16 Aug 1928
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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
1
The Atchison city commission adopted the manager’s budget reducing the 1929 levy to 14.50 mills from 14.75 and forecasting total city operations at 286,348.00. Major cuts include bond sinking fund elimination, general revenue trim, and park fund reduction, while fire department and improvement funds rise to meet needs.
Day’s happenings list Topeka visitor Mrs Katherine Devore staying with Mr and Mrs A W Harries. Several residents shift work new jobs and travels including Jack Hunt and Bill Phillips with misfortunes a runaway youth and a minor crash on Main Street. Local figures express opinions on politics and state governors while a Santa Fe Railway crossing project advances nearby.
One hundred Atchison Boy Scouts will camp at Jackson park August 24 and 25 for a two day encampment with seven troops, contests, exhibitions and a council gathering. The event is led by John Kaff and Max Nusser with local officials and visitors welcome. Also reported are shop accidents, illnesses, and upcoming Elliott family reunion in Laird's grove, with details on workers, injuries, and community updates.
Community Grocers will aid local potato farmers by selling potatoes at ten cents a peck next Saturday to boost demand. Farmers have bumper crops nationwide and struggle to find buyers, with some not yet digging their spuds. The move aims to shift supply, help farmers dispose of surplus, and support local commerce.
The item notes Jim Challiss, who finished second in the Republican primaries for the First Congressional District, declares in a Globe card his ambition to run again. It frames him as a plausible candidate two years hence and cites his statement that his appeal is a cry to battle, not a political swan song.
James W Louthian 64 died at his farm east of Huron after a four year illness. He was a longtime community figure in Huron area, active in farming, roads, and education. Funeral at Huron Presbyterian Church, burial at Severance. Surviving widow Dessa, seven children, two of whom died in infancy, and three grandchildren.
Atchison County hosts a five acre corn yield contest with a two bushel sample. Contestants judged 40 percent on yield per acre and 60 percent on quality. The winner earns a pure hog from the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and advances to the statewide contest. Earl Means of Everest is the current county winner. list of contestants spans Effingham to Muscotah and Northeastern towns. Memorial hall concerns and local notes follow with various community updates.
District No. 1 approves a 12.179 mill levy to fund 1928 29 operations and bond retirements for Franklin school, raising total revenue to about 217 321 while keeping expenditures below budget. The plan avoids lump sum refunding and gradually pays off serial bonds by year.
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