Atchison Favors Route 4 Paving For Jobs
Local good roads committee in Atchison urges immediate paving of highway No 4 from Nortonville toward Atchison as an employment relief project. They seek routing approval from the state highway commission and plan to press for a half mile paving through Lancaster and support Leavenworth’s No 73 E bill gap closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nortonville Road
Atchison
Good Roads Committee
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Ed Iverson
Bob Snowden
Highway Commission
Lynn R. Brodrick
John Durst
Harmony Garden
Omaha Junction
Durst
Fourteenth Street
George Ahlborn
Floyd Willette
Chamber
Kansas
Hoover
Roy Coleman
Atchison County
George Kerford
Robert Snowden
G. P. Herzinger
Fred Aldrich
Charles Thayer
Harry Turner
Rodney Rudolph
Day's Doings and Local Notes Mix Rain and Travel
In Topeka field notes Joe Goodwin remarks on a massive rain event valued at 2,499,999 dollars. Henry Nielsen returns from York Nebraska while Mrs. Andy Roach of Jackson park stores is ill. Garner nets seven bass as Charles Smith’s daughter grows. Earl Green, formerly of Atchison, is ill in a Topeka hospital. Beulah Shockey returns from a Washington state vacation and starts work at the state orphan's home. Barry Coal Co orders Miracle coal trainload. Cigar talk centers on five-cent and 50-50 brands as farmers celebrate rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Nielsen
York
Nebr
Andy Roach
Jackson Park
Bill Paradise
Charles Smith
Herman Roach
John
Lovemont
Garner
Earl Green
Troy
Atchison
Topeka
Jessie Frakes
Ray Wiggins
Valley Falls
Beulah Shockey
Washington State
State
The
Barry Coal Co
Death claims local ice man Pros Keehn at 44
Martin Keehn known as Pros Keehn died at 2 a m in Atchison hospital after gall bladder infection and recent operation. Born in Germany in 1887 he came to Atchison in 1891 and remained active with Home Ice Co. Funeral at St Benedicts Church with burial Mt Vernon cemetery. Survived by wife Minnie Becky Jane Keehn daughter one brother and one sister. Burial Monday after rosary and requiem mass.
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Martin
Pros
Prank
Katherine Keehn
Charlie
Mille Miller
Mart Miller
Home Ice Co
Keehn
Minnie Floyd
Atchison
St. Joseph
North Fifth Street
Mr. Keehn
St. Benedict's Church
Lawin & Douglass
Community Chatter and Local Notes From Atchison
A mosaic of town chatter covers politics, weather, business, birthdays, and local mischief. Headlines include Franklin Roosevelt looming in national mood, Hoover-era commentary, new bank opening at Eighth and Commercial, and Atchison residents like Jake Lansky and George Rody visiting family as summer fades.
Hope for Work on Highway 4
The Atchison chamber of commerce committee and Kansas highway leaders pursue funding and planning to close the gaps on Highway No. 4 into Atchison. Director Guy Helvering expects federal allotments to support road projects, with No. 4 identified as a priority for employment relief and local impact. A Monday Topeka meeting and a Friday chamber report will shape the next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nortonville Road
Good Roads Committee
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Guy T. Helvering
Kansas Highway Commission
L. R. Brodrick
Atchison Road
Helvering
Atchison
Kansas
Brodrick
Marysville
George Ahborn
Ed Iverson
Rodney Rudolph
Charlie Thayer
Highway Commission
Atchison County
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Kas
W. K
Doniphan
Lancaster
George Herzinger
No. 4
Fred Aldrich
Atchison & Eastern Bridge Co
Rudolph
Topeka
Dean Akers
George Ahlborn
Roy Coleman
Floyd Willette
Ben Uts
George Kerford
Bill White
Lancaster Road
Fewer Register Than For Last Election
New registration figures show 6477 new voters for the coming campaign, with 3372 men and 3705 women. The update notes insufficient turnout compared with 1930 and 1928, and explains that many registered via prior records may misjudge their status. Heaviest registration in west precinct of the second ward with 882 total. Elections officials warn about discrepancies between county and city records and primary eligibility.
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Miss Blythe
J. R. Gilman
North Fifth
South Fifth
Bonded debt cut in ten years in Atchison County
Atchison County shows a substantial debt reduction over a decade. Bonded indebtness fell from 1,187,246.46 on June 30, 1921 to 471,221 on June 30, 1932, a drop of 716,035.46. The county’s 1925 1,315,000 debt included paving and waterworks projects. School districts shrank from nine to one with small remaining debt. Effingham and Muscotah own notable local bonds, while Delaware Drainage District No. 2 carries 95,000. County expenditures declined by 52,661.15 in the year ending June 30, 1932, versus the prior year, with ten year totals down 354,834.88 from 1921 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison County
J. R. Gilman
Leavenworth
Atchison
Effingham
Huron
Muscotah
Delaware Drainage District No. 2
Former Atchison Pastor Arthur Long Dies in Portland
The Rev. Arthur Long 57 former Atchison Christian church pastor died at his Portland Oregon home. His body will be brought to Atchison for burial with services at the Christian church Monday afternoon. Dr Jesse M Bader and Rev M O Kellison will conduct. Burial in Mt Vernon cemetery notes his civic work and devoted care for an invalid wife. He had left Atchison in 1925 and later did evangelical church work. He married a Portland woman in 1931 and is survived by three daughters from his first marriage Mrs Glen Crosby Elizabeth and Mrs George Myers and by two sons in law ministers Crosby and Myers.
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Arthur Long
The
Christian Church
Portland
Ore
Atchison
Jesse M. Bader
New York City
M. O. Kellison
Mt. Vernon
Long
Coffeyville
Walter E. Harman
Texas
Kellison
Glen Crosby
Elizabeth
Topeka
George Myers
Jennings, la
Crosby
Mr. Myers
Market Notes at Public Market Highlight Fresh Veggies and Prices
A cool breeze and large crowd made the public market lively with onions at 5 cents per pound, beans 1 dollar per bushel, corn 10 cents a dozen, and cantaloupe 15 cents for two. Local gossip touches tomatoes south of town blight. carp and buffalo meats priced at 10 to 12 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittie Cosgrove
Tom Smith
Frank Shumaker
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Dodge City
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