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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
9
The Kansas City Star lists mail and carrier subscription prices with weekly and yearly options. Morning, Evening, and Sunday editions are available with rates and postage prepaid terms, plus single-copy pricing for different paper lengths and a note on average paid circulation.
Kansas City discussion centers on a separate sources amendment to reform tax methods benefiting all classes. Mayor Crittenden faces confirmation issues as Upper House balks, sparking calls to abolish confirmation and shift control to the mayor. An Emporia editors meeting under the anti pass system denotes railroad politics shifts.
The piece argues against the old municipal system calling it an experiment and asserts the commission plan is a tested, responsible method. It claims public business should mirror private enterprise, with clear accountability and to curb political payoffs. It mentions F D Coburn and Kansas agricultural leadership amid the debate.
Baltimore plans to acquire more land than needed for a civic center project and would recoup costs by selling adjoining parcels at enhanced values. The move mirrors European practice and parallels similar powers in Ohio and Pennsylvania cities.
Ida M Tarbell commends Kansas editors for frontier booster era and independent stance against corruption. The Emporia meeting of the state press fraternity is hailed as a powerful counter to professional politicians and graft, with a history of building cities and defending legitimate growth and business methods. Bryan is noted as a farmer and editor facing unfavorable evidence.
The special grand jury investigating stock juggling by New York traction companies reported no crime was committed in the transactions. The probe showed law forms were observed despite profits extracted by insiders. The report contrasts public loss with the claim of lawful activity.
Fragmentary poem stanza depicts a chorus of gipsy girls and a speaker awaiting at a moonlit ferny hill. Vague references to April and Hylas flutes mix with nature imagery and a plea about a scarlet mouth. The author appears as Lana Hamitrow Biacwatt.
A New York Times piece traces how Nick Carter style dime thrillers are now written by college graduates who dictate 60,000 words weekly to stenographers. It recalls Harlan P. Halsey as Old Sleuth and notes the genre’s 1860s roots with Beadle and Du Boisgobey, plus later writers like Colonel Tigran.
The Swiss government owns and operates all telegraph and telephone lines and accessories. Service extends to nearly every town with low rates, linked to the postal system and rail stations. In 1906 telephone subscribers reached 53,711, with substantial local interurban and international calls, and total 1906 revenue around 1.5 million dollars for telephones and 3.1 million for all telegraph and telephone services.
The New York Sun reports an informal West 36th Street supper at Keene's with Henry Watterson, Colonel Cody, Augustus Thomas, Daniel Frohman and others praising Marie Henry. Toasts, jokes, and talk followed a casual menu of Maryland chicken and beer as attendees reflected on theatre and friendship.
An old advertisement for Castoria Bears features a signature by King H Fletcher and an endorsement claiming the product as the kind you wave always. The rough handmade ad mimics period newspaper style, highlighting a soothing infant remedy and trusted authority.
The interior of Newstead Abbey captivates with its chapter house described as a refined private chapel by Mr. Web. Byron’s impression is echoed in its transformed use for the Webb family with a groined roof and memorial stained glass for Colonel Wildman and Webb kin.
A writer predicts a soundless smooth running and highly flexible car of the future. He notes many elements exist today and expects them to unite in top machines, with the six cylinder mark becoming standard for larger power. He also foresees gas or steam turbines for propulsion.
The Midland counties altered Newstead buildings turning refectories into dining rooms and the monks lodging into a servants’ hall while Sir John Byron added a library above the cloisters. Byron’s rooms include his bedchamber and portraits of Cambridge alumni and his entourage. The piece then shifts to car design, arguing light-weight cars offer better handling and that a true Gentleman’s Car must balance cost with performance as manufacturing advances.
Sheriff Cheatem in Kingman County faces regional headlines as the Ellis brass band backs Grit’s leadership. Salina juvenile court absolves Vivian Mayfield of wrecking a train amid broader editorials on prohibition, banking raids, and political bets in Kansas and neighboring states.
A Taymouth township election result shows D. D. Ross, a Democrat, elected supervisor. The Ross family has held the supervisor role for about fifty years spanning three generations, with the grandfather, father, and now the grandson serving in the office, a record believed unmatched in Michigan.
A collage of colorful blurbs from Missouri papers includes Middletown Chips on profanity roads, Hughes as Taft’s running mate, a Lawrence Chieftain jab at an exaggerator, and a Warsaw confessional after Kansas City. Also notes local dainty items about shoes stock ings, Speaker Cannon, dropsy jokes, Halo Hustler-Leader quips, a hobo caper at T P Reeds, and a Breckenridge Bulletin tale of a rope ladder escape.
Poem by Judge ann written in Independence Missouri in 1846 on the death of Miss Miriam C Catlett. It laments a young life cut short and reflects on mortality and divine will as a sobering epitome of human pride. Tivorom Independence Missouri July 16 1846.
A miscellany notes Bryan Clark and Drew in politics, hotel lighting, and theatre realism. It recalls Tolstoy Gogol mix up, a Hungarian wedding cake symbol, and a Vienna to Budapest diplomatic scene with photographers and social rites. New pianos offered for rent by Jenkins.
The ad touts Jenkins's as offering the lowest prices with no commissions. It claims a single fair pricing approach for all customers and promises substantial savings from $50 to $150. Southwestern distributors for Steinway and other brands are listed, highlighting the Elburn piano at 25 Pee monthly $5 and up if you wish.
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