Don't condemn him. Pity the man who cannot enter a conversation
A reflective line notes the social oddity of entering dialogue only after lighting a pipe or cigar, implying habits shape conversation as a barrier to immediate discourse. The quote contrasts judgment with sympathy for routine smokers who impose ritual before speaking.
Jesse Jones the biggest man in Texas and the south
The article extols Jesse Jones of Houston as the era’s most influential and wealthiest Texas figure, noting his role in securing the Democratic convention for Houston, vast real estate holdings including hotels and offices, and generous philanthropy. It contrasts external praise with local gossip, defending his reputation and condemning idle curbstone chatter as untrustworthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Jesse Jones
Houston
Jones
South
Jesse James
Penitentiary
Day's Doings in Atchison and Nearby
A brisk local update notes Eddie Giles driving a new car and Charlie Vance winning a decision. It reports market business, residents visiting and traveling, early harvest yields, and various residents at homes or hospitals. Also mentions bus service, local leadership, and mixed remarks about an accident tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Giles
Charlie Vance
City Market
Challiss bid for Congress grows strong in Atchison district
Jim Challiss gains support across Atchison and other counties as his campaign headquarters open on Commercial streets. Local backers, led by Z E Jackson and Charlie Brown, press for an Atchison man to win congress, with many nonpoliticians joining the effort and a crowded field of seven rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Lehman
Nebraska
Lewis Westerman
Everest
Atchison Hospital
Morris Cumming
Eighth
Main Streets
Charlie Brown
Jim Challiss
Fourth
Bill Luce
Kansas City
Topeka
Andy Luce
Atchison County
Jim
Atchison
Z. E. Jackson
Atchison County Challiss Club
Doris Pletcher
Challiss
Ralph Ballinger
Chicago
St. Joe
Columbia
War on local rats declared by Atchison paper
An Atchison Chronicle item reports rat extermination expert J. S. Talbot of Hammond Indiana visiting to battle rats in Atchison for about three weeks. He plans a city dump start and store to store canvass. He uses red squill poison and offers affordable rates for businesses and private homes with city manager backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Talbot
Hammond
Ind
Atchison
Talbot
United States Department of Agriculture
Challiss Candidacy Endorsed by The Globe in Atchison
The Globe backs Jim Challiss for Congress as a competent Atchison man with a Kansan stance, pledging to study issues and vote per farmers and business leaders. The piece also cites W. B. Stout of Stout Metal Airplane Co. praising aviation growth and safety, while noting skepticism about easy flight lessons. It closes with farm relief concerns in Kansas, citing Kaw Valley potato growers amid harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Challiss
Kansan
Kansas
Jim
Congress
Karsas
Globe
Mr. Challiss
Atchison
The
Lawrence Gazette
Kaw Valley
Editorial Bits and Bites Involves Ford Hoover Campaign Delay
Ford will enter the political campaign in support of Hoover, potentially delaying Ford car arrivals in Atchison and affecting local life with national politics. Peggy Joyce plans a second marriage to a Northesk match proposed amid soft orchestra and lights. An Holton oil well sits at depth with no success yet, though material for another test is arriving, as Holton seeks rich black gold. The Greenleaf Senders seek relief funds while readers comment on fines and wheat incentives amid political talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Moxley
Nortonville
Atchison Hospital
Merlin McRae
South Seventh Street
Mary Frances
C. M. Courtney
Memphis
Tenn
J. W. Courtney
North Eleventh Street
Fred Barkow
The
Harch Hardware Co
South
Minn
Harcuff
Oak Hill Cemetery
Guy Elwell
Steinite Radio Co
Fred Stein
Chicago
Jacob Abelson
Lester Abelson
Oscar Getz
Steinite
Elwell
Atchison
Atchison Armour
Lake View
Sugar Lake
Horton
Burlington
Oakland
Buchannan
St. Joe
Ray DeShon
Miller-Chevrolet Co
Chevrolet Motor Co
Ray
DeShon
Chevrolet Company
the Globe's School
City National Bank of New York
America
England
Midland
St. Louis
Amsterdam
Smith
Hearst
United States
Missouri
James A. Colliett
Salisbury
Charles M Hay
Steinite Radio
Sternite
Plattsburg
David R. Atchison
Polk
Taylor
Senate
Congressional
Atchison, Kas
P. G. Tensing
Chestnut Street
Harmony Garden
M. A. Brumfield
Atchison County
Grenada
Kas
John Brumfield
Gertrude Gassett
Intermediate Department of the Christian Church
Fred Wolters
Crowell Street
Wolters
Charles Robinson
Lilly Baker
Goff
John Hitz
Topeka
Cities Service Oil Co
Lance Lee
Orphans’ State Home
Pete Ruff
Cleveland
Ed Jones
Coon Hunter
Berridge
Shakespeare
Ravenswood
Spoonmore
Mary Blair
Frank Hatch
Bill Roth
Bedford
Bill
Ford
Hoover
Peggy Joyce
Northesk
Uic
Holton
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Atchison Weekly Globe
Globe Publishing Co
Atchison, Kansas
Globe Lights
Jazz
Lancaster Literary Society
Jenks
Santa Claus
Jude Johnson
Charlie Brading
W. J. Bailey
Charlie Cummings
Roy Epps
Illinois
Mrs
Robert Pringle
Cleveland, O
Dr. W. A. McKelvy
Henry King of
Oak Mills
Leavenworth
Max Ulrich
H. M. Sheeks
E. W. Emery
H Cummings
Ernest Underwood
Milo Lassen
Marble Heights
Red” Hazelitt
Blish, Mize & Silliman
Anna Frick
Bob Hyde
John Downey
John Leahy
Jim Reed
C. P. Elder
Katharyn Tate
Hatch
Henry Eiche
Sumner
Leland Gerard
Harch Hardware
Charles Kennedy
South Atchison
W. H. Carrigan
C. H. Frankenberger
Warner Jacobs
L. T. Neill
Bethany
Harrison County
E. W. Howe
Briggs
Howe
Grey Eagle
Ray Whitting
Anna Malloy
France
William W Weedfall
Dallas
Tex
Mildred L. Chalfant
Fred May
Alice
Ruth
Levi
Oklahoma City
David E. Henry
North Eighth Street
Maurine Ricks
Canada
Lake of Bays
Boston
Herman Kessler
Commercial Street
Lucile Manglesdorf
Pred Mangelsdorf
Parallel Street
Washburn College
National Guard Company
Maryville
Fort Riley
G. W. Filson
Kansas Avenue
George Brown
Berkson
Lyman E. Bishop
Potter
Winchester
Agnes
Irene Drimmel
Marie Drimmel
John Drimmel
James B. Kelsey
Leavenworth County
Hale Graham
Ida Fortune
J. B. Signor
Santa Fe Street
Ben Graham
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Graham
Frances Hanson
St. Joseph Hospital
John Hanson
Atchison Street
Ozarks
Hanson
Miss Ruth Hanson
Sioux Falls
Iowa
Steadman Ball
Washburn College Law School
Hiawatha
Simpson
Topeka State Journal
Atchison Church
Men’s Brotherhood of
New
Evangelical Church
Jackson Park
Orphan's
Methodist Church
Philathea Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Young People’s Home Missionary Society
Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church of
L. 8. Streeter
Baptist Church Council
Young People’s Department
Baptist Sunday School
Orphans’ Home
Walter and
George Shuck
Don Fry
Ralph Felix
Charlie Weatherford
Emil Kratschmer
Claude Lopez
Jim Doyle
Orville Mayfield
John George
Ben Shaw
Missouri Pacific
Ralph Compton
Locomotive Finished Material Co
Elmer Fry
Don Pry
Belleville
Hilary Mauzey
Hilary
Interstate Stage Lines
Eberly & North
Lonnie T. Smith
J. W Young
North Fifteenth Street
F. D. Roles
Shoemaker
Russell Parker
Elwood Jordan
Atchison Savings Bank
Walter Berger
Leather Products
Berger
Minnesota
H. D. Spaight
Spaight
Naomi Mauzey
Minnesota Lakes
Cecil Mauzey
Cummings
Atchison High
City National Bank
Federal Reserve
Graham McNamee
Amelia Earhart
Madison Square Garden
New York
Atkinson
Ed Howe
John Whitaker
W. B. Stout
Mr. Stout
Stout Metal Airplane Co
Detroit
Henry Ford
Chamber of Commerce
Toledo
Willard
Johnson
Tunney
Dempsey
Greenleaf
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