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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1908
Page
4
A nervous husband fears a home invasion and imagines gunfire and hospital scenes. He grapples with danger before discovering only a puff of wind moving a curtain, calming his wife and himself as they face a harmless scare.
Mrs Blifkin fears a downstairs intruder and urges husband Blifkin to arm himself. He retrieves a revolver and follows her whispered plan, moving toward the dark dining room as four electric lights flare on and the burglar threat looms unseen.
Bufkin in white trembles on a stair as he frees light in the parlor. A curtain in the den alcove shifts revealing a hidden threat with a pointed object. The moment hangs with fear as Bufkin weighs a dangerous choice.
Bartlesville Oklahoma celebrates the first spike on a seven mile inter urban line linking Bartlesville with Dewey. J J Carl leads the ceremony with mayors and local capitalists. speeches, band music and a ceremonial spike mark the occasion.
Wilbur W. Hall aged 59 died at his home 1230 Prospect Avenue from heart disease after a year of illness. He came to Kansas City nineteen years ago from Cleveland Ohio and entered the five stock business as a commission dealer. He leaves wife Daisy E. Hall daughter Katherine Hubbell and son Clare Hall. He supported local charities.
The funeral services for John Vandercook, president and general manager of the United Press association, were held this afternoon at Christ Church cathedral. Rev. Charles Craik conducted the rites. Pallbearers were Vandercook’s colleagues from the United Press association and he was buried at Cave Hill cemetery.
Lewis M. Bales of this city sold to Thomas H. Kelley of Chicago nineteen lots in Delay's resurvey of lot 7 annexed BoInt Independence. The price was missing in the record.
Hartwig Derenbourg a renowned French Orientalist and member of the institute died in Paris today. Born in 1844, he was a prominent scholar active in Asian and Middle Eastern studies.
County Marshal Al Heslip and five deputies transported fifteen convicts to the state penitentiary in Jefferson City this morning.
The Nettleton home directors convene at 2 pm tomorrow. Captain Tayman from the Kansas City army recruiting station visits Tren ton. The Old Men's association plans an Easter meeting at the public library. L G A Copley to speak on Foreign Travels. Police seek John Stepleton of 718 Washington street, wife is seriously ill. Stepleton left seven weeks ago to find work. Kansas City Sunday School Primary union moves to Grand Avenue M E church from First Baptist. Funeral services for Jay A Gamage set for 2:30 pm tomorrow at 2314 Askew Avenue. burial at Fort Madison Iowa. Inquest not planned. Probate court names Mrs. Mattie Thayer administrator of Norton Thayer estate valued at $3000. will invalid due to unsigned signature.
Miss Ada Reid Miss Margaret Bailey George Nagle and others were found safe after a Sunday departure in Nagle’s touring car went missing until late Monday. Rescuers traced the party after the car became stuck in mud near Pole Mountain, then walked to a ranch until help arrived. Nagle, a Cheyenne grocer magnate, is divorced from Mrs Mabel Nagle.
A poet speaks of untold deeds and feelings from sunshine to rain. He notices love and longing, yet doubts the beloved accepts him and wonders what use his words would have.
In Justice Shepard's court E. E. Franey a Scarritt Arcade restaurant waiter and union member won a judgment for 1 and costs against R. E. Donnan the owner. Franey had been paid 1 for the noon watch but was offered 50 cents next day. union officials intervened leading to the suit.
The notice lists numerous building permits for stone veneer and brick dwellings across addresses such as 2040 NCE and 8814 16 20 Troost, totaling many thousands of dollars. It also reports births registered with the board of health up to noon, naming parents and dates at addresses including March 27 and April 12 in Kansas City Kansas.
Arrived today Prinzess Irene at Gibraltar from New York. Arrived yesterday Caledonia at Glasgow from New York. Pannonia arrived at Trieste from New York. Konig Albert arrived at Genoa from New York.
Andrew J. Evans of Muldon and Josephine Sykes of Muldoon appear in the licenses list. Clayton P. Arnold of Kansas City and Anna May Flush of Kansas City also shown among couples.
Mrs Walter Macfarlane wife of a Honolulu capitalist plans a San Francisco to New York cross country trip with her husband two children and a companion in a seven passenger Studebaker. The party will travel via Portland Idaho Montana Wyoming and South Dakota to reach the east with hopes of setting records and proving Honolulu’s car prowess.
C Henry M McCune assumed the role of presiding judge of the circuit court this morning. He succeeded Judge Thomas J Seehorn in the leadership position.
An advertisement from Maull Brothers of St. Louis promotes Faust Brand Spaghetti with a beef onion mushroom brown gravy method. It urges readers to request the free cookbook Spaghetti and Some of Its Uses and to purchase five and ten cent Faust Spaghetti packages at grocers.
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