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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
2
The Kansas City Star in Kansas City Missouri lists Suscarptron Barrs Morning Evening and Sunday editions with thirteen papers weekly. Subscriptions are by mail prepaid. 15 cents for two weeks and seven dollars in advance, with circulation figures for each edition.
The piece questions bug sightings under the Inter-City Viaduct and urges a diligent Public Utilities commission to expose any such issues as asserted by Mr Corrigan and Metropolitan orators.
Kansas City eyes Mr Bryan as national sites carry his views on predatory wealth and corporate domination. The talk ties to a local struggle with a major public utility and questions whether corporations influence elections and city policy. Critics note a billboard slogan praising a fare plan and local media interest fuels Bryan’s potential impact on the race.
The piece argues Corrigan publicly denies any secret links between The Star and public service firms. It notes his long history with The Star and Metropolitan, refuting claims of stock ownership or control. It warns him to tread carefully next Tuesday amid calls for rewards.
The 1906 report to stockholders shows gross earnings of 703000 and net 436000 for the Electric Light and Metropolitan Street Railway within the Kansas City Railway and Light system. Net receipts account for 62 percent, marking strong unregulated earnings. The 1907 report omits these details, grouping electric lights with the railway and omitting expense percentages.
The piece notes strong opposition to Secretary Taft among Republican candidates and hints at looming contests in several Southern districts. It alleges allies claim contested delegations even in Oklahoma where factions split on local issues, with all delegates instructed to back Taft.
The Star argues residents deserve to know if lower fares and higher wages are possible and criticizes the Metropolitan for blocking inquiry. The piece frames the issue as public interest against a candidate backed by the Metropolitan, urging a Public Utilities Commission to seek the benefits for Kansas City.
The article quotes the Metropolitan president defending the company against Star accusations. He claims the paper misstates actions on the Enabling act and the Utilities ordinance and asserts the Metropolis favored lawful reform while denying political partisanship. Also noted are accounts of a gold transfer to the National Bank of Commerce and a funeral date pending.
An interview by J P Wiles argues re election of Mayor Beardsley in Kansas City Mo would save about 1 million dollars for the area through regulated public utilities. A fare reduction could propagate to Kansas City Kan, potentially saving 2 to 3 million for workers and businesspeople.
West argues for a city wide power regulation scheme with public utilities commissions in both Kansas Citys to curb private privilege and lower electric rates. The piece laments John Mitchells retirement as UMWA president, praising his balanced leadership and cooperation with government. It warns Metropolitan’s ticket may keep people busy with water issues and overlook franchise actions.
A lyric line recalls choosing a swifter bargain over a dream as the tent arrives, voiced by Lee Fairchild in March Ainslee’s. The excerpt frames urgency and compromise in a vintage periodical.
Birds play an active role in balancing nature by policing earth air and water. Thrushes ground feeders and warblers hide insects while woodpeckers extract prey from wood. Fly catchers swallows and swifts pursue aerial prey in this National Geographic overview.
The article argues birds patrol forests and waters to control insects, urging protection and population growth to sustain future agriculture. It warns that insect pests like the cotton boll weevil and various moths threaten crops as immigration and irrigation expand farming.
The article argues that bird protection laws matter more as immigrants from southern Europe increasingly reach shores. It claims they are ignorant of birds' value beyond food and show little respect for bird laws or even the letter, unless penalties are swift and certain.
An April Outing Magazine piece surveys girls in Western and Midwestern agricultural schools. It notes declining female enrollment relative to males as one moves east, the option to pursue domestic science, and the goal of teaching girls both home skills and agricultural knowledge to better cope with family life and possible economic hardship.
Lima’s manta headdress worn by Peruvian women may be replaced as fashion shifts, a change noted by New York Sun correspondent. A Beecher portrait for Amherst College, painted by A J Conant, will be presented during commencement week, funded by W H Moore, depicting Beecher beside a pulpit in a three quarter view.
Harper's Weekly recounts a country walk where a professor and his son meet an old farmer. A wet season prompts a polite remark about precipitation while the student translates in blunt college vernacular, altering the meaning of the governor’s message.
A humorous column sketches bachelor views on dating fatigue, beauty standards, hosting relatives while away, market panic, and political meetings ending with a newspaper recap of the speeches.
Lecturer notes a humor piece criticizing pseudo science. mentions conventional color coding for men red women blue children green and links to heredity ideas impacting perceptions. The excerpt references Egyptians and painterly color symbolism.
From New York Morning Telegraph and Boston observers, Governor Curtis Guild is hailed as the most democratic in generations and closely allied to Theodore Roosevelt. He is praised for athletic prowess, fencing skill, and steadfast Democratic values despite Bay State blue blood roots. Guild’s Civil War service is recounted, including his assignment in the Sixth Regiment and later promotion, with notes on his rapport with William Jennings Bryan’s Nebraska regiment.
A humorous forestry anecdote explains that softwoods have needle leaves while hardwoods bear broad varied leaves, mentioning pines spruces firs and oaks ebony walnuts mahogany. The piece closes with a light bridge joke about Mrs ide Fitt concealing an ace.
A collection of satirical statements from the Axtel Standard and others teases politics and law in Kansas. It notes a peace bond on a man who drinks and reads and quotes various local figures from Riverdale to Winfield, with comments on prohibition, street plans, editors, and revival gamblers.
Oberlin, home to Oberlin College, reports 3326 church members within a 64 percent population share and 3893 regular worshipers when including nonmembers who attend. The census lists 1433 nonchurchgoers, with 540 declining church preference and pastors to receive the no preference list.
Henry Reach Needham argues Lincoln wielded extraordinary power during the Civil War, calling up troops, blockading ports, suspending habeas corpus, imprisoning citizens, suppressing papers, and freeing slaves, while consulting advisers and granting Grant broad autonomy. The piece contrasts effective leadership with constitutional limits.
A collage of Missouri clippings quotes editors on heads as harracks hypocrites in church and Bryan’s pace before conventions. It notes coal near Kirksville and cites tax limits for small cities. Also a humorous verse about a knocking wife and a string of humorous quips on daily life.
A collage of quotes and notes mentions J Pierpont Morgan in Rome and Elkinses, Korea versus America, Root raising hill, Vanderbilts, Newport scandals, Buckeley Wells attack in Telluride, a priest’s salary cut, and a scalp sewing Ireland crisis. Also reports Taft delegates, Rough Riders joke, a Chicago museum bid for a 250 ton tomb near Cairo, and pianos for rent at Jenkins in New York City.
A fragmentary text presents the American folk song Oh Susanna with dialect verses and references to Alabama Louisiana and New Orleans. It includes lines about banjo telegraph and a dream scene with vivid imagery, ending with a note about not finding Susanna and the speaker’s possible death.
The article argues that true grand pianos must meet Steinway standards with a minimum five feet ten inch length. It warns against smaller grand forms and promotes the Steinway Miniature Grand at $800 and the Steinway Vertegrand 50 for tighter spaces, inviting inspection at showrooms with monthly payments from $15.
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