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Newspaper

Kansas City Star

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1908

Page

4

Kansas City Athletic Club Opens New Field And Track

The Kansas City Athletic Club unveils a four acre field with running track six laps to the mile and a future grandstand for 1,000. Saturday mornings are set aside for boys to use the grounds as a playground with Martin Delaney supervising. Tennis tournaments are planned for August and July with over eighty entries expected.

Rome Little Sisters Athwest A.C K.C W. J. O'Flaherty Kansas City Athletic Club Martin Delaney Delaney Reynolds Kansas City Tritle Herbert Woods Albert Weldener George W. E. Lyons Ains Deon Thomas Reynolds City Athletic Club W. J. O’flair Wilam Cheek Edward J. Dillon Edward Shaw Wil E. Lyons L. E. Riddle George Creele Stith W. C. Millward Lea J. C. Masker Day K. J. le Tritle Herbert Wood Paul Jed Douglas Wallace Howard Lea Creel V. J. O'Flaherty

The Editor Chastised and the Twilight Hour

A fragment recalls a pastoral scene as cows return from pastures and quails call from fence rails. The speaker, Walters of the Megaphone II, walks in shirt sleeves, humming a tune about a tender hour and empire of kitchen fires.

All Walters

Untitled Journal Text Fragment

A fragmentary historical note describes a great journalist’s day with stray imagery. It references a dramatic scene involving a woman with a demon eye and disruptive actions, then mentions public figures and media devices in a vague, archaic tone.

Narrow Escape for Brakeman A N Howlett

A N Howlett of Slater Missouri a Chicago and Alton brakeman had a narrow escape in Mexico Missouri when he crossed in front of a slowly moving freight train. He stumbled fell in front of the engine and was dragged several yards before it stopped. His leg was broken and he was badly bruised though not considered dangerous.

Mexico A. N. Howlett Slater Chicago & Alton Howlett

Emaline's Mother Comes Amid Office Confusion

An office scene unfolds as a pale quiet confrontation arises after a remark about a war and an old pal named Louis Faris. The junior clerk rebukes the chatty office boy who tries to elicit more talk amid the friction.

Louis Faris

Parrot and pets trigger kitchen chaos at Emaline home

A junior clerk recounts a wild kitchen scene as Emaline's mother and a menagerie invade the stove area. Animals cause chaos from boiling water to canaries, parrot, coon, and cat, ending with the fire department clearing the mess. The office boy notes the man is going home.

Emaline

Stovemaker Takes His Life In West Side Fall

Eugene Munsell a New York stove manufacturer leaped from a seventh story window at Van Dyck apartments West Seventy second street after a period of financial worry. He was a president and director in related stove industry firms and associations.

New York Eugene Munsell van Dyck West Seventy-second Street Oak Munsell Menties Later Company Stove Manufacturers’ Repair Association Eugene Munsell & Company, Stove Manufacturers

Forest Park to Open Sunday With New Attractions

Forest Park will open next Sunday with free admission under new manager J D Tippett. The site promises novelties such as a roller rink and an Indian village attraction, plus dancing pavilions and other special acts on opening weekend.

College Conference to Gather Ahead of Presbyterian General Assembly

Representatives from sixty Presbyterian colleges and universities are expected for a college conference at Second Presbyterian Church on Broadway and Fifteenth. Leaders include Dr. J. C. Baer and Dr. S. T. Wilson. Park College president Dr. L. M. McAfee is likely to preside. The meeting precedes the May 21 general assembly in Convention Hall.

General Assembly of the Church General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church Second Presbyterian Church Broadway Fifteenth Street J. C. Baer Synodical College of State of California S. T. Wilson Synodical College of Tennessee Maryville Tenn L. E. Holden Wooster University of Ohio H. C. Culberson Synodical College of Kansas Emporia General Conference of the Presbyterian Church United States

Churches and Labor Discuss Relations in Kansas City

A mass meeting in Convention Hall Sunday May 24 will discuss church and labor relations with speakers Rev. Charles O. Stetzle head of the Presbyterian labor department and John B. Lennon AFL treasurer. An orchestra from the Musicians' union and a 400 voice chorus plus the Central High School Glee club will perform.

Convention Hall Presbyterian Churches Organized Labor of Kansas City Charles O. Stetzle Department of Labor Presbyterian Church United States John B. Lennon American Federation of Labor Musicians’ Union of Oratorio Society Central High School Glee Club Presbyterian General Assembly

New Catholic Hospital Planned for Topeka By Sisters of Charity

Bishop Lillis of the Leavenworth diocese will administer confirmation in Topeka today and, before returning to Kansas City, plans for a new Catholic hospital to be run by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth were announced. The project calls for a total expenditure of 100000 dollars and will be Topeka’s first Catholic institution aside from churches, larger than St. Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City.

Thomas F. Lillis Leavenworth St. Margaret's Hospital Kansas City Kas

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