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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1927
Page
4
The Atchison board of education adopted the 1927-28 budget totaling 217 455.50, up from 213 939.97 and driven mainly by bond retirement costs. Expenditures for 1926-27 closed under the estimate at 210 844.52, with teachers' salaries the largest item at 96 415 this year.
Tanis Thomas of Kaaz planing mill suffered a large splinter wound to a hand requiring surgical removal. E F Oxley on Blair elevator construction bruised his palm with an abscess forming. Will Jingles at Blair elevator stepped on a nail and became infected and hospitalized. Obituaries include Samuel T Yoakum former Potter merchant died in Leavenworth aged 63. Guy W Brewer, born Atchison 1872, died in Topeka after life in Atchison area. Mrs Eliza M Hallock, 71, died in Topeka, long-time Northeastern Kansas resident. Also notes on local notices, road condemnation, court bindings and community chatter.
City commissioners decide to refund most of the 1928 maturing 192000 bond issue, totaling 192 450 dollars, and cut the tax levy. The plan shifts half a mill in 1929, lowers debt to 10 000 by 1936, and preserves future improvement funding while easing annual levy burdens. Meantime, local notes on vacations, arrests, and community events fill a bulletin of routine town life.
William Garrison of Muscotah holds a copied 1849 auction notice stating a farmer’s sale of personal property before moving to Oregon. It lists livestock, tools, building materials, liquor, a 32 gallon whiskey barrel, and notably “six negro slaves” with ages, goods valued, and notes the sale would be cash or credit at 4 percent interest. The home is near Versailles Kentucky, with the auction starting at eight in the morning and offerings described as ample to eat and drink.
The Globe will install a Playograph on its west wall to display a live, play by play baseball game featuring detailed action from pitch to finish. Associated Press reports will feed the board, visible to crowds two blocks away in the city market area. The Globe joins other papers in using this modern device to chronicle the world series.
Missouri Pacific plans to move eight dispatchers from Falls City and Concordia to Atchison within two weeks to consolidate Omaha division and Northern Kansas division dispatchers. Officials expect payroll savings offset by clerical transfers, with limited details on timing and wiring changes. The report notes related staff movements and various local notices from Atchison and surrounding towns.
Fightyone teachers register today for the Atchison county teachers institute at the high school building. The five day event runs mornings eight to twelve with special afternoon features under county superintendent Ada Smith. The author notes various local curiosities and community snippets from Tulsa to Amarillo, including a jail term for Knockout Carey and a botanical display from Mrs. Robert Johnson, plus Amarillo cutting small water rates.
In the District Court of Atchison County Kansas A B Sharpless plaintiff and Jacob Juencke Jennie Juencke defendants notice is given of sale at public auction for cash at the east front door of the courthouse Atchison Kansas on August 9 1927 at o'clock PM the real estate in Atchison County described as part of the east half section 21 township 6 south range 19 east of the 6th P M beginning at the northwest corner of the east half 15 section 21 south 180 rods southeast parallel with the C B U railroad tracks 94 rods to a point 72 5 rods west of the east line of section 21 north to north line west 88 rods to place of beginning except railroad right of way in Atchison County Kansas sold under mortgage foreclosure order of sale issued by the Clerk of the court and subject to eighteen months redemption witness dated July 6 1927 Coleman Sheriff of the County Ralph A Proute attorney for plaintiff whrty July 7 14 21 23 aug 4
Joseph A. Taylor a prominent Atchison county farmer aged 67 died suddenly while riding near the hospital. Apoplexy is suspected after a yearslong heart neuralgia. Born near Atchison he served on the police force and was active in civic life. Survived by widow two sons and two daughters with multiple relatives. Funeral at Doniphan presided by Rev W C Shank burial Mt Vernon cemetery.
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