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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1904

Page

3

Fashion notes on skirts and dress fabrics for spring

A Topeka fashion column surveys the season, detailing skirt lengths from ankle to tea‑touching hems, new silhouettes, and fabrics like mousseline, foulards, and shantungs. It notes New York and London trends, rising lingerie visibility, wall coverings, frames, and waistlines, with emphasis on practical wear and modern silhouettes.

London New York Rosenyper Fabrica Ike Bose Tafteta Sk

Fashionable Gowns and Turkish Coffee Tips Chronicle

A muddled fashion feature describes moffel wraps with ecru lace and chiffon details, silk linings, and velvet trims. It shifts to a curious note on serving Turkish coffee in copper pots, sugar per cup, and ornamental cups.

Binok Venice Valenciennes Constantinople

Love and an Initiation at University Fraternity

Tom Rutherford joins Kappa Sigma after a tense probation period at the University of Nebraska. He had avoided joining until now and faces a demanding month of probation to prove himself worthy of the fraternity pin amid ongoing competition with Sigma Chi members.

Kappa Sigma Tom Rutherford U. of N. College Rutherford Sigma Chi Ike Kappas Collec Miss Hampton Cardus

Fraternal tests push Rutherford to sever engagement

Rutherford faces a brutal probation by the Kappa Sigma fraternity demanding total commitment and rejection of sentiment. He endures pranks and public tasks to prove his loyalty while contending with Isabel Lee whom he loves, culminating in a forced severance of his engagement to win acceptance.

Kappas Rutherford Isabel Lee Hutherford Diory Miss Lee Kappa Sigma Kappa Sima Kappes Isabel Mies Lee Isabel Ieward

Smoke Klauer's Gold Bag services ad at Washburn College

Persons desiring the Washburn Quar tette services should address Bert Sutton at Washburn College for terms.

Klauer Washburn Quartette Bert Sutton Washburn College

Initiation at a stormy ceremony ends in happiness

Rutherford endures a heavy initiation as six men raise him and blindfold him then unveil the scene to Isabel. The moment brings warmth, laughter, and a public vow as he embraces his bride and recalls the Rozes. The scene closes with a hopeful note from Philadelphia.

Ranion Tom Rutherford Rutherford Tutherford Iaabel Isabel Philadelphia

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