"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, June 30, 1911 NO BRIDE AFTER A LONG TRIP A Pullman Conductor Found a Journey to Wyoming Useless Dear Leonard: I don't know how to say what I want to. All I know is that I don't love you any more. I tried to keep loving you, but after I met Roy it was impossible. I appreciate all you have done for me. It is better that you know this now. Elsie Two years ago Leonard E. STURGES, a Pullman conductor, 2609 North Eighth Street, Kansas City, Kas., became engaged to Elsie LYONS, his next door neighbor. The wedding was postponed until she became 18. Shortly after the engagement, the LYONS family moved to Saratoga, Wyo. Elsie became of age June 14 and the wedding was announced for June 22. STURGES was to bring his bride back to Kansas City, Kas., so he bought a home and furnished it. He also bought a trousseau for his bride. He arrived in Saratoga June 17 for the wedding, but fate intervened. Elsie became acquainted with Royal AINSWORTH, a lumber jack, two weeks before the arrival of STURGES and three days later they ran away, leaving the note as the only explanation. STURGES wired to Greely and received the information that AINSWORTH and his bride had just left for the mountains, where the girl became cook in the lumber camp. ============================================ (I have no connection with these people but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ============================================

Oh poor guy........ ----- Original Message ----- From: "John O'Brien" <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 9:29 PM Subject: [KansasCity] Leonard E. STURGES - Elsie LYONS - Kansas City, KS - 1911 > "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, June 30, 1911 > > NO BRIDE AFTER A LONG TRIP > > A Pullman Conductor Found a Journey > to Wyoming Useless > > Dear Leonard: I don't know how to say > what I want to. All I know is that I don't > love you any more. I tried to keep loving > you, but after I met Roy it was impossible. > I appreciate all you have done for me. It > is better that you know this now. > > Elsie > > Two years ago Leonard E. STURGES, a Pullman conductor, > 2609 North Eighth Street, Kansas City, Kas., became engaged > to Elsie LYONS, his next door neighbor. The wedding was > postponed until she became 18. Shortly after the engagement, > the LYONS family moved to Saratoga, Wyo. Elsie became of > age June 14 and the wedding was announced for June 22. > > STURGES was to bring his bride back to Kansas City, Kas., so > he bought a home and furnished it. He also bought a trousseau > for his bride. He arrived in Saratoga June 17 for the wedding, but > fate intervened. > > Elsie became acquainted with Royal AINSWORTH, a lumber jack, > two weeks before the arrival of STURGES and three days later they > ran away, leaving the note as the only explanation. STURGES wired > to Greely and received the information that AINSWORTH and his bride > had just left for the mountains, where the girl became cook in the > lumber camp. > > > ============================================ > (I have no connection with these people but I'd appreciate > knowing if you found this posting helpful.) > ============================================ > > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >