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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1928
Page
2
The Atchison Weekly Globe announces publication details for January 5 1928. It lists pricing at $1.00 per year and shows the paper’s postal handling at Atchison Kansas. The issue is distributed from the Globe Publishing Co. at Fifth and Main.
Kansas City newspapers push revived centralized highway plan but the state moves ahead with its balanced road system. By 1928, cross state routes and extensive county and township improvements promise easier market access, while motorists praise real progress and dismiss revived road issue. Governor Paulen favors the old plan yet accepts its likely failure.
The Globe urges a safety campaign akin to railroad safety to reduce motorist accidents. It calls motorists to stop at side roads before joining main highways, notes higher rural speeds, and argues for personal caution to avert stricter laws. In Topeka, talks advance on state laws to curb reckless driving on country highways.
The piece notes America’s romantic enterprise era fading as wealth growth slows after World War I. It cites 1925 and 1926 U S millionaire counts dropping from 30 518 to 29 897 and argues only a few with unusual ability will rapidly gain fortunes while ordinary citizens remain prosperous but steadier.
Atchison’s Globe Light column strings a collage of wry bits and social quips. Jokes about women, reforms, and prosperity mingle with reflections on New Year resolutions, gossip, dress, and local character, all set in a playful small town voice. A Christmas night anecdote and a gentleman’s line about investments close the year’s snippets.
The piece argues age does not limit ability from youth to extreme old age. It cites James A. Reed in his seventies seeking the presidency, Chauncy Depew at ninety as railroad chair, Uncle Joe Allen over eighty as bank president, and Charles Terry selling doors near ninety, noting even health and ambition persist with time. The adage the good die young is mirrored by New Year’s resolutions.
Eldorado newspaper publisher Rolla Clymer notes in Atchison that residents confuse equipment yet genuine oil sense exists. The Globe quotes a seasoned oil man who distrusts doodle bugs and treats geologists cautiously, noting a gushers’ reliability only after a month.
The Kansas City newspapers favor centralized state highway control but the stance is questioned. The attitude is said to fail to achieve desired results and road funds may not be more efficiently managed by a group of state politicians.
The article notes a Kansas criminal has about one chance in twelve to escape conviction and that every time oil stock is considered, it is believed he made the most of the chance.
Ot tono Hess has about recovered and Ralph Armold is in Old Mexico. Irvin Kaiser comes from Dodge City while many locals share jokes, weather quips, births, and new jobs. Bridge completion near Oak Mills, a new banker’s messenger, and a car theft probe frame a busy day.
The Bendena wedding of Caroline Isabel Albers and Harry King Hilton took place at St. John's Lutheran church with a full ceremony and reception. The bride, a Colorado State Agricultural College graduate, wore white flat crepe and lace, carried roses, and engaged relatives and friends in an elaborate event before traveling to Elgin for a new life.
John Miles Tuley, 72, of Effingham, died at his home Saturday night after a four month illness of kidney trouble. Born in Ohio, he lived on a Rathert farm east of Lancaster as a teen, married Helen McClary in 1878, and leaves five children and eleven grandchildren. Funeral at Effingham Presbyterian church tomorrow at 1:30 PM.
Twenty six associates of George P Herszinger district claim agent for the Missouri Pacific and W E Stevens claim agent at Omaha attended a tribute dinner at Hotel Whitelaw to honor the two on the eve of their January first retirements Herszinger after about fifty years in claims work Stevens after nearly a third. The gathering featured praise and playful abuse reflecting high regard for their long service with many attendees connected to the claims department or as railroad attorneys and officials.
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