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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
2
Preparations for an Old World Market at the Casino are moving ahead May 7 8 and 9 with proceeds to the YWCA. Women in charge of exhibits and assistants have been named and collecting goods has been ongoing for weeks. Scenic work will soon begin in the south building room.
Federal grand jury returns new indictment against H H Tucker Jr secretary of Uncle Sam Oil company for use of the mails with intent to defraud. A $10,000 bond is required and Judge Amidon expects defense demurrer this afternoon or Friday.
An explosion in Mine No 1 of Ellsworth Collieries at Ellsworth Washington County Pennsylvania killed four men and left three seriously injured. About one hundred workers narrowly escaped death as the blast raged in Pirrsavec area early today.
The article lists delegates for Egypt and Germany with numerous names including Harriet Thornton and Miss Laura Nelson among others. It notes an accident involving gas ignition in a new mine entry causing mangled and burned bodies and hundreds escaping after a concussion. State mine inspectors will conduct a thorough investigation.
Daniel French the sculptor arrived with his statue model for the late A R Meyer. A committee will meet the park board and art commission to select a site tomorrow at the Commercial club rooms. French plans to view the parks again and said details depend on the committee’s actions.
Mr and Mrs George M Ferguson reveal plans for a trial separation to rekindle their relationship after eleven years of marriage. Mrs Ferguson travels to Detroit to work out her part of the arrangement while Mr Ferguson relocates to a different city area to pursue his change of life. The couple dined separately last night and both express optimism that letters exchanged may lead to a reunion.
Governor Joseph W Folk opens his Democratic bid for United States senator at the Tootle theater in St Joseph tomorrow. J C Wyatt will preside as a hundred or more vice presidents from Fourth District counties take seats on stage. Frank P Walsh of Kansas City will speak, recalling a 1902 St Joseph convention and his theater hire for a political moment.
Kate Fay sues Frank Fay for divorce in Independence. Dr J T McClanahan of Boonville Mo, president of the State Eclectic Medical Society, visited the city. Central High hosts an oratorical contest tomorrow night. Edwin H Foster, 20, a machinist, died at home and will be buried in Pittsburg Kas. Price M Taylor, amateur cowboy, recovering after fall at 101 ranch show. A brake beam on an Independence Ave car broke causing a 15 minute delay. A widow, 70, and her daughter are mentioned in a half sentence fragment near Ruby Ave.
A proposed charter provision to centralize street work sets aside 5 percent of city revenues for street purposes and creates a commissioner of streets with deputies and district superintendents. The plan consolidates the repair, cleaning, and construction departments under one authority, with authority to arrest litter violators and oversee sewers, poles, and crossings.
Count and Countess Laszlo Szechenyi narrowly avoided a fatal capsize on Laboreza river near Dermeroe. Bride Gladys Vanderbilt aided in the rescue as boatmen hauled them to shore near Puszta farm and Ferenzcy castle. They recover and plan homeward in May with forthcoming aristocratic entertainments.
H A Albini traveling representative of Considine Sullivan Circuit in Kansas City says a new theater may be built here if a suitable site is found. A site on Twelfth street east of Grand avenue is under consideration. Owners John W Considine and Timothy D Sullivan run a chain of forty three theaters signaling ten cent vaudeville roots.
The Kansas City charter revision board will meet in the Fidelity Trust building directors' room at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon to discuss hospital health and public charities articles. It invites input from interested persons, especially medical professionals.
W. M. Meyers was taken back to Bates County Jail in Butler today where he is serving seven months. He is connected to a pump manufacturing firm advertisement and spent a month at the University Hospital.
Ezra Meeker announces a two month essay contest in Kansas City schools to raise funds for a $1,000 Oregon Trail monument. The top prize is $15 for the best essay by a high school pupil, with Mr Meeker visiting local schools to spark interest.
Daniel Parkinson, a freight brakeman, discovered an obstruction on the Pennsylvania railroad track when crossing a bridge over the Schuylkill river. A steel rail and a removed fishplate were arranged to derail a north bound train, believed linked to vendetta over foreign workers fired from section gangs.
Mrs. William L. Karnes visits Omaha with automobile parties hosted by Miss Mae Hamilton and Mr. O C Redich. Luncheon by Mrs Arthur Guiou. tea plans for April 30 honoring Mrs Charles T Hawes and Miss Hattie Shields. dances for Miss Shields on May 4. Mrs W A Pickering hosts 180 guests at a tea with Easter lilies and a piano program. Florence Lewis weds Sherman D Canfield in a fashionable Omaha ceremony with Kansas City and Los Angeles visitors. J C Sheldon visits in town. Genevieve Hackett hosts luncheon. Kansas City UDC chapter to hold annual hop in New Casino with Dan Tucker dance after 9 PM.
H G Wilson writes Mayor Crittenden urging the Union passenger station ordinance be taken up. Kansas City Terminal Railway cuts proposed terminal cost from 27 to 15 million, prompting a revised ordinance. The Beardsley administration ends, and the new measure awaits joint committee approval and council action.
Waller and Holtz Realty closed a deal this morning for the corner lot at Twenty-fifth and Penn streets with 150 feet on Penn and 265 feet on Twenty-fifth and 150 feet on Jefferson. Norcross Brothers of Worcester sold the tract to M. E. Dayton of Kansas City for 18000. The firm also arranged the sale of 3012 Euclid Avenue from D. E. Barney to T. E. Drake for 5500.
The final talk in Charles Walton Seymour’s historic personages series will be delivered tonight at Grand Avenue M E church. The subject is Catherine II of Russia.
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