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Title
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Dixon Hotel and Johnny Kling
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Description
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Baseball player and owner, Johnny Kling, was also an expert billiards player. He opened a hotel in 1912 called the Hotel Dixon which advertised that it had 39 Kling specially designed tables. It was located at 12th and Baltimore in downtown Kansas City.
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Date
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2006
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Stars Abound at Kling & Allen Recreation
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Description
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Description of Kling & Allen Recreation lounge, the "deluxe billiard parlor in the Dixon Hotel on 12th Street," host to such luminaries as Bob Hope and Willie Mosconi, with photo of Bennie Allen, "National Snooker Champion" and operator of the "luxurious billiard parlor" along with "Mrs. Lillian Kling, widow of the late great baseball catcher, Johnnie Kling."
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book Section
