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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
10
The Kansas City Star lists delivery options in Kansas City Missouri and vicinity with morning evening and Sunday editions. It shows weekly costs 10 cents, mail subscription 15 cents weekly, annual $7, and prepayment required. circulation figures for each edition are provided. and single-copy postage scales by page count.
On Thursday May 28 pressure mounted as the New England Railroad merger failed to win endorsement for its Let Us Alone slogan at the White House. Officials signaled renewed lobbying to gain executive support.
The editorial defends Sunday liquor prohibitions as a public policy fixture in Kansas City. It praises police prosecutions and notes no public shift against the Sunday law while praising Joseph L. Bristow and commenting on Collier’s Weekly coverage of William Travers Jerome.
The bill to Save the Face of Congress passed in a hurry by a disciplined Republican majority. Washington dispatches say details. public impact seen as limited and temporary with expiration in 1914. Critics call it a political makeshift aimed at appearing active rather than addressing real currency concerns.
The article contrasts expense reductions in Kansas City Kansas and Des Moines under different government structures. It notes cuts in police and fire services, abolished offices, and claims the old system carried graft. Des Moines reportedly reduced debt, while Kansas City faced service cuts.
The piece questions how Kansas City can fund public services while paying a 175000 indebtedness from the old administration. It accuses the current government of inefficiency and asks voters to decide next Tuesday. It notes France seeking an alliance with Britain and mocks Russia as a failing ally.
A long reflective column laments the loss of a famed Kansas speaker as the primary election law reshapes politics. It blends satirical asides on Calvinist literalism, Judge Dodd’s candidacy, and local curiosities from Topeka to Junction City.
The excerpt questions whether wealth can yield happiness inviting reflection on desire and fulfillment. It cites Edward Young, Love of Fame, noting the mind’s restlessness despite riches and the chase for ever more.
The article recounts the clipper ships rapid passage from stocks to loading berths in San Francisco Bay, noting the emphasis on speed, windward performance, and manning discipline. It contrasts American clippers with British ships, describes water and provisions practices, and cites teetotalism and high rates for carrying freight. It closes with a New York summary on the czarina’s beauty at a royal wedding in Paris.
Gossip in New York Morning Telegraph and New York Sun ties actress Ethel Barrymore to actor Will T. Hodge of The Man From Home amid rumor of a betrothal. Chicago meetings cited as possible but no firm proof of a match. News items reflect press speculation rather than confirmed engagement.
Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt expands social HQ with Harbourview in Chester New Hampshire a motor trip from Newport Her new regime includes a $75000 transformation adding a ball room and guest chambers to Harbourview estate The plan delays her Europe departure until mid July and Harbourview will be ready by September with her daughter in law Mrs Elsie French Vanderbilt and her son Master William Henry Vanderbilt expected to return.
The Vassar junior class chartered a river boat for a moonlight sail on the Hudson for the seniors about to graduate. Afterward, trolley rides delivered the girls to campus, where a deck stage presented a travesty on Thien's Doll's House titled A Poor House.
A New York Herald feature describes Paul Cornoyer painting a vast Fifth Avenue canvas from near the Plaza, showing Plaza Hotel and Savoy buildings with misty rain atmosphere and the Sherman statue amid street life. It also notes Roosevelt and Peary at the White House discussing Arctic exploration and a Texas quail shooting piece from Recreation for June.
Fragmentary text from a New York Sun page mentions a discussion of bargains in shoes and a remark on nervousness and digestion parameters. The readable items show consumer and health language without a clear event or person of record.
The New York World notes Mme Bartet could fill Sarah's r?le if needed. Bartet, premier actress at Theatre Francais, is praised for artistry, beauty, and expressive skill, though she values her Paris post over lucrative offers.
After a long delay the Long Island motor parkway project begins with a June 6 groundbreaking by W K Vanderbilt Jr. The 35 mile route from Mineola area to Lake Ronkonkoma will be 100 feet wide with rights of way across Mineola Garden City and Hempstead. The boulevard will cross highways and rails at grade or underpass and offer a trap free route ideal for summer residents and road tests.
A speaker asserts a desire for absolute power, claiming independence from control. The passage links being absolute with personal pleasure and contentment as the ultimate aim of governance.
A collage of Kansas notes detailing local quirks and oddities. Mentions Vinland Vine on loving life, Newton’s growing baseball league, a high school graduating class split of seven boys four girls, and corn carnival contrasts. References to Topeka Capital open letters, Hutchinson gown jokes, Lincoln pie sales in Lawrence, and a Yale-like historical markers committee. Reports of a weak heart lawyer, a Winfield devil visit, a carnival monkey on the run, and floral tributes for Pete Dailey in Brooklyn.
A jumble of Victorian era vignettes contrasts a saleswoman at a department store envy of a well dressed woman facing auction after her husband’s losses. The piece also notes a London Broadway play withdrawal and shelves a slang glossary as a record of theater and campus slang origins.
Mrs. Whitney plans a cliff studio at Newport for summer work. She is already mixing paints to capture marine views from the window and the studio on the cliffs will be ready for her use early next month, blending social life with study.
The column surveys multiple papers noting quirks in names, editorials on civility and honesty, winds affecting crops, and light social commentary. It highlights editorial attitudes from Excelsior Springs to Princeton and Brookfield, mentioning ads urging workers and the burden of rising prices for essentials.
Poem reflects enduring optimism through trial with lines on courage, prayer, and divine purpose. Emma Fish Smith references belief that affliction yields growth and all things work for good for those who trust in God. June notes reference.
A collage of proverbs and anecdotes spans notables like Mr. Doolittle and Jerome, with musings on fashion, politics, and diplomacy. The piece threads jokes about hats with shredded wheat, a Munich professor on women’s feet, and a diplomat’s quip about racing prophets, ending with rental notices and a Parisian anecdote.
A piano dealer urges customers to judge by their straightforward one price, no commissions policy. They advertise factory distribution for Steinway and other brands, pledge backings and guarantees, and warn against relying on rivals for truthful pricing.
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