Mrs Cynthia Conger Recalls Early University Days
Mrs Cynthia Conger recalls sixty five years ago at North College now gone for Corby Hall. She recounts childhood incidents in Lawrence, weddings at the Whitcomb home, and life with her father and family as they moved westward to Kansas. She later married Mr Conger in 1869 and raised six children in multiple states while maintaining ties to Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aisit
Lawrence
Cynthia Conger
Old North College
Corbi Hall
A. Whitcomb
Cynthia Pearson
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Pearson
Byrew
Capuw
Albert Whitcomb
Ae Whitcomb
Conger
North College
Alto Jt
Unitarian
Lincoln
Lecompton
Eudora
Hesper
Fort Dodge
Mr. Conger
Washington
Nets Back In Paris Hair Netted Fashion Note
AP reports Paris fashion notes highlight tin tilted nets adjusted over hats to hold marcelled sacks in place on the exposed head, reflecting street style trends.
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Paris
Prohibition, Employment, and the Legionnaires' Drink Debate
A letter argues that beer production would create thousands of jobs during hard times, citing 1914 liquor industry employment. It contrasts sober workers post prohibition with drunken labor, praises dry policy, and laments the American Legion’s stance, urging continued opposition to liquor. It also notes General Wood and wartime dedication, linking sobriety with national strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Detroit
Leonard Wood
American Legion
Atlantic
Eight County Girls Parade in Dress Contest at Tea Time
Elegance at tea time feature shows girls from thirty counties competing in four dress classes cotton wool silk and party frocks. Winners include representatives from Cotton Shawnee Montgomery Edwards Weal Morris Atchison Lyons silk Sedewick Geary Allen and party Rice Reno Harvey. Grand champion from Jewell county earns trip to Chicago for International Livestock Show. Miss Hartman, a 4-H star, wore a semi formal cotton dress and has ties to Who's Who in the state.
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Cotton
Shawnee
Montgomery
Edwards
Weal
Morris
Atchison
Lyons
Silk
Sedewick
Geary
Allen
Rice
Reno
Harvey
Jewell County
Pangee
Chicago
Miss Hartman
Martha Lou Perkins
Willett Taylor
Sunflower
Riverside
Lake View
Phil Blough
Meadowlark
Peasant Valley
Hartman
Chicarra
Union Pacific
Kansas State College
Manhattan
University of Kansas
KU Art Departments Win Prizes at Topeka Fair
University design and drawing and painting departments take first prizes at the Kansas Free Fair in Topeka. Mrs Emma Crow, design graduate and student assistant, wins six firsts and seven seconds in book binding, lettering, design, batik, jewelry, rug design, and a woodblock Christmas card. Noted artists Melvin Douglas Helen Rooney and James Penny, all recent painting graduates, also exhibited and were honored. Penny won a water color medal in Kansas City and plans to study in New York City this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Rosemary Ketcham
Albert Bloch
Emma Crow
Crow
Melvin Douglas
Helen Rooney
James Penny
Penny
Kansas City
New York City
Prizes Won at Fairs Swell Bank Account for Wilma Hartman
Wilma Hartman daughter of Mr and Mrs I J Hartman Route 5 boasts a growing prize record from fairs tied to 4 H club week. She earned fourteen firsts at the Douglas County 4 H club fair Mount Hope nursery and top honors as county style show champion among nine rivals. Her Big Springs fair success included nine firsts in three events with premiums totaling substantial sums. As county style show director she could exhibit her costume at the state fair in Hutchinson accompanied by Miss Christie Hepler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Hartman
I. J. Hartman
Hind
Topeka
Douglas County
Mount Hope
Sula
Cannins
Big Springs
Hutchinson
Christie Hepler
Pear Honey and Pear and Pineapple Conserve Recipes
Pear honey uses ripe pears plus sugar without water, cooked about an hour until pear strands are clear. Also describes a Pear and Pineapple Conserve combining pears pineapple and orange juice, with sugar, boiled until clear, then canned. Mentions Mrs. W? OH Trowbridge Lawrence and Mrs. Fred Moll Eudora.
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Fred “Moll
Eudora
Martha Washington Home Model Guides Girl Scout Homemaking Study
The bicentennial commission cites Martha Washingtons methodical housekeeping as inspiration for girl organizations celebrating the 200th birthday of George Washington. Over ten million boys and girls in junior groups will stress Washington achievements, using the Washington home life as the incentive for girls to study homemaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martha Washington
Bicentennial Commission
George
Washingtons
Kansas City Teacher Opens Childrens Dancing Branch Studio
Miss Helen Thomes of Kansas City announces a new branch studio for children's dancing at Holloway and Jones. She has taught dancing in Kansas City for sixteen years and will be assisted by Miss Verne Bu geon in operating the studio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Thomes
Kansas City
Cooper
Holloway and
Jones All
Thomes
Verne Bugeon
Short gloves return to fashion with fur edged wrists
In New York the one butter glove and the short gauntlet are back in style. The vogue for slim wrists has caused the modish to adopt short gloves again. Many new designs feature an inch wide fur band at the wrist, aligning with the elegant mode.
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New York
FOR THE HOSTESS Summer Luncheon Menu
A compact menu describes chilled fruit and stuffed baked tomatoes with potato chips and wafers, plus turnovers and coffee. It lists large firm tomatoes, diced cooked chicken, leup soft bread crumbs and whipped cream as components of dishes and desserts.
Quick Bakes and Fashion Notes From New York to Raleigh
The text covers a recipe section with steps for stuffed tomato cases peach turnovers and jelly roll, plus notes on astrakhan trimmed dress sleeves in New York fashion and NC crop income data. It notes that tomatoes are prepared, baked, and basted, and includes instructions for peach filling, jelly roll, and cake steps. Also mentions federal prisoners reading habits and farm income split between crops and livestock.
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O. Jacqmann
J. W. Wilson
Vermont St
K. U
Trowbridge
Chet
Mary
Baldwin
Emporia
Ottawa
Salina
Southwestern Bell
Aspoon Sale Poon Lemon Extract
Astrakhan
Raleigh, NC
North Carolina
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