Missouri Pacific rises to first rate railroad status
The Missouri Pacific has grown from a third rate line to a first rate railroad and is now among the five great railroads in the country. In political news N L Bowman of Garnett may seek the Democratic gubernatorial nomination while Kansas Democrats prepare to oppose Governor Clyde Reed. Several local items note repairs, family updates, and community concerns including a deserted wife and children, Will Glick’s photographer status, and Charlie Conlon’s medical progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
N. L. Bowman
Garnett
Kansas
Clyde Reed
Reed
Topeka Journal
Kansas City Journal-Post
Time, Trade, and Progress in Small Town Merchants
A column notes time as precious and urges practical service over grumbling. It contrasts Atchison and St. Joseph trade patterns, argues cities grow by bright windows and fair margins, not by guarding home markets. It questions league teams’ viability, lauds Topeka and St. Joe’s struggles, and praises Missouri Pacific’s May profit rise under executive L. W. Baldwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joe
Muscotah
Potter
Nortonville
Bendena
Troy
Rushville
Atchison
Kansas City
Chicago
New York
London
Paris
Topeka
Kas
Missouri Pacific
L. W. Baldwin
City News Notes On Weather Burglaries And Buses
The column reports hot weather outfits in Palm Beach and tropical worsteds priced 17.50 to 25 dollars. Mrs. Dick King and daughter Mary Sue of Kansas City arrive to visit Mrs. King’s parents. Several doors in the business district were found unlocked by police. Police Chief W. C. Uinville urges business cooperation to prevent burglaries. Missouri Pacific official Charlie Barber discusses plans for a new Transportation Co and bus service through Atchison, noting railroads in the West operate buses with trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
S. W. Barth & Co
Atchison
International Photographers’ Association
Willie Glick
Rudolph Studio
Gertrude Kammer
Near Huron
W. W. Hanne
Craig
Nebraska
Hanne
Camp Creek
Kammier
Hiawatha
Dick King
Mary Sue
Kansas City
King
Joe Schletzballum
W. C. Uinville
Charlie Barber
Missouri Pacific Lines
Globe
Missouri Pacific Transportation Co
Pacific Coast
Blue Eggs From Mul Berry Diet Atchison County Hen
An Atchison county hen lays blue eggs due to a diet of mul berries. Harvey Lewis does machine and repair work in Upper Com'l.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison County
Harvey Lewis
Upper
Com’l
Square Deal For Indians Aims at Cleaning Bureau
NEA Service report from June 27 details a sweeping reform in the Indian bureau led by Interior Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur. Changes replace many inspectors and liaison staff under new Indian commissioner Charles Rhoades while former commissioner Charles H. Burke retires July 1. The Senate committee continues its probe, receiving $15,000 for extended hearings across multiple states, exposing graft and neglect in several reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Washington
Indian Bureau
Secretary of the Interior
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Bureau
Department
Charles Rhoades
Charles H. Burke
Congress
Edgar B. Meritt
Senate Indian Investigating Committee
Washington State
Oregon
California
Utah
Capital
Arizona
Oklahoma
Colorado
Photographs and local notes from a Kansas scene
A fragment mentions committee preparation for a congressional report on testimony with Hoover and Wilbur having already acted on Indian Bureau personnel. It notes visits by Ww. C. Linville and Clark Henderson to Bethany to view a chief’s farm, Buck Weaver and Mrs Wenner traveling to Western Kansas for a sick father, and a studio advertisement urging another photograph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Hoover
Wilbur
Indian Bureau
Whitelaw Hotel
C. Linville
Clark Henderson
Bethany
Buck Weaver
Wener
Kansas
Witse Glick
Rudolph
Prohi Slayer Faces Trial for Fatal Shooting
Emmett J. White, 24, a U. S. customs border patrolman, stands in a first post arrest photo as he faces trial for the killing of Henry Virkkula near International Falls Minnesota. White says he fired after thinking the car was smuggling liquor from Canada and that the tire explosion wounded the driver unintentionally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett J. White
U. S Customs Border
Henry Virkkula
International Falls
Minn
White
Virkkula
Canada
Dividend Declared by Home Service and Laundry Co
The Home Service and Laundry Co directors declare the regular quarterly dividend on preferred stock, to be paid July 1. No stock transfers will occur until after that date. The Kansas City Star notes wheat profits but argues growers need at least a section of land, underscoring Atchison County’s challenge with small parcels compared to Central and Western Kansas. Mrs. F. Wilcox, 74, arrives with her Pomona Calif family ensemble to stay about two months, after a cross-country motor trip ending in Atchison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Atchison County Public Health Association
Charlies J. Conlon
Napoleon
Cardinal Mazarin
Gordon
Newcastle
Franklin
Home Service & Laundry Company
Home Service & Laundry Co
Kansas City Stars
Atchison, County
The
Globe
Atchison County
Attison County
Jean
Atchison
F. Wilcox
Roger Wilcox
Laramie Street
Pomona
Calif
Walla Walla
Wesh
Inlaw
Hal Byers
Yellowstone Park
Atchisor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Atchison Daily Globe
E. W. Howe
Gene A. Howe
Carl Brown
J.trank
W. Hawe
Atchison, Kansas
Globe Publishing Co
Corner Fifth and Main Streets
Business
News
Associated Press
Waich
Zimmerman’s
Clem Potter
Bills Bor
Owen
Young
City News
Mexico
Mexico City
Edmund A. Walsh
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Dr WS Pulliam
Chiropractor
Prohi
U. 8
Hells
Lake Geneva
Andy Gump
Wats
Sndrew
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