Kansas Spirit Forged on Frontier Trials and Trails
A vivid history of Kansas from early border conflicts over slavery to its emergence as a leading wheat producer and oil region. It recalls frontier resilience, notable figures like Eisenhower and Buffalo Bill, and the enduring Kansas pioneering ethos as the state remains devoted to freedom and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Prairies
Coronado
New England
Virginia
Leavenworth and Atchison
John Brown
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Old West
Wild Bill
Hickock
Abilene
Buffalo Bill
Carrie Nation
Nation
John J. Ingalls
Ed Howe
Potato Hill
Walt Mason
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
William F. Cody
The
Union
United States
California
Oregon
Smoky Hill
Texas
Chisholm
Ellsworth
Free Flour Bag Fashion Cuts Cloth Costs For Womans World
A feature urges using cotton flour and feed bags to craft garments and home textiles, highlighting dyed white bags as versatile fabrics. It explains collecting, dyeing, cutting, and sewing techniques for dresses, draperies, pillows, and more while stressing care and fit.
Crafting uses for discarded bag materials and dyeing tips
Instructions describe removing bag labels by soaking, scrubbing, boiling, or bleaching, then dyeing if needed. It covers bag weights for garments such as lingerie, coveralls, skirts, slacks, draperies, and accessories, stressing color matching and careful selection of bag materials.
Stowaways Strike U S Ships Amid Wave of Illegal Voyages
U S port authorities face a major stowaway problem boosted by shipping strikes and limited sailings. From July 1 1945 to August 30 this year immigration officers captured 1075 free riding aliens from many countries led by Britain France Italy Spain and the British West Indies. Most embarked at Le Havre Naples and Southampton. A small number remain in the U S, including fiancées of veterans and orphans adopted by troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
W. J. Zucker
Immigration and Naturalization Service Office
Britain
France
Italy
Spain
Cuba
British West Indies
le Havre
Southampton
England
Europe
Vulcania
America
U. S. Department of Justice
Wild Cow Towns and the Texas Kansas Cattle Trails
A look at the rise of frontier Kansas cow towns sparked by Texas cattle. Joseph G. McCoy built Abilene’s depot, turning a small settlement into a bustling hub with hotels, saloons and a jail. Dodge City, Ellsworth, Newton, Wichita fueled the wild town image and its notorious reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Joseph G. McCoy
Texas
Kansas Prairies
Abilene
McCoy
Ellsworth
Newton
Wichita
Dodge City
Ironing Order for Flawless Garment Pressing
The guide outlines a sequence and technique for ironing. Start with sleeves then blouse, then skirt hem, and finish with collar and trims. Pleats are pressed on the wrong side first, then placed on the right side with a pressing cloth. Use grain direction, a sleeve board for shoulders, and avoid seam poking. Close zippers and protect with towel and cloth to avoid shine.
Soft silhouettes dominate the year’s suit fashion
Fashion notes highlight rich black suits with extravagant gold embroidery and hats in black and brown. Soft silhouettes outclass fussy styles, while pearl trimming from old dresses can adorn hats. Pouffs on gloves, sewn in contrasting material, are a popular accent in threes.
Man Sues State Over 27 Years of Involuntary Detention
James Jones, 38, claims 27 years in Michigan mental institutions amounted to illegal detention and seeks 300000 dollars in damages. He was taken from Coldwater in 1918 after a mass juvenile trial and confined in Lapeer and Ionia until 1945, asserting he worked 87 hours weekly for minimal pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
James Jones
Michigan
Jones
Coldwater
Lapeer
Ionia State Hospital
Ionia Hospital
Mother Lashes Son to Herself Then Drowns Two in Lake
In Galesburg Illinois a mother, Mrs Juanita Kimble, 40, tied her two year old son's wrists to her own with clothesline and walked into Lake Story in Municipal Park with William, where both drowned. Coroner E B Malstrom said the son wore the rope. The husband, George E Kimble, found a note stating the mother was ill and despondent and had been under a physician's care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg, III
Juanita Kimble
William
Lake Story
Municipal Park
Here
E. B.malstrom
George E. Kimble
Power Company
Wife Slayer Given 99 Years in Prison
Daniel S. Clifton 36, a railroad section gang foreman, was sentenced to 99 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of his wife. Mrs Clifton’s decapitated body was found along Gulf Mobile Ohio railroad tracks near Sparta on the morning of June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Ill
Daniel S. Clifton
Malibu Knife Attack Shocks California Community
Teen boy Joel Penny boasted of stabbing a girl, 11 year old Cherri McBride, in an abandoned Malibu house. Police say he confessed, describing the attack as careless but proud of his knife skills. Cherri lay near death in a Santa Monica hospital with a throat wound and head gashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malibu Beach
Calif
Joe Dean Penny
Cherri McBride
Santa Monica
Joel
Cherri
Him
Foster Trother Wins Custody in Bronx Custody Fight
In the Bronx Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Schreiber rules in favor of foster mother Norma Orrico over Mrs. Lillian Olsen for two year old Gerald Olsen. The boy chose his foster mother when asked to kiss his mother, returning with Orrico. The judge grants Orrico custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gerald Olsen
Bronx Supreme Court
Lillian Olsen
Norma Orrico
Benjamin Schreiber
Gerald Ran
Blind Man Convicted of First Degree Manslaughter
Orbie T. Guthrie a 42 year old blind furniture merchant was convicted of first degree manslaughter in the shooting of his former mother-in-law Elizabeth Hinds. The jury gave no recommendation leaving sentencing to District Judge Lucius Babcock with a possible four years to life in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Orbie T. Guthrie
Elizabeth Hinds
Guthrie
Lucius Babcock
Would-Be Jap Attacks Soldiers in Suicide Attempt
In Fukuoka Japan a Yap named Saito Takahara, 30, tried death by own action and failed, then attacked two American air force corporals. He was sentenced to five years in prison for assault and battery and fined 10 000 yen. The two G.I.s suffered lacerations and contusions and were discharged from hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fukuoka
Japan
Saito Takahara
Air Force
Blind Since Age of Three, Girl Wins College Honors
A blind student, Maxine Hogue, started at the University of Southern California and earned straight A grades. She bylined the freshman honor for the highest scholastic average, saying good grades are a necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Maxine Hogue
University of Southern California
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Tieve
Edward Emerine
Forts
Leavenworth
Riley
Walnut Creek
Eli Thayer
Prairie
Charles Robinson
Boston
Lawrence
Congress
Colorado
Santa Fe
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Claflin
Barton County
Kansas Corporation Commission
U. S
Womans World
Etta Haley
Sally Victor
U.S
Bay Knifer
Ign School
Foster Trother
Kiss
G.I
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