J. H. Wilson Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot
Prominent Atchison poultry dealer J H Wilson killed himself with a 32 caliber pistol while in his sedan on Parallel road near Albert Walz farm four miles west of town. Coroner George Harcuff ruled no inquest. body sent to Sawit and Douglass funeral home. Wilson, born 1868 in Gentry County, married Cora Arnold in 1890, survived by widow, one son Troy, two brothers, a sister and two grandchildren.
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J. H. Wilson
Wility
Albert Walz Farm
George Harcuff
Harcuff
Sawit, & Douglass
Albert Walt
Jerry Walz
Walz
Wilson
Byram
Main Street
Seventh
Eighth Streets
St. Joe
Trenton
Cora Arnold
Oxford
Atchison
Parnell
Byram Hotel
Troy Wilson
Emmett Wilson
Colo
William Wilson
Andrews
Worth
Jessie Marie
Cora Florentine Wilson
Lawin and
Douglass Funeral Home
J M Andrews Dies In Missouri At Sugar Lake
J M Andrews known as Pood from Sugar lake dies at a St. Joseph hospital after a long illness ending in pneumonia. He was 71, born on the Sugar lake farm now owned by John Woolston, spent life in Sugar Creek area and in recent years lived with son Melvin. Survived by wife Nettie Lewis (d 1895) and four children Melvin of Sugarlake Maudie Grady Tulsa Sadie Brown Detroit Dorothy Andrews Detroit. sister Mrs Harry Gore Wilburton Okla. sister Merce Green (deceased) once of Atchison. Funeral Monday at Sugar Creek church, sermon by Rev Presley Gordon. Remains to Stanton parlors until 1 pm. Known for ice harvest days and work with Missouri farmers. well regarded by Atchison merchants.
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St. Joe
J. M
Pood) Andrews
Sugar Lake
Atchison
Stanton Undertaking
Sugar Creek
Presley Gordon
Missouri
Melvin
Nettie Lewis
Melvin Andrews
Sugarlake
Maudie Grady
Tulsa
Okla
Sadie Brown
Detroit
Mich
Dorothy Andrews
Harry Gore
Wilburton
Merce Green
Andrews
Christmas Health Seals Drive Urges Public Aid In Atchison County
The Christmas health seal sale aims to raise 1500 with about 375 collected so far. Public Health association warns tuberculosis cases among Atchison's needy children rely on this fund for care and nursing. The piece also notes community club formation in Mount Vernon near Denton, highway funding debate, and local notices about residents leaving for new jobs and public letters to Santa.
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Thero
Atchison County
Atchison
Public Health Association
The
White slave charges filed against two Iola women
County attorney says charges will be filed Friday against Mrs. Mabel Gerrett and her daughter Mrs. Clella Jones under the state white slave act. A 16 year old girl from Tola, Kas., Pauline Franklin, says the Jones woman induced her to come to Atchison to work and promised money and clothes, then sought to have her meet men. Franklin was taken as a witness and placed with juvenile officers for several days. The two defendants were arrested after the girl’s story emerged and had previously been inmates of Lansing’s industrial farm for women.
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Mabel Gerrett
Clella Jones
North Ninth Street
Maurice P. O'Keefe
Pauline Franklin
Tola
Kas
Jones
Miss Franklin
Clelia Jones
Iola
Franklin
Pauline
Atchison
Radio Factory
Gerrett
Lansing
E. Phenneger
Otis D. Wilson
Atchison Hospital
John Rummans
Chamber of Commerce
National Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi
Maurice P. O' Keefe
Globe
Salvation Army drive totals two thousand one hundred
The Salvation Army home service appeal in Atchison county raised 2100 dollars before closing yesterday. Evangelist John M. Linden led the drive and departs for East St. Louis to begin a building fund campaign. Contributions may still be mailed to Treasurer John Clingan. A tag day was postponed due to weather.
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Atchison County
Salvation Army Home Service Appeal
John M. Linden
Linden
East St. Louis
Ill
Salvation Army
Army
John Clingan
R. F. Stretton
Kansas
Atchison High School Musicians Shine In Concert
The Atchison high school music department staged a Friday concert in the auditorium directed by W. G. Altimari with 125 students. Junior and senior orchestras performed symphonic selections, the girls and boys glee clubs sang, Dorothea Bacon played Spanish Dance No 3, and the mixed chorus joined the finale with Herbert selections. Proceeds benefit the music department and plans for in-school class and private lessons were announced.
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Atchison High School
W. G. Altimar
Mabel Wilcox
Milly Burbank
Dorotha Bacon
Charlotte Tomlinson
Glee Club
Dorothea Bacon
Moszkowski
Altimari
Bank Clearings Jump In Atchison Shows Strong Growth
Bank clearings in Atchison for the six day period ending Wednesday totalled 1,584,000, up 237,000 from the prior period and up 142,000 over the 1926 figure. Officials say the rise signals better local business conditions, with parcel post activity also increasing as Christmas approaches. Other items report a mystery car, a Greensburg music supervisor visiting Atchison, a dry alcoholic confession at a county inquisition, tax notices showing a 1.15 cent reduction per 100 in real property taxes, and a standstill goose mailed to a cousin with Christmas stamps.
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Atchison-as
Clearing House Association
Atchison
W. P. Ham
Mary Taylor
Walker Taylor
Greensburg
Bill Clinkerhook
Move to Carry State for Reed
A statewide group to back Missouri Senator James A Reed at the 1928 Democratic national convention organized in Kansas. P M Pearl leads the effort with Reed clubs in 105 counties and a Topeka headquarters to be opened.
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Kansas
James A. Reed
Missouri
Waggener Law Offices
P. M. Pearl
Hiawatha
Atchison County Reed For
Edgar C. Bennett
Marysville
Barney Sheridan
Paola
George Hodges
Olathe
Frank Hodges
Ralph O'Neil
Topeka
T. M. Lillard
Fred Robertson
James DeCoursey
Kansas City
Kas
Edgar Bennett
Washington
Ralph van Bibber
Troy
W. P. Waggener
E. P. Waggener
John Taylor
James Heaton
Atchison
Pearl
Reed
Atchison County
Reed Club
Permanent community Christmas tree proposed for Atchison
Jack Stannard offers to plant a jack pine on school grounds at no labor cost to create a lasting annual Christmas tree. The plan emphasizes a yearly joyful celebration for Atchison children and a lasting reminder of the holiday spirit, with readers asked to help.
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Jack Stannard
Atchison
Atchison Christmas Tree Fund Drives Small Help
A local appeal in Atchison invites residents to mail a dime of stamps or a silver dime to The Globe to fund a Christmas tree on Atchison High School campus with decorations and exercises. The plan seeks 200 donors to raise $20, noting a three word note Christmas Tree Fund with each contribution. Other notes mention local visits, obituaries, and a Chevrolet sales pitch, plus multiple brief items about residents and illness in Beloit and surrounding areas.
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Atchison High School
Atchison
Globe
Fifty Attend Sessions of District P T A Meet
Fifty members of the First Congressional District P T A met at the Byram hotel despite bad weather. Leaders included Mrs. C E Roe national field secretary and Mrs. John McNarrey of Kansas City. program featured talks on health, safety, and parental education with emphasis on home–school cooperation and school health as a core curriculum element.
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Parent-Teacher
First
Topeka
Leavenworth
Winchester
Hiawatha
Byram Hotel
C. E. Roe
National
Parent-Teacher Association
John McNarrey
Kansas City
Kas
Masters
St. Joe
Missouri Association
Lavanda Marshall
First District Association
Z. E. Wyant
Glenn Squires
Seii
E. W. Emery Atchison
C. F. Larson
Missouri Pacific Railroad
B. L. Brockett
Byram
T. B. Portwood
Atchison
M. O. Kellison
Science of Parenthood
Helen Emery
Oakland
E. E. Mattocks
C. EB. Roe
Boeh 67 Die In Wathena Home. Local News Summary
Michael A Boeh aged 67 of Wathena died at his home Friday morning from dropsy and complications after 48 years in Wathena He was born in Pittsburgh and was a prominent fruit grower serving twenty years as president of the Wathena Fruit Produce Co and as a director of the Farmers State Bank He survived by his widow and seven children including Judge Boeh and Lambert Boeh Funeral at St Josephs Catholic Church in Wathena Monday at 9 am Also noted are local reactions to President Coolidges message and Roy Watson recent career move from Atchison Optical to Jones Optical Canton Ohio plus a local promotion for a new relief vehicle demo at the Byram hotel garage.
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Mount Vernon
Denton
Arthur W. Fenton
College Extension Department
Kansas State Agricultural College
Will Morgan
Sam Stout
N. R. Wynkoop
Julius Fuhrman
Frank Sinclair
Sam Robertson
Joe Fuhrman
John Hunter
Fred Wold
Eugene Alfers
Mary Myers
John Blair
Roy Eylar
Rose Curtis
Margaret Curtis
Pat McEnulty
Henry Kent
Albert Cole
Missouri
Atchison
Kansas
George Sarcefield
Metropolitan Insurance Co
Trenton
Curtis
Kansas City
A. H. Langworth
The
Messenger Boys
J. H. Wilson
Santa Claus
Marland
Michael August Boeh
Wathena
Mr Boeh
Pittsburgh
Michael A. Boeh
Boeh
Wathena Fruit & Produce Co
Farmer's State Bank of
Judge Boeh
Lambert Boeh
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Roy Watson
R. W. Overton
Atchison Optical Co
Jones Optical Co
Canton
Ohio
J. H. Hershman
South Bend
Ind
Byram
Atchison Wins Change to Fire Insurance Rates
City officials returned from Topeka with news that state superintendent of insurance modified the recommendations to avert a third class rate hike. If Atchison meets the requirements, the higher rates are avoided, saving about $5,000 annual fire department costs and delaying a $15,000 water plant pump. The city has three months to implement, with two new firefighters and 2,000 feet of hose among the key items.
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Atchison
Topeka
Albert Lehman
Fred Mendelsdorf
A. W. Seng
State House
State Insurance Department
Insurance Department
National Board of Fire Underwriters
State Department of Insurance
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Self
Commercial Street
Billy
Bill Morgan
Horton Hospital
Albert Tucker
Marvin Parker
Leavenworth Road
Parker
Dick Gilman
J. M. Andrews
Jim Walsh
F. M. Pearl
ADIME
Louie Waldauer
Paul Myers
Raton
N. M
Ed Myers
North Sixth Street
Rose Lison
New York City
David Nelson
Lawin & Douglass
Will Brown
Blish, Mize & Silliman
Brown
J. F. Krueger
Shantung
China
Charles Robinson
Chevrolet
Miller-Chevrolet Co
Central Branch
I. D. Young
Beloit
Park B. Pulsifer
Concordia
Excelsior Springs
E. E. Brewer
M. A. Boeh
Bill Ellis
Jack Hanna
Pat Byrnes
Link Clem
Herb Mall
Ted West
Quincy Fowler
Lou Cochran
Jim Compton
Fritz Sanders
George Walsh
Dave McCulley
Owen Colgan
Friday
Ken Searles
Jim Reed
White House
Cecil Mulkey
Steinite’s
Tom McGraw
Tom
St. Benedict's College
Burbank's
Fred Moore
Roche
Deafy” Bo
Zeke McDonald
Dusty Brown
Paul Downing
Possum Taylor
Possum
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