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Newspaper

Atchison Weekly Globe

Location

Atchison, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1927

Page

4

Death News 4 Years Late Reveals Atchison Soldier Claimed by Panama Grave

The War Department finally informs Atchison relatives that Claude Hilligoss died October 30 1923 in a Panamanian hospital, pneumonia listed as cause. Born July 11 1880 Beloit Kansas he enlisted 1902, served in the Philippines, spent boyhood in Atchison. Surviving brothers and sisters include Marion Edward Frank Hilligoss Mrs Mason Smith and Mrs George White.

Claude Hilligoss Gatun Panama Canal Zone War Department Atchison Ancon Frank Hilligoss Canal Zone Department Claude Hillicors Beloit Kas Alfred Hilligoss Edward and Mason Smith Wakeney George White

Atchison Day’s Doings and Local Notes

Atchison items report a dentist pulling his own teeth and various residents improving from illness. Christmas plans, court dates, and local business notes mix with jokes and community anecdotes. A county attorney carries overshoes and quinine. a bus driver returns to service. and a 197 bushel 12 pound corn husk record is noted.

O. A. Blair Central Branch Maurice P. O'Keefe Roy Trimble North Fifth Street Bill Cunningham Fire Department Fargo N. D

Bank suit seeks to force Wilson Co. to honor checks

In district court A C Fees a Whiting poultry shipper sues American State Bank for payment of $207.70 in checks drawn on Wilson Poultry Co. The petition claims funds of about $2,400 exist at the bank to cover the checks, written after the death of J H Wilson head of the company. The case arises from a December 5 6 and 7 sale of produce to Wilson Poultry Co. and the bank allegedly refusing payment.

Daly J. H. Wilson Wilson Wilson Poultry Co American State Bank A. C. Fees Whiting Fees

Insanity Plea Sparks Public Debate In Local Polls

A parade of residents from Clay Lott to Frank Wertz offer strong views on insanity pleas for murder. Critics label the defense a danger to society while supporters call for fair jurisprudence and accountability. a gypsy incident in Atchison adds a side note of local intrigue.

Clay Lott Theodore Nass John Hitz Gerald Allen Bill Crume al Schmitt Remus Earl Compton Roy Wallack Tom Beattie Frank Roebrich Herschel Guy Dave Condon Fred Witt Sam Gallup Adam Roth Frank Pierce Louie Waidauer Pete Gearhart Elmo Finnegan Maude Ngineer L. H. Simmons T. Steele Oscar Maurer L. A. Palmer Harry DeLong Frank Wertz Charles Ferguson Charles Gundy Will Coleman

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Atchison community chatter features early boomers and locals

Community chatter recaps 1894 figures in Atchison with D A Butterfield of the Overland Despatch, Ben Holladay routes, mining busts, and a hot Springs railroad. It notes local figures, jokes, speed arrests, a fire at 433 South Fifth, and a Wright Hamburger Co update.

E. W. Howe Atchison D. A. Butterfield Denver South Fifth Street Smoky Hill Colorado Butterfield Plains Grant Means Kansas Hot Springs Ark Oklahoma United States Supreme Court Claude Gramani Phoenix Arizona Bert Gilmore Roebuck Kansas City Gilmore Big Munn Munn Louie Waldauer Brother Gilmore Ed Mattocks Toledo Wright Hamburger Co The Globe Joe Allen Allen T. J. Ritner J. E. McGrath Jim Hayes Snort Jim Wiliam P. Miller Riley Street Pete Greiner Potter Pete Dave Lawless Tom Byrne Joe Vanderweide South Dakota

No Special Session Needed on Road Law Changes

Andy White of Atchison county responds to a Kansas City Star request on highway law revisions. He argues no urgent need for state road control changes, notes a new legislature will soon convene to decide voters’ wishes, says a constitutional amendment is unnecessary, and recalls voting against submitting a road amendment when 77 to 46 in the House fell short of two thirds.

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Ice Plant Upgrade to $75,000 at Atchison Plant

A $75,000 improvement will start in January for the Atchison ice plant at Fifth street and Utah avenue. Kansas Power & Light will install modern electrically driven machinery, triple the output to 6 tons daily, and overhaul interior while duplicating operations at the nearby Pricey Boulevard factory known as the Crystal plant. The work aims for spring operation.

Daly Atchison Kansas Power & Light Co Fifth Street Utah Avenue Trea Water Pricey Boulevard Crystal Ice Factory

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