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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
6
The Kansas City Star lists subscription rates for morning evening and Sunday delivery in Kansas City and vicinity at 10 cents weekly by carrier and 15 cents weekly by mail prepaid. One year mail subs are $7 with average paid circulation figures for each edition.
A Maine resident joked that Representatives in Congress should rename themselves Rab Bitsentatives. The remark appears in a Tuesday commentary reflecting local political wit without naming any official.
The piece questions legality of using public tax and eminent domain for a speedway on Brush Creek land. It notes the need for explicit authority, owner consent, and impact on park land, plus debates on commission government and voter controls over public privileges. It cites local protests and disputes over property rights and public use.
The article argues Kansas City's park system boosts resident enjoyment and serves as effective advertising, making park spending profitable. It warns Oklahoma lawmakers considering park development that early land protection within city limits can yield long term savings and smoother growth as commissions govern Kansas City.
The piece discusses Democratic chances in Kansas with Senators Harris and Hodges as potential candidates for Governor and Senator, noting Hodges strength in the Legislature and Harris’s past record. It highlights the Milwaukee charter convention favoring the commission plan and questions rail industry rate hikes tied to Harriman.
Samuel E Sparling argues the ward system poisons city governance and divides public sentiment. He notes Kansas City Kansas may adopt the commission plan and Kansas City Missouri misses a similar chance. He cites Taft nomination chances and comments on Missouri Pacific labor, Evita Walker in London, and local election fraud news. Indianapolis ball play hints Carr won t be a trailer.
The piece hails Baltimore as a food metropolis with a rich oyster and terrapin trade. It notes 9 million pounds of oysters shipped canned inland and 10 million dollars yearly earned by local harvesters. Lexington Market is highlighted as a bustling social hub in the city.
A reflective piece speaks of an oratorio of memory inviting listeners to recall after life melodies and harmonies of old joy and remembered happiness.
Ad copy promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate for headache relief caused by summer heat overwork or nervousness. The brief notice positions the product as a remedy and consumer option.
A collection of Scottish proverbs advising thrift and manners. Keeps home stability by simple living and prudent habits. Warnings against waste, pride, and neglect of kin. Emphasizes careful spending, gentle behavior, and social restraint.
A four act French comedy portrays Bourcier a self made millionaire deputy and socialist in alliance with Therese Marnix as she governs France. The plot follows aristocratic schemes infighting and a royal visit with sharp satirical commentary on politics and class.
New York motorists plan a bypass of New Jersey due to new automobile laws set to take effect June 1. R H Johnson unveils a detour from Port Jervis N Y to Matamoras Pa, nearly a straight path to Philadelphia, avoiding New Jersey. Johnson leads the New York State Automobile Association Good Roads committee in endorsing the route.
A description of Sao Paulo's Cafe Commercial in a tropical town, where waiters fill cups with hot milk and nearly perfect coffee. The scene shifts to Rio and other Brazilian ports along the coffee coast, with the author noting the ease and ritual of coffee service in bustling towns.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the unusual wedding of Mary E. Holman and Jacob McKee held Thursday evening in a treetop camp aloft near Bettefontaine Ohio. The couple arrived by bay horse and were married inside a treetop nest built by D O Steinberger. The ceremony, arranged as a secret, impressed guests with its primitive setting and the couple’s adventurous spirits.
A playful note features a speaker confessing love to Geraldine while joking about marriage to a phonograph. The exchange centers on affection and a humorous dilemma about commitment to a machine.
A collection of brisk Kansan vignettes notes Burns gas finds and a new Belleville billiard hall. Law and politics blink with Wichita judgeship bids and ambivalent editorials while Lyon County’s Journal debuts as a morning paper.
The London Daily Mail notes financier Vanderbilt plans an expensive seven week coaching tour with seventy horses to enjoy the sport on English roads. Outlays include £815000 projection for the season, with per horse upkeep and transport costs detailed alongside modest passenger receipts. If horses fetch over £15000 at auction, the trip may cost Vanderbilt nothing beyond selecting coaching horses.
A playful verse punning on the line of a wife as a celestial beacon. It contrasts the wife’s virtues with the husband as the man in the moon in a light, witty frame.
A collage of notices from Missouri papers highlights shifting topics from crime lore to new county papers, marriage license bustle in Rich Hill, local praise for Champ Clark and Dave Ball in Pike County, a thirty year old Marechal Neil tree moving to make way for Columbia’s new Agricultural building, and playful ad satire about sugar prices and advertising costs.
Theocritus offers a pastoral blessing wishing peace for the land. He speaks of flowering fields, flocks grazing, cattle coming to stalls, travelers urged to hurry, and seed time’s work under the sun. He envisions shepherds, trees, and even spiders weaving over martial gear.
A collage of brief items covers theater audience signals, theatergoer tickets nicknames, ex governors versus former governors, Hackenschmidt praising American beauty, streetcar conductors amid fare names, and opium habit warnings tied to Stevenson era discourse. Includes a tease for piano rentals at Jenkins.
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