Lord Mayor's Daughter Seeks Education in America
The Wakefield family hosted a party in Lawrence with Sir Charles Wakefield and Lady Wakefield. Freda Wakefield, nineteen, expressed interest in studying at Kansas University and learning home economics to manage households. She enjoyed university life, but doubted she could enroll as an English heiress. The visit included trips to the county fair and a merry-go-round, where Freda delighted in American sights yet declined poultry exhibits and joked about repeated chicken dishes.
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Sulgrave
Lawrence
Freda
Charles
Wakefield
George Kreeck
Orj
Amore K.U
Kreeck
Topeka
Muother
Lucy Lindley
Chancellor Lindley
American visitor appraises fraternity life and slang
Miss Wakefield tours Theta and Pi Phi houses and Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Nu, samples American slang, watches football drills, and enjoys dances with Kreeck and students. She notes American hospitality, then heads for Kansas City to a banquet, while reports also cite a Mass minimum wage rise for women in laundries and a former Austrian parliament member who started as a house maid.
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American University
Theta
Pi Phi
Kreeck
Kk ‘U
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Gamma Delta
Sigma Nu
Miss Wakefield
Mrs. Kreeck
America
Freda Wakefield
Kansas City
Miss Muskrat Critiques Chinese Views On Christianity
Ruthi Muskrat, representing North American Indians at a World Student Christian Federation meeting in Peking, outlined three objections to Christianity raised by Chinese critics. She cited Western-imposed religion, Christianity backing capitalism against workers, and that Christians abroad often fail to welcome Chinese educated in America. She also quoted a Yale graduate and Columbia PhD who lamented the lack of Americans’ hospitality.
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Myers Hall
Ruthi Muskrat
United States
Student Christian Federation
Peking
Anti-Christian Federation of China
Mae
East
China
Akes
Yale
Columbia
Spirit of cooperation among Liberia mission school students
Chicago report notes Liberia mission school students teach peers after finishing classes. Children walk eight miles through swamps to reach schools, under Methodist Episcopal guidance. Also mentions local coal and grain suppliers and a Christian Science practitioner and Ohio family visit.
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Liberia
Chicago
Mission Schools of
Methodist Episcopal Church
Puzzle Prospect Car Coloradotump Transit
In transit a 10 inch Coloradotump. Good onal scarce. order now. Griffin Coal Co. A new eliss in shorthand will be reorganized at Lawrence Business College next Monday.
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Lawrence Business College
Translator Way Surprised by Fag Sh Written in Russian Letters
Moscow dispatch notes language hurdles for foreigners in Russia and praises translator Touron at the American Relief headquarters for deciphering telegrams written in Russian letters as English. Also advertises Saig¢ sprayed Jonathan apples for tanning and jelly at 50 cents per bit and fresh apple cider from Lawrence Cider and Vinegar Co.
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Jonathan
Lawrence Cider and Vinegar Co
Lawrence Man Describes Enos Mills Lover of Wild Places
Lawrence man Harry Gregg recalls Enos Mills a self taught nature writer who operated Longs Peak Inn Estes Park. Mills enjoyed animals and children and wrote Watched by Wild Animals and other works detailing beavers skunks coyotes and wild goats. Lawrence Public Library houses several Mills titles including Wild Life in the Rockies and Your National Park among others.
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Enos Mills
Mr. Mills
Lawrence Public Library
Rockies
Your ‘National Park
Zoe
Sreis
Butterseated Cookies and Pickled Cabbage Recipe Fragments
Fragmented kitchen notes describe Butterseated Cookies with brown sugar eggs flour butter and vanilla and a pickled cabbage method spanning three days with salt peppers wine water sugar vinegar and spices. Names Agnes Lakey Mrs H N Stone E Lane and a Lecompton trip appear as fragments of an old domestic column.
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H.N. Stone
W C A Budget Fixed for Year at Tuesday Meeting
At Myers Hall last Tuesday afternoon the University Y W C A approved a lean budget for the coming year. The plan prioritizes essential operations with a total around 8 800 dollars, covering salary, office costs, campus speakers, committee work, Henley House debt, and miscellaneous expenses while aiming to trim the Henley House debt by half and reduce annual interest.
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Myers Hall
University Y. W. C. A
Henley House
A. Henley
Henley
V. W
Fraser Hall
Fur Trimmed Cloth Coats Rise In Fashion Trends
A marked shift in fall and winter coats favors fur trimmed cloth coats over cheaper fur garments. The trend boosts value of quality furs, boosts cloth coats, and praises tasteful designs. Paris approves fuller cuts, belted styles, and varied sleeve fits, with wrappy and slim straight lines popular.
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Paris
Guads Economist
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Boosts Women Health
An upbeat piece praising a cheerful woman’s influence on men while warning about illnesses that dampen happiness. It cites reader letters about recovery using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after doctors failed to help, urging women to try it for health.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Movement for Better Homes Gains Local Interest in Lawrence
Local women plan for Better Homes American demonstration week in Lawrence as part of a national campaign endorsed by President Harding. Emphasizes home ownership, furnishings, sanitation, and efficient home design to boost citizenship, industry, and community welfare. The movement is nonpartisan and educational, organized through a national advisory council led by Mrs. W. B. Meloney.
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Better Homes
Lawrence
Better Homes In America
Harding
United States
Better Homes of America
W. B. Meloney
New York
Household Discoveries for Cleaning Woodwork and Fabrics
Cleaning tips for painted woolwork use ammonia in hot water and wipe with a two inch cloth. Mildew stains may fade with a can of milk for 48 hours or lemon juice and salt. Oilcloth brightens with milk on a cloth after washing. Avoid strong soaps. Color can be revived on wool by lathering with castile soap then rinsing in alum water.
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Castile
Women Capture Honors At Phi Beta Kappa Convention
Cleveland Sept 27 delegates to the triennial Phi Beta Kappa convention include many women led by Olive W Dennies of Baltimore a civil engineer and head office employee at Baltimore Ohio railroad Judge Florence E Allen of Cleveland is also among the women delegates. The article notes Galicia peasants where women work hard and dominate their households.
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Cleveland
Phi Beta Kappa
Oliver W. Dennies
Baltimore
United States
Tde
Baltimore& Ohbio
Florence FE. Allen
Spanish
Galicia
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound testimonial
In Jasper Minnesota Mrs Jessi Petersen describes relief from displacements irregularities backache and nervousness after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound She says she can work without help now and recommends the remedy to other women and passes along a testimonial for publication
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Jasper, Minn
Lydi Pinkham
Jessi
Petersen
Route 1
Jasper
Minn
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Sopligat
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Chinia
Best Missouri
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al Co
Franklin County
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Matilda Hase
Christian Science
A. N. Murphy
Amall
Robby
Italy
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Russia
Touron
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E. J. Lane
Lecompton
Mary Kathi
Cummings Chase
Nere
Inovie
mere‘Maeampbell
Joseph Rire
Ertradt
W.C. A
Movement For
Phi Beta ‘Kappa
Lala AE
Yessterday
Kellogg
EAGLE
Eagle: Pencil Company
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