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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
7
The Kansas City Star lists box rates for morning and evening sacks, 0 cents a week delivered by carriers, 15 cents a week by mail prepaid, one year 7 dollars. It reports average paid circulation figures for Morning Evening Sunday and Weekly and notes post office classification and single-copy postage.
Saturday May 2 notes argue recall risks replacing capable leaders with unproven ones and warns against changing governance by toy like rights. It cites Los Angeles as the only city exercising recall and asserts fair play and distrust of special elections safeguard citizen agencies.
City administration has tied its work to patronage and party loyalty. The city lacks a merit system in its charter, forcing mayors to spend energy on job disputes and demoralizing public service by replacing trained staff with voters on election day. The argument grows to protect many technical posts under civil service while general labor roles remain political. A gyroscopic one rail railroad scheme and moves to back Speaker Cannon for President are noted.
The Honorable Jefferson Brick, a gadfly anti corruption figure, moves into conservative ranks following a speech by Senator Jefferson Davie of Arkansas. Other radicals and vitriolic statesmen like Pettigrew Tillman Sulzer and Lenz are dismissed. Washington celebrates as Arkansas allies claim pride while Governor Hughes signals contentment with being right rather than President.
The campaign for a Commission government in Kansas City hinges on active civic-minded residents. Opponents of reform persist, but supporters credit recent Kansas side reforms for eradicating loans and gambling venues and attracting national interest. The commission plan is presented as a further step toward better municipal governance.
Speech rails against franchise grants and public utilities control by corporations. Senator Davis lauds Kansas City voters for reform minded government and warns of campaign corruption funds. Mention of Ambassador Leishmann in Constantinople adds satirical note on inaction.
The piece notes frost damage to fruit crops with 25 to 50 percent destroyed yet promises continued supply, praising cherries and predicting steady prices. It then covers Kansas Republican politics, including Wen James Monroe Miller’s remark about Speaker Cannon, rail and recall themes, and a dismissive jab at Ambassador Letsuman tied to the Steel trust.
The passage presents philosophy not as idle speculation but as a guiding force for statecraft. It asserts that philosophy should illuminate senates and kings, shaping conduct and policy to improve society and welfare.
The Baltimore American reports a heated Missouri Senate race with Captain B A Allston of St. Louis noting major excitement as Governor Folk launches a vigorous campaign against Senator W J Stone. Folk energizes crowds at St Joseph and targets Democratic bosses, drawing vociferous applause and widespread interest amid the state’s political battle.
A fragmented verse chronicles a father’s mixed joy and pain as his children depart into life. Joy shines like a sunbeam, laughter brightens a child’s face, while pain lingers as a shadow craving closeness. Time leads them outward and they are set free to wander the world.
A National Park proposal covers Glacier region in Northern Montana, tracing the Crown of the Continent from Lewis and Clark forests to the international boundary. It highlights Sperry and Grinnell glaciers, Mount Cleveland, many peaks, lakes, and routes, and notes protected big game would benefit from a formal park status.
The Columbian Historical Society uncovered papers detailing Carroll family negotiations with the U S government over $800 paid for Gilbert Stuart s famous Washington portrait. Carroll offered to cover the sum if reimbursed, a promissory note issued, and heirs finally received the amount decades later. The painter s signature was erased during the 1814 removal. The piece now hangs in the Blue Room with Martha Washington the two decorating the Throne Room.
The Berlin voyage of the Ho hen zollern delights Empress as she spends days on deck stitching. She favors crochet and knitting, sews her own linen, and once knitted woolen stockings for the Emperor. Princess Augusta Louise follows suit, using handiwork to craft gifts for family.
A university senior offers a varied sale including twenty signed actresses photographs a set of oars two swords and fencing masks boxing gloves guitar and assorted kitchen items plus novelty signs banners and decor items such as a barber pole a glass saloon sign a thousand souvenir postal cards and 20 000 empty tobacco cans all in good condition and priced cheaply address Senior care Harvard Daily M W F tf
A column questions what to do with hundreds of costly wedding gifts, whether to store them or fill a home, and jokes about recipients avoiding receiving their own gifts again. Also mentions Broadway Magazine reformer ideas and a comic exchange about cabbages and pricing.
A Plainfield New Jersey factory assembled and bolted a 100 foot diameter steel dome, heavier than the Capitol’s 94 foot sheet iron dome, for shipment to San Francisco to crown the Emporium building rotunda. The 215 ton structure sits on a six foot center girder with eight 30 foot arches at the base.
The article notes thousands photographed the project as a curiosity and that the structure is being disassembled for shipment to San Francisco. The architect’s design envisions a large rotunda with a giant dome fitted with glass lights up to the cupola fifty feet above ground, the dome measuring 100 feet in diameter.
The hundred yard sprint champion breasted the tape in eight and four fifths seconds amid applause from the crowd, delivering a bold welcome to the fleet and underscoring his lead in the event.
Reading in Lyon county lacks a newspaper while The Dunlap Leader declares it was One Too Many. Various Kansas items follow: political barbs about Governor Hoch, Sam Cordry, and Ralph Faxon amid party maneuvering. Local mentions include school mottos, a senator rumors, and a pig fence tale along with a Atchison singer’s European tour.
An Inter Ocean summary describes French and English efforts to grow three crops per year using bell glasses and low frames. A Ronce garden near Paris reportedly yields vast totals, with carrots, onions, cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, fruit, and salad. Thatcham in Berkshire experiments aim at multiple melons by May, with small plots manageable by families. Capital outlay is modest and returns high, common with annual rents of up to 250 pounds per acre.
A brief Central High School calendar highlights T E W and March dates with visits to the skating rink and vaudeville shows. Students retake club pictures, assemblies comment on vanity, and early April features Manual basketball scores of 23 in back-to-back games as the Minervas bloom in evening events.
A collage of Missouri items from several papers notes reporters at state university, jokes on Springfield Athens, a breach of promise trial in Warrensburg, and cornstalk price trends. Highlights include Carthage Press on Santa Barbara antics, Hannibal Courier-Post on fines, Moberly Monitor on wealth and warmth, and Brookfield Argus on corn prices and rising demand.
Excerpted lines evoke Ceylon heat and whispers urging rest as empires fade and mortality asserts itself. Poetic meditation contrasts labor and leisure, with Frangipani and Patna grass imagery, calling for dreamlike solace beside a sapphire sea.
An eclectic early 20th century column blends sarcasm on umpire Kerin and politics with humorous and social sketches. It highlights names like Uncle Sam Oil stock promoters, Brandom’s batting, and Alph Able among Georgia delegates, plus a memoir of Bishop Thomas Clark and remarks on Sarah Bernhardt. A piano rental ad closes the page.
A cautionary ad warns buyers about a deceptive piano dealer who strings prices and uses inside deals to extract excess money. It advises choosing Jenkins for fair pricing with no commissions, claiming genuine value and reliable service. The copy names Steinway and other brands to imply legitimacy.
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