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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1927
Page
2
An Atchison Globe fragment discusses jackrabbit hunting, market prices at 148 per cone, and prepaid payments, noting Western Kansas cattle and prairie life themes. It mentions New York debates and a famous figure’s impact on farmers, concluding with a wary forecast on rabbit prices.
The Globe sponsored a third annual concert at Memorial Hall drawing over two thousand attendees with no admission charged. Albert Smith and the Atchison high school orchestra and chorus organized the program with Mrs. Conrad Voelker arranging it. The Globe plans future concerts and may invite noted singers for December tied to its fiftieth anniversary.
Waterville Telegraph notes evolving courtship transport from a two wheeled gig to a plane and a lane. The piece traces shifts from buckboards and shays to a two wheel cart, then a one horse buggy to a flivver and flapper, and finally to modern plane travel.
An Atchison man spends two days in Excelsior Springs overhearing hotel loungers discuss the Eighteenth Amendment and bridge whist. He notes the crowd, well-to-do in a health garage, framing recreation around personal privilege rather than national issues such as Coolidge re election or global troubles.
Kansas weeklies praise rains after a wet spell. Farmers first thank the Creator then face muck and leaking roofs as car troubles and damp walls test their faith before editors publish tributes.
A radio link between Atchison and London promises progress yet raises home trade concerns as English woolen suits arrive on approval from London tailors. The capital figures referenced include Associated Press and figures like Marcelle Wallenstein and the Prince of Wales.
The estimate places 3,000,000 people in slavery worldwide while noting this excludes many groups such as fraternity pledges tobacco users wage earners the henpecked installment buyers gamblers the lovelorn voters school kids apartment dwellers homeowners and followers of fashion.
A reflective note observes fewer crayon drawings and water color pictures as colleges shift girls into teaching, advertising, and office work between college life and marriage, suggesting reduced artistic production in the era.
A jumble of quotes and quips spanning social thought, wit, and manners. The fragmentary text mentions matches and theater, gossip, love, and notions of art and virtue, with references to Atchison, Kansas and prominent period figures. Historians doubt authenticity of a circulated Washington letter.
A varied local column reports on incidents from Watchet and Park streets, including a car collision at Third and Laramie, a 40th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Storey, and various petty events involving residents, officials, and Scouts. Also noted are weather quirks, crime alerts, and civic updates from Atchison and nearby towns.
The tribute recalls Mrs Mary Barber a long time Baptist devoted pioneer of north east Kansas. Surviving son Bert Barber and granddaughter Miss Mary Rheta Barber of Santa Fe Street are named. The account details frontier life, wartime troop movements, prices and social notes from Atchison and Oak Mills, with anecdotes about neighbors and local happenings.
A collage of small items from Atchison including church notices, civic appointments, social events, and local incidents. Highlights cover a new through passenger service link between Matamoros and Monterey, a county trustee appointment in Lancaster, a fatal pedestrian accident in Seneca, and a sermon welcome at a Christian church.
A long civic digest from Atchison covers a car accident in St. Joseph injuring Thomas G of Rushville, local greetings and public notices, bank and post office closures for Washington's Birthday, spring preparations by merchants, and forthcoming funeral arrangements for Joe Harper in Kansas City with services at A.M.E. church and Mt. Vernon cemetery.
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