Kansan Women Achieve Broad Careers Across State
A compilation profiles many Kansas women excelling in diverse fields from farming and teaching to music, journalism, and public service. Names include Miss Phrona Sommerson Moreland grain buyer, Miss Anna Alt Dentonville passenger agent, Miss Celeste Nettis Topeka music scholar, Miss Vivian Blackburn Leavenworth actress, Miss Mollie Arnold Reading teacher in Vegas NM, and many others advancing in education, arts, and civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C. Park
St Joseph
Vegas
N. M
Thie Nelle J. Hatch
Seneca
Mise Mary Griffin
Japan
Julia Melnerney
Frank Daniels
Opera Company
Afise Jenni McStillan
Morrill News
Ming Mary GC. Park
Atchison
Atchison Bowed of
Misa Elinor Saymiore
Abfiene
New York
Maxname
Anna Emperia
Peinsipall
Means
Williamston
Margaret Gapen
Fi Garfield
Allegheny
Alem
Lindenrot
Falk and Veronee ‘Theater Company
Kansas
Atimy Bertha Yarnell
Garret
Mary Voether
Manhattan
Wichita
Hely Tom
Germany
Mary Suni
Emporis
Frances Wilson
Tole
Bessie Watts
Havensville
Oklahoma
Patina Agnes Curry
Nortonville
Ott
Philippines
Luther
Dougian
Phelin Grimm
Holton
Renublle
Miles Stary
J. McCustin
Ming Nellie Dydge
Betoit
Call of
Aly
Lawrence
Eva Bro
Liswrence
el Reno
Okla
Esther’ Searte
Cawker City
Enterprise
Dickinson County
Fay Foster
Dearanvert
Florence
August Bendel
Mise Agnes Blair
Prublie Schoola
Nese
Frances Batner
Dentphan
Kansan Girls of Note and Lincoln House History
News briefs highlight Kansans in arts and farming, noting Miss Ruth Plumb’s upcoming marriage to Schuyler Colfax Brewster of the Twentieth Kansas. Other items cover Lottie Garrison declining a $900 weekly opera offer, Nina Marboure writing for major magazines, Eva Metcalf-Grant winning a beauty prize, and local farming women achieving success. The piece also recalls Abraham Lincoln’s home restoration and current custodian Albert S. Edwards, linking historic memory with Kansas figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ater
Grace
Ruth Plumb
United States
Preston Plumb
Schuyler Colfax Brewster
Kansas
Allen County
Lottie Garrison
Linn Pe
Bostonians
Nina Marboure
Metropolitan
New York World
Eva Metcalf-Grant
Kansas City
Metcalf-Grant
Elizabeth Goodsmanor
Gajena
Quaker Villay
Kansan
Mise Goodman
Mise Helen Raymond
Balth
Jackwn County
Ali Gore Jones
Daughtar
Biultalo" Jones
Topeka
Harper's
Jones
Smithsonian Institute
Colorado
Miss Jones
Rove Murphy
Hope Township
Dickinson County
Tinsie Te
Wooster
Saling
Ehdima
Anna Snyth
Cawker City
Matthew Mersch
Mary Scroggins
Lincoln's Old Thome House Restored by the State
Springfield reports extensive repairs on the 1840 Lincoln home at Eighth and Jackson streets. A $32,000 state appropriation funded foundation work and restoration to preserve the historic structure in its original condition. Friends of the martyr president say the completed project meets public interest and marks a faithful restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Abrahan Lincoln
Eighth
Jackson Streets
Anna Eva Fay Seeress at Baltimore Music Hall Charms Crowd
Several hundred women filled the Baltimore Music Hall for a ladies matinee with Anna Eva Fay blindfolded on stage. Questions were read from slips held by the audience and Fay’s responses guessed names and fates, including engagements, marriages to politicians or professionals, and warnings about timelines and truthfulness. The performance mixed light humor with mystic bravado as attendees awaited personal fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Music Hall
Anna Eva Fay
Lieit
Mise Fay
Lafly
Thor
Miss Fay
Mitch
Frank
Escaped Waterspout Threat To German Tanker Gayonne
The German steamship Gayonne captained by von Hugo escaped major damage when a waterspout formed ahead during a calm dawn voyage from Genoa to Ireland in ballast. The vortex brushed the hull as the ship surged at seven knots and swung hard to bow northward, averting destruction as crew watched in alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Gayonne
von Hugo
Ginoa
Vor Haven
Offcer
Waterspout sighted near Bayonne ship evokes awe
A waterspout was seen off the Bayonne coast during a ship passage, its towering column reaching toward the clouds and spraying in all directions. The event lasted ten minutes from first sighting at 6 12 am to disappearance at 6 53 am, attracting divers and prompting a report to the hydrographic department in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pita
Bayonne Seylt
Hydrographic Department
Washington
Legends of Stone: Castles Built Across Centuries
A collaged account outlines long construction spans from medieval cathedrals to private mansions. It cites Cologne cathedral begun 1245 and completed 1880, Kingsgobers tower lasting 204 years, and Stornoway style legends, including castles and courtyards across Europe, with notes on notable builders, delays, and eras. It also mentions Atlanta textile expo plans for 1902 and local officials discussing real estate sales and future pavilions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Jutland
Jhorsng
Puti
Restormel Custie
Anwall
Fiestormel
Milas
Besun
Napoleon
Florence
Arnulfo
Prafti
Miss Alta Rockefeller Wedding Postponed Over Deafness
Miss Alta Rockefeller daughter of John D Rockefeller delays marriage to E Parmeree Prentice due to her deafness recovery in Vienna. Physicians urge rest and return of hearing before wedding. Prentice has traveled to Austria to discuss plans with her mother. Wedding likely next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Alta Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
E. Parmeree Prentley Anhi
Mies Rockefelter
Mr. Prentice
Austria
Wales a Bad Dresser
A chaotic Paris gossip note quotes M. Lebarey criticizing Wales and the Prince’s fashion sense. He claims Wales lacks taste and tact to wear others designs, while Persian arbiters supposedly comment on his lack of dressing judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Lebarey
Wales
Lebarey
Bas Jong Pene
Fustden
Lebarays
Pei
Astor’s Own Banker Reopens With Notable Bank Vault
London reports William Waidort Aston, owner of a premier Lenwh hay office building, has completed a safe deposit vault costing 3,000. The feature draws attention from the bank’s officials, who regularly handle vast wealth of British millionaires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Waidort Aston
Lenwh
Hay
At & Safe
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Mice Hoars & Am
Topolis Avenue
S. Edward McCully
M. D
TEL
Wm. Schick
Kansas Ave
MO. P. Strickrott, Photographer
Kansas Avenue
Gilchrist Bros
Jackson St
Adams Brothers, Society Stationers and Printers
Josettine Perkins
W. Perkins
Washington, D. C
Alexander Hall
Maryland
Lillian
Hail
Winfield
Stanley
Coronen
Cowley County
Pickena
Mattie Rush
Ness County
Emms Keily
Alaska
Anyn
Lincoln
Sinscoln
Crame
Linenta
Statraman
United Oirerty
Pres
Albert S. Edwards
Ninika Edwards
Hilnels
Egst
Ising City
Nod
Pune
Formaidahyde Heidi
Ebouk Tim
Janith
Avatout Indy
Richmond
Atlanta
Georgia
Dee
W. R Hemphill
The
Constitution
W. A. Hemphill
BM. Juman
Elent 14Ingston Mims
Wickersham
Atlanta and
West Point Railroad
Clark Hovwyil
Join Weber
Bumslo
Buffalo
Hemphill
Miss Rockefeller
Prince
Astor
Money Chamber
Imsport
Long Bros. Grocery CO
Missouri
Ralston
Antitrust Yeast Co
the Ralston Yeast Co
Topeka, Kansas
Louis van Orf
Burton & Burton
East Seward Ave
the State Journal
B. F. Abmeyer & CO
Gaylord & Barclay
S. M. Rohring
Coon
Jasper Black
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