Directory of Businesses and Services in Kansas City
A dense alphabetical listing of professionals and firms across Kansas City including automotive, bakers, barbers, cafes, cleaners, clothing, clergy, coal and kindling, contractors, dentists, dressmakers, drug stores, dry goods, employment, florists, furniture, and groceries. Entries include names, addresses on Vine Street and East 18th, phone numbers, and business types reflecting a city guide snippet from a historic telephone directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. BE
Arnett
14Th and Spruce, Baptist Church
G. H. Daniels
Vine Street
Main
BH. N. Cobran
State Baptist Missionary
North 24Th St
St. Joseph
J. R. Ransom
A. M. E. Church
Nebraska
Kansas City
Kans
Bell
West
W. Bacote
Second Baptist Church
Bell Phone
G. T. Mosby
Greenwood Baptist Church
18Th and
Terrace
G. EB. Arnett
14Th and
Spruce
Baptist Church
O. T. Reed
State Baptist Church Convention
Twin City
Ministers’ Alliance
J. W. Carter
St. James A. M. E
W. C. Williams
Tracy Ave
Ebenezer A. M. E
T. A. Wilson
Belleview Ave
Grand
J. M. Booker
Pleasant Green
C. C. Callaway
Pilgrim Baptist Church
A. A. Harris
Second Christian Church
Michigan
B. Blackburn
N. Sth
K. C
J. H. Hall
Vine
Herman Kinslee
Harrison
Woodland Ave
15Th Street
Wa. T. Garner
Woodland
W. A. B. Estes
Waldron
Y. Leon H. Jordan
East 12Th St
W. R. Nelson
Pacific Street
Page
East Eighteenth
Cooper
Palace Drug Store
B. S. Lee
18Th St
Peoples Drug Store
Taylor
Vine St
Josephine Abernathy
Eli Harris
Hair Cultorist and Businesses Listed in Kansas City Directory
A historical Kansas City area directory fragment lists numerous trades and services with names and addresses including HAIR DRESSING AND MILLINERY by Madame N. P. Jones at 2110 Vine, LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, INSURANCE, JEWELER, and MULTIPLE other professions. It catalogs figures like Laura Jacobs at 120 Mills St Rosedale and banks, hotels, printers, and real estate firms, plus various professionals and businesses across Kansas City Kansas and Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Jacobs
Mills St
Rosedale
Grant Jones
5Th
State Ave
Kansas City
Kans
Bell
West
Mile Neff
18Th St
BE. Taylor
Bart
N. P. Jones
Vine Street
Mattie P. Garner
Bell East
Lillie Johnson
Chapman & Caldwell
Eva P. Washington
Freeman Ave
Bell Phone
Stella Hubbard
Local Listings of Teachers, Schools and Services
Directory style record listing teachers principals and schools in Kansas City area with addresses and phone numbers. Includes D G Watson and T W H Williams with school connections, the Dixie Theatre and transfer and undertaker listings with multiple firms and contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Watson
J. Bilas Harris
Ence
National Negro Educational
K. T. Coles
Bell
W. T. White
G. A. Page
Flora
Aucks
T. W
Lydia
Bell Grand
W. Lincoln High School
R. G. Jackson
Nebraska
West
Kansas City
Homer Roberts
Dixie Theatre
Vine St
Transfer
Advertising copy on steam dye works cloth reuse concerns health
An old advertising paragraph questions the cleanliness of clothes pressed at Golden Steam Dye Works. It paints a lurid image of the same cloth having previously pressed a diseased person’s suit, soaking in dirty water by day’s end to provoke reader shudder and caution about hygiene.
Up-to-date Sanitary Steam Press Promises Fresh Garments
To overcome unsanitary methods we have installed a sanitary steam press. A garment passing through this machine is disinfected as temperatures of dry steam kill germs. It removes odor and grime, revives colors, raises the nap, and imparts lasting freshness sought by dressers.
Fooling the Walker at Foxboro Store Tale
A humorous tale set in a rural general store where an aging veteran on a cracker box boasts of speed. A writer tries to beat the four mile trek to Sharon Junction but is outdone by the veteran and Gray Whiskers. The store proprietor later reveals the two veterans rarely walk far, and the writer abandons attempts to outrun a fake record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readville
Boston
Gray Whiskers
Sharon Junction
Sharon Heights
Edward Payson Weston
Umit
Foxboro
Jersey Journalins Jaunts in New Jersey Press History
The New Jersey Gazette began in Burlington on December 8, 186 years ago, founded by Isaac Collins a Quaker printer. Shortly after, the New Jersey Journal appeared at Chatham by David Franks, with early rivals and a prior Constitutional Courant printed in Burlington by Andrew Marvel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Journalisn
New Jersey
New Jersey Gazette
Burlington
Isaac Collins
New Jersey Journal
Chatham
David Franks
Collins
Burlingon
Gazette
Constituional Courant
Andrew Marvel
Constitution Hill
North America
Courant
New York
William Goddard
Philadelphia
On the Road in Dublin a Yankee meets Pat about a motor joke
A Yankee tourist in Dublin stops a man named Pat by the Bray road for a joke about motorized transport. Pat quips the motor and donkey share a fate as both will pray, ending the light skit with a quip about the machine’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Bray
Pat
Also Mentioned on This Page
Negro Business League of
F. J. Weaver
A. Bebingon
Secy
A. Robineus Iineum
Winenciat
Becrers
Rad Vical Ag
Phon Na
C. A. Starks
Winestreet
Belphone
East
W. Automobiles
Chas. Monroe
Woodland Auto & Hack Service
Jas. Cowden
E. 1Th St
Home
Packard, Safety and Service
Mary
Bakers
Eureka
Jackson & Alley
Respine
Henry Compton
Home Bakery
Susie Owens
George Purnell
Barbers
Cowden
Bath
Art Bros
Wm. Lewis
Atlanta
19Th
Jas. Hopkins
J. A. Reid
Daisy Cafe
T. 28Th
King
H. W. Dotson
A. F. Scales
Corith
State
R. W. Alexander
Hughes & Jet
M. Hunter & Son
E. 18Th St
M. C
Dora Tilson
Baltimore Café
Grand Avenue
Lyda Franklin
Lincoln Cafe
Christian Societies
Lydia C. Smith
Fifth and State Avenue
R. B. Defrants
East Eighteenth Street
Bellphone
Laden Brothers
Vine St. Bell
East 18Th
R. Bennett
J. F. Basil
John Holmes
Vine. Wortham Bros
19Th St
W. G. W. Golden Steam Dya Works
R. L. Hopkins
the Star
D. W. West
Euclid
Henry Parks
Lee London, 407 West Ltd
W. L. Hayden
Cor
4Th
Minnesota
Hell
Blanche Page
Georgia Coleman
E. 18Th Street
Birdie Jackson
East Nineteenth
Astro-American Employment & Inc. Co
McGee
Express
Ransom White
Wendell
B. A. Robinson
Montgall Ave
C. Washington
Highland
Florists
Crosthwaite Floral Co
13Th St
Abna
Grocers
Abraham Clark
East 54Th
G. B. Arnett
East Twenty-fith
BK. Mason
J. J. Mateon
Grove
Bel Geo
le North Ltd
Washington Blvd
Ises
Arts
Kania City
Kan
Cecetery Tame
J. H. Simmons
Oak
Hotel Woods
Charlotte
Lewis Woods
Bell Malin
Madame
Re Bell
Halr Culturist
Connector
Campbell
Ernest W. Williams
Standard Lif Insurance Co
Homan B. Perry
Harry H. Pace
G. F. Porter
Kateas & Missouri
T. A. Ross
Charles C. Buster
F. K. Brown
Uperintendent Health & Accident Department
W. L. Robnett
B. 18Th St. Bell
H. Walden
Montgall
East 18Th St
W. J. Dixon
Cleveland Avenue
J. A. Wilson
W. 9Th St. Bell Main
L. W. Johnson
New York Life Building
Stein-Miller
Sixth
J. F. Bradley
Minnesota Ave
William H. Bruce
Councellor
Sixth Street
Chas
H. Callaway
W. C. Hueston
W. 6Th
L. A. Knox
W. 6Th St
Dorsey Green
EB. A. Shackelford
I. H. Spears
J. B. Laing
Connection
Francis J. Jackson
Maggie Seamster
John Hii
Amos Barnett
Forest
R. C. Holland
Grove Street
J. Hightower
Solomon Smith
George Teeters
Southwest National Bank of Commerce
John Thomas
Waverly Way
South
H. T. Ke
Glacier, Plasterer and Plumber
Independent Printing & Publishing Co
Kas
N. 5Th Street
C. A. Youne
Samuel S. R
Stewart
South 4Th Street
Salt Lake City
Utah
Arthur A. Anderson
State St
A. L. Williams
T. H. Bailey
McGee St
E. A. Walker
E. 18Th
Bell G
W. Hubert Bruce
Lucian P. Richardson
A. Murray Kane
18Th
Paseo
Dillard
6Th St
M. H. Lambright
Thos
A. Fletcher
M. L. Filan
L. E. Bailer
N. W. Cor
12Th and
Howard M
J. EB
Perry
Jas. F. Shannon
N. EB
T. C. Unthank
Independence Avenue
W. W. Montgomery
Minnesotan Ave
Franklin Wilson
North
10Th St
A. Jones
15Th and
A. D. Bradbury
Independence Ave
M. B. Jones
Eye
18Th St. Grand
R. C. Hayden
Minnesota Bell
North 10Th St. Bell
R. E. B. Ramsey
Sylvester Gillespie
Northwest Car
18Th & Paseo
M Steele
Sloan Avenue
Quindaro
Fred T
Drew
Bales Avenue
Prgtisa
Charles Williams
C. Bruce Santee
J. H. Malone
Talking Machines
Klte
Printers
C. A. Franklin
Malin
John H. Fairley
Square Deal Printing Co
William Hopkins AfroAmerican Investment Co
J. Dallas Bowser
Edward Ross
St. Bell Grand
Moses Dixon
Moses Fields
A. W. Williama
Rd St
H. Shumaker
Su Templs
Geo
W. Martin
Bass
Desler
Mexico
A. L. Williame’ Transfer Co
Lewis Townsend
Lydia Ave
Gee, Jones
W. Lee Whibby
18Th and Forest
R. W. Elmore
Harrison Street
A. B. Mun
7Th and May
Undertakers
Wyatt & Randolph
3Rd St
Kana
Nathan W. Thatcher
Bell West
C. H. Countes
Watkins Bros. & Co
People's Undertaking Co
Edward Jones
Mer
Golden Steam Dye Works
Golden’s Steai Dye Works
Bell Phone East
Dan
Wathee
Emery
Bird
Thayer D. G. Go
Benjamin Franklin