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Newspaper

Kansas City Star

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1908

Page

3

Briareli¢? Courer Motor Race Sees No Fatalities Amid Crashes

A large crowd watched twenty two cars race along a dangerous Briarcliff course with many accidents but no deaths. Louis Strang in a fifty horsepower Italian car won the 259 mile race with a time of five hours fourteen minutes. Cedrino finished second after a bold final lap as guards controlled crowds near a dangerous curve. The Briarcliff trophy, a sterling silver prize with racing motif, was to be awarded to the winner.

Buardur N. Y Louis Strang Cedrino Ted Armonk Se Ss Lytle Tre Strang National Guard New York Watson Eastview Pine Bridge Mount Kisco Pineridge Cedrine Vaughan Isotta D Syoes Poole Barney Oldfield Hilliard Oldfield Briarcliff Starf

Strang triumphs in hazardous Westchester auto race long course

Strang in car No. 4 led early and kept top position through six laps on a 32 mile dangerous course in Westchester. Lytle, Cedrine, Vaughan, and Sartori finished among the top five as twenty two entries started. several retirements followed including Murphy and De Palma after crashes and a wheel collapse.

Herbert Lytle Paul Sartori Lytle Apperson Sartori Strang Elpa Huang Deeeeeeees Kirm Cedrind Vaughan Oo Seccesses Bsarberl Ciees Ektaly BO Lytle Parker Stal T Losier Oldfield U. 8 Bernin France Robertson Hilliard the Dé Palma Bein Odtaly Bergdoll Sorgen Chester County

Armours and social guests fill Kansas City notices

Mrs. K B Armour travels to Chicago and New York with family members to reside later in Chicago. Numerous social events fill the week with luncheons at Miss Roe and Mrs Trimble, gifts and decorations featuring American Beauty roses, and multiple visits from guests in Kansas City. A lecture series on municipal affairs continues with Mrs Smith hosting at 3000 Troost Avenue.

K. B. Armour Chicago New York A. Watson Armour Mary Augusta Armour Lawrence Armour Virginia Keith Clara Belle Roe Sallie Scott Hill Aurelia Fitzpat Keytesville Rick Julia Thompson Emily Keith William J. Smith Troost Avenue Henry M. Beardsley

New St Teresa’s Academy Planned for 300000 Cost

The Sisters of St Joseph plan a 300000 school near the country club for young women. Wilder & Wight design a multi building complex on a 20 acre tract bought from E S Yeomans for 40000. Construction to start this summer with administration music and science buildings plus gym and pool.

Sisters of St. Joseph St. Teresa’s Academy Washington Street Eleventh Twelfth Wilder & Wight First National Bank E. S. Yeomans Fifty-fifth Street Main Yee Country Club Fifty-first Street Holmes Street State Line Brookside Boulevard Rockhill Road Rockhill Park District Main Street Fifty-first Sixty-third Street Vifty-first Street Mother Evelyn Thomas Wight Twelfth Streets S. E. Sexton St. Teresa's Academy

Kansas City Oil directors elect new president in adjourned Chicago meeting

W D Corbin resigns as president but stays on board while D K Jeffries, Janesville banker and Chicago Lumber president, is chosen president. M J Jeffries of Janesville becomes secretary treasurer. J H Morris of Kansas City named vice president and general manager. The plant in Kansas City Kansas plans 150000 dollars of upgrades including a wax plant boiler houses and more tank cars for about fifty total. The firm will keep shipping oil from its wells and buy crude oil from Oklahoma producers.

Chicago Kansas City Oil Company Second Street Troup Avenue Kansas City Kas W. D. Corbin D. K. Jeffries First National Bank of Janesville Wis Chicago Lumber Company Corbin M. J. Jeffries Wisconsin J. H. Morris Kansas City Southerailway Company Kansas Field Oklahoma

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