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Title
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Where These Rocky Bluffs Meet: Including the Story of the Kansas City Ten-Year Plan
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Description
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Photo and description of Conrad Mann, president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce in 1928 and about 1930 appointed "general chairman of the 'committee of 1000,' which prepared Kansas City's Ten-Year Plan." Description of his life and career, born about 1871 and coming to Kansas City in 1909 from Milwaukee as "general manager of the Kansas City Breweries company," later "t[aking] charge of the movement in 1928 to bring the Republican national convention to Kansas City."
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Date
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1938
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Missouri: Special Limited Supplement
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Description
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Photo and bio of Conrad Mann, "an investment borker in Kansas City, where also he is serving as financial director for the Fraternal Order of Eagles," born in Iowa in 1871 and coming to Kansas City in 1907. Also former "secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Kansas City Breweries Company" from 1909 to 1919.
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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'S Not 'N Eagle--'S 'N Owl
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Description
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Photo of Conrad Mann, Chief beneficiary from membership drives by the Eages" club, ort he Fraternal Order of Eages in Kansas City, in an article about the club's drive to add 3,000 members from the Pendergast machine.
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Date
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1935-04-19
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Eagle Hovers
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Description
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Article about the meeting of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (led by Conrad Mann) in honor of Thomas J. Pendergast to initiate 1,000 new members affiliated with the local Democratic Party including Charles Carrollo ("companion of John Lazia when the North End Democratic leader was machine-gunned to death"), Dominick Binaggio ("political gambling king here"), et al.
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Date
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1935-05-24
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Conrad Mann
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Description
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Seated, autographed portrait of Conrad Mann. Reads: "To N. Emerson Paton, With every good wish to a faithful civic worker, Conrad Mann, KC 5/17/35."
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Date
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1935
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Conrad Mann
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait; President of Chamber of Commerce.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Municipal Airport Dedication
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Description
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Lou Holland, Conrad Mann and other unidentified people at airport dedication.
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Date
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1927-08-17
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Conrad Mann
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Description
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Civic leader Conrad Mann and others seated in a room.
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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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Conrad Mann
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Description
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Conrad Mann and unidentified women (possibly his wife) standing next to a train car. They are wearing winter attire.
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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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Conrad Mann
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Description
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Frontal portrait of Mann and unidentified man at Municipal Airport.
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Date
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1930~/1939~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Cities Do Not Grow, They Are Built
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Description
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Photos of Conrad Mann (chairman of the convention and publicity division) and Homer Mann (third vice-president), officers of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Date
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1915-05-15
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a photo and article, continued on page 8, about "Dr. Schorer," a 54-year old pediatric physician appointed by Henry McElroy as the city's Director of Health, born in Wisconsin in 1881 and coming to Kansas City in 1913. Other featured articles include: “Politics and Hogs” (p. 2), about local hotels and restaurants selling their garbage to be used as hog feed and interference by the Kansas City Collection Company; “’S Not ‘N Eagle—‘S ‘N Owl” (p. 3), about of Conrad Mann, Chief beneficiary from membership drives by the Eages" club, or the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Kansas City, in an article about the club's drive to add 3,000 members from the Pendergast machine, including a photo of Mann; “May We Present M. K. P.” (p. 5), a photo and biographical article about Minna Kennedy Powell, or Minna Powell, an art and music critic for the Kansas City Star since 1914 writing under her initials, "M. K. P."; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-04-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, about the Kansas Citians of Italian descent and their often unfair treatment in the newspapers for their comparatively few members of organized crime, and descriptions of several "cultured and law-abiding" local Italians such as musicians M. A. Lenge, N. DeRubertis, Mike Russo, Arturo Corti, Gustavo Corti, and Rosemarie Brancato; artists Dante Cosentino, Frank Tommassini, and Paulo D'Anna; and scientists and teachers Dr. Louis Laurenzanna, Frank Laurenzanno, Dr. E. Mella, and Elio Monachesi. Other featured articles include: “Cheese Joins the Gang” (p. 3), a photo and article about Charley Casciola, or Cheese Casciola, a "hoodlum machine election 'worker'" acquitted of involvement in "the bloody election day murders March 27, 1934"; and “May We Present W. W. (Tom) Graves” (p. 5), a photo and profile W. W. Graves, Jr. (Waller Washington Graves), or Tom Graves, prosecuting attorney of Jackson County with close ties to the Pendergast machine; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-05-31
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, about the Bond Advisory Committee of the Ten-Year Plan, made up of prominent Kansas Citians including R. Crosby Kemper and J. E. Woodmansee, and chaired by Conrad H. Mann. Other featured articles include: “The Sport of Kings” (p. 2), about the Riverside horse racing track and the machine-controlled gambling that takes place there; “Will They Be Able to Silence Mr. Bash?” (p. 3), a photo and article about Thomas Bash, "shooting sheriff" of Jackson County testifying in trial about the shooting regarding Charles Gargotta, including speculations about his reasons for testifying against the Pendergast machine despite its offers made to him to keep quiet; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-06-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Kansas City in Caricature
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Description
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Illustrated caricature of Conrad Mann, secretary of the Kansas City Breweries Companies.
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Date
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1912
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Conrad H. Mann--Kansas Citian
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Conrad Mann, "secretary and general manager of the Kansas City Breweries Co." and new president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles or Eagles Club.
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Date
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1914-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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