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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1908
Page
9
The cabinet reshuffle under Asquith triggers a mini election with seven byelections. The suffragists oppose the young minister, backing Unionist rival as Churchill faces votes from Hebrews, Catholics, and Irish Nationalists over alien exclusion, education, and home rule.
Winston Churchill seeks re election as president of the board of trade amid a high stakes campaign in Manchester Northwest. He opposes W Joynson Hicks with a Socialist candidate present. Churchill campaigns vigorously with his mother Mrs George Cornwallis West aiding him across outdoor meetings.
January's fines totaled 24173 dollars, the highest monthly amount in the fiscal year, with December close behind and March also notable. Of 9319 defendants, 7273 were convicted, 1682 acquitted, 364 dismissed. total fines 193689.50. Nelson Crews resigned after submitting notice to Mayor-elect Crittenden. Missouri's J M Allen of Liberty named to phthisis congress delegation.
The American Bison association, led by Theodore Roosevelt and George Grey, sees a 12000 acre Montana game preserve as a home for bison and other wildlife. Congress supports funding a $30000 appropriation by attaching it to the agricultural bill. The preserve would sit where the Flathead reservation meets the Jocko and Oreille rivers and would attract sightseers along the Ravillo to Jocko railroad.
The steamer North Star of the Maine Steamship line was seriously damaged when a loaded car float rammed it in Hell Gate. Bound from Portland, Maine with 80 to 100 passengers, a large hole was stove in the side but the ship reached the dock under its own steam. No injuries were reported. congestion in the narrow passage caused the accident.
New York reports quote Caleb C. Dula vice president of the American Tobacco Company denying any plan to dissolve the firm. He says government investigations show no Sherman Antitrust violations and predicts victory for the company in the pending U S government suit. James B. Duke has returned from California.
Real estate dealer C M Davey believes he can locate Susan Scott also known as Daisy Martin who vanished with her mother Mrs Florence J. Scott ten years ago. Davey claims the Martins once lived in Maryville and that the girl, renamed Daisy, later married in Barnard Missouri.
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a blood purifier and tonic to restore energy and improve digestion. It claims the tablets are safe, stable, and effective, offering a free sample package to skeptical readers and providing the company address in Marshall, Michigan.
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