Topeka Girl in Lawrence Mail Mystery Chains Letters
A Topeka girl attending Washburn College leaves name and address on a wide man menu in Lawrence, prompting a Lawrence clerk to correspond and sign a masculine nickname. A Lawrence man posing as the writer spends money and dates, while the Topeka sender’s admirer contests the letters. Christmas gifts and ongoing exchanges follow amid a web of flirtation and mistaken identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Gir
Washburn College
Lawrence
Wiédeman
Miss Washburn
Pompadour
December community notes and campus updates in Lawrence
The column lists participants for a campus play with Anita Humphrey Kay Warring Katherine Robertson Otto Hadsig and LeLand Stout. Miss Myrtle Greenfield leaves for Albuquerque New Mexico December 23 to join the Bacteriology Department. Theta Kappa Alpha hosts Katsup with Theta alumni and local mothers. Sigma Nu hosts an informal dance with Miss Concord as guest. Unitarian Church bazaar at Kennedy’s Plumbing Shop features aprons baked goods and crafts. Tuition at Lawrence Business College rises January 1. Minnie Ramsey leaves Journal World for a rest and Edna Teeter fills her perch. multiple area residents travel for funerals and visits. Santa Claus shop opens Saturday at Farmers Bank. Boiled water quips appear in ads. various travelers head to Kansas City Tulsa Independence and other cities for holidays and family events. Police report Koreans arrested in suspected independence plot linked to Manchuria and Shanghai.
Local Notices and Schedule Updates Amid OCR Fragments
Fragmented text shows names Mg Thayer and Mrs Sante Claus, with mentions of Farmers Bank schedule, Miss Marie Hedrick visiting Manhat tan, Kansas, and tuition increases at Lawrence business college in January. Readers urged to view school year start and purchase scholar ships before the first of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence, Business College
Marie Hedrick
Manhattan
Kansas
Charles Cowgill
Lawrente Siness
Coege
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Pathe
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Gorri
Svirel Rose
W. B. Pontius
Seymore Gentry
A Richards
S. M. Gentry
J. Norrison
Home Aid Society
S.J. Hertz
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Thee F. R. Card Club
Lawrence Piears
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Elizabeth Anne
Chi Omega
Chi Omegas
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Jarty
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Spanish Department
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Kay Warring
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Otto Hadsig
Leland Stout
Mexico
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Albuquerque
New New Mexico
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Theta
Aetive
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Margaret Bissell
Otto Barteldes
W. O. Peck
Garnett
Jay
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Rhole Island
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Ed. Bowers
Goonquest
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Dick's Drug Store
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G. W. Ward
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Greely
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Manchuria
Shanghai
Neumonia Calla
Demaris Goat
Wile Laboratories Physicians Bird Sam Francice
Mother's
Hess Bros
Mg. W. B
Thayer Weed Kage
Sas
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Ares
Snow
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Teast
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