Indian Woman Lawyer Guards Wyandot Grave in Kansas
Lydia Conley the only Indian woman lawyer in the country has built a cottage in Huron cemetery Kansas and will use a shotgun to defend her mother’s grave against government removal of Wyandot tribal burial grounds. The government seeks to dispose of the property after a federal court ruling against Conley.
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Kansas City
Kas
Lydia Conley
Huron Cemetery
Bose
Uncle Sam
Ohio
Kansas
Miss Cantey
Federal Circuit Court
Miss Conley
United States
Fortenia Sweet and Andy Walker In Small Town Romance
In Fortenia Maine Fortenia Sweet nicknamed Teeney navigates family power and romance with Andy Walker, whose claims to status clash with Mrs. Sweet’s strict control. Teeney resists her father Terwil liger while her mother asserts dominance, culminating in Andy’s sudden withdrawal after a revealing moment with Teeney.
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John T. Brown
Andy Walker
Fortenia
Maine
Fortenia Sweet
Andy
Teeney
Mr. Sweet
Mrs. Sweet
Fortenla
Sweet
Terwilliger
Mamma
Better Than Spanking Cures Bed Wetting Says Mrs Summers
Mrs M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for bed wetting claiming it cures children and adults alike without money. She asserts a constitutional cause and invites mothers to write for full instructions and free remedies.
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M. Summers
Box W. Notre Dame
Ind
Cigarette Picture Fad Sparks Boyhood Trading Craze
A reminiscence recalls how cigarette picture premiums fueled a trading frenzy among boys. Pictures ranged from soldiers to beauties and animals, traded for wealth and bragging rights as the habit spread, driven by a big brother figure who supplied the packs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Sawyer
A. N. Oldgigh
Little Bows In Demand Prompt Ribbon Substitutes
A fashion note says demand for little bows to wear with linen collars outpaces supply. It recommends using a quarter yard of ribbon as a substitute, allowing each girl to make her own bows. The ribbon bows are broader in the center, matching the cross piece width seen on shoes.
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Panama
Home Recipes Ribbon Cake and Other Dishes
A collection of old time kitchen instructions detailing Ribbon Cake and Delicious Cake with specific ingredient amounts and steps. Also includes Chocolate Icing Pineapple Flip and Cheese Straws with measures for flour sugar butter and spices. Provides warming directions and baking tips.
Mrs Whitney Converts Barn to Art Studio in New York
Mrs Harry Payne Whitney has acquired an ivy covered three story brick barn on Macdougal avenue and is remodeling it into a studio. The site sits among a cluster of artist studios along the alley and will include work rooms sleeping quarters and entertaining spaces for guests.
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New York
Harry Payne Whitney
Fifth-ave
Macdougal-ave
Whitney
King Teases Jester With Mast Pun
A monarch punishes a jailed jester for his gags by tying him to a pole and leaving him there while the king revels in the jester’s quip about a spoony old couple being mashed. Courtiers witness the pointed jape for hours as a moral tale.
Old Methodists Question Revival Methods
Bishop J H Vincent argues at Kansas Chautauqua that sensational revival tactics produce only temporary good and that frequently the bad effects outweigh the benefits. The speech, reported from Kansas City, reflects long standing Methodist concerns about revival methods across the nation.
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J. H. Vincent
the Sun
Kansas City
John H. Vincent
Kansas Chautauqua
Will Found Art Colony on Long Island for 50 Women
Fifty aspiring women artists from New York plan to establish a spinsters’ paradise on Long Island. They will share a house with north light and kitchenette, covering about six dollars weekly for models meals and living costs. They pledge not to marry for at least three years.
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New York
Paradise
Long Island
Baby Portrait Sparks Bosses Talk in Doveydove Office
Mr Doveydove shows a close up baby photo claiming the pose is the swellest yet. The boss notes distortion from proximity. Mrs Doveydove agrees on the sweetness while the pair quip about the baby sneezing when surf is mentioned.
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Mr. Doveydove
Baby
Tooties
Bedroom ornaments from lawn fabrics and hats
Article notes affordable lawn fabrics used for bedroom decor including pale blue ragged robin curtains bed spreads pillow shams and covers with low cost and dainty effect. It also covers a woman who wrote about the hat pin shifting from utility to ornament and suggests using jewels and gold or silver for decoration.
City Advertisements Public Works Notice of 1907 Bids
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis invites sealed bids by August 9 1907 for multiple street and sidewalk improvements city wide. Projects include brick and asphalt paving on alleys and streets such as First Alley West of College Avenue Twenty First Street to Twenty Second Street and Twenty First Street from Central Avenue to Broadway, with concrete foundations gutters and service connections as plans show.
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Department OF Public Work
The
Board
Majestic
First Alley
College Avenue
Twenty-First Street
Twenty-Second Street
Central Avenue
Broadway
Carbine
Twenty-Seventh Street
Sutherland Avenue
Ollege Avenue
Street Railway Company
Iprovement
Fourteenth Street
Milburn Street
Rembrandt Street
Eleventh Street
Jersey Street
New Jersey Street
Gale Street
Twenty-Eighth Street
Thirtieth Street
Lne
Keystone Avenue
Prospect Street
Pleasant Run
Thirty-Second Street
Rader Street
Clifton Street
Board of Public Works
Indianapolis
Indiana
Creph T. Elliott
Preston C. Trusler
Fred J. Mack
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Patti
Shemet Sh
Mrs. Whitney’s
H. P. Whitney
Vincent
F. W. Schaefer
Fashion Department of
Walst
Paris Pattern
Indianapolis, Sun
Ina
Man Easy
Mins Market
Trey Cormivennns
Bow
Schaefer Oe
WaurgoinLiz
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