Atchison Day's Doings Highlight Local Travel and Events
A long column of Atchison society notes covers residents traveling to Philadelphia Fort Scott and Kansas City, local weddings and engagements, office moves and hotel stays, crime cases and court actions, New Year festivities at the Y M C A, theater receipts, and community opinions on schools halls, with mentions of the Silliman Florida trip and Shiffletts Texas visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Ruth Keene
Fort Scott
J. W. Orr
William Buzzard
Kansas Board of Agriculture
J. C. Mohler
A. Ross Hill
Missouri University
W. R. Mellor
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
Charles E. Lobdell
Charles M. Sawyer
Z. G. Hopkins
St. Louis
Thomas H. MacDonald
Tlowa State Highway Association
Ames
Charles R. Weeks
Hays
Kas
J. A Shoemaker
Topeka
J H Mercer
Fivestock
J L. T. Hussey
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
California
Santa Fe Y. M. c
Kansas City
Mildred Yarger
Chicago
Allta
Baltimore
An Aid to Digestion Tablet Advertisement
An advertisement explains that a heaviness after meals signals overeating and suggests taking Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion. It promotes a quick remedy and emphasizes relief from fullness after eating. The tone remains practical and promotional for a patent medicine product.
Potter Hill Neighbor Emanuel Strong’s Illness and Worries
From E. W. Howe's Monthly Emanuel Strong of Potato Hill is sick and likely not to recover. His poverty haunts him though he has supported his five children and wife, who guilt him for living beyond their means. A missed farm purchase three years ago haunts the family as they struggle to save.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Johnson
Helena Holt Blaha
John Blaha
North Eighth Street
St. Benedict's Church
Blaha
Charles Blaha
Redlands
Cal
Atchison
Wheeling
W. Va
Wittenburg
Germany
Barbara Eslinger
St. Joe
A. S. Nelson
Misa Mary Blaha
Charles, Jr
Rosemary
Altar Guild
Dave Heard
Horton
Frank
John Beard
Dave Beard
Potter
Beard
Rock Island
Mary Morris
Clovis
N. M
Jack Morris
Miss Morris
Rose Marie Russell
Morris
R. B. Morris
Ed Morris
Kansas City
Miss Russell
H. M. Sheeks
Emanuel Strong
Potato Hill
Emanuel
France
England
Russia
Frederick the Great
Tom and Cynthia and the rat catching cat tale
Edna jokes about a Tom cat and a lazy Cynthia while recounting a morning when the Tom cat returned from the barn with a big rat. The niece argues cats can hunt despite perceptions of worth, noting Cynthia slept by the fire inside. The tale contrasts expectations of male effort with actual rodent catching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna
Adelaide
Cynthia
The American Plan Reflections on Work and Society
A collection of casual observations and aphorisms on work ethics, war losses, belief, health fads, and social behavior. It weaves anecdotes about a young tramp, egg scarcity, marriage, temper, and politics with pointed asides on human folly and prosperity. The tone is opinionated and satirical, typical of a personal column.
A Contribution to Real Literature on Armour Ad
A reviewer cites Armour & Co. advertising claims about live steer value versus dressed beef. The critic argues packing firms profit from by products and that Standard Oil profits from waste, asserting rich men waste nothing but money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour & Co
Armour
Standard Oil Co
I am discovered. A garrulous old duck speaker diary
A writer notes a subscriber in Los Angeles calling him a garrulous old duck and defends his habit of plain talking. He outlines three core beliefs about life: industriousness, politeness, fairness. the goodness of ordinary people. and the reliability of good leaders. He reflects on aging at sixty two and contrasts Billy Sunday with Theodore Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Billy Sunday
Theodore Roosevelt
Sunday
Salvation Army
Roosevelt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bernard Crahan
Nortonville
Roy Case
Cases
Armstrongs
Montrose
Colo
John Cain
Philadelphia
St. Regis
New York Life Building
George Engel
A. B. Zimmerman
Col
Joseph Scruges
Mounds
Okla
Atchison County
Oak Mills
J. B. Silliman
Miami
Fla
Oklahoma
Modeer
Tom Smith
Hiawatha
Skil" Wright
Joe Schott
Bunch” Alexander
Wright Wright
Smith
Harry Dickerson
Union Depot
Santa Fe
Tenth Street
Henry Dickerson
William Marlatt
Frank Armstrong
Atchison Hospital
Thomas Brown
Santa Fe Freight House
Mr. Brown
New
I. R. Kirkwood
The
Star
Kirkwood
W. R. Nelson
Kansas Penitentiary
J. K. Codding
Capper
Y. M
Ira J. Beard
Business New
Georgia Goodell
Loudenback
Midland
Deer Creek Creamery
Dolan Mercantile Co
Schaafskopf Club
Henry J. Linn
R. G. Bosanko
T. A. Moxcey
Mr. Linn
J. M. Schott
Schaafskopf
Linn
Nellie O'Connell
Anna, Adie
Eber Shifflett
Wkas
Houston
Texas
South Eighth Street
Shifflett
Humble
Goose Creek
Garden
Texas Oil Company
Texas Oil
Kansas
A.S. Neale
Kansas Agricultural College
Schol
John Taylor
Waagener Farm
James Horner
Frances McGuinness
New York
Horner
W. H. St. Peter
Denver
Theresa Degan
Horace Harcuff
Selwyn & Co
Earth Clothing Co
Weatherford
Rudolph
Adams
Gilliman
Rosedale
Walker Coleman
Dingess
Walker
Cummings
J. W. Coleman
Bert Smith
Lancaster
Wallflower Association
W. F. Dolan
Atchison Wallflower Association
William R. Cohoon
Effingham
Jacob Cohoon
Eades
Colorado
Alexander
Skil” Wright
Schott
Stil” Wright
Charley Lindsay
Wichita
Augusta
Nen
Thomas Flynn
Mt. Pleasant Station
Sacramento
Hoe
Pat Flynn
Andale
Denton
Doniphan County
E. W. Howe
Tom and
United States
Daddy Flynn
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