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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1929
Page
4
A garbled postscript from a Topeka Capital edition mixed with religious prophecy and local curiosity. The fragment mentions the Promised Messenger, Elija the prophet, a wrecked car, and a mix of public notices, sports talk, and poetry era phrases. It references college football and a cheese factory news surge in Emporia.
A fragment suggests a secret wedding between officials or figures linked to government service. Reporters are described as trailing a “flying Colonel” while a honeymoon retreat becomes a focal point of mystery and public scrutiny.
Fragments detail a Dec oration Day observance and a buggy mishap at Vermont and Winthrop streets. Mrs Milo Treworgy’s buggy shaft misattachment caused the carriage to topple as a horse bolted, flinging Mrs Treworgy and Miss Florence Phillips who escaped injury. Other notes mention staff changes, travels, and social events with local names such as Sam Siler and Miss Evelyn Woodward.
The event featured Miss Margaret Haworth amid a guest list including Mrs EB Haworth and Dorothy Stanley Dorothea Engle Edwina Perkinsy and Alice Docking. Principal Susan Friend of Treoodlawn School departed Emporia for home. Cutter and Lawrence girls won in a Jayhawker popularity beauty contest with Miss Cutter serving as society editor last summer.
A brief note credits D. Shafer of Leavenworth as the author of a book on Kansas laws and state history. The compilation, titled to reflect Rae Almoplete, references Wilson Convey and notes the work as part of a historical file on Kansas legal history.
Sterling and daughter plan a business trip to Chicago to manage Baldwin property. Mrs. Prentice family members in San Bernardino, California, and concern grows over the serious illness of Mrs. Prentice’s mother, who faces another operation. Rotary meeting notes, campus events, and engagements are reported, including E Lauterbach’s talk and Delta Delta Delta gathering. President Fleming to attend Southwest College inaugural program in Winfield.
A note indicates content published by arrangement with Mea Goldwyn Maye. Details about the agreement are limited in the readable text. This brief item confirms the collaboration and publishing arrangement involving the named individual.
In a harsh frontier vignette three men trek the 1898 Klondike rush to Dawson City. Illness, hunger, and brutal cold drive Locasto toward death as Berna’s engagement and a treacherous pursuit chill loyalties. A rescue cabin becomes a forge for survival and moral reckoning amid wind storms and freezing solitude.
Claude Callan reports the annual Methodist ministerial school opens June 17 and runs to June 28 in Baldwin with daily classes and evening services at First Methodist church. Speakers include Lenacre of Denver University Bishop Warne and J. M. Hargett of Kansas City.
OsKaloosa reports Lew Thompson selected by Sheriff Conrad Aull as the new Jefferson County deputy. Thompson has prior police experience in Los Angeles. P C Phillips returns from a two week vacation to lead the town band for summer concerts. The community mourns Capitola Cook, who died after an operation in Halstead. Her funeral was held at the Presbyterian church with Dr Kircher delivering the sermon. Cook, born 1839, was the daughter of pioneers Bouchten and Elizabeth Ball. She taught school, attended K W one year, married Ben Cook in 1879, and raised two children who died young. She served as Ladies Aid president and supported church and charity work. Relatives from nearby towns attended the funeral.
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