Remarkable Man Owns Remarkable Kansas City Star
A profile of William BR Nelson founder and editor of the Kansas City Star, chronicling the paper’s innovations, circulation, and price model. It outlines Nelsons career from cotton farming to journalism, the Star’s unique seven days of papers for 10 cents, and its growth from 1880. It notes Nelsons impact on Kansas Citys development, including the park and boulevard system, and mentions his homes and plans for a new editorial building.
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Kansas City Star
Star
sYt the Star
Worning
The
William BR. Nelson
Nelson
Kansas City
Georgia
Indiana
Tilden
Fort Wayne
Samuel B. Morss
Sentinel
Morse
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Paris
Isaac de Groff Nelson
Bousevard Aystem
Galt Hall
Magnolia
Mass
Star Haa Beer
Magare Falls
New York
New York City
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement From San Antonio Patient
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills to treat kidney ache and symptoms such as irregular urination headaches and swelling under the eyes. A San Antonio user describes back pain and frequent kidney secretions improving after using the product with a testimonial from a local drugstore.
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Dean
San Antonio
Fred D. Bader
Mesquitn
Dawson Street
Tex- 48
Down
Bexar Drug Co
Tester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Daan
More Clothes on Salome at New York Times Show
Gertrude Hoffman and 12 dancers were ordered to wear tights and pumps for the Spring Song routine. Police Chief McQuaide warned that harsher costumes would lead to detentions at the station. Hoffman argued for the performance, while authorities pressed for more substantial coverage.
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Salome
New York Times
Gertrude Hoffman
Miss Hoffman
Thomas A. McQulaife
Miss Holman
McQuaide
Mr. i Quaide
All the Same Handkerchief Size Question at Shop
A shopkeeper answers a customer about large men's handkerchiefs. The affable salesperson explains the size matches small handkerchiefs and notes that a man’s size does not affect the handkerchief’s dimensions.
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Wudge
Lights and Shadows of Old New York
A chaotic column recounts scenes from New York life including a wealthy magnate sharing jokes with a waiter, a runaway department store toy wagon incident in Brooklyn, bird theories on new bridges, the Queensboro bridge workers and birds, a lunch scene in the L line, and plans for a 64 story Equitable Life building stating its height and impact on skyline and future air travel.
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Brooklyn
Vanderbilt
St. Marke
New York
Neal
Mary
Queensboro
East River
Blackwell
Tudyara Kipling
Queensbury
Sinclair
Iowa
Missouri
Atchison, Oeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Brrdge
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Lower Browlway
America
Equitable
Washington Monument
Stork Sightings and Melbourne Lane Hulls
Stork AM sighting on Shiv and the Kamele Auguste Victoria arriving with two passengers. They were dropped at sea by a careful storyline into a boat. The mother Mrs Marie Leasor travels to Manchester to join her husband. Mrs Lesser, an agent for the Austrian immigrant society, leaves the boat with a precious piano and a radio built for one as they prepare to enter a landing.
The Despised Ailanthus and Horse Proposals of 1908
A discussion of the ailanthus tree noting its odor and spread, its native origin, and nuisance status, followed by a 1908 call for sealed cavalry horse proposals by the U S Army from San Antonio with shipment to the Philippines and other rail points, including bid instructions and submission details.
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City of
San Antonio
Alamo City
Sas
Molucca
Equator
Borneo
China
United States
Cumberland
Department of Texas
Tex
Seattle
Washport
Philippine Islands
U. S
Jno
L. Clem
G. Q. Me
Keeling Dentist at 209 Alamo Plaza
Keeling, a dentist at 209 Alamo Plaza, offers specialized care for children's teeth.
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Keeling
Alamo _Plaza
Woman Cures Rheumatism by Sleeping with Family Dog
Dora Smith of St Louis, long plagued by rheumatism, reports cure after sleeping with her dog Jack at her feet. The dog then suffers worsening rheumatism. Doctors offer no clear explanation, suggesting possible chemical or magnetic transfer and noting prior odd cases.
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St. Louis
Dora Smith
Big City
Jack
Tollie
J.C. Whitney
Dr. Whiley
Ened
Mrs McRaney Finds Relief After Foley Kidney Remedy
Mrs M McRaney of Prentiss Milas describes three months bed confinement with kidney and bladder trouble. She says two physicians offered no relief until Foley's Kidney Remedy, after which she felt renewed and urged other suffering women to try it. Sold by Bexar Drug Co. Dr Sara P Herdman Osteopath 808 South Presa Old phone 1984, Oscar Puppies orchestra 874 naw.
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McRaney
M. McRaney
Prentiss
Milas
Foley
Bexar Drag Co
Sara P. Herdman
South Presa Street
Old Phone
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Schober
Petrich-Saur Lumber CO
Lamar& Chestnut Sts
Old New York
Lacy Speer
John D. Rocke
John D
New Brunswick
Archbold
Rudolph Osterwald
Rudolph
Ninth Avenue
Grauch
San Antonio Gas and Electric Co
C. H. Runyon
Stanberry
Ballard Snow Linimaat Co
Ailanthus
Oscar Puppe
Texas
Lone Star Brewing CO
E. B. Chandler
East Crockett Street
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