Atchison County Corn Show crowns Brox champion
Joe Brox of north of Atchison wins the 1928 corn contest with two bushels on a five acre plot and earns $20 plus a pure bred sow. Earl Means, Everest area breeder, takes second. D D Hawk of Effingham third. Willoughby. judging notes praise the show as among the best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Brox
Atchison County
Brox
Atchison
Linley-Ford
Kansas City, Mo
Chamber of Commerce
Earl Means
Near Everest
Mr. Willoughby
D. D. Hawk
J. E. Gigstad
Everest
J.P. Freeland
Rolly Freeland
Effingham
John Brox
Henry Hartman
Jess Ashcraft
L. C. Smith
Arrington
E. A. Wohlett
W. J. Leland
Potter
Covell Hawk
H. L. McLennon
F. W. Schueneman
Glen Allen
Cummings
J. G. Niblo
Muscotah
Martin Kloepper
Huron
Clarence Cline
John Bell
AP. Bishop
W. M. Allen
Irving
Meredith Hawk
Orville Cline
W. M. Shelly
Francis Lindsay
Harry Lindsay
J. W. Ashcraft
Guy Bell
Cloyd Smith
Joe Goodwin
Atchison County Farm Bureau
Linley -Ford
Day's Doings and Local Notes
Local notes report flu for the Doe DeMond family and George Jackson of Mangelsdorf Dry Goods bedfast with illness. Visitor updates include C E Tinklin visiting a sick father in Corning and Mrs Fred De Boer and Teddy arriving December 20 from Denver to holiday with relatives. An infant death is recorded for the Holland family in Kansas City with services held at Harcuff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doe DeMond
C. E. Tinklin
Corning
John Baker
George Jackson
Mangelsdorf
West Commercial Street
Commercial Street
Fred de Boer
Teddy
Denver
John Weatherford
Edmiston
F. H. Holland
Kansas City
Harcuff
Jude Johnson
Jude
Frank Roche
Roche
Jewelry theft at McKinney store on Commercial street
A thief shattered the plate glass window of the McKinney Jewelry store at 609 Commercial street and stole a tray of diamonds and several wrist watches before fleeing in a black sedan. Loot valued around $1,000. Witness Roy Silusser saw two men in a black sedan. license unknown. Police investigate amid prior similar robberies and related calls to the McKinney home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney Jewelry
Commercial Street
George McKinney
Roy Silusser
Steinite
McKinney
Slusser
Exchange National Bank
Missouri
Seventh
McKinney Jewelry Store
2. G. Walters
Kansas Avenue
Mr. McKinney
County high school plans revised to build new site
Board of trustees votes to revise plans for a new Effingham high school at a $90,000 target after bids on December 5 exceeded that amount. Architect consults contractors and legal opinions discuss bond options while the aim targets readiness by September 1, 1929. Majority favors building. minority cites costs caps. Estimated funds for 1928 1929 show about 95,000 available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County High School
G. A. Rector
St. Joe
Community High School
Effingham
Severance
Community High
Listence
O. O. Hastings
Mrs August Klopf Dies At 70 In Atchison
Mrs Minerva Klopf 70 wife of August W Klopf longtime Atchison resident died at her home in the Fleming apartments after a recent illness. She was born in Noble county Ohio July 31 1858 and married January 22 1878. The Klopfs moved to Atchison in 1879 and later lived in El Reno Oklahoma before returning here. Survivors include her husband and two children Mrs Roy Grandstaff Curlew and John Klopf Chicago. Funeral arrangements pending with Lawin Douglass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Klopf
August W. Klopf
Atchison
Flemming
North Seventh Street
Lukens Milling Co
Maryville
Barbara Davis
Atchison Hospital
George E. Schroeder
North Tenth Street
Weeping Water
Oregon
W. B. Gill
Roger Schroeder
Hugo Poore
Chicago
Lawin & Douglass
Davis
Times
White Way and Pavement Projects Approved in Atchison
Atchison city commissioners approved three measures to improve infrastructure. Kansas Power & Light will install a new white way on Commercial Street with 90 poles, Main Street will be paved from Fifth to Fifteenth, and a creek east of Lincoln School will be covered. Work starts before spring. costs and materials are still being finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thesday
Atchison
Commercial Street
Main Street
Lincoln School
Board of City Commissioners
A. W. Seng
Kansas Power & Light Co
Fifth Street
Fifteenth Street
Earl Hellener
Division Street
National Honor Society For
Paul B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kansas University
Lawson
National Honor Society
Atchison High School
Violet Randolph
Lucille Evans
Ruthetta Owsley
Globe
W. G. Altmann
Boys Glee Club
Nortonville
G. T. Miler
Miller
Atchison Fire Department
Body found on St Joe Road near Rushville
Unidentified white male about 30 to 35 years old was found dead in a ditch on the Atchison St Joe highway two and a half miles north of Rushville. Coroner Tadlock ordered the body sent to St Joe mortuary for an inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison- St. Joe
Rushville
Buchanan County
Willie Garton
B. W. Tedlock
Heaton
DeGole & Bowman
St. Joe
Rushvile
Atchison-St. Joe
Tadlock
Lillian Christopher
Halls Station
Hardman Farm
Hardman Place
Bunck Wins Atchison County Corn Show With 10 Ear Entry
Henry Bunck of near Everest captured first prize for the best ten ears of corn in the Atchison County show at the Linley Ford display room with a $25 chair prize. Rolly Freeland of near Eppingsham took second for hogs, earning a $15 chair. H C Olson of near Hiawatha placed third. The event drew 47 entries and runs today and tomorrow with judging by L F Wailloughby and area experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bunck
Near Everest
Atchison County
Linley-Ford
Rolly Freeland
near @ffingsham
H. C. Olson
Hiawatha
The
Globe
Atchison County Corn Improvement Club
Everest
Atchison
Hss
Jolly Freeland
Effinzeham
Freeland
H. ©. Olson
Baker
Topeka
Joe Goodwin
Wailloughby
Kansas State Agricultural College
Means
Dean Hawk
Earl Means
Perry Freeland
Horton
J. R. Adams
Oak Mills
Perry
James W Freeland
Chicago
Illinois
James W. Freeland
Manhattan
Herman Graniger
Bendena
H. Jacobson
Brown County
Mset
jumley-Ford
Kiwanis Club Faces Internal Strife and Peace Talks
Wallace Brockett, Kiwanis president, vows peace by January 1 with drastic steps, while Charlie Howes works to restore harmony before Christmas. Old Snort stirs trouble as Mrs. W. C. Beck of Weston recovers from a paralytic stroke and makes her first Weston visit since June amid birthday goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Brockett
Kiwanis Club
Charlie Howes
Charle
Old Snort
W. C. Beck
Weston
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J. D. Hawk
George McKinney Store
Margaret Lonnecker
Santa Fe Street
Will
John Black
Johnn Craig
Orphans Home
Riley Street
George Turner
Florence McDaniels
Allen de Witt
Baby
North Third Street
Billy Chew
Ray Shufflebarger
T. B. Portwood
C. O. Wright
Gladys Winter
Herman Crouch
Lee Crouch
Pratt
Kas
Herman
John Hitz
Cities Service Oil Co
Tulsa
Ewing Herbert
Chame Powers
Excelsior Springs
Bernard Reilly
Hank Fiche
University of Missouri At Columbia
George Beatley
Burr Oak
L. W. Baldwin
Missouri Pacific
Percy Lovelace
Trainmaster
Seitz Cigar Store
Gus Seng
Red Cross
Public Health Association
August Klopf
E. H. Askren
Hughson
Calif
Mt. Vernon
Askren
J. C. Askren
Elton Ritchie
West Atchison
Mr. Askren
California
D. N. Wheeler
Charles, Fenedy
United States
San Francisco
Baltimore
Berkeley
J. L. Bliss
Henry Linn Jewelry
Ray Holland
New York
A. J. Harch
Field and Stream
Lawrence Hooper
North Eleventh Street
W. H. Young
Gerald Foley
Young
Jack Grimstead
Grimstead
John Kaff
D. Rutherford
Ada Chilcote
Snowden-Mize
Wells & Bailey
East Atchison
H. C. Bruce
Alma Tillis
Atchison Street
Bill Burnett
Locomotive Finished Material Co
E. W. Howe
W. W. van Liew
Jackson Park
Roebrich
Si ‘Em
Louie Voigt
Wil Carlisle
Onalaska
Wash
Ronald Ramsay
Paserey Reas
Sarah Reynolds
Leslie Reynolds
North Ninth Street
Sam Stevens
Martin Trainer
Creek
Harry Harkness
Wilmington
Del
Harkness
B. F. Hudson
A. F. Martin
Catherine Harkness
St. Louis
al Steadle
Steadle
Weinman Box and Barrel
L. F. Chew
Park Street
ST. Joe Road
Rolly Freeland IS
France
Leon Dupuis
Dept. G
Montreal
Que
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