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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1908
Page
9
The Kansas City Star lists address and subscription options with morning evening and Sunday editions. Rates include 10 cents weekly by carrier, 15 cents by mail weekly, and $7 annual prepaid with stated circulation figures for each edition. Postage details and single-copy costs are provided.
The opinion of Cardinal Logue argues that Socialism can be remedied by Christianity and charity, implying that Socialism is fueled by selfish cruelty and brutal oppression that drains the poor to profit the rich.
The piece portrays Congress as subservient to a dictatorial oligarchy led by Special Interests and the Speaker, condemning Roosevelt era limits and predicting a fall electoral reckoning. It argues the people side with Roosevelt against predatory wealth, and calls for accountability and revolt against the status quo.
The City Club proposes new charter provisions to curb brewery control of saloons. They urge stringent penalties for brewery ownership or interest in properties or loans tied to liquor licenses, reflecting the public stance against brewery influence.
The piece questions the city's authority to adopt regulations without explicit state delegation while suggesting a cautious approach. It weighs whether voters should decide the Stubbs-Leland contest based on past support for Hoch, noting Stubbs’s intense campaign energy in 1904 and humorously calling for gratitude toward the Governor’s ally with “auriferous hair.”
The fifty year railroadless Highland in Doniphan County awaits a Grand Island line branch. A parade of officials and the Fort Leavenworth battery press the town toward connection while residents recall hopeful promises and neighborly ways. Amid civic chatter, Kansas City politics and Texas campaigning drift past as Emporia recalls its own rail history.
Washington newspaper men gathered at the National Press Club, 1205 I Street NW, to dedicate their new home. Members and visitors toured the facilities as the doors opened to the public for the first time, with a housewarming planned before Congress adjourns. The club already lists about 150 active members and a growing associate group.
A fragment from a period page notes modesty as a device to reveal facts and truth. It mentions Castora and Beare and hints at themes of identity and social bearing in a curio text. The excerpt references H. Fletcher and a narrator over thirty.
May Century quotes Harry H. Kemp as a speaker in a tempest at sea. The speaker, standing on a tilting deck, views a vast ship and looming waves then imagines the world shrinking to a speck as peril and void overwhelm time.
A collection of four April 26 letters from Northern Colorado Northwest town Missouri and Western Texas notes spring weather and seasonal life. Exile seeks health in a mountain cabin while a Texas alfalfa ranch emphasizes rainless irrigation and crop growth.
A five day snow siege blankets a remote settlement near the Continental Divide with a blizzard first blasting the area and breaking a window. Pines, valleys, and wind blown timber mark a stark alpine landscape while spring hints emerge beyond the range.
The author describes finishing house cleaning and creating a Dutch themed kitchen with blue walls and white woodwork. Juana the faithful maid is valued, though the author jokes Mexican cooks cannot master certain arts. A light sombrero from El Paso is shared and worn to shield the face from sun.
The article outlines Michigan campus hazing traditions from the water cure to cap burning. It details the Black Friday rush the tug of war in Huron River and the cap night spectacle with bands, torches, and a bonfire. The piece notes no bitter class rivalry despite fierce rivalries and praises the Michigan spirit.
A fragment notes Hereford’s Acid Phosphate added to a SPL advertisement for Meceten and other items claiming benefit for weak nerves and neidful stomach upset. The wording is unclear but centers on soothing nervous symptoms and stomach discomfort.
Chicago sculptors Carl Bell and Leon Hermant created The Maiden at the Fountain a fountain funded by the Chicago Woman's Club. The piece, shown at the Chicago Architectural Art club and now to be presented to the city as a memorial to the late Mrs. Charles F. Millspaugh, a longtime club figure.
A facsimile of the Rosetta stone, the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, has been found on Elephantine island near Assouan after two years of excavation led by M Clermont Ganneau. The fragment is a third of the original block, with hopes the rest will be found.
In Cimarron and Leavenworth society items, quirky names surface such as Wood Knott Warrick and Fernando Dawn. Waxing political jabs encompass Topeka Capital versus Hutchinson News, Speaker Cannon, and Hoch allegiance, while anecdotes from Salina to Great Bend amuse with dinner rituals and editorial commentary.
German chemist Hermann Blau's portable illuminating gas may be sold in steel cartridges for lamps and stoves, promising light, heat, and cooking fuel in city and countryside. The system aims to rival gas meters and electricity, with wide use in homes, boats, trains, and dining cars.
A collage of brief quotes and observations from Missouri papers. The notes reference night driving dangers, presidential buttons, a slave sale in St. Louis, remarks on longevity, romances with heiresses, astronomy lectures, wedding prospects, injunctions and price rises, Bryan cartoons, seed joke to Champ Clark, editor moves, student editorial control, a Pleasant Hill farmer letter about an engineer and crossing, and a garbled complaint about fencing and sensors along a road.
Florence Wilkinson portrays four girls named Lisabetta Marianina Fiametta and Teresina winding roses while a city street roars with ambulances and fire alarms. The poem contrasts child labor and war imagery with imagined roses and dreams of vendetta and danger.
The piece surveys political and social chatter from diverse topics including Texas politics Bailey’s 20000 majority, Taft era alliances, San Francisco fleet celebrations, fashion shifts like the Merry Widow hat, a London Duchess boycott on Americans, the New York run wide open rumor, and a Reminiscence of Andrew Lang. It also weaves in anecdotes about William Jennings Bryan, Senator LaFollette, and Secretary Wilson, closing with a piano rental advertisement for Jenkins in Walnut Street.
A LADY buying a piano elsewhere found our advertised similar model priced over $50 lower. Our Jenkins Plan promises one fixed lowest price with no commissions, factory distribution for Steinway Steck Vose Gabler Hardman Krakauer Ludwig Harwood Schaeffer Pianola pianos, and easy monthly payments.
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