Word: topeka
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twofers. In Topeka, Kans., Pete Reilly got an idea for a war-bond rally from an 1878 newspaper item: "Hug socials are now the rage. It costs 10? to hug anyone between 15 and 20, 5? from 20 to 30, $1 to hug another man's wife, bachelor girls two for a nickel, and woman lectur ers free with a chromo thrown...
High Plateau. The rails, whose spectacular traffic rise has helped them outfoot rising costs, were leveling-off. On their up-&-down profit line, the downs to date were slightly more numerous than the ups. Prime example on the down side: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. With a whacking $65,000,000 rise in its tax bill, profits dropped...
Governor Dewey was less talkative than ever last week about the 1944 GOPresidential nomination. In fact, he did not even say that he was not a candidate. All the talking was done by Alfred M. Landon, of Topeka, Kans. "I recognize [Dewey] as the outstanding possibility," said Mr. Landon in Governor Dewey's bedroom at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. "No comment," said Mr. Dewey, smiling...
Homework. In Topeka, Kans., Dog-catcher Arland Smith, asked by Washburn University biologists for some fleas, hunted and hunted in his dog pound, found not a one, went home and searched...
...Blue Bird. In Topeka, Kans., police were instructed to look for a man wanted for robbing City Marshal Peter Alumburg of Sharon Springs, found the robber in jail and wearing the marshal's pants...