Miss Hale, Columbia Architect, Builds Bold Gothic Projects
Miss Mary Louise Hale of Columbia Missouri rose from a childhood dream to become a prominent architect. She studied six years in St Louis, won major commissions including a Gothic Episcopal church and a $60,000 Christian College dormitory, and now oversees fourteen buildings plus a business block in Columbia amid a building boom.
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Mary Louise H Hale
Columbia
Hher
St. Louis
Miss Hale
W. E.tephens
Reader
Christian College
Hale
Two old friends meet at the Waldorf Astoria in New York
At the Waldorf Astoria two men, Fred Fink and Teller, recount their life stories. Teller boasts steady success and a wife who supported him, while Fink recalls a painful past involving aDenver romance and a divorce tragedy. A poised woman with a boy enters as the scene closes.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Thorse
Palm Gardens
Fred Fink
Teller
Astor
Fink
California
Ned
Meeting of Old Friends Ends In Silent Truth
In a crowded scene at Teller’s gathering, he introduces his wife Lucile to Ned Fink, a longtime confidant. Fink recognizes the voice, a sudden tension rises, and a quiet exchange reveals a painful past and an unspoken reality between them.
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Teller
Lucile
Ned Fink
Ned
Fink
Mr. Fink
Denver
Edgar Temple Field
Chicago Herald
Little Shavers And Child Quips From A Busy Day
A mother and child moments render the day’s small humor. Tommy eyes a candy man and longs aloud his hands would be tied. Mabel learns day and night reversal, saying China is going bed and skeeters bite. A sparring exchange ends with a pun on spanking.
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Tommy
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The speaker urges living in the present and taking the next right step each day. Fate and future remain unseen while effort steadies progress toward a hoped end, aided by a guiding, radiant friend at journey’s close.
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Elia Wheeler Wilcox
From School Room to Jail in Oklahoma City
Mary Smith, a young woman once a Missouri school teacher, is jailed in Oklahoma City for counterfeiting with a gang that used her to move $100,000 into circulation.
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Mary Smith
Oklahoma City
Missouri
Pointed Paragraphs and Puzzles in Civic Wit
A Chicago Daily News whimsy collection lampoons politics and human folly. Sharp lines note riches fly, poverty stings, and misers misremember while urging prudent management of opportunity. The piece mingles humor with social commentary on advice and joy.
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Chicago Daily News
Hat fashion shifts to turbans for fall wardrobes
The piece notes oversized hats are fading for youths. It highlights leftward turning turbans in fibre velvet or felt. Black plumed hats signal autumn and gain popularity as cooler weather arrives. The toque or turban is praised for comfort and style.
Freshening Chiffon by Steam and Pin Method
Chiffon can be renewed by careful steaming after evenly pinning along a box lid edge to prevent waviness. The process is time consuming but yields straight edges. Crepe benefits similarly, steam restoring stiffness and removing dirt and dust for a like new veil finish.
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New York Post
Frosted window effect by light paint technique
The article suggests a simple home method for opaque looking glass in crowded towns. Dabbing glass with a thin brush of white or oil color can imitate frosted ground glass, allowing light through. Apply lightly with an even touch. little color is picked up each stroke for best resemblance.
Miss Pearl Mitchell the girl farmer of Missouri
Miss Pearl Mitchell owns a show farm in Missouri and manages its crops livestock and sales. A graduate of Stephens College she has traveled abroad and hosts guests each summer while pursuing farming duties and public service on a state board to locate a farm for feeble minded and epileptic wards. She is the sole female member on the five person board and is known for her independence and hunting skills.
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Pearl Mitchell
Missouri
Newman Mitchell
Stephens’ College
Columbia
Gov. Stephens
Mitchell
Girls to Take Part in Cleveland High Athletics
Cleveland high school girls organize basketball teams and fit up their gymnasium. They will be represented in the athletic association by Miss Katherine Mixter who also serves as manager of the basketball teams.
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Cleveland High School
Athletic Association
Katherine Mixter
Plasa Restaurant on Monument Avenue Shuts Down
Fragmentary notice shows a business at 33 49 Monument Blags closing after operations. No further details on owners or dates are readable.
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Plasa
Monument Blags
Back to the Stage Gloria Quayle Leads New Christian Company
Effie A Elisler returns from retirement to headline Gloria Quayle in a Christian company. Viola Allen continues with the original cast as head of her group.
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Effie A. Elisler
Gloria Quayle
Viola Allen
Ornamental Pin Cushion Craft at Home
A guide to making long decorative pin cushions at home for bureau or toilet table use. It lists materials, quantities, and costs for linen, ta f fata silk, satin ribbon, lace, and assembly steps, noting cheaper custom options and suggesting wedding gifts. It also includes an advertisement-like endorsement for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills.
Cover Your Old Brick Buildings with Rock Faced Stone Imitation
A brief item notes options for cladding brick facades with rock faced stone like imitation and mentions a block named EL ha SAUTE at Talbot and a Merchants' Lunch offering 25 cent meals near Union station restaurant.
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EL Ha Saute
Talbot
Union Station
A Yachting Maiden and the Captain’s Bride
Poem by Clinton Scollard praising a bride as a yacht maiden ready for embarkation on the matrimonial sea. It likens her to a sailing vessel, calm and graceful, with eyes like the sea and a voice of hush. The speaker vows to seek unmapped isles and to let her play the captain’s part.
Two Girl Fads and Home Sewing Decor
A short note describes trends among girls making hand painted decor and craft items. It mentions large painted buttons on the floor, a girl capable of painting a stage set for herself, and girls sewing long narrow sofa pillows measuring about 16 by 28 inches.
Investment firm offers free consult and trading services
It states it can be consulted free in all matters pertaining to investments and will share its experience and information with those unfamiliar with basimese. It will buy and sell securities and tend money on mortgage and collateral.
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Basimese
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