Woman Reporter and KU Graduate Becomes Pioneer Pilot
Barbara Hawley, a University of Kansas alumna and Erie Dispatch-Herald reporter, rose from yearnings to glide in a white winged ship. She earned private, state, and federal pilot licenses and became northwestern Pennsylvania’s first solo woman pilot, later flying with her husband and reporting on aviation. Her career spanned police beats, crime coverage, and a daily aviation column, increasingly shaping public perception of women in aviation.
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Lawrence Comers
Quincy
Hazel
Eberhart
Erie
Penn
University of Kansas
Erie -Dispatch
Dispatch-Herald
Barbara Hawley
Bar
Wne
Jong
Fentierh
New York Central
Barb Hawley
Edward Fusseder
Poper
Pennsylvania
Janil
Canada
Sx Point Peninsula
Fan Shore
Empire Building
Lewis
Yancey
Frank Dillon
The
Erie ‘Times
Date Pudding With Vanilla and Nuts Card
A dated dessert recipe mix uses dates, vanilla, flour and nuts. Combine butter with dates and liquid, add vanilla and dry ingredients, steam briefly, serve hot with lemon sauce or whipped cream. Mrs James Wigsins Route 1 and Miss Irene Lynch RR 1 Baldwin contribute.
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Samar
James Wigsins
Irene Lynch
Baldwin
Dreamlike Flight Echoes At Rural Skies Conference
A vivid prose fragment on soaring above cloud canyons and sunlit horizons frames a Kansas political notice. Parkman of Emporia leads a Democratic conference with reservations via Topeka HQ by February 17, closing at 10. The Women’s Woodrow Wilson luncheon is at noon the Jayhawk. Mrs Geo Machel of Overbrook presides. A Women’s Congressional meeting and the Democratic Banquet Club are noted with local figures and dates.
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Kansas
Jayhawk Hotel
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Democratic National Committee
Eugene Sullivan
Atchison
Democratic Banquet Club
Marionette art turns into a livelihood for Miss Sanger
Miss Ernestine Sanger of Kansas City has turned marionette dramaturgy into a profession. She writes and designs puppets, stages, and effects, selling productions to churches and women’s groups while advancing the puppet drama in America through the Yale Puppeteers and the Peppermint Boys series. The craft, once new to the United States, gains popularity as family entertainment.
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Ernestine Sanger
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Miss Sanger
Allen Crafton
George Price Baker
Yale
Harry L. Burnett
Yale Puppeteers
Burnett
Los Angeles
Lawrence
American Association of University’ Women
America
Manly Affairs Planned for Women Topeka Celebration
Topeka on February 22 will host a non political Colonial tea at the Governor's mansion under the George Washington Bi-centennial commission of Kansas to honor the Washington birthday celebration. The event will feature a conference breakfast at the Jayhawk hotel for women involved in Democratic affairs followed by a program on Women’s organization matters with attendees from across Kansas and Topeka.
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Topeka
George Washington
Governor's Mansion
Woodring
Governor’s
Jayhawk Hotel
Washington
Vicechairmont
Kansas
Harrison
Sunday Dinner Menu With Rustic Dishes and Brewing Notes
A Sunday dinner plan lists Lamb and Browned Potatoes with Creamed Carrots and Russian Dressing as starters, plus Baked Cottage Pudding and a Fruit dessert. It includes flour, baking powder, sugar and fat measurements, breakfast-style batter directions, and a Frail Sour Sauce style dressing with mayonnaise, dill pickles, olives, chili sauce and tangy accents.
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Eataup
Suraar
Way to a Man's Heart
Fragments describe a kitchen scene with pudding and flour, cups and water. Mentions Wes in a casual domestic setting. No clear event, date, or definite action emerges from the readable text.
It's a long trail through Kansas prohibition history
W. CT. U edited by Mrs. C. Jacqmain recalls the wet and dry battles that shook Kansas fifty years ago. It notes towns turning out to resist a prohibition amendment and argues not all were dry then or now. It credits old Kansas liquor guards and political leaders, funded by the American Brewers Association, as brewing trouble for eastern brewers and distillers seeking to maintain liquor interests.
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Kansas
American Brewers Association
Pittsburgh
East
Editorial tribute to Kansas women and prohibition torch
Licensed pilot Mrs Edward Fusseder once Hazel Eberhart of Lawrence is now on the Erie Dispatch Herald staff. Barbara Hawley is a daily aviation column contributor. The piece recalls Kansas women’s fight for prohibition and urges continued strength and responsibility in upholding state ideals.
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Edward Fusseder
Hazel Eberhart
Lawrence
The
Erie
Pennsylvania
Dispatch- Herald
Barbara Hawley
Kansas
Jose PrgmbiGen
United States
American women's amendments and the ballot debate
The excerpt recalls the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments, arguing the liquor ban and suffrage give Americans a tool to influence global views. It frames the ballot as a safeguard beyond national borders and challenges readers about world opinion on such reforms.
Pink Dominates at Capital Wedding of Victoria Tytus
Washington AP reports a capital wedding where Miss Victoria Stuart Tytus wed Lawrence Coolidge. The reception at Woods Bliss home featured pink azaleas and begonias, with bridesmaids in pink gowns and velvet jackets in American Beauty rose tones.
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Washington
Victoria Stuart Tytus
Lawrence Coolidge
En Fe
Woods Bliss
Community Social Notes From Kaw Valley
Mrs Fanny Braden visits with daughter and family including Mr and Mrs Ray Ogden and Margaret, staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Bert Mitchell. Several residents attend dinners and visits across Kaw Valley, including appendicitis operation for Rev Decker, Eastern Star meeting in Lawrence, and multiple Sunday gatherings.
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Fanny Braden
Ray Ogden
Eugene MecCabrin
W. I. Fly. Club
Jennie McCabrin
Virginia Brown
Doris Davis
Don Westheffer
J.C. Saunders
Margaret Ogden
Helen Jean
Ruth Ott
Frank Steele
Gordon Davis
David Mathia
Theodore Thulin
Fall Leaf
Louie Hadl
George Breer
Ralph Davis
Ray Orden
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Lawrence
Bert Mitchell
Willie Chanay
Franklin van Petter
Dickinson
Edwin Ott
Tillie Rosenall
Louis
Hadl
Evenin
Bir
Eds
Vogler
Topeka
Arnold
Vernita Urton
Harry Wer
Peculiar
Carl Altenbernd
Dinnen
Charles Decker
Decker
John Ott, Jr
Ethelbert and
Emerson
John Ott, Sr
Masuline Touch Photo Sparks Beach Resort Trend
An AP photo shows a masculine trouser costume popular at beach resorts with a tailored blouse featuring four pockets and bright silver buttons. The outfit includes a red and white ker thief cap with a white pompon, highlighting a vintage seaside fashion trend.
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Associated Press
Lakeview Couple Hosts Quiet Gathering
Mrs. Oliver Schultz and Mrs. Carl Altenbernd hosted a small Lakeview event with friends, while Mrs. Will Altenbernd in another note planned a quilting session on Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Eugene McCubria also attended, reflecting a close community social circle.
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Oliver Schultz
Lakeview
Carl “Altenbernd
Will Altenbernd
Eugene McCubria Sneni
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Kaw Valley
RB. Q. Brewster
University of Kansas Department of Chemistry
H. 2. Cady
We J. Morris
Shell Aisking Station
Lawrenceton Highway 40
Chesterfield
Nat Shilkret
Brilliant Orchestra
Alex Gray
Columbia Broadcasting System
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