Current Event Club Hosts Luncheon and Readings
Mary Virginia Johns plans a four o’clock tea at 1846 Barker Avenue tomorrow afternoon. The Current Event club held a regualr meeting with Mrs Mabel Palmater and Mrs Pine assisting. Members presented Valentines and discussed Kansas themed pieces. a cablegram announced the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Timothy Souther in Vega Alta Puerto Rico. The Woman's Alliance and other local groups met for programs and social events with readings, reviews, and a mock wedding for charity.
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Mary Virginia Johns
Barker Avenue
Tomorow
Mabel Palmacer
Kansas
Miss Champion
Kathersine ‘Ping
Louis Bigs
Florence Biggs
Piné
Solomon Valley
Margaret Hill McCarter
W. E. Palmateer
Lawrence
Timothy Souther
Vega Alta
P. R
San Juan
Souther
Margaret Phillips
Olin
Termplin
Eastern ‘Star
Masonic Temple
C. D. Shckett
C. D. Stewart
Jack Bolin
Early Huddleston
Bolin P
George C. Foster
J. B. Henry
Jack Dunkley
F. ‘L. Courtney
Carl Phillips
Cora Moorshell
Ralph Achning
Ematron
C. D. Sackett
David Passon
W. W. Russ
Jennie Still
Anna Hutt
Increase in marriages in Kansas in 1929
Kansas records show 1,362 more marriages in 1929 than 1928, totaling 21,041 against 19,679. The 1929 marriage rate was 22.6 per 1000, with a comparative 1923 rate of 214 per 1000. A table provides six years of marriages and rates.
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Topeka
Earle G. Browne
State Board of Health
Kansas
Brown
Curygures Uaneans
Obituary of Mary Hewitt Dutton Campell
Mary Hewitt Dutton Campbell born December 25 1854 in Brookville Indiana died January 17 1980 at her daughter Mrs Dollie Emick's home aged 125 years 23 days. She moved with her parents to Clyde county Kansas at sixteen and married William C Campbell October 5 1876. The couple lived on a Mil tonvale Kansas homestead then Concordia and a Morgan Chapel area farm until Mr Campbell's death April 6 1920. She then resided with her daughter in Lawrences.
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Mary Hewitt Dutton
Brookville
Ind
Dollie Emick
Clyde County
Kan
William C. Campbell
Miltonvale
Concordia
Morgan Chapel
Campbell
Lawrences
Mother in Tyrael Passes After Godly Life and Family Devotion
A long obituary details a devoted wife and mother who lived a consistent Christian life, joining Presbyterian and later Wesleyan Methodist churches. She taught piano, enjoyed sacred music with family, and faced years of suffering with courage. Survived by sons Louis and Ed Campbell and Ray mand Percy Campbell and Dollie Emick, many grandchildren and relatives. Funeral at Wesleyan Methodist College Chapel featured Rev. Coates and Rev. Emerson, burial in Miltonvale cemetery beside her husband.
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Presbyterian Church
Morgan Chapel
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Nellie Gray
S Louis
Ed Campbell
Freeborn
Miltonvale
Kan
Raymand
Percy Campbell
Ames
Dollie Emick
Lawrence
Ij. H.’ Dutton
Des Moines
Ed Dutton
Aplington
John Harkness
Burlingame
Will Harkness
Oklahoma City
Tyrael
Be Strong Say Not The Days Are Evil Service Readings
A fragment mentions a quoted line repeated to friends in her final weeks. It references a service where readers express her wishes and emphasis on resilience, urging action over passivity as the community faces a struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shane
God’s name matters not for entrenched wrong claims
A compact reflection questions whether sacred naming can shield long standing injustices, arguing that moral truth remains independent of ceremonial language and urging action beyond ritual reassurance. The piece contrasts faith tradition with social responsibility and calls for accountability.
Lyrics fragment about enduring battle and tomorrow’s dawn
A fragmentary line speaks of resilience in a struggle, urging continuation and hope as tomorrow arrives. The terse verse emphasizes perseverance through hardship with a rising refrain about not fading and continuing the fight.
Journal-World Want Ad Seeks Lost Items
A brief classified note from the Journal-World highlights a want ad service to help readers locate lost belongings. It emphasizes the newspaper’s role in connecting seekers with items no longer in possession or misplaced, inviting participation and listing contact avenues.
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Esterday
Harold Longenecker
Harles C. Swartz
South Nortbridge
Ees 2
Mrai O. W. Maloney
Bridge Clu
R. J. Martin
J. A. Schaefer
J. A. ‘Bogue
Galenworrill
C. A. Wilson
Virginia Wilson
L.0. Browning
Gorcill
Midland
C.A. Jones
McKinvdey
Portia Club
H.W. Hawk
J. J. Simmonds
H. M. Light
H. W. Howsman
Betty Shaw
Carroll Pontius
Harold Pontius
Harold Em
Rick
West Side Presbyterian Church
Main” Street
Floyd King
Dolllie May Emick
Valentine
W. Uce
Bayer
Ayer
Mass, ‘St
Foxcroft
Y Lot
Arctics
Otto Fischer
Oeof
Sharon
AISEA
Ord
Mart
The
Cayot-Durst Dry Goods Co
Mass
Lawrence, Kan
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