Topeka Society Notes and Campus Fete Highlights
A rambling Topeka society page recounts student verses, dances, gown displays, and sorority antics at Phi and Sigma Nu events. It notes Old Gowns Displayed at a Dry Goods opening, a Sigma Nu Party, and campus social life with visits to Kansas City and Topeka, plus remarks on local fashion and student news.
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Usher
Abrahady
Lincoln
Jinwug Beral Hall
Uyty
York
Ra ML Akens
Topeka
Ottawa
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Bulangs Ridge
Annie M Hiduis II
London
Chantilly Jaen
Never Again I Will Tell My Plans Beforehand
A young matron recalls a day framed as a French farce. She plans to visit a friend but schedules shift, trains fail, and she ends up meeting a lunching acquaintance, her husband’s partner, and his sister by surprise. She resolves to avoid revealing intentions in advance.
Gave Father the Silence
A New York man recounts a family silence experiment at home after promising to be at dinner at 6 30. He returns at 2 am and faces three days of total quiet from his wife and three daughters, then resumes normal conversation on the fourth morning with a warning that longer silence could follow.
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Father
Meory
West Point
New York
Oyself
A Practical Man Forgets Tools and Plans
A Dulins News item notes a prudent man keeps handy tools but waits until needed, then schemes to improvise. He breaks a pane, eats it, waits for spring, gnaws a plank for a saw, but the hammer handle is broken. He leaves repairs unfinished, a natural human failing cited by the column.
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Fis
Man Names Farm The Sycamores Under Local Law
W R Pennington registers his farm name The Sycamores under the Brady law as passed in the last session. He filed the farm name and description with county clerk and with Howard Paysic, county official, noting the compliance required for joint tracts.
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W.R. Pennington
Hatchinson
Apel
Uw.or
Donnington
Pennington
Howard’ VM. Paysic
O! Westerby
Millionaire to Prison for Mail Fraud Conviction
Clarence Dayton Hillman, a prominent mail order dealer, was sentenced in Seattle to two years and six months in prison and fined 200 dollars for using the mails to defraud. The ruling follows his conviction and applies to the scheme involving large-scale deception.
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Seattle
Wash
Clarence Dayton Hillman
Csix Tshind Penitentistry
Royal curios and gem lore from historic pages
The article lists royal and noble jewelry legends including England’s new queen with a seashell, King Edward’s gold pig gift for Princess Me, Princess Patricia’s sprig of Heather, and Victoria in a crystal bangle. It also mentions the shah of Persia’s turquoise stone, the German Kaiser’s ring of a purple mamelon, and a legend of Frederick the Great receiving a Rhine spirit gem.
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Balmoral
Victoria
Persia
Kaiger
Prussia
Frederick the Great
Rhine
House of Nonenzollern
Scrapbook of a Town Hearsay and History Idea
A women's club adopts a plan to compile a local newspaper scrapbook as a town history. Members collect articles, clippings, and rumors to reveal little known town happenings, finding the project reveals more than expected from even quiet communities.
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Focal
Choice of Vegetables in Course Meals
Louisville Mercury notes a strict menu rule: no more than two vegetables per course paired with dishes. Lamb pairs with potatoes peas spinach or asparagus while roast mutton suits celery or prune stuffing. Goose with onion sauce or chestnut stuffing. Hubbard squash with apple sauce. roast beef with carrots cauliflower onions squash or green beans.
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Louisville
Pressing silk and ribbon with damp paper tip
A tip from the Indianapolis Star suggests placing slightly dampened wrapping paper over fabric before ironing. The method reportedly promotes smoother texture, a glossy finish, and a firm crispness without leaving wisps or creases, encouraging consistent results.
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Indianapolis Star
Psimice Stone for Pans Widespread Home Tip
A wartime era note suggests using a pumice stone from drug stores as a handy aid for cleansing kitchen utensils like akillets and frying pans. The stone is inexpensive, durable, and helps keep utensils clean and shining.
To Be Rid of Mud Stains Potito Water Cleanst Mud Stains
Potito water proves excellent for removing mud stains from nearly any cloth or garment, offering a simple cleanup solution. Featuring straightforward guidance, the product promises effective stain removal with minimal effort.
Practical Tips From Everyday Life
Simple household hints include oiling umbrella pivots to prevent rust, keeping cut lemons fresh on waxed paper, and burying a knife used with onions to remove odor. Rubbing napkin hems to remove pressing saves time, while a rhetorical question asks how much money is wasted chasing freebies.
Un-Beautiful Lines in English Language Punctuated Quotes
A collection of quirky misprints and phrase fragments from a historical text highlights how punctuation spaces and word breaks distort common expressions. The list includes lines like Keep out this means is business and Who's this round on with varied spacing and typos.
WANT LARGER WAGES A Big Strike Today and Another Promised for Tonight
Four thousand carpenters walked off jobs in St Louis on April 1 protesting a five cent per hour wage rise. About five hundred union workers warned employers they would not return unless a seven cent increase was granted. Employers said they would not fill strikers’ places. Thousands of carpenters did not show up at local shops as they demanded the agreed five cent raise. Large firms had already signed for the increase.
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St. Louis
Sharper Is Released After Forgery Trial
R S Dyggert of Crawr ls ville Tridiana faced a court hearing before Watson at the courthouse on forgery charges linked to an imported stallion. He admitted an attempt to defraud, was fined 75 dollars and costs totaling 405.15, all paid, and released.
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R. S. Dyggert
Craw Rlsville
Tridiana
Watson
Court House
Dygvert
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