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Atchison Weekly Globe

Location

Atchison, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1928

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Atchison Population Tops Fourteen Thousand, City Directory

Canvass for a new city directory reveals Atchison with a full 16,000 population, marking a growth milestone for the community. Officials note expansion in housing and business activity as residents welcome a larger city.

New City Directory

Atchison Population Hits Record High in 1928 Census

P G Tonsing reports from a new city directory canvass that Atchison now has the largest population in its history. He finds many families crowded into few houses with only one vacant dwelling and no vacancies on Santa Fe. He estimates about 4000 more residents than a decade ago.

Atchison Globe P. G. Tonsing Tonsing Kansas Avenue Santa Fe Mr. Tonsing Attchison Dollie Mae Frost Franklin School Chanute Pyporia Teachers College Miss Frost Teachers College Hazel K. Brown Cottonwood Falls Kas Otis Hundley Oak Mills Doc” Beckner Missouri Pacific Whiteway Nemaha County Goff Corning Fairbury Neb Charles Kennedy Julius Caesar Rome Julius Augustus Caesar

Atchison Day's Doings and Local Happenings Chronicle

A brisk local column reports on residents and visitors including John Baker of Exchange National Bank vacationing in St. Louis and Mrs. John Johnson from Kansas City staying with the Benons. It notes aviation mishaps, road work, political campaign activity, sports chatter, and social events across Atchison and nearby towns, with names, places, and dates.

John Baker The Exchange National Bank St. Louis

Pioneer F M Thompson 81 Dies After Fall In Storm

From Wednesday's Daily F M Thompson an Atchison county pioneer aged 81 died at his farm four miles west of Nortonville after slipping on dark cellar stairs during a late storm. He had lived in the county 44 years and on the Hickory Grove farm 43. Born October 3, 1847 in Ohio, he married Lena McCain in 1873 celebrating a golden anniversary five years ago. Survived by Lena, three children Myrtle, Hervey, and Mrs E M Cook, four grandchildren, and a sister Mrs Martha Baker of Creston Iowa. Funeral arrangements pending.

F. M. Thompson Atchison County Nortonville Mr. Thompson Hickory Grove Thompson South Lebanon Ohio Lena McCain Myrtle Thompson San Diego Calif Hervey Thompson E. M. Cook Prairie View Martha Baker Creston

Chamber Petition Halts Most Kansas Freight Rate Hikes

The Chamber of Commerce reported partial success before the Interstate Commerce Commission in suspending proposed freight rate hikes set to take effect July 14. Key gains include suspending Kansas interstate rates and safeguard protections for bottles, kegs, cement sacks, and lumber, while class rates to Oklahoma Texas and surrounding states remain set for July 14. The full suspension will be reviewed in hearings within six months as Atchison and St. Joe chambers prepare to defend regional interests.

Chamber of Commerce Interstate Commerce Commission Commission Southwestern Consolidated Atchison Oklahoma Texas Arkansas Louisiana Atchison, St. Joe Leavenworth Kansas City Kansas Missouri Inter-State Commerce Commission St. Joe

Atchison County Valuation Rises Near Half Million

The 1928 total assessed value for Atchison county and its subdivisions reaches 45 703 313 dollars, up nearly 500 000 from 1927. City and township tallies show Atchison 17 025 661. Effingham 453 670. Huron 139 666. plus detailed township figures and intangible property totals.

Daly Atchison County J. R. Gilman Atchison Effingham Huron Lancaster Muscotah Benton Center Grasshopper Kapioma Mt. Pleasant Shannon Walnut Mt Pleasant

Willard Leason Killed Working on Power Line

Willard R. Leason 24 of 222 North Knox St was fatally injured at a Topeka Kansas Power and Light sub station when his foot slipped and he fell onto a high tension line. He died at a local hospital after resuscitation efforts failed. Leason, formerly of Atchison, is survived by his wife Elsie Dent Leason and his parents. He had worked for the utility for six years, two in Topeka, and recently bought a Topeka home. The incident prompted swift transport of his parents from Atchison and drew Atchison residents’ sympathy.

Clair Willmeth Kansas City Blues American Association C. R. Jaquay Hi-Lo Dilgert Frank Davis A. R. McCaig C. Ray Franklin Atchison Kansas City Florence Good Franklin Dan Good Tom McGraw Steinite McGraw St. Benedict's College Francisco Victor Kesse Atchison Hospital Victor Henry Kesse Commercial Street Jess Swayze Lawrence Swayze Harold Bradley Wiley Sloan Minnesota Larry Lispi Roy Tomilson Harch Hardware Clay Center Kas Roy Charlie Miller Kansas Fern Leon Miller Hugoton Nevins L. T. Smith Locomotive Finished Material Co Smith Lawin & Douglass Sumner Jane Reinhard Fremont Neb Western Union Atchison Western Union Reinhard Arthur J. Davis New York City New York Ellsworth Ingalls Santa Fe Street Henry Roloffe Melvin Pearce Herbert Salbert Evangelical Church Sugar Lake Rotary Club Arthur Eymann Shennandoah Henry Field Seed Co Eymann Southhampton England John Barbee St. Paul Minn Harcuff J. D. Colbert Harcuff's Lewis Dalsheimer Fort Smith Ark Dalsheimer Willard R. Leason Topeka St. Mark's Lutheran Church Mt. Vernon Kansas Power & Light Co Atchison Street Willard Raymond Leason John Leason Gale Leason Carrie Tuttle Bertha Kellar Leavenworth Willard Leason Line Gang Elsie Dent William Dent Cooper Foundry Hiawatha World Atchison County Grace Savage St. Louis Jennie L. Dollind Kennekuk Topka North Knox Street Kansas Power and Light Co Season Leas@t C. W. Shearer Shearer

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