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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
3
Residents report a mix of local happenings including social notes, church events, sporting chatter, traffic incidents, school and public works updates, and small-town chatter. Notable items include a picnic at Maur Hill, a St Benedict’s graduation, a filling station expansion, a river bridge project, and a car accident near Pittsburg.
Reported from Denton area after last Saturday hailstorm details extensive damage to wheat oats hay and alfalfa with livestock injuries and many buildings damaged. Several farms insured, others uninsured face total or partial crop losses while some residents report minor property impact and insurance timing influences payouts.
Local notes report John Morris of 1428 Main eye infection and several illnesses at Main street homes. Commencement crowds gather in Atchison for St Benedict's. Civic plans include a Wichita city manager appointment next Monday. Various social items cover weddings, a train brakeman quip, visiting professors, a vagrancy case, and a Frances Brown and George Shuck marriage at the Christian church.
Frederick P. Halsey, 82, longtime Atchison businessman, died at his St Joseph home after a brief illness. He had moved to St Joseph thirty years ago, returned to Atchison a year ago to live with his daughter, then went back to St Joseph. Funeral at Meierhoffer in St Joseph at 2:30 pm with burial in Mt. Auburn. Survived by son Fred Halsey Jr of St Joseph, daughter Mrs Rice of Atchison, and two sisters.
Doniphan County has been designated as a modified accredited area after cattle tests show tuberculosis infection below the five tenths of one percent limit. Tests were conducted by county, state, or federal veterinarians with quarantines for reactors. Authority for the designation came from State Commissioner J H Mercer and was approved by US Department of Agriculture official J H Mohler. The status lasts three years from June 1, 1927, enabling farmers to obtain a 10 cent premium on hogs bred and fed in the county. certificates are available from county commissioners, farm agents, or local banks.
Harry Williams of Little Rock Arkansas a longtime Missouri Pacific engineer now safety instructor urged Rotary club members to push organized separation of railroad and highway crossings. He spoke from experience as a locomotive driver who survived eight grade-crossing accidents four with seven lives lost.
Property owners along the Lancaster district petition the Atchison and Doniphan county boards to absorb a township road that would connect the Effingham road with state highway 20 in Doniphan county. If Doniphan agrees to extend state highway 20 to the county line, Atchison may approve the highway take over, linking it to the Huron Eden road and improving access north of the county line. Meanwhile, Atchison plans Lancaster Huron road grading with contracts likely to be awarded after the next board meeting.
Clothing valued at about 325 dollars was stolen from the G. K. Stewart home at 215 North Ninth Street. The theft occurred while the house was unoccupied, with entry through a rear screen door. Miss Margaret Lonnecker’s garments, mainly, were taken along with one coat and other valuables. Police questioned several people but have no definite leads.
Atchison County reports six thousand seventy eight dollars and forty one cents in interest earned on deposits held in county banks for the year ending June 1 1927. County treasurer Billsworth Cummings notes the figure is unusually large for general revenue funds used for running county government. County depositories pay interest on all funds deposited with them.
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