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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1908
Page
9
A crying 14 year old girl recalls happier days on a farm with grandma, describing scolding by her father and a plan to run away with a stepfather figure. She says she was mistreated at home, preferred farm life, and wishes she had never been taken away. A doctor records her emotional distress and regret.
Professor George B. Penny will deliver a Friday afternoon lecture at the Fing Arts Institute titled Greek Ideals in Modern Pews. The talk outlines classical ideas applied to contemporary church seating and ethics.
Oliver Garrison of Lordsburg New Mexico shot and killed his wife, shot George Allen in the abdomen, and then killed himself after learning his wife and Allen planned to elope. The incident occurred today in Lordsburg.
Rockford April 25 Alderman Edward F. Carty was arrested on bribery charges amid a graft probe into the city council. Two other aldermen Patrick H Reynolds and Otto Paulson resigned. bond set at 2500 as Carty appeared before Magistrate Johnson and waived preliminary hearing.
Clerk Stuckey reports Attorney General West has stayed the state suit to restrain Prairie Oil and Gas from building a pipe line from Coody's Bluff to Caney Kansas. No reason given. Prairie Oil and Gas may proceed, with completion in about thirty days, the first line since Garfield's ruling on in Indian Territory a year and a half ago.
Washington reports temperance advocates in the House plan a hard fight against reestablishing the canteen at veterans homes. A sundry civil bill provision allowing sale of beer was adopted by the appropriations committee by seven to six after hearings with home governors and managers. Colonel S. G. Cooke of Leavenworth cited increased arrests and disorder since the canteen closed, arguing whisky provoked worse conduct and outlining constitutional prohibitions and secret sales. The bill faces the House next week with Maine Representative Littlefield leading the opposition, often bringing in bottles of whisky to illustrate the issue.
Polish pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski traveled through Holy Week in Boston and toured the United States for his seventh visit. He lauded the move toward beautifying cities, citing American parks, old trees saved, new plantings, and expanding boulevards and parkways. In Kansas City he admired the boulevard system, Cliff Drive, Paseo, Penn Valley, and Armour Boulevard, noting his long familiarity with top avenues and parkways worldwide.
A promotional notice invites readers to fill a coupon and mail it in to receive a free concert performed by a demonstrator. The ad compares the cost of hearing the original singer to $2–$5 per song and offers a Victor, Columbia, or Edison machine with records, funded by a two-cent stamp. Machines sold as low as 50 cents weekly until paid. Date Signature.
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