Beautifying City Plan Boosts Kansas City Values
City beautification efforts in Kansas City over seventeen years reduced congestion and spurred growth. From 1900 to 1910 the population rose 51.7 percent, with Kansas City ranking third among twenty five cities for growth. Leaders credit enhanced architecture and park boulevards for rising living standards and a stronger city reputation.
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Kansas City
Kessler
Denver
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
San Antonio Real Estate Group Proposes Free Factory Sites
A Real Estate Exchange committee plans to list free factory sites in San Antonio to speed new plant locations. Owners may donate portions of adjacent ground near rail lines to boost remaining property's value, with leaders Hall P Street J L Lytle and R A Rowland urging cooperation to grow the city and attract industry.
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San Antonio
Real Estate Exchange
Hall P. Street
Street
J. L. Lytle
R. A. Rowland
Dog death clause in Mrs Chandler will shocks St Louis
St Louis officials report a clause in the will of Mrs Violet Bloss Chandler ordering the death of her dog Tige a Yorkshire terrier. Executor Miss Julia Grady may ignore the provision citing humane concerns and a potential legal challenge. Chandler died at Mullanphy hospital from heart disease leaving the praiseworthy but grim request.
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St. Louis, Mo
Tige
Violet Bloss Chandler
Julia L. Grady
Miss Grady
Holtcamp
George Brant
Strawberry prospects in Goliad County urged by farmer
C E Elkhardt, a successful Goliad County farmer visiting San Antonio, promotes strawberry planting saying two acres can make a man wealthy. He shows large market quality berries from January plantings and notes October and November plantings already supplying locals. He recalls an eighth-acre patch yielding 118 dollars in two years.
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Goliad County
C. E. Elkhardt
San Antonio
Elkhardt
Eames Greets Gogorza With Wonderous Kiss
A theater diva Mme Emma Barhes arrives at Euston to greet baritone Emilio de Gogorza from the Lusitania crowd. The reunion on the platform erupts in dramatic embraces and a grand opera cry as onlookers watch in agog astonishment.
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Lusitania
America
Rernane
Mme
Emma Barhes
Emilio de Gogorza
Spectacle at the Station: Kisses Stir London Crowds
At a London station a dramatic sequence of stage kiss events unfolds as De Gogorza and Mme Eames draw attention. Notables including Elinor Glyn Arnold Daly Princess Hatziela and Anthony J. Drexel observe the scene while rumors of a wedding settlement surface and De Gogorza’s former wife is mentioned.
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Arnold Daly
Princess Hatziela
Maidstone
Anthony J. Drexel
James H. Smith
Mme. James
London
Fanny Fetridge
Diva
de Gogorza
Mme. Eames
New York
D B Steele Tailor Ad Promotes Spring Suits
A vintage ad highlights D B Steele, tailor at 108 Blum, advertising pressed suits and a 50 cent service. The copy announces a new phone line for orders.
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D. B. Steele
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Mion
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Elinor Glyn
Alamosa
Hot Wells
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