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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1929
Page
4
A Kansas farm near Colby draws interest as singer Marion Tatley seeks real farm life. An authority from the University convocation addresses economic topics, while Henry Ford hints prohibition stance tied to transportation changes and road safety concerns amid Depression-era policy debates.
The Kansas City papers discuss banks lacking police protection and officers assigned to duty. A Kansas City correspondent asks who would attend an Old Men's Christian Association meeting for elderly felons to be amused, pondering patronage by 40 to 100 makers as they age and stay at home.
Seventeen year olds roam the woods and sing. local items mention families, new college proprietors, a summer school, an open house, and various small events. Dancing between home life and community business, the columns touch on lost items, new ventures, engagements, and travel plans with names like Banta, Bridget, Barrin, and Cooper.
Albert Delesoin a 21 year old negro registered on the police blotter as a house cleaner was arrested after attempting to enter homes while occupants were away. He told police he wants to be a detective and that textbooks were inadequate. He conducted an "experiment in detective work" and recovered a wristwatch and a comb identified as property of a resident. Police say he admitted burgling six residences in the first weeks.
A fragmentary Kansas history notice notes an improvement in the cogdittin of Colonel Anime. The readable text hints at a historical or humorous device but details are sparse. Entities include Kansas, Colonel, and Anime in a truncated historical blurb.
Local society notes recount Mrs. Alice Severy leaving Baldwin with granddaughter Alice Jean Wilson after visiting Kansas City. Dr. A E Kirk, former Southwestern College president, spoke in Parsons and Glathe, while Philin Reifel travels from Ontario to New York Life for sales. Baker students plan Estes Park trips with entertainment proceeds. The Musical Moores perform in Centenary Hall, and geodetic work and summer plans feature Prof. Samuel A Deel. Local families face flood damage and attend commencements in Baldwin.
Fragmented reminiscence blends the Klondike gold rush era with a harsh portrait of Dawson City’s dance halls. A narrator recalls intoxicating nights, a dangerous femme fatale, and disillusionment amid lawlessness, ending in a somber reflection on lost innocence and memory.
A dramatic confession reveals a winter night scene in a theater box where Berna and the narrator confront a ruined relationship. He pleads for union as she refuses, fearing a haunted life. he rejects propriety and contemplates a shared downfall, warning of commodified romance and moral peril in a world of fast life. The piece then shifts to a memoir of the narrator's swift descent into the Dawson era of dance halls, gambling, and excess, followed by a local school graduation notice and ceremony details.
The Glenn community hosts and guests include faculty, school board members, and their wives. Various local families from Lecompton to Topeka attend visits, marriages, funerals, and graduations, with neighbors traveling for hospital runs, baptisms, and social gatherings. Mrs. H. F. Fulton hosts, Dora Jane Black and Joseph D. Hoskinson announce an Lawrence wedding, and many locals frequent Topeka and Lawrence events.
AP reports the last member of the Evergreen Park mail robbery gang, John "Red" Flannery alias Tom Kanerns, age 30, was arrested. With his capture all eight men accused of the $133,000 express train mail car heist are jailed, while several others await or serve prison terms. Eugene Lamb was noted as spending the day in Kansas City.
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