From the Lawrence Daily World for Nov. 13, 1910:

“There are a number of young women enrolled at the University of Kansas, who are paying their own expenses while attending school, but there is only one who also assists others through school while acquiring an education herself. Miss Alberta Wenkheimer, 1027 Mississippi, came to Lawrence this fall with her brother Carl, 12 years old, and her sister Winifred, ten years old. She was confronted with the problem of making ends meet for the household while completing the necessary amount of work to secure her degree from the university. Before coming to K.U., Miss Wenkheimer graduated from the State Agricultural College at Manhattan, receiving the degree of bachelor of science from that institution. She had specialized in candy-making in the domestic science department there, so it occurred to her to try and sell home-made candies to the students in Lawrence. And her judgment evidently is good for the demand for her product has increased to such an extent that one of the ‘jigger shops’ near the university building is arranging to put in the line of different candies she makes. In addition to doing all her own housework, cooking, caring for the children and making the candy, Miss Wenkheimer finds time to carry fifteen hours of work in the departments of English and Education at the university. She has one faithful assistant, however, in adding to the family income in her little brother Carl who sells and delivers the candy for her after his school hours.”