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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
6
Oklahoma towns lack theaters as money and ambition push dramatic efforts. The article notes prior makeshift venues in second stories and cites McAlester as a center for recognized merit plays, marking progress after a decade of sparse genuine theater.
The Busby theater in McAlester rises as perhaps the best in the state, built with 70 000 to 85 000 dollars by Colonel Sam Busby. It seats about 1 400, may expand to 1 500 for conventions, and features white and gold decorations, 2 000 lights, asbestos curtains, wide exits, and superb acoustics. Last March DeWolf Hopper performed in Wyoming.
A gardener notes that the strawberry bed produced ripe berries after six weeks. He mentions an ordinary barrel can hold about 200 plants and describes pouring water into a stove pipe during the experiment.
Elliott H. Jones a police board member denies reports of public gambling in Kansas City while acknowledging some illicit play in hotels. Separately California press reports state Universal’s vending machines will dispense newspapers in Los Angeles with 1000 units planned for city wide installation.
The Loretto academy announces its annual commencement exercises for Thursday afternoon June 11 with an alumna reception afterward. Junior exercises are scheduled for Tuesday afternoon June 9. Graduates include Mary McDonald Zella Mahoney and Helen Van Fossen.
A reader from 4816 East Eighth explains a porch gardening method. With janitor’s permission, a barrel is set on a porch and filled with dirt. Several perforated staves hold soil while water is added as needed, enabling strawberry growth in limited space.
Condemnation juries verdicts totaling 48 770 are set aside as mayor awaits establishment of a public utilities commission. City and benefit district assessments are outlined for north south roadways from West bluffs to Twelfth Street, with Beardsley plan details and viaduct grades.
William S. Smith aged 54 died last night at Bethany hospital. He was a carpenter and contractor in Kansas City Kansas for 25 years. Funeral at 2 pm Friday from 1243 Minnesota Ave with burial at Mount Hope. Nancy Melotte widow aged 57 died yesterday at her son James F. Melotte’s home at 22nd Street and Binnie Ave Kansas City Kansas after 20 years there. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow at the home with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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