedly opposed the match.
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Panama
New Aeroplane Record Set in Paris by De La Grange
Paris April 11 Leon de La Grange broke the distance record for aeroplanes in an official trial covering 3925 meters in six minutes thirty seconds. The prior mark belonged to Henry Farman. In an unofficial run de La Grange completed ten kilometers in nine minutes thirty seconds, circling the field seven times and lightly touching ground twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Leon de la Grange
Henry Farman
de la Grange
Coulis
War Balloon Reinforcements for St Joseph Tournament
Word from Colonel Donovan confirms 5000 soldiers will join the St Joseph military tournament set for September 21 to 26. The troop deployment includes 2500 cavalry horses and government airships and balloons for maneuvers the week of the event.
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St. Josepu
St. Joseph
John Donovan
New York
War Department
Department
America
New York City
Accused Brother Sister Testify in McGonnigle Murder Trial
Mrs. Jane Burnett and her brother Tom McGonnigle testified in their own defense in Ray County Missouri as crowds packed the aging 1857 courthouse to hear the case. They deny planning or carrying out the killing of Margaret McGonnigle and burning the house to hide the crime.
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Ricamont
Jane Burnett
Tom McGonnigle
Colonel McGonnigle
Margaret McGonnigle
Richmond
Ray County
M'Gonnigle
Timothy Bailey
Fanny Davis
A. A. MacQuiston
Susan Burnett
McGonnigle
Tom
Mrs. Burnett
Fannie Davis
Colonel
Clarence Vivian
Henry Bray
Bray
Seay
George Jenkins
Farris
Maurice G. Roberts
Justice McQuiston
Ren Slater
Oor
Maggie
Burnett
Vivian
Stabbed to Death in Play Fatal Missouri Accident
In Cartuace Sarcoxie Missouri 5 year old David E Campbell died after playmates slammed a door while he held a pocket knife. He pursued them crying I t went plum in grandpa the knife pierced his heart and he died five minutes later at his grandfather's home.
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Cartuace
David E. Campbell
Sarcoxie
Roosevelt Dinner Guests At White House
President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted a formal dinner for a notable group at the White House. Attendees included Baron Rosen Russian ambassador Secretary Metcalf and Mrs Bacon Representative and Mrs Longworth Mrs Stefan Reid and Mr and Mrs Humphrey Ward. Corrie Scheffer Dutch violinist performed old folk-songs in peasant dress.
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Wasxarington
Roosevelt
White House
Baron Rosen
Navy
Metcalf
Bacon
Longworth
Sefan Reid
Humphrey Ward
Corrie Scheffer
Holland
Champion Hackney to America
New York reports Judge William H. Moore of New York bought from Sir Walter Gilbey the hackney mare Lively Beeswing, a British breed star. The mare won the gold cup and championship at London’s inter national show last year. The price was not public but said to be the highest ever for a hackney mare in London.
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New York
American Hackney Horse Society
London
William H. Moore
Walter Gilbey
Lively Beeswing
Great Britain
Farmer Smith Declines McPherson Governor Bid
McPherson Kansas April 11 Farmer Smith of McPherson announced he would not run for governor. The piece notes crowds at the Temple of Health and urges readers to seek a free illustrated magazine about cures without drugs or surgery.
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Kas
Savina
Farmer” Smith
McPherson
Temple of Health
C. H. Carson
Adan
Ith
Washington Sts
Temperance beer touted by Chicago brewing dean
Dr. J. E. Siebel dean of the Zymotechnic Institute of Chicago promotes a temperance beer made without alcohol as a result of scientific research. He argues it retains many beer characteristics and could help sway public opinion against prohibition. He spoke in German at the institute's graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
J. E. Siebel
Zymotechnic Institute of Chicago
Siebel
Old Hotel Furnishings Sold From Fifth Avenue Hostelry
Dismantling of the historic Fifth Avenue hotel proceeds as its contents go under the hammer. Suite 37 and 38 associated with King Edward fetched 175 dollars, while other famous suites yielded 155 for McClellan, 110 for Dom Pedro of Brazil, and 80 for General W. T. Sherman.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
King Edward
Prince of Wales
General McClellan
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Recall movement rises after Des Moines commission vote
Des Moines 1A April 11 a recall bid forms after commissioner Schramm voted for the old system pay-for-office plan. Contention centers on the police chief choice with Hamery Day and Hume named. voters and businessmen discuss recall as commission plan accountability is questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Commission Plan of Government
Charles Schramm
Schramm
John L. Hamery
Department of Safety
Hamery
Abner Day
Day
Wesley Ash
William Hume
Hume
Ash
Mathis
East Des Moines
John McVicar
Scratchers’ League
Hone Et Bey
Too Timid to Get Married in $20,000 Suit
Miss Lena Packard of Los Angeles sues E. C. Arnold a Topeka wholesale druggist for breach of promise. The petition rests on a letter from Arnold after breaking the engagement, with other letters to be obtained. the letter reportedly cites an acute health attack as a pretext.
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Toraxa
Lena Packard
Los Angeles
Cal
E. C. Arnold
Topeka
Arnold
H. B. Kelly
Packard
Los Angel Arcas
Nold
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Colonel Greenman
Joseph
Borland
Phillips
Haster
Curtiss Photograph Studio
Trouste-Ady
Grand Ave
Dms
Ibis Sowohl
Aeisis Saenee
Uae
S. Cheney
FE. T. Jones
Whitlow
Democrats
Mrs. Webb-Duke
Kolker
Barker Company
Kalich
Lansing
Meeker
Santa Fe
Joan Wells
Dd. P. Thomson
Watout Street
Adv
Cora Belt Bank
Grend
Adw
Tropics
Posnamia
Paria
Avect Academy of Music, Subjecs
Tae
Men's Progressive League
Witing
Chifeal
Victor
Roosevelts
Parmer” Smith
Chicago College For Brewmasters
Trg
Twelfthyaington
Twelfth
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