Fatal crash on road near Atchison kills Beven
Last night near Atchison a Jewett touring car driven by Judge Boeh veered into a deep roadside ditch after clipping a pole. Maurice Beven of Muscotah died from neck trauma and submersion. Judge Boeh and Frank Gregory escaped with minor injuries. Coroner's inquest set for Rushville. Beven's funeral to be held at Muscotah.
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Rom
Diathy
Maurice E. Beven
Beven
Boeh
Boeur
Mr. Beven
Jewett Tle
Charles Robinson
Gregory
Apple carnival queen shines in town amid woes
Miss Clara Meugniot of Trey, crowned queen of yesterday's apple carnival, appears more radiant than her photo as the community notes local misfortunes. Falls City reports announce 74 layoffs in Missouri Pacific shops on May 1 while farms erode along the Missouri bottoms near the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Koontz
South Fifteenth Street
Falls City
Missouri Pacific
Clara Meugniot
Trey
Missouri
Charlie McKelvy
Dolan Mercantile Co
Doniphan County
Buffalo Park Welcomes New Cow Buffalo Mate
In Jackson Park a two year old cow buffalo from Hot Springs arrives to join the widowed bull. The pair attract attention as she shows a temper and he flirts in mock wooing. Park staff expect smooth settling after initial tensions. Also details on cub bear hunt prospects and parade float delays in Atchison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Park
Buffalo Park
Buffalo Preserve
Hot Springs
S. D
California
Doc” Demond
MISS VINNIE COLEMAN IS HIGH SCHOOL MAY QUEEN
Miss Vinnie Coleman Atchison high school senior has been elected queen of the May festival to be staged at Reisner park on Tuesday May 3. The festival features a story of the seasons with more than 200 pupils in the cast and attendants Ruth Byrne and Merle Knock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinnie Coleman
Atchison
Justifiable homicide in Weston following pool hall shooting
Don Welghman a Weston night watchman shot Hatton Butler a Platte county tobacco grower after a quarrel at Billy Cashs pool hall. A coroner s jury ruled the killing justifiable noting Butler was intoxicated and unarmed when Welghman fired five shots three hitting near the heart Butler died moments later. Butler leaves two sons Clifford and Melvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Welghman
Weston
Hatton Butler
Platte County
Billy Cash
Butler
Weighman
Platte City
Clifford
Weston High School
Melvin
William Jewell College
Liberty, Mo
John Reynolds Jr. Dies After Illness at 22
John Reynolds Jr. aged 22 died at 3 30 p m after a brief illness. He was the son of Mr and Mrs John E Reynolds 821 North Third street and a salesman for Southwestern Fruit Juic company. Survived by his parents and six sisters Mary Anna Katharine Ruth Ellen Mareceline, all at home. Lifelong Atchison resident educated at St Benedicts college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cartmill
Paradlel Street
Cartmill
John Reynolds
Central Branch
John Brozen
Near Potter
John Reynolds, Jr
John E. Reynolds
North Third Street
Atchison
Southwestern Fruit Ju‘ep Company
Mary
Anna
Katherine
Ruth
Ellen
Mareceline
St. Benedict’s College
Court jury waivers cut April term costs in county
From Monday's Daily the taxpayers won a signal victory in district court when Maurice P. O Keefe county attorney secured jury waivers on four criminal actions set for trial before next Saturday. This move reduces court costs and speeds proceedings. Arguments on motions for new trials in several liquor law and safe cracking cases were scheduled for Thursday and the following Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice P. O'Keefe
Keefe
O'Keefe
Cynthia Woodard
Robert L. Warren
Ethel Mylar
Move to relocate city market near Main and Sixth
The Atchison city commission has decided to move the city market to the city property between Fifth and Sixth streets on Main, barring strong opposition. Plans include double rows of sheds facing Main with a cross alley, customer walk, and a market master. cost is expected to be modest. Lions Club will drive membership to fifty this spring, with teams led by Doc Emery and Barney Reilly. a party for the victors will conclude the effort next month.
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City Commission
Main Street
Fifth
Sixth
Atchison
Eighth
Commission Beleves
Fifth Street
North Eighth Street
Lions Club
Byram
Doc” Emery
Barney Reilly
Emery
Ricks
Proctor
O’keefe
Haegelin
Taylor
Johnson
Barnes
Reilly
Allison
Allaman
Waisner
Trial
Hopper
Wilson
Linville
Lions
Myra Harwi
Harwi
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Z. E. Jackson
O. P. May
Kid O'Neill
Utah Avenue
Seever
North Fifth Street
Home Ice & Cold Storage Co
O'Neill
Tom Burge
Otto Storbeck
Pillsbury Mill
J. A. Carey
Pittsburg
Kas
Ramsay Bros
Ramsay Dry Goods
McAlester
Okla
Carey
R. W. Ramsay
Ronald Ramsay
Sarah McQueen
Pillsbury
L. S. Hamline
Death claims H. E. Crawford longtime Doniphan county farmer
Henry E. Crawford a retired Doniphan county farmer and longtime Atchison resident died last night at 10:80 o clock at his home after over two months of illness Funeral services will be held at his residence conducted by Rev W A Shank with burial in Mt Vernon He was a Baptist deacon and a respected local figure survived by his widow a daughter and a son The body lies in state at the Crawford home and pallbearers are named neighbors and friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Goeh
Gregory
Judge Boel
Atchison
St. Joe
Jude Boeh
Mr. Feven
Judge Boeh
Mr. Gregory
Beven
Muscotah
Atchison, O
Central Branch
Rushville
Buchanan County
Rtchison
Beeh
Mr. Beven
Brush Creek
Henry Beven
Atchison County
Alice May Smith
Virs
A. ©. Schultz
Virgil Little
Henry Lyons
Gerald Carr
Horton
W. D. Beven
White Cloud Druggist
Richard Ellis
Main Street
Bere
Muscaoh
Conavegelional Church
Kev
McDowell
Old Fellows Lodge
Henry E. Crawford
Doniphan County
Northeast Kansas
South Fifth Street
W. 4
Shank
Mt. Vernon
Henry Crawford
Mr. Crawford
Bendena
Jefferson County
Ohio
Elijah Crawford
Crawford
Atchison Baptist Church
Luemina Bergert
Lucy Crawford
Howard Crawford
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Minois University
Urbana
First Baptist Church
William Symns
Charles Symns
John Rickles
James Brittain
William Myers
Grover Franklin
K. Burge
Atchison Hospital
Pacific Avenue
Joe Seibel
District Court
North Eighth Street
Main
Wright Hamburger Inns
Inns
Mary Anderson
Wichita
Sid Anderson
Branchton
Eighth
Joe Taylor
Hi Congreve
Geo. L. Brown
Cynthia Woodard
George C. Gill
Wetmore
Bobby Burns
C. KE. Corker
Boise
Idaho
Lincoln-Nichols Candy Co
Kansas City
Balle P. Waggener
Dolan Mercantile Co
Willie Robbins
Willie
Burlington
Arkansas
Newport
DeKalb paving and city legal challenge merge in 1927 plans
Paving of Fifteenth Street from Kansas Avenue to Main Street, two blocks, is approved by the city commission for 1927 with other projects on Tenth Street and South Sixth Street. A separate suit challenges DeKalb's charter, asking dissolution of incorporation and removal of its officials amid local politics.
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Fifteenth Street
Kansas Avenue
Main Street
Commercial Street
Fifteenth
Commercial
Main
Tenth Street
Utah Avenue
South Sixth
Atchison
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Tost
Joe
Emporia
Ris
Akansas City
John Putman
Glen Gore
Sam Crore
Samuel William Ball
Thomas Ball
Helen Gore Ball
Fred Shippee
A. B. de. Dual
Fred Earl Shippee
Shippee
Cora Blanche Shippee
Lovejoy
Salt Lake City
Coonie Walker
George Welsh
Joe Robb
Salt Lake
L. E. McBain
Julia McBain
Toledo
McBain
Dilgert’s
Jessie Vader Lyons
Buffalo Bull
Bert
Doniphan
Hine Atchison
Ray Willette
Kent Kinniburgh
Margaret Leacy
Troy
Troy Court House
St. Joseph
MAY
Harry M. Itschner
Harry Yocum
Edna Jacobs
Yocum-Jacobs
T. E. Snowden
Ralph Tennal
K. C
White Clay Creek
Bill Ellis
Hollywood
E. A. Ramsey
Ed M. Morris
Jimmy
South Tenth Street
Ruth Mattocks
Frances Bush
Theodore Nass
Riverview Drive
Heber Benjamin
Minnequa Hospital
Pueblo
Colo
Dascineir
Werner Is i
Real West
Heart of
America
Death
H. E. Crawford
Kansas
Bud & Proc's
New York
DeKalb
Oscar Louis
T. B. Curtis
K. Leslie
Daniel Cogdill
J. F. Odor
F. W. Hagenstein
S. A. Mallory
Cecil Curtis
J. M. Finch
HW. BL. Thomas
Elber Spencer
Bellevue School
Bellevue
Jerry Walz
Bellevue Parent-Teacher Association
Gladys Winzer
Ben Fedderson
Alva Clapp
Clapey
Parc
Vanes
Panaucs
Ee Sensaan
Eters Lerbowiy
Peta Street
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