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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
8
The Kansas City Star lists morning, evening and Sunday papers at ten cents weekly delivered by carriers. Mail subscriptions prepay: 15 cents weekly, $7 yearly. Rates include Morning and Sunday editions with various page counts and postage details.
Analysis notes a 1905 Houston charter rule requiring a mayoral sign and a 30 day wait for franchise effectiveness. A city election may be forced by 500 voters to approve or reject, reflecting a broader platform favoring direct voter approval for franchises. The piece also discusses restoring the soldiers canteen amid temperance debates and opposition to expansion of liquor access near military homes.
The Kansas City Kansas campaign to adopt the Commission form draws national interest as the city builds on past prohibition momentum. Advocates aim to be the first large city to abolish the saloon and adopt Twentieth century governance, signaling broader civic standard. Attorney General Bonaparte reports no tangible evidence of a Paper trust. if one pleads guilty he will be ready.
The article credits William C Whitney and President Roosevelt for expanding a modern navy. It notes the fleet's voyage through the Magellan Straits and return to San Diego. Congress favors two ships, while the President seeks four over four years, totaling about 60 million dollars.
The piece argues that peace justifies a powerful navy as cheaper than war and notes the US can afford a large naval force. It also reports Houston Texas requiring a $2.50 poll tax receipt to vote, condemning oppressive measures against voters.
In a Chicago Press club address Governor Johnson of Minnesota denounces centralization as a dangerous menace to the nation and urges strict adherence to constitutional forms, citing imperial Rome as a warning. He notes the Constitution suited a 3 million population but has adapted for 80 million through Supreme Court interpretation.
The sixteen battleships relocate from an Atlantic port to San Diego after a swift Panama transfer. The quadruple formation and night illumination mesmerize onlookers as the fleet returns, signaling a peace-keeping, powerful nation rather than a warlike aim. Kansas City rues Chicago venue for GOP convention. Jackson County votes wet. Missouri prohibition endures. Blanche Bates sails for Europe to savor Ostend oysters before October. Newport diary notes a little girl's question about being old enough for unhappily marriage.
A verse from Leonard H. Robbins Jersey Jingles features a mamma hen nesting an egg while the papa hen puffs up and kicks the sand. The speaker imagines being the papa hen bold and stout able to lay eggs occasionally and have something to holler about.
The piece recalls how the unit rule shaped conventions, detailing 1876 and 1880 Grant plans to force delegate votes, the clash over temporary chairs, Cameron and party leaders, and the Democratic two thirds standard kept to counter such maneuvers. It notes the balance of state sovereignty and the push for rules binding delegates.
Excerpts portray romance and tension from a J. W. Foley work in Success with intense emotional exchanges. Berlin's Tiergarten scene notes daily imperial stables riding led by Baron von Reischach and a glittering roster of aristocrats.
Boston Globe notes the Suffolk Resolves house at Milton Lower Mills on Adams Street near the bridge, once home of Daniel Vose. The 1774 Suffolk convention adopted the resolves here on September 9 1774, a pivotal act amid resistance to the regulating acts.
The New York American notes a rising social light surpassing Harry Lehr with a backward progressive dinner. Seven guests begin at 8 PM with liqueurs, then move through restaurants in reverse order to end with oysters, soup, fish, and roast.
Mrs John D Gerken a famed horse show exhibitor at her Coney Island avenue estate says she has fallen in love with automobiles and will auction her seventeen thoroughbreds in May. She will appear at the Brooklyn Riding and Driving club on May 4 before the sale the following Monday and then retire from horses.
Edmund Burke argues that European civilization relies on two enduring principles the spirit of a gentleman and the spirit of religion. He contends that the nobility and clergy sustain learning during turmoil, with learning repaying support by broadening minds and advancing ideas.
The Crawford Chair company secured a government contract for 18 000 mahogany chairs boosting Detroit manufacturing. Chairs will be begun at Grand Lodge with finishing elsewhere, and sideboards and tables will be produced by Grand Rapids plants to supply army posts nationwide.
A collage of Kansas city notes ranges from water turning yellow in Lawrence to barber shop jokes in Beloit. Police actions, political editorials, and traction schemes are summarized with sharp local voice and scattered opinions from papers in Emporia, Salina, and Garnett.
A city sale will feature rare incunabula and early printed books led by the Nuremberg Chronicle and includes Dante with Botticelli designs, Aldine editions, and Lione edition works. The collection also lists Pliny the Natural History and Lucius Turre Cremata with notable printers and dates from 1472 to 1547. A donor gift to the Guimet museum adds Thibet and India artifacts with a Tibetan bronze figure and a pristine Sanskrit manuscript.
A kaleidoscope of small town snippets includes quips about advertising as money, remarks on facial hair trends, a shoe factory churning 2000 pairs daily, a university baseball win, and local notices mentioning candidates, contests, and oddball local lore.
A rural verse describes spring as hens clucking and roosters crowing. The mud and water fill the yard turning paths to pools while jaybirds sing and village life returns to motion with seasonal warmth. The voice notes Hamiin Garland as the author.
A collage of quips about German and Dutch proverbs, Easter customs of the Doukhobors, a misspelled Billie Burke credit, and satire on lawyers and politicians. Observations include Missouri eight constitutional amendments, a question on federal judge limits, and a digressive note on Twain, Parker, and Leavenworth governance. Mentions of Sherry divorce suit, ocean depth curiosity, and Jacob Beckley’s baseball stats appear amid suffrage lectures and Moro island caution. The piece closes with a piano rental ad and a reflection on dance as a social barometer.
The advertisement states fixed low cash prices for pianos avoiding commissions or misrepresentation. It emphasizes a large, representative piano selection from top manufacturers, and promises lasting satisfaction. It promotes used and sample pianos with prices like 175, 180, 200, and 225 dollars.
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