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Title
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Origin of "Goats" and "Rabbits"
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Description
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Probably originating from "the hill" or the West Bluffs where many of the Irish following of James Pendergast lived and raised goats as pets. The accepted account is that one of the Shannon faction applied the name of "goats" to the Pendergast people, who reciprocated by calling Shannon's friends "rabbits," because they would have to eat snow like rabbits after they lost the elections and were put outside.
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Date
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1924-01-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Peter J. Kelly
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Description
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Article about the end of Peter J. Kelly's term as right hand man for Shannon, the boss of the "rabbits."
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Date
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1934-10-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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William H. Murray and Joseph Shannon
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Description
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William H. (Alfalfa) Murray, Governor of Oklahoma, and Joseph Shannon, Kansas City politician, outside Union Station.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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William H. Murray and Joseph Shannon
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Description
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William H. (Alfalfa) Murray, Governor of Oklahoma, and Joseph Shannon, Kansas City politician, outside Union Station.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Joseph B. Shannon: Political Boss and Twentieth Century Jeffersonian
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Description
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Dissertation toward a doctorate degree for Columbia University describing the career of political boss Joseph Shannon (1867-1943) and his struggles with and against fellow Jackson County, Missouri, Democratic Party member Tom Pendergast, etc.
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Date
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1953
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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Kansas City--A City That Is Finding Itself
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Description
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Essay from British authors' point of view about Kansas City being economically prosperous and on the cutting edge, with photos of Joe Shannon, Frank Walsh, and E.M. Clendening.
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Date
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1906-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article