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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1908
Page
8
The Kansas City Star carriage and mail subscription prices are listed for week daily and Sunday delivery in Kansas City. Rates include 48 cents weekly by carrier, 15 cents weekly by mail, and annual $7 prepaid. Postage charges vary by page count, with 1 to 3 cents for different editions.
Taft’s triumph reshapes GOP alignments as Aldrich and Hale bend to Taft, seen as capitulation by party leaders. The piece credits Taft and Roosevelt with the victory, notes Aldrich’s strategic position, and mocks Minnesota governor references in Boston's tone.
City officials consider tighter rules to keep Independence Day celebrations safe and humane, protecting infants, the elderly, the sick, and the nervous. The call urges cooperation from business and social groups, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union’s stance noted, and warns against delaying action ahead of the holiday. The piece also touches Kansas political debates on Bristow versus Long and calls for prudent policy to deter sensationalism and political manipulation.
The article argues abolishing prosperity practices to secure lasting prosperity and urges honest business leagues to cooperate with authorities. It mocks the acting Governor of Arkansas issuing a call for an extra legislative session without the real Governor's support and notes the term bugs for baseball fans, with little change in the local scene from last year.
Opinion supports ratifying the Park board’s North end and Gillham road South side playground locations as first in a series to provide child-centered play spaces. Critics note prior council disagreement and call for broader adoption and harmony with city developments.
An excerpt from Scientific American recounts the quiet completion of the Hudson River tunnel project. It notes puzzling blowouts, especially near the Manhattan reef where the clay turned fluid into pockets for the shield. Engineers used heated material to turn clay into brick to stabilize the face and allow progress.
Fragmentary verse depicts night and death as sleep and sunset. The speaker invokes "Death is the mother and the queen of Peace" and a lord named De Tadley appears in the passage.
The text traces how party nomination practices evolved from aristocratic influence to legislative caucuses and finally to nominating conventions. It covers movements from colonial to early national politics, the decline of the King Caucus, and the rise of state legislatures, mass meetings, and the first national convention in 1830.
Signor Caruso will debut at the Paris opera in June in the title role of Rigoletto. The appearance is for a charity pension fund and arranged through Gabriel Astruc with Otto H. Kahn backing the project. The Italian performance will be given with French translation likely shown in the program.
The New York World describes a stately European figure placed in a unique royal position. Maria Pia is named daughter of a king wife of a king sister of two kings mother and grandmother of kings and aunt of a king her relation to Victor Emmanuel is noted though details remain partial as brothers listed incomplete.
The text outlines royal connections among European rulers. It mentions King Humbert of Italy and Amadeo of Spain, Queen Maria Pia's marriage to King Louis of Keetai, and their son rlos who was assassinated. Manuel, Portugal’s king, is cited as her grandson, with the Duke of Aosta and other nobles as nephews. It notes Queen Maria Pia nearing 61 and still famed for royal beauty.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court holds school authorities may suspend pupils for offenses outside school hours if the acts directly affect discipline and order in the classroom. The St Croix Falls high school case involved two girls expelled after refusing to apologize for a poem about the principal. The ruling settles a long disputed point on parent teacher authority and could influence schools in other states.
A New York Sun report notes weekday luncheons grew during the last winter as men from finance and architecture joined women at midweek gatherings. The trend shifts social norms, favors bridges games, and reflects international and working-class participation, with a humorous Boston Herald anecdote from Biarritz about an American woman remaining seated for King Edward.
Fort Scott rumors place Rice Gunn as a Sete state senate candidate while insights from Tom Thompson spark aphorisms on marriages. across Hamilton and Neodesha communities readers glimpse editorials, quips, and a cattle drive noted near Cave and Evana ranch in Finney county.
Dorothy Clark of Boston broke the running high jump record at Vassar College on Saturday with four feet two and seven eighth inches, surpassing Helen C. Babson's 1905 mark. Babson, now a Vassar faculty member, presented Clark with a pink V sweater amid wild student cheers as the transfer sparked jubilant celebration.
The Knickerbocker Grand Opera company led by S Kronberg plans major-city engagements with Adelina Padovani as prima donna and Laura Rethy from Budapest as dramatic soprano. The Boston Majestic hosts a week's engagement while a New York Lyric Theater run may follow. John Lord notes social dynamics hinge on inspired conversation.
The column surveys local politics and social quips from towns like Tipton and Danville. It notes no avowed candidates in Linn County, cites quips on governance and humor from several papers, and recalls historical events such as Hadley’s illness and Montgomery County’s dual capitals. It mentions Mrs. De Cary Sanderson’s 100th anniversary and local views on candidates Hi F Stapel and others.
Poem excerpt describes heaven descending to drape a wood in blue and hyacinth light. A dove’s cooing, mossy palms, and a Paradise angel infuse a tranquil, mournful mood as the forest sings of a love long dead. The speaker envisions a restful, pastoral reverie amid nature.
A jumble of quotations and items crosses many topics from politics to royalty to weather. References include Roosevelt forest policy, a Laporte inquest, Churchill romance rumors, whisky regulations, and a London warship cat tale. A Philadelphia ethnology reflection on spring closes the miscellany. New pianos for rent advertised at Jenkins Walnut Street.
Jenkins Piano Store touts a single price with no haggle and a guaranteed best value in the United States. It claims factory distribution for major brands and savings of 50 to 150 dollars, inviting customers to visit or write for details.
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