Playground turf clash delays practice for school meet
Boys practicing for the Public School Athletic League events on Fifteenth Street were ordered off by a parade policeman for damaging grass and cinders. Girls showed interest in bean bag throwing while Yeager school youths train for jumping and running. Delaney and assistants urge tobacco abstinence as talks continue. proceeds from May 15 go to the playground equipment fund now at 2,100 dollars.
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Public School Athletic League
Fifteenth Street
Paseo
Yeager School
Convention Hall
A. Deaney
League
Delaney
Playground Association
Invention Hall
Democrats Seek City Office Shakeup Over Electrician Post
Democratic politicians push to abolish or suspend the city electrician office noting the charter loophole they aim to pry loose. The two year term under Caldwell, current GOP incumbent, may clash with moves to remove the post temporarily while inspector duties shift to a light commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Haldeman
C. M. Caldwell
Haldeman
Caldwell
Rehearing Granted in Field Damages Case
Circuit Judge Henry L. McCune grants a new hearing in the mandamus suit filed by R. H. Field, special prosecutor in theater cases, to force the county court to pay 750 dollars for five months' salary. The new hearing will be held Saturday before eight circuit judges en banc.
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Henry L. McCune
R. H. Field
McCune
Field
Charles E. Small
Arrested on Ship Board Two Irish Women Detained at Quarantine
The Campania was held at quarantine after detectives questioned Margaret Clary and Catherine Bowen of Mayo Ireland aboard the ship. The two had registered under McCormick names. The cable noted Mrs Clary’s husband died of poisoning since departure. They were taken to Ellis Island for surveillance. In separate items, Dennis Stroub and Albert Drake filed declarations to run for state representative in two districts.
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New York
Campania
Queenstown
Royal Irish Constabulary
Margaret Clary
Catherine Bowen
Clare Morris
County Mayo
Ireland
Dennis J. Stroub
North Topping Avenue
Albert F. Drake
Genesee Street
Judges Considered County Officers Under New Primary Law
County counselor Charles W. German will file an opinion with the county clerk arguing circuit judges are county officers for the primary law. He says candidates need only file a declaration of candidacy, though petitions may be accepted if offered. The status remains unsettled under the new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. German
German
Septic Tank Injures Landflow In Independence Complaint
Emma and Nora Peterson of Independence present a bill for 400 dollars to the city council. They own forty acres east of the city through which Spring branch flows from a public spring. They say the east side septic tank empties into the stream and poisoned their pasture in 1907, and the city has taken no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Nora Peterson
Independence
Guthrie Announces Candidacy for Circuit Judge
Joseph A. Guthrie announces his bid for circuit judge on the Democratic ticket. A Kansas City newcomer from Kentucky about twenty years ago he has practiced law, never before held office, and resides at 3523 Charlotte Street with offices in the American Bank building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Guthrie
Mr. Guthrie
Kansas City
Kentucky
Guthrie
Charlotte Street
American Bank
Factory sites in demand as Kansas City outshines rivals
A. A. Whipple of Whipple McMillan Realty says factory sites are in unprecedented demand in Kansas City. The weekly bank clearings report shows Kansas City gains while other cities fall. Factories run full with orders ahead, with land prices on Main and Walnut staying strong despite wider financial stress. Eastern manufacturers seek Kansas City's location advantages and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
A. A. Whipple
Whipple-McMillan Realty Company
Main Street
Walnut Street
Kent the Courageous Woman in Courtroom Verse
A courtroom ballad speaks of a young woman named Kent famed for blunt honesty. Villagers and peers admire her candor yet shun her for fearless truth telling, leaving a paradoxical legacy in a Judge's remark.
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Kent
Death of Andrew J Henley former Independence resident
Andrew J Henley aged 68 died last night at St. Luke's hospital. He was born in Kentucky and lived in Jackson county since 1855. Survived by wife Miss Kate Hobbs and children H G Henley Catherine Henley and several daughters. Funeral at 2 PM tomorrow at the home of son-in-law A Hickerson 511 North Delaware Independence. Veteran of the Civil War in Company A Sixteenth Missouri. Pallbearers will be veterans.
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Andrew J. Henley
Independence
St. Luke's Hospital
Hickerson
Delaware Street
Mr. Henley
Kentucky
Jackson County
I. G. Henley
Garfield Avenue
Henley
Kate Hobbs
G. Henley
Catherine Henley
J. C. Williams
City
J. B. Burdette
T. O. Perkins
R. D. Simpson
Chicago
A. S. Hickerson
Missouri
Iment
Leading Kansas City theater women graduate from local drama school
Four leading women at Kansas City theaters are graduates of the local dramatic arts school. Evelyn Vaughan stars as Dorothy Nelson in Strongheart at the Grand, Aileen Flaven as Hope in Soldiers of Fortune at the Shubert, Moyne Morrison as Tennessee in Tennessees Pardner, and Eva Lang as Nan in The Bishop's Carriage. All trained at Mrs. Georgia H. Brown's school of dramatic art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Hereford Breeders Confer Sets Auctioneers for Summer Sales
A routine meeting of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders association at the Hotel Baltimore decided to obtain auctioneers for major Hereford sales in Chicago Kansas City Denver and Albuquerque this summer. C R Thomas of Kansas City served as secretary and presiding officer.
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American Hereford Cattle Breeders’ Association
Baltimore
C. R. Thomas
Kansas City
Chicago
Denver
Albuquerque
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W. German
Independence Council
Universal
Bunting-Stone Hardware Co
Iad
GEO. B. Peck Dry Goods CO
Gro. B
Mrs Jean Bregant
Regalo
Alo
Main St
Men's Store
Chicago Steam Dye Home
RKS
East 12Th Street
Lewin Scrap Iron Co
Central Ave
Kas
Main
Bell
Hickory
J.W. Wagner
Grand Avenue
Columbia
Columbia Phonograph Co
New York Dental Co
Henderson
Walnut St
Dr. Ackley Ji Santeon
Meee Tam
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