Historic Kansas City business directory fragment
A dense OCR of a Kansas City directory listing addresses and contact details across occupations. It enumerates professionals and shops by category such as Automobiles, Barbers, Cafes and Restaurants, Clergy, Cleaners, Carpenters, Cigar Manufacturers, Dentists, Florists, and more with names, street addresses, and telephone numbers.
Various Kansas City Businesses and Professionals Listed for Directory
A dense OCR style directory lists grocers hairdressers hotels insurance lawyers manufacturers and professionals across Kansas City Kansas and Kansas City Kansas City including H J Spigener Sons Phillips School Grocery Bell W C Carroll and many others with addresses Bell phones and business roles such as hair culturist lawyers physicians and real estate firms amid a wide array of listings and contact details. The entry emphasizes local commerce and service providers from food retail to personal care and professional services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Spigener & Sons
Phillips School
Bell
Woodland
Solomon Smith
Vine
Geo
Serge
Northth
Kansas City
Kan
J. A. Claybourne
10Th
Washington Blvd
West
BE. Johnson & Son
Freeman Ave
Williams
24Th St. Bell
Maretiall Wilson
Lena B. Downs
Haskell
Weat
Laura Jacobs
Mills St
Rosedale
Kansans
Grant Jones
Sth
State Ave
Kans
Ella Neff
18Th St. Hell
C. & Taylor
Classified directory of local business and officials
A dense listing of names, addresses, and contact numbers across Kansas City area, including rental agents, investment firms, probation officer, shoe shiners, sign painters, stockmen, teachers, school principals, theatre venues, transfer services, undertakers, and related entities high and low. Numerous individuals and organizations tied to Main, 18th Street, Lydia, State Ave, and West 12th in Kansas City Kansas and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Avenue
Lyda Franklin
Lincoln Cafe
18Th St
Christian Societies
Lydia C. Smith
Fifth and
State Avenue
Kansas City
Kans
Bell Phone
West
R. B. Defrantz
Y. M
East Eighteenth Street
Grand 385
Laden Brothers
Vine St. Bell
O. K
East 18Th
Bell Grand
R. Bennett
East
Bell
J. F. Basil
Main
John Holmes
Vine. Wortham Bros
19Th St
Grand
Preston Kyles
Minnesota Ave
C. J. Ferguson
New Jersey Ave
F. D. Wells
Bethel
J.R. Ransom
8Th and
Nebraska
S. W. Bacote
Second Baptist Church
Q. T. Mosby
Greenwood Baptist Church
18Th and
Terrace
St. James A. M. EB
W. C. Williams
17Th
Tracy Ave
Ebenezer A. M. E
T. A. Wilson
Belleview Ave
J. M. Booker
Pleasant Green Baptist Church
Tracy
J. W. Clay
King Solomon Baptist Church
D. B. Jackson
Th Street Baptist Tabernacle
Freeman
G. McNeil
Garfield
J. M. Gilbert
First Baptist Church
Ponner Springs
C. Callaway
Pilgrim Baptist Church
A. A. Harris
Second Christian Church
Michigan
L. W. Johnson
New York Life
Stein-Miller
Judge F. Bradley
Kan
William B. Bruce
West Sixth Street
Chas. H. Callaway
W. 6Th
E. A. Walker
18Th
W. Hubert Bruce
East Papateenth Street
Lucian P. Richardson
Waldron
A. Murray Kane
Paseo
Bell East
Henry W. Dillard
North Sth St
Kang
M. H. Lambright
Thos. A. Fletcher
Home
Dr. Theo
Smith
M. L. Flinn
L. B. Baller
N. W. Cor
12Th
Vine
Howard M. Smith
East 18Th St
Wm. J. Thompkins
E. 18Th St
L. J. Holly
Campbell
E. J. McCampbell
Vine Street
M. G. Brookins
24Th and
Vine Sts
J. Edgar Dibble
19Th and
J. & Perry
Home Enat
Jas. F. Shannon
N. BE
Hell
J. Franklin Kee
10Th St
Res
RK. Thos
A. Jones
Cor
A. D. Bradbury
Independence Ave
Lee R. Petty
M. B. Jones
C. Hayworth
E. B. Amescor
la Paseo
H. Senate
Eta Cele Ak
W. M.ouagtom
Ball
W. G. Mosely
Ivanhoe Investment Co
Woodland Avenue
KB. B. Vaughan
26Th and Parkway
West 1767
Patterson & Gaydon
State Ave
Geo. W. Edwards
Moberly
H. Adking
Colored Peoples Investment Co
Mast
Edward Ross
18Th St. Bell
A. W. Williame
N. Ard St
Shumaker
Woody B. Jacobs
North Rd
J. P. King
Sumner High School
Everett
D. G. Watson
Silas Harris
Forest
National Negro Educational Congress
Sumner School
R. T. Coles
Garrison School
Lydia
W. T. White
Old Kentucky Theater
12Th St
Homer Roberts
Dixie Theatre
Vine St
Golden Steam Dye Works Clothing Cleaning Ad
An old advertisement warns that garments pressed at Golden Steam Dye Works may have been pressed previously for others with diseases or dirty habits. The note suggests the intermediate cloth is damp and soaked in potentially dirty water, especially late in the day.
Sanitary Steam Press Promises Clean Fresh Garments
To overcome unsanitary methods we installed a modern Sanitary Steam Press. Garments passing through this machine are disinfected as high dry steam kills germs and microbes. It also removes odor, restores nap, revives colors, and leaves a fresh look desired by dressers.
Why One Man Quit Drinking in a Saloon Lesson
A well dressed gentleman, addicted to his morning drink, encounters a filthy tramp who challenges him. The tramp argues drink destroys status and manners. Moved by the tramp’s words, the gentleman abandons alcohol and leaves the saloon for good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire
John Barleycorn
Prohibition Viewpoints Spark Cornell Debate on Drinking
President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell urges total abstinence to curb student drinking and its social pressures, arguing upperclassmen set the example. The piece links campus alcohol use to social duties and stresses lawlike behavior to reduce harm among students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schurman
Cornell University
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell
School of Learning
Red Tape in Government Thought and Action
The note argues red tape hinders thought and paralyzes action. It says politicians use red tape to create fiction, while without it government would be simple and understandable. It urges not to look upon red tape when aiming for big results.
Also Mentioned on This Page
OF the
Negro Business League of
J. Weaver
A. Robinson
Harry B. Taswell
Rea
Flora
Vine Bt
C. A. Starks
Bob Robinson
Baltimore Ave
Chas. Monroe
Woodland Auto & Hack
Jos. Cowden
Wm. D. Foster
Thomas Black
Packard
Malin
Bakers
Eureka
Jackson & Allen
Namers
Henry Compton
Home Bakery
Susie Owens
George Purnell
J. H. Ashcraft
Wyandotte
Bull
Highland
Bel
Jas. Cowden
Bath
Aed
Wm. Lewis
Atlanta
William Dobbs
Baltimore
L. M. Townsend
Jas. Hopkins
J. B. Blackburn
St. K. C
J. H. Hall
Herman Kinslee
Harrison
B. A. Bulisbury
W. H. Winters
R. Williams
East Seventeenth
Hopkins Bros
W. H. Lambright
C J West
Ian Day
18Th Street
Wm. T. Garner
London
W. L. Hayden
4Th
Minnesota
T. C. Chapman
A. H. Hudson
Mciueen Carrion
Hi. D. Voorhies
Blanche Page
Georgia Coleman
Birdie Jackson
East Nineteenth
Saatohie Abernathy
Nation
Bellene Bugtrips
Harris
Feveviiaks
Ransom White
Wendel
Kana
B. A. Robinson
Monigall Ave
Tba
Washington
Florists
Crosthwaite Floral Co
St. Anna
Comer
Lila H
Swan Bad
Grocers
Hotels
J. H. Simmons
Oak
Hotel Woods
Charlotte
Lewis Woods
Madame
J. Bell
College In Connection
Flora Johnson
North
Charles Slaughter
Ernest W. Willams
54Th St
Standard Life Insurance Co
Atlanta, Ga
Hernan £. Perry
Harry E. Pace
G. & Porter
Kansas & Missouri
A. Ross
Charles C. Buster
P. K. Brown
Mreeiaeontane Health & Accident Department
W. L. Robnett
W. J. Dixon
Cleveland Avenue
J. A. Wilson
St. Bell Main
N. P. Jones
Mattie P. Garner
Lille Johnson
Chapman & Coldwell
Isthand Pasen
Eva P. Washington
Stella Hubbard
J. E. Laing
Connection
B. 18Th St
Francis J. Jackson
Montgall
Maggie Seameter
John Hill
Amos Barnett
R. ©. Holland
Grove Street
J. Hightower
George Teetere
Southwest National Bank of Commerce
John Thomas
Waverly Way
South
Bell H. T. Keating
Western University
Henry P. Ewing
Sprangles
D. W. White
White's Furniture Exchange
Bell West
Minnesota Avenue
Kas
T. G. McCampbell
John Rey
Glacier
Glacier, Plasterer and Plumber
Spruce
Independent Printing & Publishing Co
Sirest
C. A. Young
North Mill St
Bellufes
McGee
R. S. Stewart
South 4Th Street
Hast
Salt Lake City
Arthur A. Anderson
State St
N. C. Crews
Kansas City Sun
Rev
J. Frank McDonald
Western Christian Recorder
Grove Bt
T. A. Bailey
McGee St. Bell Phone
S. M. Steele
Sloan Avenue
Quindaro
Fred T. Drew
Bales Avenue
Charles Wiliams
Bell C
Bruce Santee
J. B. Malone
W. See
A. Franklin
John H. Fairley
Sante Deal
Prine Gey
William Hopkins
Afro-American Investment Co
J. Dallas Bowser
Base
Moses Dixon
Moses Mielda
Lewis Townsend
Lydia Ave
Geo, Jones
W. Lee Whibby
and Forest
R. W. Elmore
Harrison Street
A. B
Undertakers
Golden Steam Dye Works
Golden’s Steammoye Works
Eaat
Bell Phone East
Ri Fairley
Mgr
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
BE. Riser
Record Herald
Chicago
Parla
Canal du Midi
Porte de Cette
Morayshire
Macbeth
Robert Boyle
Royal Society
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