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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
2
The Atchison Weekly Globe listing its publisher The Globe Publishing Co. sits at Fifth and Main streets and notes entry at the Atchison post office as second class matter.
Rodney Dutcher of The Globe in Washington analyzes the Alabama senator Heflin and a possible third party in 1928. He notes strong Hoover and Smith support, Democratic splits, and anti Catholic sentiment risks. He argues a durable third party would need vast money and organization but risk losing incumbents.
Atchison merchants launch a daily free series titled Bill Dollar printed by The Globe to boost civic pride and local retail trade. Credited to F W Mozart, the campaign argues shopping locally saves money and supports town growth amid nearby city competition and vacant storefronts on Commercial Street.
Henry J. Allen, Kansas editor, analyzes the presidential issue with focus on a Smith Hoover contest. He contrasts Smith as a city machine endorsed governor with Hoover as an organizationless statesman noted for relief work and commerce reforms, praising Coolidge era economies and honesty.
Arthur Brisbane notes farmers wonder why the McNary-Haugen bill was vetoed and points to Canadian railroad commissioners cutting wheat freight rates. He cites Senator Capper introducing two bills to address the issue. Hoover and Governor Smith promise cheap wheat transportation by canal. calls for action.
A collage of quips, maxims, and brief jokes from the Globe Lights column. It parodies social norms, etiquette, and opinions about women, marriage, politics, religion, and advertising, featuring remarks attributed to citizens of Atchison and references to local life and events.
Daily notes record a flurry of small-town events. Local residents undergo tonsil removal and medical recoveries progress. new hires join Kansas Power and Light. several travel to New York City and Detroit. Elks convention plans and parades loom. Juries, weddings, and graduations punctuate a busy week as townsfolk travel, mend, and gather for community happenings.
Atchison items include birthdays and job changes for Alex Sands Mark McCulley and Rolla Bryant, illness news for George Baird and E H Cummings, a new employee at Locomotive Finished Material plant, and a broken thumb incident involving Joe Schletzbaum Jr. Local social notes cover a marriage, church events, and political chatter at the Kansas City convention. Obituaries and cemetery tributes appear for Thomas Clark Waldo Kellogg Lippert and Albert William Lippert.
Albert Curtis Bilderback longtime Atchison county farmer died Saturday at 7 pm at his home 910 Kansas avenue Atchison born April 11 1852 in Buchanan county Missouri youngest of eleven children he moved to Kansas Territory 1854 married Eliza Ann Isaacs in 1874 had seven children surviving him with his widow five children and nine grandchildren survived funeral at 2:30 pm from M E church in Cummings with burial in Oak View cemetery Pallbearers listed
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