City Valuation Totals From Atchison County Tax Duplicate
County Clerk Dick Gilman released the completed tax duplicate showing total county property value at 45,440,523 with eight townships and five cities contributing large shares. The report notes discrepancies in vehicle licenses and counts of dogs, bicycles, radios, goats, and fowls, plus forthcoming population figures.
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Atchison County
Atchison
Dick Gilman
Gilman
Benton
Center
Grasshopper
Kapiloma
Lancaster
Mount Pleasant
Niananen
Walnut
Shannon
Kapioma
Effingham
Tinton
Mineotah
Moot Pleasant
Toren
Muscotah
So&oitais
SLO
Henton
Huron
Mount Cleasand
Ciites
Ellsworth Cummings
Dobbins
Asseassora
Doniphan crop tests invite field day visitors
Doniphan County farmers and others are invited to a field meeting Friday, June 17 at one o'clock to view alfalfa variety tests at J. W. Livingston farm Elwood. County Agent CC K Lyness will explain six varieties Grimm Fresh Provincial Argentine Hairy Peruvian and two Kansas Common strains. Also wheat variety tests at Paul Straden farm north of Wathena and Eueas farm northwest of Highland will be shown at harvest time with similar field meetings.
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J. W. Livingston
Elwood
Doniphan
CC. K. Lyness
Kansas
Paul Straden
Wathena
Highland
Atchison Plans Its Biggest Fourth of July
The PFleming-Jackson-Seever American Legion post backs a city Fourth of July program in Atchison. A fundraising campaign starts tomorrow with goal to raise funds by week’s end. Events may include band concerts baseball races horseshoe pitching and a large fireworks display. Chamber of Commerce approves financing and invites the region to attend the celebration.
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Atchison
Pfleming-Jackson-Seever Post
American Legion
Yes
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
the Legion
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Return From Quarter Acre Patch Draws Two Hundred
Two hundred dollars return from a quarter acre of ground is highlighted by Mr and Mrs Frank Ligeatt of Muscotah who sold over two hundred dollars worth of strawberries from a quarter acre while keeping all the family produce canned and preserved and giving some away. Eighty three crates were harvested. The note also mentions local anecdotes from Weston and a career update for Missouri Pacific official O E Blacketer and plans for Mr and Mrs George Stein to move to Los Angeles.
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Frank Ligeatt
Muscotah
Mr. Liggait
Wichita Picks Bert C. Wells as City Manager
Bert C. Wells, long time Atchison city manager, was elected Wichita city manager at a June meeting. Salary set at 8000 dollars annually, start planned August 1 if he accepts. Wells, who has a strong Atchison record, awaits official notice before deciding.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kas
Bert C. Wells
Atchison
Wells
Earl C. Eliott
Wels
City Commission of
Bert Wells
Mr. Wells
Frank Funke 51 Dies in St Louis
Frank Funke died in St Louis at 51 after years of poor health. He was born in Germany and came to the United States 43 years ago with his parents, later living in Atchison Illinois and Canada before moving to St Louis seven years ago. He is survived by his father and seven children, plus three brothers and three sisters residing in Atchison Louisville Neb Detroit and Los Angeles. His wife died seven years ago. The funeral will bring relatives to St Louis with several siblings already there.
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Frank Funke
St. Louis
Ife
August Funke
Atchison
Canada
Germany
Illinois
Fank
Charles Nestler
Will Funke
Herman Funke
Louisville
Nebr
George Sneed
Los Angeles
August Herman
Detroit
Vic Johnson
Mr and Mrs Charles Terry Celebrate 62nd Anniversary
From Sunday's Daily, Mr and Mrs Charles Terry will celebrate their sixty second wedding anniversary tomorrow and entertain friends informally at their home between seven and ten tomorrow evening. They reside at 918 South Fifth Street and have four children Edith Terry Mrs J J Johnson W S Terry and Charles Terry Jr. The Terrys came here in 1870 and lived here except five years in St Joe. Mr Terry was a traveling salesman for more than sixty years. Mr and Mrs Johnson will attend the reception tomorrow night.
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Charles
Terry
South Fifth Street
S70
St. Joe
TY Terrys
Edith Terry
J. J. Johnson
W. S. Terry
Chicago
Charles Terry, Jr
Kansas City
Wheat Harvest Under Way South of Town
A binder hums in Atchison county as Charles Gilliland begins wheat harvest with the Dunbar variety, an early type favored by local farmers. Residents include Mrs. B. Leff visiting Kansas City, Gordon Snyder at Farmington, Idaho visitors Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Williams, and Mrs. Cleve Grover returning from Kansas City. Also noted is Missouri Pacific first baseman Clard Rowe sidelined by torn tendons. A. J. Parrott and spouse marked twelve years with an anniversary bridge party at 1423 Commercial Street.
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Atchison County
Charles Gilliland
Dunbar
B. Leff
Kansas City
Gordon Snyder
R. H
Farmington
G. C. Williams
Pocatello
Idaho
William
FE. H. Clark
North Fifth Street
Cleve Grover
Grover
Central Branch
Cland Rowe
Missouri Pacific
A. J. Parrott
Parrott
Commercial Street
Ed Scarlett
C. Ashey
Atchison Community Chatter Starts July Music Scene
Community chatter from Sunday’s Daity notes a Central Branch concert season starting July 1 with the hum of a binder. Mentions Muscotah theater manager Ed Brown, Atchison’s Marathon golf fame, and local quips from J. B. Martin and others.
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Daity
Krank Digert
Ed Brown
Muscotah
S. Martin
Arthur Brisbane
Associated Press
Atchison
United States
Concordia Harvest
Mei
Judge Jackson Could Be Kansas Public Service Chief
Reports from Topeka say Judge W A Jackson of Atchison county is a leading candidate to succeed Lew Hussey as Kansas public service commission chief. The 18 year district judge has not spoken officially, plans a lakeside vacation soon, and would trigger a district bench appointment by Governor Paulen if chosen.
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W. A. Jackson
District Court
Atchison County
Topeka
Lew’ T. Hussey
Kansas Public Service Commission
Ben S. Paulen
Jackson
Judge Jackson
The
Globe
State House
Francis C. Price
Ashland
Kansas
Judge Price
State Senate
B. Z. Jackson
Atchison
Supreme Court
Lakes
Tussey
Paulen
Local shops expand force to get grain cars ready
Ten more men will join the central branch car department tomorrow, the second increase in ten days, bringing Missouri Pacific’s car repair staff to 68 in Atchison. They will repair and rebuild grain cars for the wheat crop expected to exceed 7,000 cars. Other notes mention Mrs. Carl Brown improving from bronchitis, Jim Morrow’s harvest outfit arriving, and a Lake Contrary family reunion planned for July 4.
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Central Branch
Missouri Pacific
Carl Brown
Atchison
Jim Morrow
Ira Sickler
J. Wallenstein
Ed Howe
Jim
Globe
Kubnerts
Atchison County
Buchanan County
Lake Contrary
St. Joe
William Kubnert, Jr
California
FEF
Blacketer
Kansas
Wichita
Clayton Bomhoff
Atchison Hospital
Fred Bomhoff
Muscotah
Arens‘berg
Atchison Tres
Missouri River May High Water Mark Set To Be Higher Next
River men warn June rise may push Missouri past the May flood level opposite Atchison. At 869.6 feet, the current height matches the usual peak for the period, with experts predicting the June rise could bring record floods in the coming weeks.
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Missouri
Atchison
J. M. Chisham
Atchison Water Co
Frank Aldrich
Connor
Kansas City
Kaw
Death on the rails near Dalby identified as D L Mooney
An unidentified man presumed to be D L Mooney of Kansas City was killed by a Missouri Pacific train five miles south of Atchison near Dalby. The body lay between the tracks, severely mutilated, with a notebook listing four names found nearby. Kansas City officials in Missouri and the man’s sisters are being sought for identification. Two dimes and a nickel were found near the scene along with a pocket guide. The victim was described as about 5 ft 6 in, 150 pounds, with dark brown hair and gray eyes. The case remains under coroner and railroad investigation.
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D. L. Mooney
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Dalby
Atchison
James Overton
George Harcuff
TD. L. Mooney
Jefferson Street
Nellie Vernon
Barnett Street
Margaret Davis
East
Lincoln
Portland
Ore
John A. Kirchner
Harcuff
Mooney
Missouri Pacific Elaim
Walter Overton
Gus McKeen
Harcuff’s
Bowman
Wells Accepts Wichita Offer in Milestone City Manager Move
Bert C. Wells has accepted Wichita’s city manager role, effective August 1 after Fort Elliott resigns. He cites broader promotion and a long, harmonious stay in Atchison, where taxes were cut and debt reduced, as reasons for the move. The Wichita offer, reportedly at higher pay, prompted Wells to relocate with his family, despite strong ties to Atchison and its commissioners.
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Bert C. Wells
Wichita
Wells
City Commission of
Fort Elliott
Mr. Wells
Atchison
Mrs. Wells
Presbyterian Church
Society of Friends
Quakers
Atchixon
Wel
Bert. Wells
Bert Wells
Atehison
Hert Wells
Albert T. Leibman
Fred W. Mangelsbork
el Dorado
Kas
Wels
City Commission
Kansas
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Arkansas
Charles Kennedy
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Posen
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