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Title
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Albert N. Doerschuk
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Description
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Photo of Albert N. Doerschuk, noted Kansas City pharmacist and historian. Doerschuk's portrait is presented along with his fellow Westport Improvement Association executive committee members.
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Date
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1912
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Obituary for Albert Doerschuk
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Description
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Obituary for Albert Doerschuk, dying on August 11, 1952, a druggist at 501 Westport Road, with many historical souvenirs of old Westport.
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Date
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1952-08-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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May We Present Albert N. Doerschuk
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Albert Doerschuk, operator of a small drug store "[o]n the southwest corner of Westport and Pennsylvania Avenues" and former owner of the Harris House Hotel, coming to Kansas City about 1890 from Ohio.
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Date
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1935-04-26
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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 the business of Peter Lapetina, "funeral director at 536 Campbell" Street, connected with an associate at General Hospital Number One in a racket of charging all of its deceased's family members for rights to their corpses. Other featured articles include: “Laws and the Hawg” (p. 2), about an ordinance prohibiting the sale of restaurant and hotel trash to be used as hog feed; “So as Not to Forget the Forgotten” (p. 3), about the Amalgamated Association targeting poor Kansas Citians to spend money on games of chance; and “May We Present Albert N. Doerschuk” (p. 5), a photo and article about Albert Doerschuk, operator of a small drug store "[o]n the southwest corner of Westport and Pennsylvania Avenues" and former owner of the Harris House Hotel, coming to Kansas City about 1890 from Ohio; 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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1935-04-26
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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 “lug,” “an involuntary or forced contribution to something a luckless employee isn’t nearly as interested in” as his and his family’s own welfare. Other featured articles include “T. J. and W. T.” (page 2), about patching up of differences between William Kemper, Sr. ("Democratic national committeeman for Missouri") and Tom Pendergast (Democratic No. 1 man in Missouri"), "concerning an outgrowth of the Lazia case here"; “May We Present Mrs. A. Ross Hill” (p. 5), a photo and profile of Vassie Hill, or Mrs. A. Ross Hill, "Missouri chairman of the National Women's Committee for Mobilization for Human Need," describing her life and career as the daughter of J. Crawford James and former wife of Hugh Ward, starting out "in charge of enlisting women for foreign work in the Red Cross" during World War I and "organizing the Jefferson Democratic Club, an independent organization of women" in 1923; 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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1935-07-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Westport, Missouri--during Heyday
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Description
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Article about the prominent citizens and businesses in Westport during its "heyday" of the 1850s and 1860s, including Alexander Majors, Albert G. Boone, Allen Ward, Finess Ewing, Ed Price, and several others.
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Date
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1966-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Old Westport
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Description
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Article describing several firsts for the city of Westport, starting with the supposed first white visitor to the land in 1787, Daniel Morgan Boone. Description of early institutions and businesses from the 1830s to the 1860s, mostly related to the Santa Fe Trail trade.
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Date
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1965-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
