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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1933
Page
2
A reflective note on public vanity and the quirks of modern life. The author mocks posturing, career talk, and the shift from old fashioned ideals, while sprinkling humorous lines about lawyers, doctors, actors, and everyday conduct. It ends with a jab at voters and officeholders, suggesting faults persist beyond elections.
A compact critique notes society’s paradox where people denounce gossip but still pay attention to it. The piece analyzes social dynamics, peer pressure, and the urge to know others’ private matters, urging restraint and reflection.
A compact string of reflective quips on music as disease, political letters, colonial legs, and shifting gender roles. It mulls reform grit, independence nostalgia, and the paradoxes of thought in a restless era.
A fragment argues the country is at war for spoils and taxpayers tire of it. It asserts belief in freedom for the Philippine islands but doubts immediate independence, noting earlier freedoms enjoyed by others and questioning timing amid uncertain signs.
Governor Alfred Landon urges job seekers to stay away until the legislature adjourns. He believes conditions will improve world affairs and wants to see his policies enacted. The statement hints at political maneuvering and timing around legislative action.
A dialogue notes that farmers prefer keeping the dollar unchanged. Einstein comments on semantic equivalences. A remark on women's dissatisfaction with patterns echoes the broader social chatter.
The piece critiques postwar loans and cost pressures, notes Americans angry at government and banks for debt, recalls World War era aid to France, and discusses Democratic policy debates led by William Allen White about Col. House and Roosevelt advisors. It reflects partisan tensions and calls for patience with imperfect policies.
The speaker condemns Huey Long for delaying laws while the nation suffers. Long positions himself as a friend of the people, yet is portrayed as seeking personal publicity and self-promotion in the United States Senate.
A remark notes that Democrats appear to have embraced the Republican prohibition plank. It recalls that before last fall’s election Democrats criticized the GOP as hypocritical for its stance.
Arch Jarrell muses on the trend of characters speaking their thoughts aloud in films. He notes the risk of breaking immersion and asks whether inner monologue would truly enhance storytelling. He predicts audiences may favor subtler, implied thoughts over explicit dialogue.
Howard Scott, leading technocracy proponent, told New York bankers and scientists that no practical plan exists to bypass current economic conditions. He added technocracy offers no patent medicine and would not respond to critics, signaling a clash with political and financial figures and a demand for real results over theory.
News dispatches report southern birthday tributes to Robert E Lee with little bitterness. The piece notes he fought the federal government yet is seen as a man of noble ideals in both north and south. It argues Civil War bitterness wanes as Reconstruction hurts fade with each generation.
Tuesday’s Daily page compiles items from Atchison and nearby. Notes on Doniphan events, Kiwanis reminders, Elmer Lee’s winter forecast, Midland college alumni, local quips, letters from readers, misheard reports, and assorted humorous anecdotes with many named locals and institutions.
John Kerford a colored farmer south of town surrendered to county authorities and pleaded guilty to three counts of violating prohibition laws. He received a 300 dollar fine and 90 days in the county jail after federal agents raided his farm a week earlier.
A long list of personal notes reports illnesses visits and travel notes from Atchison residents and local figures. Miss Mary Horner and others are ill. Marlowe Oatman returns to Gardner Kansas. School and church social events plus a near kidnapping scare are described along with minor police and court items.
Thomas Finley Cook, longtime Atchison county resident, died yesterday at his daughter's home in Kansas City Kansas at age 99. He was the oldest member of the local Masonic lodge, a former school superintendent, hotel operator, Civil War veteran with the 1st Indian Regiment, and the last G A R member in Effingham. Funeral set for 2 PM at Effingham Methodist Church with earlier service in Kansas City.
George Hubbard of Ottawa dies early this morning in Muscotah city jail after delays on a trip to Falls City with his brother Albert and a widow they were aiding. The death likely caused by pneumonia followed a wheel break and lodging denial, with an Ottawa undertaker requested for the body and the brother returning home.
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