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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
2
A short, chunky man wearing a derby hat stands on Eleventh street near McGee, watching the half dismantled First Congregational church. As a pulling association official he explains the steeple will be taken down in pieces if needed, as crowds watch and the boss admits confusion after a failed attempt.
Carnival park will start its season on May 10 with bands vaudeville and open air acts. Banda Bianca di Milano under Michelino Angelo Lenge leads the program featuring international Italian musicians including Signor Di Angelis. The group will present new opera arrangements first heard in America and include the Lucia di Lammermoor sextet. moving pictures will accompany each night concert.
Detectives fail to trace two men who held up a train at Pirrssure, Pa. May 2, taking about $600. Officers are at work but no definite clue to the identities. The incident has unsettled passengers and prompted a broader lookout for suspects.
A crowd watches as twenty five men struggle with a block and tackle to move a heavy object from a clay bank near the church. The boss signals all together while spectators hope the effort succeeds. the plan may be abandoned hunk by hunk if needed. A Pennsylvania railroad robbery near Walkers Mill yields up to 600 dollars, mostly cash, with bandits possibly escaping toward Steubenville. Rare Persian butterflies are lost after a boy bumps a baggage sachel from English traveler Woodstock Trombly. seven specimens vanish, never to be recovered.
A Kansas City banker lauds the city as a banking center with strong bank clearings, noting Kansas City’s high rank among large cities and resilience amid financial stress. Comparisons show St Louis and others lagging, while Kansas City rises. the report underscores regional economic strength.
A garbled excerpt from The Star discusses a grocery pricing controversy involving meat costs and retailer responsibility. The text references packers and rising prices but lacks coherent details or figures to establish a clear outcome or entities.
Washington reports the Republican national committee will open its Chicago headquarters May 11 at the Coliseum. Chairman Harry S New Secretary Elmer Dover and sergeant at arms W S Stone will run the desk as the convention approaches. Contests hearing time remains unsettled.
Chicago attorney Clarence Darrow proposes a radical city government plan with a single elected mayor empowered to hire and fire department heads and faced with recall to ensure responsibility He argues state constitutions are a nuisance and cites Mexico under Diaz as an example of centralized power He denies being a Socialist and predicts socialism could become dominant though the time is not ripe He is en route to defend Fred Warren, editor of Appeal to Reason, in a federal case in Fort Scott Kansas against mail misuse charges
The Metropolitan Museum adds a life size bronze bust of Pope Innocent X, attributed to Alessandro Algardi. The article notes Algardi’s Bologna birth in 1602, training with Carracci, and Rome works. It details Innocent X’s papacy from 1644, related commissions, and Algardi’s esteemed portrait status.
The remark stresses empowering mayors as the key to optimal city governance. It frames executive local leadership as essential for delivering effective policy and responsive administration in urban areas.
Omaha detectives probe the poisoning of Mrs. Jennie Collass, supreme physician of the Woodmen Circle, after she ate poisoned candy sent by messenger. Her husband conveys that a chemical analysis found poison in the candy while Mrs. Collass remains in critical condition but shows signs of recovery.
Molly extols Uncle Sam and the navy heroes while recalling a past wish to join the service. The dialogue references Cholly and a secretary interaction about an admiral, with a noted moment of hesitation and a wink that did not occur.
A London Telegraph notice on winter rail travel in Siberia describes trains snowed up at desolate steppe stations with passengers subsisting on black bread and tea. Telegrams to authorities went unheeded, leaving travelers prisoner on the line while stories of romance and roughing it emerge amid candlelight.
Birth notices listed with names and addresses show residents of Detroit area reporting newborns. Entries include a girl born April 8 at 3606 Forest to Mike P Jr and E, and a boy born April 80 at 2007 East Seventh to Wikins Co and E. The list incomplete with several garbled names and dates.
Amerika arrives in New York from Hamburg marking a notable inbound from Europe. The passenger liner adds to the city’s maritime activity as accelerated postwar traffic resumes.
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