No County Aid for Orchards Expansion Plan
Atchison county commissioners reject participation in a horticultural program tied to higher taxes. The Chamber of Commerce, Farm Bureau and State College backing seek a full time horticulturist and cooperative marketing to boost orchard profits and land values. Despite board opposition, Chamber manager Ray Willette says negotiations will continue to determine the county board stance and possible levy continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Atchison County
China Stutz
A. C. Schultz
Mad Iverson
Atchison
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Board of Commissioners
Chamber of Commerce and Business
County Farm Bureau
Kansas State Agricultural College
Ray T. Willette
Chamber
Solid
Jette
WiUette
Willette
Day's Doings Highlights Local Goings On And Quirks
A gaggle of brief items from everyday life. repairs on a frog at Tenth street crossing. Scott Smith’s baby sick at home on West Commerce street. Kenneth Keithline back from Rockford, running a hamburger stand there. Ray Willette notes golf’s noise versus alibi framing. John Morris recalls eye injury from a wood chip. Miss Florence Harman vacationing with parents near Salina. A Kubridge farmer, once popular, retires and becomes disagreeable, blamed on tight shoes and corns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth Street
Scott Smith
Smith
West Commercil
Kenneth Keithline
Rockford
Ray Willette
John Morris
Florence Harman
Atchison Hospital
Salina
Kubridge
Ed Askren Stuck Up Again at Seventh and Main
Sunday report details the third stick-up at Standard Oil filling station on Seventh and Main in three years. Ed Askren, on duty, faced a young bandit who demanded cash, searched him for the safe code, and forced Ed into a back room before police were notified. the robber fled with loose change and Ed estimated the day’s haul close to $100 in velvet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Askren
Seventh and Main Streets
Pid
Tie
Mrs Sarah McQueen Dies Resident Here Since 1897
Mrs Sarah McQueen a resident of Atelison sincere died yesterday afternoon at three at the Atelson hospital after a fall at her home on GUS Parallel street on April 8. She was 62, widowed of A B McQueen, a painter and paper hanger, born December 17 1834 in Schenectady NY. Surviving: daughter Annie McQueen son Robert McQueen three granddaughters three great grandchildren and sister Elizabeth Phelps of Denver. Funeral services Monday at Lawin Douglass chapel with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Pallbearers named.
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Somideau
Sarah McQueen
Atelison Sincere Inst
Three O'Etoehk
Atelson Hospital
Gus Parallel Street
MeeQuueeen
Kansas Avenue
Atchison Dusiness College
McQueen
Schenectady
N. Y
Annie McQueen
Robert McQueen
Atchison
Kansas City
Elizabeth Phelps
Denver
Lawin & Donglass
Christian Science
Lawin & Douglass Chapel
Oak Hil
C. O. Nelson
W. J. Brownson
W. J. Hulse
Will Johnson
John Kohler
W. W Dilgert
Atchison County Declared Bone Dry by Prohibition Chief
Major James Goings toured Atchison County with Judge W A Jackson and local officials noting unprecedented dryness under federal prohibition. He warned moonshine efforts fail, lawbreakers are caught, and any illicit gains are consumed by enforcement costs.
Woman wins Damase case against city over sidewalk fall
In Atchison district court Judge W A Jackson ruled the city negligent for a sidewalk defect that caused Maud Wrothwell to fall injuring herself. The plaintiff sought 10000, with damages to be determined at a further hearing after evidence showed the defect had been reported to authorities.
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Maud Wrothwell
W. A. Jackson
Atchison
Jackson
Atchison News Briefs From Local Area Residents
Claude Clotz of near Bendena has three fine boys. Augusta Ulrich, formerly of Atchison, is in critical condition in Lincoln. George MacConnaughey was kicked by a horse and is bruised. Cummings hosts a June 19 noon basket dinner for county churches. Jerry Heiney, formerly of Atchison, is now conductor on the Missouri Pacific stock train. Juanita Meeks, an orphans’ home inmate, is recovering from an appendix operation. Teo and Clarence Jacobs will weed Wakg ner park and begin work at 5 tomorrow. St. Louis college students will present closing exercises at St Benedict’s school. An auto with Pennsylvania plates seen on Commercial street, headed west. tourists’ car from Oklahoma behind it heading east. Steinite Laboratories printing a house organ named Steinitems for Atchison. Mr. and Mrs. Al Stendle visiting Atchison. honeymoon in Denver. Twenty AOO W members to Horton to institute juvenile lodge. Atchison juvenile A. O. U. W. lodge has about sixty members. Grace Hutcherson, former state agent, hospitalized in Jefferson City after leaving Atchison May 1. Ewing Herbert of the Hiawatha World and family traveling to California. notes on Harvey House meals and aging.
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Claude Clotz
Near Bendena
Augusta Ulrich
Atchison
Lincoln
Nebr
George MacConnaughey
Atchison County
Cummings
Jerry Heiney
Missouri Pacific
St. Joe
Kansas City
Juanita Meeks
Orphans Home
Atchison Hospital
Teo
Clarence Jacobs
Wakgener Park
St. Louis College
St. Benedict’s
Second
Division Streets
Pennsylvania
Commercial Street
Oklahoma
Steinite Laboratories
Steinitems
Steinite
al Stendle
J. G. Syphers
North Twelfth Street
Stendles
St. Louis
Denver
Mr. Steadle
Atchison A. O O. O. W
Horton
Pat Wycoff
A. O. U. W. Lodge
Vic Griffis Injured in Crash on St Joe Road
Victor Griffis, son of John Griffix, a Miller Chevrolet salesman, was badly injured when his light Chevrolet coach collided with a St Joe to Atchison bus north of Rushville. He was thrown through the top and landed in a wheat field. he remained semi conscious and was treated for shock with no broken bones reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Griffis
Cncrete Road
Rushville
Aml Griffis
Atchison
Griffis
de. M.P. Dingess
Victor
John Griffix
Atchison Barber
Miller Chevrolet Co
Ed Howe banquet reservations draw Kansas City crowd
From Thursday's Daily Atchison residents and visitors prepare for a complimentary Ed Howe banquet at the First Methodist church parlors. Kansas City Mo reservations total two with other inquiries in the area. The chamber notes many local groups back the event as an Atchison project with all plates likely to sell out by Wednesday noon June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Nd Howe
First Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce
Atchison
Howe
Methodist Church
Atchison Little Symphony Orchestra
John McKenazie
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis
Business & Professional Women’s Clubs
M P Schedule Changes And Notable Local Business Ties
Missouri Pacific trains through Atchison have slight time changes set today with Nos 108 105 and LOS adjusting Arrivals and departures in Kansas City Omaha and Morrissey for the Utah Sulphur Industries plant opening. Notable figures include George H Herring and Utah R O Jehu with partners Kittridge and Percy tied to the Morrissey venture. Also listed are quarantines for measles and a student Miss Mize returning from Wis before Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Atchison
Kansas City
Omaha
Los
St Benedicts launches drive for new college buildings
The Alumni Association at its annual reunion launched a ten year campaign to finance a group of buildings at St Benedicts College. Major progress is expected in three years with funds raised through alumni and friends. Father Isidor Smith was named to the faculty committee and will begin out of town outreach around June 19 starting in Kansas City. The drive unites the Wo's Memorial library fund with the million dollar program, with donors able to designate gifts to specific buildings. The committee includes Leo Nus hamum sr W D Wageener W B Hayes and Father Usitor. Officers were reelected: Rt Rev J H Tiden honorary president W B Hayes president James J Hughes vice president Clarence H Jacobs secretary and Rev Father Louis Baska treasurer. About 150 guests attended the banquet.
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St. Benedict’s College
Ahimni Association
Isidor Smith
Kansas City
Wo's Memorial Library
Innocent Wolf
St. Benedict’s Monnastery
Tlonis Baska
Leo Nushamum
W. DP. Wageener
W. B. Hayes
Father Usitor
J. H. Tiden
Denver
Atchison
James J. Hughes
Des Moines
Clarence H. Jacobs
Father Louis Baska
Local woman dupes several Atchison merchants with bad checks
A plainly dressed woman passed worthless checks on Atchison merchants claiming residence in Wichita and a husband working in Southern Kansas oil fields. John Raterman cashed a $5 check and J W Young a $7.50 check. both say they were duped. Other merchants remained silent. Local items note heat, heat-related jokes, and various town happenings including early berries, building improvements, and notes from residents and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Wichita
Kansas
John Raterman
J. W. Young
North Fifth Street
Boy 11 Charged With Bad Checks at Troy
Eleven year old Leon Wilfong, son of a Missouri berry picker, faced juvenile court in Troy for forgery and passing bad checks. He allegedly signed George Bruns’s name and his own to two checks from Winter Hardware and Morfan's General Store. Bruns reportedly had no son. Paroled to Sheriff George Larsen, the boy was placed under his parents’ charge. Two older boys with him were released by the county attorney.
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Leon Wilfong
Missouri
Troy
George Bruns
Wathena
Leon
Winter Hardware
Morfan
A. D. Jones
LL. A. Libeel
Bruns
Weinberg
George Larsen
Delaney
Measles Epidemic Sparks Atchison Health Warning
City health officer Dr. Charles Robinson warns Atchison faces a severe measles outbreak as cases spread rapidly. He urges strict isolation of infected children for at least two weeks after rash onset, longer if coughing remains, and warns authorities may enforce quarantines to protect uninfected children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Charles Robinson
Robinson
Oskaloosa Boy Enters West Point as Cadet
Charles L Decker Jr of Oskaloosa has passed the required tests and secured admission to West Point. He will report for duty July 1 leaving his Kansas City job and staying home until June 1. The column also notes various local happenings from around town including travel, family news, market improvements, and a derailment disruption on the Missouri Pacific line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Decker, Jr
Oskaloosa
West Point
Charles
Kansas City
Atchison County Wheat Forecast Hits 646000 Bushels
Kansas State Board of Agriculture reports Atchison County will yield 646000 bushels of wheat this year based on a June 1 condition of 80 percent. The state total is 108045000 bushels, down from 150057000 last year, with May rainfall lacking and high winds reducing prospects across Kansas.
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Atchison County
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Atchison
Brown
Doniphan
Jackson
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Wih
Nemaha
Central Branch
Clay
Cloud
Jewell
Mitchell
Phillips
Republic
Rooks
Names for a baby stir local contest in McCarthy family
A notice notes a daughter born twelve days ago to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McCarthy and a request to send proposed baby names to the Snort Editor. A prize of Cow Brand soda will go to the contributor whose name Jerry accepts. Other local items mention street chatter, weather, and small town updates.
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Jerry McCarthy
McCarthy
Jerry
Snort
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St. Mark's Lutheran Sunday School
Sugarlake
W. F. Kidwell
Little Bean Lake
Little Bean
Ward Lockwood
Topeka
Tieber Mize
al. Lehman
Rotary Club
George Dorssom
Dorssom
Lancaster
Harry Conway
Ralph Karel
R. H. Kemper
Jerry Walz
Roy G. Coleman
Says County
Federal Prohibition
James Goings
United States Prohibition
St Louis
Goings
Maurice PP
O'Keefe
Will Coleman
Willard Linville
Atchsson
Major Goings
Damase
CITY
Vpriday
Grace Hutcherson
State Orphans’ Home
State Orphans’ Home of
Jefferson City
Missouri Orphans’ Home
Ewing Herbert
Hiawatha World
Ewing, Jr
California
Harvey
Vic Griffis
ST. Joe Road
ED Howe
M. P
George H. Herring
Globe Carrier
Chicago
Associated Silver Co
Utah Sulphur Industries
Morrissey
Utah
R. O. Jehu
Mr. Herring
R. J. Kittridge
Gell Nowell Co
R. J. Kittridge Printing Co
Nelson M. Percy
Herring
King Street
Herbert Brown
North Fourteenth Street
Arthur Weinman
Parallel Street
Lester
Lester Ford, Jr
Earl Hundley
Chestnut Street
J. J. Durham
Blaine Bearman
Utah Avenue
Betty Lou Brittain
North Thirteenth Street
Constance Mize
St. Katherine's School
Davenport
Town
Mize
Oconomowoc
Wis
St. John's Academy
ST. Benedict's
Irnggent Logking Woman
Rupes Logal Merchants
Jack Flynn
Ted Scott
Hagen
Andy DeDaal
Douglas Fairbanks
Guy Elwell
Oklahoma Jin
Ed Lukens
Beng
McInteer
Jim Kelly
Jim
Bob Holland
Jim O’brien
Iienny Mettman
Stranger Creek
Ir. M. Watts
Downs
Concordia
Watts
Jim Walsh
Alice Leacy
Mildred Shank
Mary Alice Welk
Farmington
Kansas State Teachers’ College
Emporia
Comercial Street
Jin Henderson
Clarinda
C. Reynolds
Gene Clark
Ventiac
Mich
Indianapolis
Lee Gunnison
Amarillo
Jack Weatherford
John Flattre
John Tenholder
Leo Lutz
Jim Mullins
North Sixth
Bill Dunkel
Jesus Kerr
W. H. Arensberg
Joe Murray
John Murray
Saturday Evening Post
Ile
Ed Huston
Fred Huston
J. N. Lindsay
South Seventh Street
Kansas University
Lawrence
Kathryn Huston
Kansas Cil
Here
Snowden
State Board of Agriculture
Louis Merwick
Joe Goodwin
Wright Coal Co
Sixth
Seventh
Rube Hargrove
Co. M. Chandler
Belleville
Kas
Ralph Fisher
Espress
Ploye
Mme
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