Looking Them Over at Topeka House of Legislature
A humorous field note on Topeka lawmakers and staff, detailing the speaker’s clerks, hair styles, and clubby social rhythms. The author comments on the women visitors, the journal clerks, and several named representatives, portraying the daily life around the statehouse with light satire and local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka Wowan
Alwasn
Topeka
Lobdell
Amile
Magic Word Journal
Etg Ust
St Peter
Madiag
Cubliison
Cabbison
W. B. Sutton
Judge Sutton
Mr. Rohrbaugh
Wichita
Resson
Mr. Gardenhire
Dossemor
Col E H. Brown
Mr. Hunt
Leavenworth
Schigee
Hays City
Meridith
Hutchinson
Colonel Veale
Miller
Morris
Beekman
Anthony
Mr. Johnson
Anderson
Mr. Sheafer
Cloud
Mr. Glenn
Greeley
Build Your Own China Rack With Shelves and Curtains
A Ladies' Home Journal guide describes constructing a simple inexpensive china rack for displaying plates and china. It recommends a 36 by 24 inch frame, shelves for saucers, hooks for cups, a wall back, and optional curtains or glass doors with a lock, prioritizing dust protection for delicate pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Goose Roast And Fry Quick Doughnate Recipe Notes
An old column provides kitchen instructions for roasting a goose with a savory stuffing, making goose gravy from giblets, and a quick doughnut batter fried to finish. It also covers hoarhound candy preparation and reports a child injury near Sixth Street and Kansas Avenue plus a lecture by Major Dane on grand naval battles of the rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Mooney
Mra M. Mooney
Klein Street
Sixth Street
Kansas Avenue
Dr. Raby
Dave Sholtz
Ahe
The End of the Century Cashier ends in sight
An essay traces the origin of cashiers from prehistoric shell counting to modern women cashiers. It argues women earn lower wages, are honest and quick, and will eventually reach pay parity while facing temptations from attractive positions and romance. It notes gender shifts in banking and retail and predicts skirts replacing trousers in cashier roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Nineveh
Nqoor
Ibsen
Charles Applebee
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Becky Sharp
Mr. Bone
Clark
Br. Bone
Tom
Lambert
Lyoz
Musculmin
Mahomet
Alan
Mr. Lenton
Atchison
Damon
Col. Warner
Pyttias
Air, Caldwell
Lawrence
Mr. Cornell
Wabaunsee
Mr. Grimes
Mr. Hopkins
Finney
Mr. Benefiel
Treasury
Mr. Cannon
Kingman
Blanche Dienst
Fort Leavenworth
Normoyle
E. G Notters
Chicago
Frank Lewis
Wetherell
Misa Nellie Whitehead
Ottawa
Will Haskell
Alisa Myra Williams
Lyle Dickey
Omaha
Misa Kate Adams
Nellie Clough
Kansas City
Edith Meridith
Louie Bone
H. J. Bone
Mra Veale
Miss Bone
EN. Morrill
Miss Morrill
The
Copeland
Baggese Ware
Atlantic
Parse Club
Library Tall
Will Trump
Camera Club
Robert Thompson
Morton
Bucher Club
Abe J. Anguat
Chico
New York City
W. Gavitt
City
Emma Rhodes
Toluca
Ilc
W. W. Gavitt
Hayelip
World Medical Institute
Quincy Arrest
Kansas
China
Vainty Chya
Major Dane
Hamilton Hall
Wear Brown & Co
Kansas Avenua
United States
Uncle Sam
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Verneuil
Roux
Li Hung Chang
Li Hung
Whitelaw Reid
Morocco
Algeria
Cairo
North
Africa
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