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Title
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What, Precisely, Is a Machine?
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Description
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Article about the definition of political machines and the Pendergast machine in Kansas City fitting this definition through unofficial financing, voting fraud, etc.
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Date
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1935-01-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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May We Present Mrs. Charles N. Seidlitz
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Alice Richards Seidlitz, or Alice Seidlitz, "one of the founders of the Junior League of Kansas City," wife of Charles Seidlitz ("president of the Seidlitz Paint and Varnish Company"), and daughter of George Richards ("son of the founder of Richards and Conover Hardware Company").
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Date
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1935-01-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Borderline Businesses Pay Most Sugar
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Description
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Photo and article about the bombing of the Harlem Nightclub as an example of the vulnerability of semi-legitimate ("borderline") nightclubs and other businesses in Kansas City to its strong-arm tactics of organized crime through the police department.
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Date
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1935-01-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Adult Education--A Fine Work
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Description
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Article about "the program of adult education going forward under the FERA, with the hearty co-operation of the city's Board of Education" and supervised by Roy Gallemore. Description especially about courses offered at Lincoln High School and its "sixty-three colored [sic] teachers employed, a goodly number as compared with the hundred and sixteen white teachers."
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Date
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1935-01-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Be Proud, Citizens!
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Description
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Article about the ironic description of Kansas City by Judge Brown Harris "as 'probably the most law-abiding city in the United States.'" Irony due to the judge's association with the Pendergast machine and "federal indictments" in relation to the Union Station massacre of Eugene Reppert ("former director of police"), Thomas Higgins ("chief of detectives"), George Rayen ("of the police motor theft bureau"), Tom Bash (sheriff), etc.
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Date
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1935-01-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Books
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Description
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Book review of "Heaven's My Destination" by Thornton Wilder (author of "Our Town" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"), describing a scene in the book with the main character (a devoutly religious man) unknowingly eating at one of Kansas City's "bawdy houses" and experiencing other misadventures.
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Date
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1935-01-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article