Show u HER DAILY GRIND ENDS Lannan died dl d the th other day Th The front page pit of ot of a news ti paper carried l le heavy e vy black column rules on OD the first tint page pate A black black- bordered editorial told In ID a fe few plaIn sentences lenience of ot her br hh successful charitable lire life Lannan was 1111 w a a newspaper newspaperwoman newspaperwoman woman In an aD town town town- a Ut- Ut Uttie Ut tie town w where lero the spirit of neighborliness runs high Every Evry er E day with a little pad or of copy paper Mollie Mo Lannan went the rounds round Over OTer to the tho depot to the grocery stores dry goods stores store drug drui stores atoru aDd and hospitals jotting d down wn little personal Items about the people ot of her home hometown hometown town To the court house bouie the th undertaker the police poUce station the th banks Alway on en the tb lookout tor or a bright little bit tilt Of o news newl B WI It was w marvelous the way Mol blot Ito picked up names name And made friends held that news news- newspaper nw 1 paper apH space pace was w not too dear for fora fora a little puff now arid and then for foi fora fora a youn young girl tirl or boy who was wall lu just trying to let get along alone All her and lire lift and she h was w U- U UIn 42 In good weather anti and bad le plodded alon along the th streets treet with her book and aDd pencil seeking that thai which would Interest her neigh hors or after alter the tb supper dishes had bad been washed wa hed Mollie Molli Lannan W was wi l a little more than a friend to all the th people In li her homo home town t too to o Thero There was aa something a little grim crim about her herfor for lor all she was a kind of censor Of th the community's morals The fear of seeing ones one's name In print printIs printIs printIs Is a a powerful deterrent from evil In a town the tb size of ot Mol lol But flut she tb became beloved Tb Th key to her SUCCeSS was her faith in ID peoples people's 1 ultimate goodness for forin forIn in 10 her search dally daily tor for news S she was always on OD the tho lookout for tor thu thO happIer brIght thing small Incidents that spoke of pros ress ress s re-s Her writings never neTer will be bo bouno bouni In ID ponderous tomes in III th the con con COD gressional library but they have left their mark on her bar hearts u 1 |