tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post6734683956337015457..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Following Up: The Fate of the Pilgrim's RomanceCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-1990369829363328412013-01-04T10:19:41.181-05:002013-01-04T10:19:41.181-05:00TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 29—(AP)—An
obituary sketch of h...TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 29—(AP)—An<br />obituary sketch of his own life,<br />written eight years ago by Griffith<br />Bonner, 50, as his last work as a<br />member of the staff of the Topeka<br />State Journal, rated front-page<br />space In the newspaper today.<br />Friends here were advised' last<br />night of Bonner's death in Los Angeles<br />following a heart attack. Bonner<br />was a grandson of the late<br />Robert Bonner, millionaire horseman,<br />for whom Bonner Springs,<br />Kan., was named.<br />The autobiography started with<br />Bonner's birth in New York, covered<br />his education at Princeton and<br />New York Universities, recounted<br />three marriages and two divorces,<br />and listed half a dozen club affiliations.<br />In recent years he had been engaged<br />in publicity work in Los Angeles.<br /><br />Oakland Tribune (29 Feb 1936, page 3).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12223329430634380551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-78846558959401340152013-01-04T10:15:24.766-05:002013-01-04T10:15:24.766-05:00A search on the Library of Congress' Chronicli...A search on the Library of Congress' Chronicling America historic newspaper site (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov) for Griffith Bonner brings up two issues of the Chicago Day Book. <br /><br />The issue of 27 Dec 1912 said the rumor of marriage was false, she turned him down.<br /><br />The issue of 16 Jun 1916 claims he was to wed Mildred L Eckhardt of NYC. When he was a senior at NYU he wrote a song for her calling her the "Girl of NYU."<br /><br />He died 27 Feb 1936 in California according to the 17 Mar 1936 issue of the Poughkeepsie Star-Enterprise.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12223329430634380551noreply@blogger.com