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Title
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Guests at the Hotel Snapp
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Description
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Vertical file contains a biographical article about Lincoln Johnson, a 60-year-old hat checker at the Hotel Snapp in Excelsior Springs, Missouri with an remarkable memory for hat owners. He was born in Palmyra, Missouri in 1863 and moved to Excelsior Springs with his mother in 1889 before graduating as valedictorian from Western University in 1897. He then became a teacher in Excelsior Springs and then principal at Lincoln High School while also speaking at Republican political conventions around the state. Later he bought his own farm and began hat-checking at the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs.
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Resolved to Relax? Try Water
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Description
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Descriptive article about the Elms Hotel and Hall of Waters located in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Includes information on springs and recent renovation projects as well as photographs.
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2002-01-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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DREAM City Gets Development Aid
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Description
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Missouri governor Matt Blunt announced a $250,000 Downtown Revitalization and Economic Assistance for Missouri grant for Excelsior Springs. This grant will allow for the redevelopment of downtown Excelsior Springs and for the Downtown Excelsior Partnership to buy and renovate buildings in the city's Hall of Waters historic disctict. The goal is to attract national artists to the historic district and develop an artist's community.
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Date
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2007-10-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Elms Gets New Owner, Will Undergo Big Renovation
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Description
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Brief article about the Elms Resort & Spa in Excelsior Springs being sold to Widewaters Group Inc. Extensive renovations are planned for the historic hotel.
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2011-07-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
