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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
8
Atchison Daily Globe details ownership and masthead with editors Gene A Howe J Rank and W C Hawe, publishing rights, post office stamping, and subscription rates. The paper notes Associated Press membership and rights to dispatches and local news.
A reflective piece laments attitudes toward dissatisfaction and work, arguing most talk of deadly jobs comes from nonworkers. It notes brains as the era’s great tool, mocks old wedding superstitions, and ends with a paradox about knowing many men yet not truly knowing any man.
Walter Parker of the National Flood Commission urges prompt federal action to pass House Bill 5025 creating a national agency and coordinated plan. The plan would harness floodwaters for power, irrigation, and navigation while protecting the lower Mississippi valley with spillways and source-stream controls.
A column of assorted quips notes Atchison men starve for twenty years from many propositions and another claims eight months of $800000 losses. It jokes about Hussey in Topeka, loaning money within family, and witty riffs on employers and employees. It touches on reporters, baseball managers, and a parade of anecdotes.
Daily notes encourage vocabulary growth by presenting one word each day. Today's entry defines innate as native to or original with the individual and provides an example of its gentle use.
Answers from yesterday’s Quest include first signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Garden State, nearest planet to Earth, boiling point of water in Celsius, number of masts on a sloop, and the question about a Civil War general and the Statue of Liberty.
A Pennsylvania tourist at Vern Bumps on West Main Road unscrewed fuel and radiator caps, spoke German, and joked about not knowing English after a trip from Pennsylvania to Atchison. The exchange ended with a humorous miscommunication during refueling. Also features radio hosts Honk and Donk at KGBX in St. Joe with Fay Berridge on piano and a sheriff burglary update in Nortonville. Fresh roasting ears advertised in Kansas City.
A vivid survey of first night theater crowds and backstage energy, naming figures like Texas Guinan and Mayor Walker, with portraits of audience behavior and stage tension. Interspersed are ad blips, social blurbs, and small town notices reflecting 1927 culture and commerce.
Highland college in Doniphan county closes one of its best years. Dr. J. L. Howe president says Highland offers simple social life and low living costs with self help opportunities. Fewer jobs but far fewer applicants in the area. Northeast Kansas has long regarded Highland with pride. The Rambler at St Benedict's college noted for its quality as Milton Herrington edits the final issue. Ed Kopetk works at Velvet Ice Cream plant. Local notes include a chiropractor and home repainting.
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