Letter from Springfield City License Inspector R. D. Cunningham to Lloyd Stark offering the use of an apartment during Stark's visit for the Jackson Day Banquet. He also relays a line from a local newspaper that said "from the present appearance it looked more like Pendergast was a Stark man than Stark was a Pendergast man."
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Letter from Garrett E. Spitzer to Governor Lloyd C. Stark, congratulation Stark on Judge James Douglas' win in the Missouri Supreme Court election, but writes that "while it may sound the death knell of Boss Pendergast, ... I wish to say that Pendergast is not dead by any manner of means. He has only received a severe slap."
Letter from James M. Pendergast to Guy B. Park making an introduction of Edward S. Saighman.
Letter from E. C. Johnson to gubernatorial candidate Lloyd Stark, cautioning him not to speak too highly of the current governor, lest he alienate some voters.
Letter from Mr. Shackelford to Governor Lloyd C. Stark, discussing support for Supreme Court candidate James Douglas in the counties of southwest Missouri, and the lack of of an existing organization in that area to support their candidates.
Letter from Charles W. Dickey to Lloyd C. Stark, noting that Stark is well regarded for not soliciting the Pendergast endorsement as much as other candidates, but that having that endorsement would likely ensure him the nomination. He also writes that Stark has support in Wright and Texas counties.
Letter from Sam Hargus to U. A. McBride recommending that James Pendergast should meet with Governor Guy Park.
Letter from Roy Glidewell asking governor Stark to acknowledge his previous letter and indicate a timeline for appointing a vacant judgeship.
Letter from William M. Ledbetter to Lloyd C. Stark discussing coverage of Stark's candidacy in the Louisiana Press-Journal and his support by Pendergast and Bennett Clark.
Letter from Emmett Fisher to Ewing Young Mitchell, Jr. regarding Mitchell as a target of the "machine" in Kansas City. Fisher praises Mitchell for his anti-Pendergast comments and says that people in rural Missouri are beginning to see the dangers of the Pendergast machine.
Anonymous letter to Lloyd Stark complaining about an illegal tavern near Rockville, Missouri.
Leaflet promoting Fred Whitten as the Coalition candidate for Kansas City mayor.