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Title
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Gubernatorial Candidates
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Description
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Photos and descriptions of gubernatorial candidates William Stone (of Missouri), William Warner (of Missouri), and Abraham Smith (of Kansas).
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Date
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1892-11-05
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Political Notes: Down from the Penthouse
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Description
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Photos and article about the election of Tom Hennings over Emery Allison (both pictured) for national senator from Missouri. Description of Allison as Harry Truman's choice for the office as "an Ozark country lawyer," a "56-year-old president pro tem of the Missouri state senate," and "the great & good friend of Jim Pendergast."
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Date
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1950-08-14
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Ordinary Citizens Get Het Up over Schools
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Description
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Article about a public school levy election for the Kansas City School District, with many photos of both sides of the issue in their campaigns.
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Date
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1950-04-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Politics: Pendergast Trouble
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Description
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Article about indictments of Kansas City government officials connected with the Pendergast machine for fraudulent procedures in the 1948 election, with supposed ties to President Harry Truman, etc.
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Date
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1947-05-19
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City: Reform Stays
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Description
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Announcement of the defeat of "Pendergast-machine candidate for mayor," Robert K. Ryland, a cohort of Jim Pendergast, in the election in which the "name of Pendergast still stinks."
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Date
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1946-04-08
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Thomas J. Pendergast - Nominee for Marshal
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Description
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Portrait, list of qualifications, and brief biography of Thomas J. Pendergast printed while running for Jackson County marhsal in 1906.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Missouri Muddle
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Forrest Donnell, the 56-year-old governor-elect of Missouri in 1941. Description of his prevention from taking office office by the Democratic Party and Governor Lloyd Stark, leaving his "65 honorary colonels, one of whom is Henry Bundschu, Kansas City businessman, all dressed up with no place to go in their $122 gold, blue, and red uniforms."
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Date
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1941-01-20
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City, Mo.
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Description
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Article about the presidential, gubernatorial and senatorial elections, focusing on the importance of the votes of Missouri's pivotal "two big cities--Kansas City and St. Louis," discussing Republican and Democratic clashes.
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Date
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1952-10-24
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Business, Neighborhood Opposition Defeats Light Rail for Kansas City
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Description
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Kansas City residents voted overwhelmingly last month to kill a $793 million light rail system in a contentious election that pitted city hall against the major chamber of commerce and some neighborhood leaders. The city-backed plan won just 40% of the vote, passing in most precincts adjacent to the 24-mile proposed route and failing just about everywhere else in the 317-square-mile city.
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Date
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2001-09
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Truman in Missouri
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Description
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Article about the support by Harry Truman by Emery W. Allison, president pro tem of the Missouri State Senate, in his campaign against incumbent Senator Forrest C. Donnell, despite Allison's public obscurity and socially questionable causes such as blocking black people from attending the University of Missouri.
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Date
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1950-04-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Youth Goes into Action
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Description
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Description of the defeat of the Youth Movement led by Fennelly in the election of 1934, involving members being "slugged, kicked, or beaten at the polls."
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Date
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1935-02
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Object Type
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Magazine
