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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1924
Page
8
Fragmented OCR reads like a social column with scattered names and places. Mentions of Kansas City, Eldore Odessa Mel, Jeff Mondy, J.B. Warren, and Mrs. Win Anderson appear amid trip references and weekend visits.
The Topeka area mourns Glenn Curtis shot by a bank robber. A World War I veteran, he is survived by his wife, parents, three brothers, and three sisters. Funeral plans are incomplete. Also noted is a Democratic National Committee financial report showing receipts of 552 368 and expenditures of 725 10505 to October 25.
A garbled page offers a long list of clues and partial phrases covering word meanings parts of speech and linguistic notes. The jumble includes references to pronouns geographic terms and various definitions spanning multiple senses.
Local notices detail Friday events at Heshe academy community rooms and Union school social. Belleview hosts annual hail Jane at Milton Schafstall home. multiple church services listed with times, superintendents, and visiting preachers. Residents attend dinners, visits, and farm bureau activities. Sunday school and sermons noted with leaders and locations.
The fragment mentions Mrs. L. A. Nuffer and Leona Tuckel visiting relatives in Clinton. It notes bi monthly examinations scheduled for Thursday and Friday this week and references Royeny Tuesday activity.
The Columbia Communion meeting at Willow Springs church drew the largest crowd yet with about 180 attending Saturday noon dinner, Sunday breakfast and two Sunday meals. Local residents Asa Postma, Jesse Markley, and Wayne Scott helped with the event. Other items note visits, travel to Lawrence, community meals, and a Halloween bureau social at Pleasant Grove school.
Lawrence Wednesday and Anselm Brohamme appear in police court over charges tied to Robert Markley and a man named Char Fortune. The trial on the charge related to possession and peace was continued until next Saturday, with references to a prior arrest and ongoing proceedings.
Person identified as Jay faced a city police court appearance after being granted a $5 bond in a minor incident near the Interurban station on Massachusetts Street. The report notes the date as November but provides no year or outcome.
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