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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1932
Page
2
A compilation of humorous aphorisms and social quips on manners, crime, and urban life. It mocks absent mindedness, cleverness, and courtroom theatrics while noting a town with automatic street signals and a judge’s challenges. The tone is satirical, with lines about detectives, the devil, and watchcare in old fashioned society.
Speech makers at the Democratic national convention tout many readers in their ranks and joke that the Constitution bars electing eight Democrats to run for the presidency next November while drawing comparisons to Hoover and Ford.
A quip noting that crime yields profits in big towns because many policemen and detectives own stock.
The Globe derides Chicago racketeers and national politics. It mocks prohibition critics and elite supporters while praising service clubs. It notes Chicago murders, broadcasting stations, hamburger stands, Victory Highway, budget cuts, and a correction about Gomer Davies’s age.
A parade and picnic for state children in Atchison prompts travel to the state home site. Local notables, shop openings, and visits from Detroit to Denver dot the day. Fireman histories, Roosevelt talk, Beanlake summer homes, and community notices fill the page with a bustling, period Atchison scene.
John Boatwright of Evanston visits his parents as all children gather for the Fourth. A. J. Wahis loses 105 spring chickens to a weasel. Rev. Bonham speaks on Pioneering Faith at local churches. Eggs rise in Atchison. Recitals and band news include Marie Leacy’s piano students. Ike Leath returns to Atchison to play with Wendelin Baking Co. and Red Sox prep for games against the Question Marks and booster squads. Mrs. Laura Dawson Thompson dies at 69. receivers appointed for Cousins Lumber. Local engagements, hospital updates, and fireworks commerce fill the week’s notice.
The Priscillas met with Mrs. Roy Winder, 13 members, 10 children and two visitors attended. Prizes in cards awarded to Florine Winder, with a tea towel and a crumb tray, while the consolation went to Mrs. A. C. McClamhan. Local residents and visitors from Atchison, Los Angeles, and Oklahoma appear in social notes. Announcements include a tonsil operation for Mrs. Frank Sloman, illnesses, travels, school talk, harvest weather remarks, and a divorce granted to Mrs. Elizabeth Shue from Lorenzo Shue on abandonment grounds.
The piece notes Fourth of July fireworks need not cost private citizens. It claims farming conditions are improving in Massachusetts, yet questions the scale of its farms, suggesting Massachusetts farms are tiny. It then jokes that each platform will bear one wet elm plank.
Borah vows to carry the prohibition question to the public. Based on statements heard today at Fifth and Commercial streets, the issue has already arrived in the hands of the people.
A man at a picnic yesterday joked that government foresight should have put stamps on chiggers instead of cigarettes. He claimed the budget would be balanced by now with such a change.
Citizens debate liquor laws as proponents push for saloons adorned with nude imagery. Advocates argue for cultural expression while opponents warn of moral decline and potential harms to families. Local officials consider licensing thresholds and zoning controls amid divided public opinion.
Bishop James E. Freeman claims blame for the nation s mood rests with God not President Hoover. Freeman prayed before the Republican national convention, invoking God as the Father who holds the issues of men and nations, suggesting divine will dictated the atmosphere.
A fragmented line describes an “ioned American” who claimed the United States could exist without any other nation, and that the farmer could live without the town man and vice versa, reflecting a frontier independence sentiment.
The Pathfinder states it will not dictate presidential nominees and adds it will not stand for a crooner, signaling restraint in endorsing or opposing candidates while rejecting a specific type of performer.
Any man who aspires to the highest office in this land will, if elected, eventually be called the lowest names. The remark reflects the rough political climate and the personal attacks that accompany national campaigns.
Since 1929 economists note deflation's circle. Rising prices for hogs and fat steers spark hope in the corn belt. Higher income stimulates spending on furniture and food, reviving demand and employment, beginning a constructive upward cycle in regional business activity.
Mrs Lenora Holshouser is spending vacation in Loveland Colorado with her brother George Bringle. John Neihaus has returned from California. Homer Bernard has gone home to Van Wert Ohio after visiting here. Mrs Jennie Senner of Soldier visits daughter Mrs Rose Green. Reynolds of Chicago spent Friday with Mr and Mrs R T Wood. W F M S of the Methodist church met at Mrs C B Wilsons. Miss Alice Paddleford leaves for Charleston West Virginia to be publicity manager for a New York philanthropy running Blue Ridge camps this summer. Mrs Helen VanScholack visits her sister in Topeka. George Senner and son Junior of Tacoma Washington visit Mrs Ross Green. Mrs Lillian Kohler has tonsillitis. Ladies Aid of the Methodist church plans a silver tea at Mrs C A Lentz home Wednesday. Mrs Ethel Patterson entertained with a handkerchief shower for Mrs Harriet Bales bound for Salem Oregon.
From Saturdays Daily July 32 the Troy Chamber of Commerce schedules its next regular monthly meeting for Wednesday evening. The article also notes local seed company news, residents visiting relatives, and several residents traveling or ill with minor updates.
Wetmore society items report Miss Ruby ODonnell and Miss Rosa O’Donnell entertaining the Fortnightly club at their home with Mrs. PF M Achten as guest. Harvey H. Hittle, Civil War veteran, dies after paralytic stroke at 87. Mrs John E Griffin and son return from Lawrence visits. Ellis Lukens family resumes housekeeping in Ben Johnstone property. Hazel Fern White celebrated seventh birthday with a party.
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