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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
8
Editorial Bits and Bites from Horton Times
A compilation of sharp, anonymous letters and editorial asides recalling a Horton editor’s wartime rebukes. It cites insults aimed at unnamed writers, quips about Atchison, and musings on radio station growth, public finances, and sartorial pride in city leadership.
The Value of Paying Bills on Time
Readers are urged to value prompt bill payment as an act of honesty and trust. The article explains that credit, built by meeting obligations, sustains merchants, printers, and a community’s economic health. It notes incentives to communicate when a payment cannot be made and encourages preserving credit like precious health.
Atchison Health in Kansas Ranks Among First Class City
State health board reports Atchison with 11.05 deaths per 1000 in 1927, lower than 1926 but higher than Coffeyville and Pittsburg. Other first class cities listed show varied rates from 8.1 to 16.0. Editor urges continued vigilance in sanitation and public health, noting value of life over cost. Also mentions Al Smith’s Houston convention speech delivered via radio amid storm interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Kansas
State Board of Health
Wichita
Topeka
Salina
Pittsburg
Parsons
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Fort Scott
Coffeyville
Arkansas City
al. Smith
Houston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Sandwich Boom on Broadway in New York
June 28 New York Day By Day notes the surge of sandwich fame led by the Far of Sandwich with over 250000 consumed daily. Eight factories run full tilt as varieties surpass 300, priced from ten cents to a dollar. Names like Eddie Cantor Paderewski Tunney and Marilyn Miller appear on sandwiches. The piece describes soda fountain sales, grand sandwich bars, and a new breed of “sandwich millionaire” frequenting theatres and supper clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eddie Cantor
Paderewski
Gene Tunney
Marilyn Miller
From Sandwich Kings to Broadway and Bowery Fashions
The piece sketches a world of wealth and street culture with A Reuben’s Sandwich empire on upper Broadway and Madison Avenue, Bowery shoppers chasing fine goods, and a mix of gangsters, ushers, and West Side influence. It recalls Big Jack Zelig, barbers and pool-room loiterers turned gunmen, plus a wary reporter’s humorous encounters with passing strangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Reuben
Upper Broadway
Madison Avenue
This Date in Kansas History Highlights June 28
On June 28 in Kansas history three items stand out: a 1862 treaty with the Kickapoo Indians, a report that Senator Lane arrived in Kansas City after a serious illness in St. Louis, and the 1870 Wyandotte annual meeting of the state teachers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Lane
Kansas City
St. Louis
Atchison News Fragments and Local Notes
A mix of city items includes editorial mentions of Fred Trigg of the Kansas City Star, local personalities like Al Brown with a notable yard, Atchison ice cream from Deer Creek, and July meal price increase to 40 cents. Also noted are Canine events at Bean Lake, Vivien Vickery’s teaching post in Riverton Ia, and local ads for Thasco drain solvent and Camp Creek novelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Creek
Fred Trigg
Kansas City Star
Atchison
al Brown
West
Santa Fe Street
Deer Creek
Globe
Ira L. Jett
Los Angeles
Calif
Jett
Santa Fe
Thasco
Thayer Supply Co
Fenner
North Seventh Street
W. K
McCulley
Bean Lake
Jim Compton
Dave McCulley
Vivien Vickery
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Riverton
Nebraska City
Miss Vickery
B. W. Vickery
Kansas Avenue
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News
Atchison Daily Globe
E. W. Howe
Gene A. Howe
J. E. Rank
W. C. Hawe
Atchison, Kansas
Globe Publishing Co
Corner Fifth and Main Streets
Associated Press
Glees Browers
Zomeome
Betier
Econ
Recife
Aecess
Shan
Ivy
Jones
Jantzen
Old Mother Hubbard
J. C. Cio. Co
Commercial St
Globe Lights
Clyde McManigan
Horton
Jewell Republican
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
A. ml
Jimmy Walker
Metropolis
C. O. McIntyre
Aubert Work
Republican Natl
Bowery
Riverside Drive
Michael Arlen
Cholly Knickerbocker
Big Jack Zelig
14Th Street
East Side
The
MecNeught Syndicate, Inc
City News
Save At the Savings Bank
Knights of Columbus
Mangelsdorf's
Hyde Park Hotel
Hyde Park
36Th & Broadway
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